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THE CHRONICLE
Published Weekly at
BEACH, N. DAK.
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS
AT HOME
AND ON FOREIGN
SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington Notes.
The Oii'chin vowviiiiK iil has decid
ell In establish a ligation :it Washing
ton.
Yir. ('lioal one of I he delegates to
»hf llaiiiM- conference. cabled to the
.jti,:.u-|aitnn-iiI lhat present iiuiica
lions wore ihai the ('(inference would
Luljnuili sine die (let. next.
_\lini i• -i- I
.iiarte
ol' I luiicluras has in-
tonm-d iln- stale department that on
I.",, I he anui\ rsai'y of lilt! inde
pendence uf Central America. the coil
btitulUui:i 1 vei'inie was re-established
In Honduras.
A innveiiieiii is on fool to unhorse
John Shai Williams of Mississippi ast
minority leader in the lower house ot
colli less at the eoniillK session ,'llld
select I i.n id A. lie Alluolld of Missott
li Ioi the jiosition.
•flie ehc-:nists of the deparl I'teilt Ot
floriculture. in accordance with the
j.lire food law. have commenced col
leeiin.! samples friiii the soda t'oun
tHins in different parts of the country
and are subjectin:: tlieni to a careful
analysis
There has not been a material in
crease in the number of vessels upon
the Ciieat Lakes durum the last eight
years, hut there lias been a phenome
nal increase in tonnaue. This is shown
by a preliminary report by the census
bureau just issued.
Announcement is marie at the navy
tiepaMincut that the accident to the
battleship Alabama, which occurred
recently in Cape 'Oil hay and which
1^ described as a crack in the port
l.ij. pressure cylinder, will not inter
it-ro with that ship accompanying the
itei-t to tlie I'acitic coast in December.
People Talked About.
.Mrs. .Marie .hickson, the oldest resi
dent in tin- upper peninsula of -Michi
gan, died at the aae of 104 at her home
in I.'Anse.
Thomas 11. 1'atton. grand treasurei
r.f the grand lodge of .Masons of Penn
Ivaiiiu. died at his home in Phila
delphia, axed eighty-!hree years. HG
has been grand treasurer since 1873.
M. IJ. Woodford, aged sixty-nine,
multi-millionaire railroad magnate,
real estate linancior and former presi
dent of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
.Dayton railroad, died at his summer
homo at Charlevoix, Mich., after a lin
gering illness.
Crimes and Criminals.
l'tohert B. Hutchinson,"a nephew of
Judge Hutchinson, went to his room
at Sioux City and a few hours later
was found dead, asphyxiated by gas.
George Hobinson, who was shot by
Ollicfer Weiss while lie was attempting
tu crack the safe of the Leisy Brew
ing company at Hurlinutoii, died, re
lusinfc to expose his confederates.
The liiirijiigtoii roundhouse in Oska
Juusu, I ova, was destroyed by fire,
causing a loss of $L'5,UIIU. Two large
engines were destroyed and also a
quantity of supplies. The lire was ill
'.-trlidiarv.
.Mrs. M. !'. Shedd, a stenographer
employed in the oflice of Thomas E5.
Knauss. a Colninbus (Ohio) capitalist
itnd mine owner, committed suicide in
the oliice. Her friends are at a Joss
to explain the act.
fieorge ii. lilphison was shot twice
find badly wounded by his stepson, Ar
thur Sic-wart, during a family quarrel
tit Anaconda, Mont. Throe shots were
tired. Stewart gave himself up.
Neither lilphison nor Stewart would
discuss the trouble.
John W. .Miller, a railroad clerk
who was arrested in Chicago on a
charge of attempting to kill and rob
Ldgar M. Crumb, a diamond broker,
confessed the crime to the police. l)es
gelation, caused by the hounding of a
horde of loan sharks, was given by
Miller as the reason for the crime for
which he may he hung.
A1
u11/11 hiteman, former mayor of
Duluth and former member of the Min
nesota legislature, has been trans
ferred from the Auburn prison to the
state hospital for criminal insane at
Dannemora. N. Y. He was serving a
sentence tor forgery, by which it is al
leged the Fidelity Trust Company of
Buffalo, lost a large sum of money.
Foreign.
The marriage of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle and Miss Jean Leckie took place
iu London. Only the relatives of the
couple were in attendance.
