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THE STANDARD
BY C. C. KNAPPEN,
SISSETON. SOUTH DAKOTA.
NEWS OF WEEK_SU MMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.
The controller of the currency has
declared a dividend of 20 per cent to
all creditors of the Aetna Banking
Company of llntte and Washington.
President Roosevelt has issued a
proclamation calling on the people of
the United States to contribute funds
for the relief of the millions of famine
•uffererB in China, who are on the
verge of starvation.
Personal.
Dr. William Herbst of Trexlertown,
Pa., widely known as a botanist, is
dead.
William K. Smith, president of the
United Mine Workers of Illinois, died
at Coal City, 111.
Bishop Henry Cosgrove of the Ro
man Catholic diocese of Davenport,
Iowa, died after a long illness.
Count Eugene Zichy, the Hungarian
statesman and Central Asian explorer,
died at Budapest of apoplexy. He was
born In 1837.
Dr. Alois Pfister, one of the biggest
\Dien In Milwaukee, is dead. Dr. PilH
ter was six feet four inches tall and
weighed 400 pounds.
Harrison Parkman, the man who
first brought alfalfa from South Amer
ica and planted it in the United States,
died at Emporia, Kan., aged seventy
three.
Charles F. Thwing, D. D., LL. D.,
president of the Western Reserve Uni
versity of Cleveland, and Miss Mary
Gardiner Dunning were married at
Auburn, N. Y.
Dr. William Albert Noyes, editor of
the Journal of the American Chemical
society and chief chemist of the bu
reau of standards at Washington, D.
C., has accepted the position of profes
sor of chemistry and director of the
chemical laboratory in the University
of Illinois.
Criminal.
Earl Northrup was probably fatall.v
stabbed during a saloon quarrel at
Port Sill, Okla,, by Private Howard of
Troop K, Thirteenth cavalry, stationed
at Fort Sill.
ik-i-i Gov. Cummins gave a Christmas gift
In the form of a pardon to- Thomas
Smith of Albla, Iowa, who is serving
a sentence for shooting a man while
doing duty as an officer.
Henry Herb, an Ironworker, was
shot and killed by Constable Jeffries in
./ a saloon at Columbus, Ohio. Wit
neRses of the tragedy say the con
stable acted in self-defense.
Michael Swedish of Laurium, Mich.,
i:.: who murdered his wife in cold blood
on Oct. 12, has been taken to the
asylum for the criminal insane at lona,
being too Insane to stand trial,
T. E. Brady, a prominent Great
Falls, Mont., lawyer, has been lndlct
•$$?. ed by the federal grand jury on t.he
charge of having illegally fenced 13,
167 acres of public land in Valley coun
ty.
Two masked men held up seventeen
occupants of the lobby barroom of the
Columbia hotel at Goldfleld, Nev. They
secured $825 from the gambling games
but overlooked $3,000 which was in
•f-m the safe.
J1 Fifty negroes engaged in a diHink.en
flght at Kansas City, using clubs,
knives and stones. Besides the injur
ies sustained by the participants,
which consisted of broken heads and
severe bruises, a policemtn and a
spectator were hurt.
On complaint of Gov. Frank R:
Gooding, R. S. Sheridan, editor and
manager of the Bplse (Idaho) Capital
'News, )las been arrested, charged
with ,criminal libel.. The alleged libel
1b contained in an editorial published
by the Capital News. July 10, in which
''Goading" and "graft" are spoken of
as synonyjnqug terms.
'j In the presence of the four ttfQnps pt
I Fort Sheridan squadron of
:the
Nifitii
cavalry, who had just begun their
Christinas dinner in the fining hall of
the fort, Sergeant John Griffin or
Troop I shot and almost. instantly
killed Corporal William Taylor of the
saine troop. Both men,' who are col
i:. ored, quarreled over a woman, mis,
Casualty. •',•••)'
The Ernest & Cramer'building,'ono
of the finest, office buildings-in Denver,
was damaged by fire. The total loss
to the building and venters is estima
ted at $200,000.
Pinned between a massive roll of
paper and a steel roll weighing ten
tons, Arthur Hauk was slowly crushed
to death at the paper mill of the Kim
berly-Clark company at Niagara, near
Menominee, Mich.