The cotton crop of Egypt, which ex
ceeds 7,000,000 cantars (a cantar is a
little over ninety-nine pounds), shows
a large increase over all records of the
past decade. It is estimated to ha
worth $150,000,000.
A commission under the presidency
of Rear Admiral von Essen has been
appointed to investigate the accident
Sept. 11 to the Russian imperial yacht
Standart. The officers in charge oi
the yacht are to be placed on trial.
The British admiralty lias instruct
ed the dock yard authorities at Daven
port, England, to lay down immedi
ately a battleship of 20,000 tons, car
rying eight 13.5 guns. The instruc
tions are urgent that the work must
bo pushed with all possible haste It
Is supposed that this battleship is the
fifth Dreadnaught in the original naval
plan.
The Swedish branch of the Interna
tional Peace association confirms the
report Miat the peace congress at Mu
nich ha* decided to hold the next
meeting in Stockholm in I'tos Ex
traordinary efforts will be made to
entertain the visiting delegates in a
way to arid to the effectiveness of the
meeting.
The remarkable exodus of marriage
able young women from England to
the Vnited States and Canada was em
phasized by the departure in one day
day ol i.onn unmarried young women,
who sailed from Liverpool on the
Kteamuhip Baltic.
STATE WINS OUT
ON TWO POINTS
RESTRAINING OROER AGAINST
2-CENT FARE AND MERCHAN-
DISE RATE DENIED.
COMMODITY RATES IS STOPPED
DECISION LEAVES. MATTERS IN
STATU QUO UNTIL FINAL
HEARING.
St. Paul, Sept. 22 Judge Lochren
yesterday in the United States circuit
court issued a preliminary order con
tinuing the order made at a previous
hearing, restraining the enforcement
of the-commodity freight rates pre
scribed in chapter 232 of the Laws of
1907, lint refused t.o issue a mandatory
injunction taking out the 2-cent pas
senger fare prescribed by the legisla
ture and the merchandise rate ordered
by the railroad and warehouse commis
sion on Sept. _C. The effect of the or
der as a whofe is to leave matters in
statu quo pending a decision on the
merits.
8cores Legislature.
In delivering his opinion Judge
Lochren severely denounced the penal
ties prescribed by the rate laws. They
are"as'severe. he said, as the penalties
provided for the worst crimes and are
vicious in principle and a disgrace to
the state. There can be no question,
said Judge Lochren, that such legisla
tion is vicious and a reproach upon
the intelligence.and sense of justice of
the legislators.
Demurrers Overruled.
The decision also overrules the de
murrers interposed by the state on the
grounds .that the rate suits are suits
against the state, preventing it. from
carrying on governmental functions,
and as such are prohibited by the
eleventh amendment to the Federal
Constitution.
The other objection taken by de
murrer is that the suits are multifa
rious, parties and causes of action be
ing improperly united. Judge Loch
ren disposed of both of these objec
tions in favor of the complainants.
The decision, therefore, preserves
the rates now in force until the ques
tions raised can be determined on the
merits.
Next Step.
Attorney General E. T. Young said
yesterday that, although he had not
decided as to future action, he will do
all in his power to defeat the attack
on the rate laws and on the order of
the state railroad and warehouse com
mission.
There are two courses open to the
state. One is to appeal to the United
States circuit court of appeals from
Judge Lochren's order and the other is
to go ahead under the order and push
tlie cases to trial on their merits.
CLEANS UP TOWN.
State's Attorney Goes After Saloons
and Criminal Element.
Beuue Foufche, S. D„ Sept. 22.
State's Attorney Maxwell, young and
ambitious, is engaged in sweeping
clean the town of Belle Fourche. Last
week he caused the arrest and bind
ing over to the circuit court of Walter
Hamilton and Mrs. Anna Allbaught. on
a criminal charge. Now he has
tackled the saloons, has ordered the
proprietors to close punctually each
night at 11 o'clock and all day Sun
day and to remove screens and other
barriers preventing a clear view
through the saloon from the street.
Women are to be kept out, as are loaf
ers, and boisterous conduct is ta
booed. Maxwell lias stopped gambling
and has been so industrious that forty
criminal cases appear on the docket
for the next term of the circuit court.
THIEF 18 PITILESS.
Steals Even the Money Man Draws to
Pay Coal Bill.
Armour, S. D., Sept. 22.—A sneak
thief entered the home of N. M. Simp
son in this city about midnight and
helped himself to the pontents of Mr.
Simpson's pockets. Altogether the
value of money and property stolen
amounts to $47.25. The owner that
day had drawn $75 from the baulc to
pay his coal bill and the party must,
have been aware of the fact and kept
an eye on the goods.
MAYOR RE8IGNS OFFICE.
Northome Executive Hasn't Time to
Give to. Puties.
Northome, Minn., Sept. 22.—Mayor
J. .T. Neary tendered his resignation
to the village council. Personal busi
ness mattters rendering him unable
to give the office of mayor the atten
tion it required were Mr. Neary's rea
sons tor retiring. His resignation was
accepted.
Loses Both Legs.
Watertown, S. D., Sept. 22.—Manley
Sanderson of Maukato, Minn., twenty
years old, while attempting to board a
North-Westera freight train as it was
slowing down for the Sioux river
bridge, fell beneath the wheels and
both his legs were crushed.
New Church for Frazee.
Frazee, Minn., Sept. 22. Herman
.Teub of Minneapolis was given the
contract for the erection of the new
Catholic church in this place for the
sum of $17,675.
Gets Thirty-year Franchise.
Northome, Minn., Se.iji. 22. At its
regular meeting the village council
granted a franchise to K. K. Hiiifjiam
of Minneapolis to consamet. maim a in
and operate a complete electric light
system within the limits of the village
of Northome for a period of tihirty
years.
Woman Hurt Hunting.
Rapid City, S. D.. Sept. 22.—While
chasing coyotes near her home., Mrs
Robert Holcomb. wife of a well 'cnowii
stockman, was badly injured.
TRUST EARNED $900,000,000
HOLDINGS IN STANDARD OIL FIVE
TIMES LARGER THAN ANY
OTHER'S.
New York. Sept. 22.—Records of the
stockholders of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey laid bare yester
day at the hearing of the government's
suit for the dissolution of the alleged
oil combine, disclosed the fact that
John 1). Rockefeller owns 247.092
shares, or nearly five times as much
stock as any oilier individual share
holder, and that he and his associates
who signed the trust agreement in
1SS2 still control a majority of the
Standard Oil stock. Measured by tlie
present market prices of $440 a share,
the holding of Mr. Rockefeller in the
Standard Oil company have a value of
$109,0011,000.
John D. Loses $100,000,000.
The depreciation in the price of
Standard Oil stock within ten years,
or since the agitation against the com
pany began, has been more than $400
a share. This represents a loss of
over $100,000,000 on the ho'hliiigs of
John I). Rockefeller.
The holdings of William Rockefeller
were stated to be 11,700 shares and
ilio:e of II. 11. Rogers lti.0.0 shares.
The I'niversity of Chicago owns
"i.ooo shares of the Standard Oil com
pany stock.
Dealt With Independents.
Mr. Kellogg succeeded in getting on
tlie record evidence which tended to
show that the Standard Oil company
had made an agreement to furnish cer
tain independent companies in and
about Pittsburg with crude oil on con
dition that their output of oil refined
for exporting purposes should be turn
ed over to the export department of
the Standard company.
Has Earned $900,00(N00.
The accountants for the government
now at work preparing a statement
will be ready to report next week.
Their report, it is declared, will enable
the government to show that since the
inception of the Standard Oil trust in
1SS2 the total profits of the oil com
bine have been between $800,000,000
and $900,000,000.
EIGHTEEN DIE IN MINE DISASTER
Cage Drops Seven Hundred Feet to
the Bottom of Mine Shaft.
Xegaur.ee, Mich., Sept. 22.—Eleven
men were killed and seven fatally in
jured when a cage plunged 700 feet
down tlie shaft of the Jones & Laugh
lin company's mine in'this city. The
cage, with its human freight, was be
ing lowered on its first trip of the
day, when the brake on the hoisting
drum suddenly failed to hold and the
car dropped to the bottom of the
shaft. The accident, is the worst that
ever happened in this vicinity.
Workmen at the bottom of the mine
immediately set about the gruesome
task of removing the dead. The 700
foot fall had huddled the bodies to
gether, and there they lay in one pile,
a mass of lifeless flesh and blood.
The bones of the bodies were so shat
tered that the men, when they fell,
were piled on top of each other like so
many pelts of leather. Seven men
were found still alive. They are fatal
ly hurt.