Mrs.' Susan Kelly, aged thirty years,
was burned to death and her husband
barely ieacaped with his life in a fire
which destroyed their apartments in
New York. \t Is believed that Mrs.
Kelly's dress' tyiught fire from a
^hristmas candle. 4
$ 4
Laden'with holiday travelers the
North Coast limited \ran into an' open
switch at Spokane^ Wash. The en
gine and baggage car were ditched.
None of the passengers were seriously
Injured. G. B. Smith, fireman on the
limited, and Duncan Mathewson, trav
eling engineer, were fatally injured.
A passenger trnin was wrecked at
Moncrief, Fla. .John Homer, colored,
fireman, was lulled and three others
Injured.
The sixty-horsepower touring car ol
Joseph Leiter ran down nnd instantly
killed Samuel West., a fourteen-year
Did boy in Washington.
Four persons were burned, three fa
I a 11 y, as a result, of a natural gas ex
plosion in the home of .John Carvel at
Washington, Pa., near i'KJsburg.
Kir* which broke out at the ship
yards at, Newport. News caused $200.
D0f damage. A fireman was fatally in
jured. The Old Dominion liner Jef
ferson was damaged.
The Buffalo-Pittsburg flyer struck a
trolley care at the hake street grade
crossing at Ashtabula, Ohio. The
street car was demolished. One pe'
•on was killed and fourteen injured.
The steamer Empire State of Mil
waukee, one of the fleet of the Bfirry
Transportation company, was dam
aged to the extent of $8,000 by a file
which started in the engine room of
the boat.
Foreign.
The passive resistance strike of 25,
000 of the Austrian postal service,
which was begun several days ago, has
ended.
A sailboat with twenty-five persons
rn
board was overturned near Mont ego
Bay, Jamaica. Sixteen passengers
were drowned.
The Ecuador national assembly for
mally elected Gen. Klroy Alfaro, the
acting president, to be constitutional
president for four years.
A bomb exploded in the Hambla, one
of the principal thoroughfares of Bar
celona. One man was wounded. Three
anarchists have been arrested.
An unknown traveler dropped a
bomb in the railway station at Khar
kov, Russia. Two passengers were
killed and many were wounded.
The contract for the British battle
ship Superb, the third of the Dread
naughts, has been awarded to the
Armstrongs of Newcastle-on-the-Tyne.
Baron Hengelmuller, Austrian am
bassador at Washington, will retire
from the diplomatic service about the
middle of 1907. He has already served
the usual Austrian term of service,
forty years.
The president of the South Manchu
rlan railway says that the people guid
ing the management, of the company
forbid the granting of preferental
treatment to persons of any nationali
ty, Japanese or otherwise.
Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm
emulated his father's custom of dis
tributing money on Christmas eve.
He walked the streets of Potsdam, ac
companied by an aide, and scattered
new mark pieces among the people.
Half of the town of Arlca, in Chile,
has been destroyed by an earthquake
und other towns in the neighborhood
have suffered more or less severely.
With the recollection of the August
disaster fresh In their minds, the peo
ple in the earthquake zone are greatly
alarmed.
A Christmas lottery prize of $200,
(100 was won by the inmates of the
workhouse at Evora, Spain. All the
paupers, numbering 1,000, subscribed
each a few coppers to buy a ticket in
the draw ing. When they received the
prize they held a great farewell ban
quet at which all drank champagne.
The workhouse is now empty.
General.
Just as he presented a Christmas
gift to his wife, Thomas Cardin of
phjladelphja dropped dead of liea^t
disease'. j..
Rev. T. K. Crowley of St. Patrick's
church, at Dennison, Tex., while put
ting on his vestments to celebrate high
mass, dropped dead.
While kneeling in his stable, fixing
a manger, Charles Riemer of Oconto,
Wis., died-of. fteart disease. His wife
found him dead on his knees.
Fifteen-year-old Gilbert Schuerman,
living near Mount Pleasant, Iowa, won
the first prize, a fine sulky plow, for
Uie best ten ears of yellow corn ex
hibited at the corn show.