Thousands of people soon congre
gated about the mine shaft. *In the
crowd were the wives and children ol
200 men who are employed in the
mine. It was fully two hours before
the cable was adjusted so that the
cage could be raised to the surface.
During all this time women with ba
bies in their arms fainted away chil
dren cried hysterically.
When all the miners came from un
der ground and many anxious wives
and others failed to find members of
their families who worked iu the mine
the scene was awful.
WHEAT HITS NEW HIGH MARK.
May Option Sells at $1.13 in Minneap
olis as Result of European News.
Minneapolis, Septt. 22. Wheat
prices went up with a rush yesterday
at the Minneapolis chamber of com
merce, where reports of damaged
grain in Europe helped the bulls in
their tight for higher prices. The
May option sold as high as $1,13 3-8,
while December went to $1,08 3-8.
Cash wheat sold as high as $1.11, and
the millers correspondingly boosted
the price of flour 10 cents, first patents
selling at $5.30 to $5.40.
The increasing serious news of the
world's shortage of wheat is giving
the bulls a reign of joy, and they are
making the best of their opportunities
to keep tlie price on the upward trend.
Germany, England, Austria and Hun
gary report deficient crops, and the
tact that the Europeans have begun
»o buy early strengthens the local mar
ket.
Lixerpool is said to have foreseen
the shortage of the European supply
and purchased heavily from Canada.
As a result Germany, which usually
does most of its buying in .Canada in
preference to the United States, now
has to come back and buv of tl® grain
men of the United States. The read
just men is or the tariff have also aided
in giving Germany a better market in
the 1 nited States than iu Canada.
Bridges to Be Rebuilt.
Menoinonie, Wis.. Sept. 22.—A spe
cial session of the county board of
supervisors of Dunn county has been
called lor Sept. 24 for the purpose of
appropriating money to rebuild
bridges washed out by the recent
heavy rains.
Accidentally Killed.
Leon. Iowa, Sept. 22.—Charles Row-,
land was killed while driving a team.
He fell beneath the wagon, the box
tailing upon hiin as the wagon by
some means was overturned.
Landmark to Come Down.
Monlicello, Minn., Sept. 22.—A deal
was closed yesterday whereby the
Merchants hotel, one of the landmarks
of Monticello, was disposed of. The
hotel will be torn down and a hand
some residence erected on the site.
Three Die in Burning Mine.
Duluth, Sept. 22. Entombed in the
burning Malta mine at Sparta, three
men have met death. The bodies of
two of them—Joseph Meslnk and John
Malien, lumbermen—were recovered
yesterf"
Will MAKE RECORD TRP
PIERCE ONLY PRE8IDENT WHO
EVER MADE VOYAGE ON THE
MISSISSIPPI.
Washington. Sept. 24. While the
preparations for President Roosevelt's
Western trip have not been completed,
the program has been sufficiently ar
ranged to make it certain that the
tour will be one of the most spectacu.
lar ever undertaken by him.
He will leave here next Sunday and
will be absent from the seal of gov
ernment until the 2.".d or 24th of Octo
her.
Three Objects.
The trip has three distinctive ob
jects:
The dedication of the McKinley
mausoleum at Canton. Ohio.
The inspection of the Mississippi
river with a view-to arousing interest
in a ship channel from its mouihjo
Keokuk. Iowa, and the Great. l.akos.
A rest for the president before the
beginning of the duties of the winter.
The stay at Canton on Monday, the
30th. will be only long enough to per
mit the president to pay his trih.it?
to the memory of his immediate prede
cessor.
He Will then proceed directly to Keo
kuk. where he will deliver an address
and begin his journey by boat down
the Father of Waters, said to be, with
the exception of a short voyage l.y
President Pierce, the first trip on the
river ever made by a president.
Twenty-three Governors.
At Keokuk the presidential party
will be joined by the governors of
twenty-three states. There will be
two important stops on the voyage—
at St. i.ouis on Oct. 2 and at Cairo,
ill., on Oct. and at both places
speeches will be delivered by the
president.
At Memphis the president will find
the deep waterways convention in ses
sion and he will deliver a speech.
The president will then turn his
back to civilization for a period of
rest and sport in the wilds of North
ern Louisiana. The exact location of
the hunting camp will not be an
nounced until it is established. The
party will he in camp from the 5th
to the 2lst of October.
Busy Vacation.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 24.—Presi
dent Roosevelt's summer vacation at
Sagamore Hill will end at 10 a. ill.
Wednesday, when he, with Miss.
Roosevelt, members of the family and
the executive staff, will take a special
train for Washington.
During the three and one-halt
months the president'has occupied the
homestead he has had the quietest
and at the same time the busiest vaca-,
tion he has had since he became air
occupant of the White House.
MOORS DISPERSED BY FRENCH.
Peace Negotiations Fall Through and
Drude Resumes Offensive.
Casablanca. Sept. 24.—Negotiations
for the cessation
o!
hostilities having
failed, Gen. Drude yesterday resumed
the offensive and burned the Moorish
camps at Jidi Braliim, south of Casa
blanca, and dispersed the tribesmen,
who offered but little resistance.
These operations were chiefly notable
for a brilliant forced march of the
French troops, who covered forty kilo
meters inside of twelve hours.
The expedition, consisting of 2.000
infantry, with a detachment of caval
ry, artillery and native auxiliaries,
left, camp before dawn and formed
into two hollow squares, one behinl
the other. In this formation they
inarched some distance under the ov
er of darkness and unobserved 'jy the
tribesmen.
Gave Alarm to Enemy.
A heavy morning sea fog came up
at daylight and forced a half hour's
halt, during which shots fired by the
advance guards gave the alarm to the
enemy. The tribesmen came up in
large numbers, but a vigorous attack
by the first, square soon dispeVsed
them. No further stand was made by
the enemy during the march, although
scattered groups of horsemen harass
ed the French flanks.
After the destruction of the camps
had been effected the tribesmen re
turned to the attack, a troop of cav
airy repelling a spirited charge by the
Moorish horsemen. The French then
abandoned defensive formation and
the column returned to camp. Their
losses were one killed and ten wound'
ed.
SHOT DURING FIGHT.
Farm Hand at Campbell and Tframp
Have Trouble.
Breckenridge, Minn., Sept. 24. A
farm hand, Fred Gates, was shot dur
ing a street fight at Campbelt by a
colored tramp. The men had an.-alter
cation over a poker game and meet
ing on the street afterwards renewed
the dispute, and finally the negro
fired, hitting Gates in the neck. The
negro was caught before he had got
but a few miles away and brought
here. Gates was brought to the hos
pital here and the doctors t^y he ha?
a fair chance for recovery.
PLAY ON RAFT FATAL.
Boy Falls Into Pond in Excavation
and Is Drowned.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 24. Ernest
Hendrickson, a thirteen-year-old boy,
son of H. Hendrickson, was drowned
in a pool of water near his home. The!
heavy rains of the last few days had
made a pond of an excavation, and
young Hendrickson and another lad
were playing on a raft, when the for
mer fell in and was drowned before lo
could be rescued.
Must Spend Life in Cell.
Chicago, Sept. 24.—Frank J. Con
stantino was found guilty of the mur
der of Mrs. Arthur Gentry by a jury
In Judge Kavanagh's court His pun
ishment was fixed at imprisonment in
the penitentiary for life.
Thirty-two Injured.
Washington, Sept. 24. Thirty-two
passengers were injured, none of theni
seriously, by the derailment of a train
just north of Ryan's Siding early yes
terday. A brokeu rail was the cauue
of the accident.
MflZ IS VKTOR
M1B TIGHT
Northwest News
CAMERON DAM MAN WINS OUT IN
CONTEST WITH LUMBER
COMPANY.
IS SETTLED ON SECRET TERMS
Winter, Wis., Sept. 21.—The famous
Dietz dam dispute has been settled. It
is stated that an agreement has been
reached between the contending par
ties and that the logs that have long
been held up by the intrepid defender
of Cameron dam, on the Thornapple
river, near here, will be moved at
once.
Tills was the statement made as the
result of conferences held between W.
F. Moses, representing the Weyer
haeuser interests, and William Dietz.
representing his brother.
Just what the terms of the settle
ment are has not been made ^public,
but tlie first payment was made to
Diet/, on Monday, and the details were
arranged satisfactorily to both parties.
The recent, failure of the company to
get the legislature or governor to take
a hand in the game against Diet/, is
believed to have decided the company
to yield.
Long, Bitter Fight.