President Fell of St. John's college,
Ahnapolis, Md., has denied positively
that any of the students of his institu
tion took part in the-lynching of the
negro, fiarry Davis, Friday morning.
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Esther Rankin has secured a
verdict of'$j Vf00'damages against
L. Schul.tz, a druggist of Belmond,
Iowa, for an alleged error on the part
of the druggist's clerk iu giving her
cnrbolic acid instead of camphor.
John••S$tcrlin?-nnd attorney of Chica
go, has'''befei" disbavreij}, by the state
supreme court. He was recently in
dicted on a charge of participating in
alleged frauds, said to 'h&ire been en
gineered by Thomas Cameron of Mil
waukee.
Mrs. James G. Blaine. Jr., formerly
Miss Martha Hichborn, who secured a
divorce in South Dakota several days
ago, announced that she would soon be
married to Paul S. Pearsall of New
York, a lieutenant in the regiment of
rough riders during the war with
Spain.
A deed of trust filed for record in
Chicago involves a gift of $50,000 by
William R. Porter of Washington, D.
C., to the Northwestern university.
The gift, however, is conditioned on
the-payment by the university of. 4
per cent on the $50,000 to the three
daughters of Mr. Porter and their sur
vivors. -'.y*
tyilliam Dutton, .aged sixty-two,
world renowned equestrian and circus
man, died at Cincinnati. His death was
directly due to a blow on the head
which he received about two months
ago from thugs.
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INSURANCE MEN
ARE INDUED
RESULT OF GRAND JURY'S PROB
ING OF NEW YORK LIFE
COMPANY.
ARE CHARGED WITH FORGERY
GEORGE W. PERKINS AND CHAS
S. FAIRCHILD MUST FA(?E
TRIAL.
New York, Dec. 30.—The grand jury
which for the past month has been In
veMigating the affairs of the New
York Life Insurance company yester
day returned indictments charging for
gery in the third degree against
George W. Perkins, former vice presi
dent of the New York Life and a mem
ber of the firm of .1. P. Morgan & Co..
and Charles S. Kairchild. a former sec
retary of the treasury, president of the
New York Security and Trust compa
ny (now out of existence) and a mem
ber of the finance committee of the in
surance company. Mr. Perkins was in
court, when the indictments were an
nounced. He was formally arraigned,
entered a plea of not guilty and gave
bond In the sum of $10,000. Mr. Fair
child is at present in Europe.
Find Six Indictments.
Six indictments were returned
against each of the two defendants,
but all are based on the one transac
tion, known as the "Prussian loan,"
the specification under the charges of
forgery being the falsification of book
keeping entries.
The grand jury coupled with the in
dictments a presentment in which the
Jurors placed themselves on record as
being convinced that in doing the acts
charged against them Messrs. Perkins
and Fairchild were "influenced by a
desire to benefit the policyholders."
SHOT BY A NEGRO 80LDIER.
Chinaman Wounded While Resisting
Hold:Up.
El Reno, Okla., Dec. 30.—Resisting
an attempted holdup in his laundry
last night, Lee Sung, a Chinaman, was
shot and dangerously wounded by an
unknown negro, who wore the uniform
of the United States army. The as
sailant escaped. Soldiers from Fort
Reno, the sheriff's force, police and
many posses of citizens are searching
for him.
The numerous outrages perpetrated
by negroes, believed to be discharged
soldiers of the Twentv-fifth infantry,
have aroused the public to an intense
degree,
The negro was dressed In the full
uniform of the United States army,
but it is not known whether he is a
member of the negro troops now sta
tioned at Fort Reno or one of the dis
charged soldiers.
MANY ARMY CHANGES DUE.
Generals Bell, WInt and FunBton to Be
Promoted.
Washington, Dec. 30.—There will be
a number of changes in the army dur
ing the next few months, the most im
portant of which will be the promotion
of Brig. Gen. Bell to the rank of major
general. Gen. Bell's promotion will
take place upon the retirement of Maj.
Gen. Jesse M. Lee next Wednesday.