Dietz procured a farm on the Thorn
apple river a few years ago, and upon
discovering that Cameron dam was on
his land, instead of upon the compa
ny's land, as was generally supposed,
he put iu a claim of 10 cents per thou
sand for every foot of logs which the
company sluiced through the dam, ag
gregating several thousand dollars.
The company ignored the claim until
Dietz drove the log drivers away from
the dam, after which the company of
fered to settle with Dietz for $10,000.
which--settlement was refused.
Innumerable attempts to capture
him failed. Three different sheriffs
were ordered to get him, but all failed.
Large forces of armed men have at
tempted to get him, but all found the
place well fortified and were obliged
to give up the Attempt. Blood, has
been shed several times.
ONLY ONE DEATH IN 8TORM.
Damage Amounting to $30,000 Done
Wednesday Night.
St. Paul, Sept. 21.—Reports received
here up to last night gave only one
dead as the result of the terrific elec
trical storm of Wednesday night and
yesterday morning, but they showed
that the' disturbance was widespread
and that great losses had been sus
tained in-various parts of Minnesota
and Wiaconin, mainly from the light
ning. The rainfall was very heavy,
and In some places washouts occurred,
but 'as a rule the intermittent charac
ter ot the rainfall gave the water a
chance to run off without doing seri
ous damage. Altogether the losses
from the storm are estimated at about
$30,000, confined principally to live
stock and buildings.
The one fatality report*
was tbe death of Mrs.
wife of a farmer living
Minn. The house was str
nkng and burned, and th
ceived a shock that latei
death. The farmhouse
three, miles south of Bufff
ASYLUM IS IN ANOKA.
Taxpayers Lose Suit, but May Appeal
Their Case.
Anoka, Minn., Sept. 20.—In the case
of certain taxpayers, asking that the
•asylum grounds be kept out of Ano
ka"s city limits. Judge Gliddings has
filed a long decision stating that they
are legally in Anoka and the law of
1905 is constitutional. This law was a
special one passed by th legislature,
taking the asylum grounds into the
city limits, .and making quite a differ
ence in the vote cast in the Third
ward at election time. The attorneys
for the taxpayers say the case proba
bly will be appealed.
EX-SPOU8E IS SLUGGED.
Man Meets Trouble in Vicinity of Di
vorced Wife's Home.
Winonn, Minn., Sept. 20. John
lining, from whom his wife secured a
divorce some time ago, got a beating
last night while in the vicinity of bis
former wife's house. The police were
notified that there was trouble in that
section, and when they arrived they
ttound Brang lying unconscious in the
sat reel with his jaw broken. They have
txen unable to find put who committed
the assault.
Threshing Engine In Wreck.
Garretson, S. D.. Sept. 20.—A thresh
ing engine went through a bridge near
iBrandon, a village south of Garretson,
^yesterday evening. The engineer was
ll'caught in the engine, but succeeded
lin getting otft unhurt. The engine was
^damaged considerably.
Explosion Fatal to Eleven.
Toluca, Mexico, Sept. 20. Tleven
'persons were killed and twelve injured
.yesterday by the explosion of a boiler
|:3n the Ferrer factory at Asorridero.
istate of Michcan.
Carrie Nation Jailed.
Washington, Sept. 20.—Mrs. Carrie
Nation was yesterday arrested on a
•charge of "disorderly conduct." Mrs.
Nation refused, when requested by an
(officer, to stop lecturing to 200 men
Siiiom the steps of the postoffice depart
ment.
Firebug Burnt 8chool.
Kimball, Minn., Sept. 20. The
Isdiool house at Fairhaven has been
ItoHi ned to the ground. The fire is be
|®ieved to have been of incendiary ori-
BARIEY SAIESMEAK RECORD
ONE MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH
SOLD IN MINNEAPOLIS IN
FOUR DAYS.
Minneapolis, Sept. 21.—Farmers at
tracted by the high prices of barley
are sending in their grain in such
quanties that over $1,000,000 worth of
barley was sold at. the Minneapolis
chamber of commerce during the first
four days of this week. A total of
1,012 car loads, or 1,248,300 bushels,
has been received in the city during
the week, and most of it lias been sold
immediately upon receipt.
Despite the heavy increase in the
shipment of barley, whicli is cutting
down the shipment of wheat, because
of the lack of cars and facilities for
moving more, the price of barley has
not sagged. Solid train loads of barley
are coming into the city every day.
The Soo, the Milwaukee and the
Great Northern are bringing in the
greatest amount from North and South
Dakota, while all the other lines, the
Minneapolis & St. Louis, the Omaha,
the Chicago Great Western, the Rock
Inland and the Northern Pacific, are
bringing in more than they ever did
before.
The best grade of barley is drawing
between 85 and 90 cents every day
and no evidences of a decline in the
price has been noted.
STORM BRINGS GREAT LOS8.
Immense Amount of Property Destroy
ed.
Owatonna, Minn., Sept. 21. The
storm here last night-did considerable
damage. The large barn of George
Brush, just outside the city, was
struck by lightning and totally de
stroyed. with all its contents. Five
horoughbred horses were killed. They
were valued at $1,500. One blooded
Polled Angus bull, recently purchased
at a fancy stock sale at the state fair
and valued at $500, was also killed.
Seventy-five tons of hay were con
sumed, together with harnesses and
farm machinery. Many smaller build
iugs throughout the county were
struck and damaged.
PREFERS SEWER TO JAIL.
Arthur Steinhagen Tries to Escape
Waterloo Police.
Waterloo, Iowa, Sept. 21. Arthur
Steinhagen, formerly of St. Paul, pre
ferred a place in the sewer to the city
jail. Steinhagen struck John Blsdorf
with a stone this afternoon during a
quarrel, almost cutting Blsdorf's nose
from his face and rendering him un
conscious for three hours. The police
found Steinhagen twenty-five feet back
in the sewer, to which he had gained
entrance at its mouth in the river.
The authorities had considerable trou
ble in dislodging the refugee, but
finally landed him in jail. It Is the
only case on record where a fugitive
took to the sewer for safety.
BALLOONI8T CRUSHED.
Four Thousand People See Probably
Fatal Accident at Fair.
Vermillion, S. D., Sept. 21.—"Billy"
Whalen of Sioux City got a leg and
iuuuv,... ..uii.u nave Deen kill
ed instantly. Four thousand people
saw the accident.
G. N. TRAIN WRECKED.
Two Cars of Oriental Limited Burned
—Three Injured.
Wenatchee, Wash., Sept. 21. The
Oriental Limited on the Great North
ern rail'/oad was ditched twenty miles
east of here. Reports tell of two cars
completely destroyed by fire. One
passenger, a woman, name unknown,
and two waiters were injured.
The track for a distance of 750 feet
was torn- up and twenty-four hours
will elapse before the road is ready
for traffic. The property loss will
amount to thousands of dollars.
ROBBERS IN BANK RAID.
Secure but Fifty Dollars After Dyna
mlting Safe.
Valley City, N. D., Sept. 20.—Yegg
men entered the First State bank at
Medina last night, and after three at
tempts'with nitroglycerin succeeded in
blowing the safe open and wrecking
the frout of the building. The last ex
plosion aroused the town and the ban
dits fled. They only secured $50, a
strong box in the safe with $3,000 not
being opened.
Head Is Cut OfT.
Billings, Mont., Sept. 21. WMle
alighting from a box car on which he
had been riding for the purpose of
throwing a switch, Carl Kuhn was
thrown under the wheels and his head
was severed from his trunk.
Burglars Rob Store.
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 21.—The M. R.
O'Neill hardware store was burglar
ized and about $100 worth of revol
vers and pocket knives stolen from
the show cases. No other articles were
disturbed.
Murderer Captured.
Marquette, Mich., Sept. 21.—Charles
Worl, wanted here for the murder of
Wallace Hogan, stabbed to death two
weeks ago, was captured at Ashland,
Wis., yesterday. Sheriff Rought left
last night to bring him back to Mar
quette.
Wants $10,000 for Eye.
Perham, Minn., Sept. 21. j. B.
Hoover, who lives south of here, has
just sued the Nlchols-Chisholni Lum
ber company of Frazee for $10,000
damages for the loss of an eye.
A MISSOURI WOMAN
Telia Story of Awful Suffering and
Wonderful Relief.
Mrs. J. D. Johnson, of COS West
Hickman St., Columbia, Mo., says:
"Following an operation two years
ago, dropsy set in,.
and my left side wu
so swollen the doctor
said lie would have
to tap out the water.
There was constant
pain and a gurgling
sensation around my
heart, and I could not
raise ijiy arm above
my head. The kid-
£'*v'f ney action was disor­
dered and passages of the secretions
too frequent. On the advice of my
husband I began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Since using two boxes my trou
ble has not reappeared. This is won
derful, after suffering two years."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box,
Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
A Long Tumble Needed.
"Tliey say that when a man is fall
ing from a height lie thinks of all his
evil deeds."
"I don't believe it."
"Why not?"
"Some men would have to fall out
of a balloon to get 'em all In."
The Why of the Fly.
Instead of strolling through'some sun
lit dell
Or musing by the ocean's foam*
flecked deep.
Why does a fly prefer to crawl
Uiion the face of one who trios to
sleep?
SHIP CATTLE, HOGS AND SHEEP.
Highest market price gauranteed.
CARSON. WOOD & WEILLER.
South St. Paul, Minnesota,
Two Fakes.
They met by chance, at an after
noon beer, at the Bohemia, a litei'ary
and artistic club.
"And what," said the one in the vet
vet coat, "is your specialty?"
"I write autobiographies of great
men," answered the one-^with the long
hair. "What is yours?"'
"I," was the reply, "paint Raphaels/*
PATENTS.
List of Patents issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & Johnson^
pate-it lawyers, 911 Pioneer Press
building, St. Paul, Minn.: Charles H.
Bach, Brooks, Minn., vehicle brake:
Carl G. Carlson, Braham, Minn., bag*
holder Carl Christiensen, Crookston,
Minn., band cutter and feeder Evan
Hyslin, Kindred, N. D., automobile
August-Scluich, Waseca, Minn., clasp
Geor,?e A. Wieland, Duluth, Minn.,
drawbridge Robert Eentsch, Butler,
S. D., belt shifter.
CARE OF THE LAWN.
Mow It Often Water It Well, Use a
Good Commercial Fertilizer.
The oftener grass is mowed the bet«
ter it will withstand dry weather. IS
it becomes necessary to apply water
during July or August, do it thorough
ly. A litttie wetting with the good for
nothing lawn sprinkler is worse thai)
none."
Enough water should be applied,
says the Village, so that the ground
below the sod becomes thoroughly,
soaked, thus attracting the roots down
ward. Do not use the lawn mower
when the grass is wet.
t- of— ^ial fertilizer on
during the sum
it will surprise you.
.. Will.
..II
•ick and alloweu'to' reC
'tight be accom-
uul
me usual custom is to
spread a thin coat, leave it a few
weeks and then rake It off. It might
about as well not be used at all.
The commercial fertilizer is much
better in every way. By its use an
old, worn out lawn may be rejuven
ated. Any fertilizer dealer who knows
his business is able to give full infor*
mation about its cost and use.
If you have a thin, weedy spot la
your lawn scratch it and sow gras^
seed very thick. If at first you don't
succeed in getting turf try again.
Thick grass will drive out tbe weeda
In time.
PUTS THE "GINGER" IN.
The Kind of Food Used by Athlete*.
A former college athlete, one of the
long distance runners, began to lose
his power of endurance. His experi
ence with a change in food 1s interest
ing.
"While I was in training on the
track athletic team, my daily 'jogs' be
came a task, until after I was put on
Grape-Nuts food for two meals a day.
After using the Food for two weeks I
felt like a new man. My digestion was
perfect, nerves steady and I was full
of energy.
"I trained for the mile and the halt
mile runs (those events which require
so much endurance) and then the long|
daily 'jogs,' which before had been
such a task, were clipped off with
ease. I won both events.
"The Grape-Nuts food put me in per«,
feet condition and gave me my 'ginger.'
Not only was my physical condition
made perfect, and my weight in
creased, but my mind was made clear
and vigorous so that I could get out
my studies in about half the time for
merly required. Now most all of the
University men use Grape-Nuts for
they Have learned its value, but I
think my testimony will not be amiss
and may perhaps help gome one to
learn how the best results can be ob
tained."
There's a reason for the effect of
Grape-Nuts* food on the human body,
and brain. The certain elements in
wheat and barley are selected with
special reference to their power for re
building the brain and nerve centres.
The product is then carefully and
scientifically prepared so as to make
It easy of digestion. The physical and
inental results are so apparent after
two or three week's use as to produce,
a profound impression. Read "The
Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There't
a reason,"