Maj. Gen. Wade, the senior in his
grade and the second officer in rank in
the army, will retire April 14. This
vacuncy will, in all probability, be fill
ed by the promotion of Brig. Gen. Wil
liam S. McCaskey, now in command ot
the department of Texas. Gen. McCas
key will retire Oct. 2 next.
Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston or
Brig. Gen. Wint will be promoted after
the retirement of Gen. MCCaskey.
HOLDS PRIEST'S WILL VALID.
Illinois Higher Court Sanctions $150,
000 Bequests..
Rock Island, 111., Dec. 30.--A verdict
declaring invalid the.-will of -Father
Thomas- Macklin,. a Catholic-'priest,
who left, an estrfe worth $150,000, was
sot asi.de yesterday by Judge Gest on
the ground that .th'exJ^xd^CJ. was not. in
accordance with the "evidence." Tlio
issue hinged on the sanity of the
priest. WW# died two years' ago of'a
disease that puzzled experts.
GREAT STRIKE IS POSSIBLE.
Forty-two Western Railways May Re
fuse Demands of8 Trainmen."
Chicago, Dec. 30. The probability
of serious trouble between the forty
two Western railroads and their em
ployes, who have demanded a 15 per
cent increase in wages, has becomo
more likely. The managers of the
roads affected have decided that no ac
tion will be taken until the trainmen
make fresh overtures.
Jeffries Signs for Fight.
San Francisco, Dec. 30. Articles
were signed yesterday for a flght for
the heavyweight championship of the
world and a $30,000 purse at Rhvolite.
Nev., next, April between Jeffries and
William Squires of Australia
^Iroquois Fire Victim Dies.
Chicagcft Dec. 30. After suffering
for three yfears, lacking two days, from
injuries recfelw&^p the Iroquois thea
ter fire Mrs.JnStrrle Kuh, wife of a
wealthy business ^rnan of this city,
died yesterday.
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JAMES MANAHAN
TURNED DOWN
BARRED FROM PRACTICING BE­
FORE RAILROAD AND WARE­
HOUSE BOARD.
HIS CHARGES THROWN OUT
GOVERNOR REFUSES TO ACT ON
COMPLAINT AGAINST THE
COMMISSION.
St. Paul, Dec. 30.—James Manahan,
attorney for the shippers' association,
has been barred from practicing be
fore the state railroad and warfehouue
commission. The commission yester
day adopted a resolution excluding and
barring him from practicing before it
as an attorney in any future proceed
ings until the further order of the com
mission. This action is based, accord
ing to the resolution, upon the ground
that Manahan "has shown not only
his inability, but, on the contrary, has
commission, but, on the contrary, has
repeatedly interfered with the proper
order and regulation of the proceed
ings."
Turned Down by Gov. Johnson.
Gov. Johnson made public a letter in
which he refused to take any action on
the charges filed apainst the commis
sion some time ago by Mr. Manahan.
The governor admits that possibly an
injustice has been done Mr. Manahan
in refusing to allow him to appear as
a party to the recent commodity rate
investigation, but that the action was
taken on the advice of the attorney
general, and as he is the legal adviser
of the board the responsibility rests
upon the attorney general and not
upon the board.
Besides. Gov. Johnson says, the com
plaint does not contain specific facts
showing a corrupt Intent, and this also
prevents him from acting.
J. J. HILL SOON TO RETIRE.
Says He Will Shift Burden Upon His
Son First of Next July.
St. Paul, Dec. 30. James J. Hill,
president of tha Great. Northern rail
road, will retire from active business
and active management of his many
mammoth enterprises July 1, 1907.
The announcement comes from Mr.
Hill himself. His successor will be his
second son. Louis W. Hill, first vice
president of the Great Northern.
From time to time in the past few
years there have been rumors that Mr.
Hill was planning to retire. The defi
nite time for the retirement has never
been announced until yesterday, when
Mr. Hill himself named July 1 next as
the date for getting out of harness. He
aald:
"I have planned to retire as soon as
1 could safely do so. By that time I
shall be able to leave the work of a
lifetime, the business here, on a safe,
sound base that will endure."
CONVICT JUMPS FROM TRAIN.
Makes Daring Escape From Sheriff
While on Way to Stillwater.
Shakopee, Minn., Dec. 30.—Convict
ed of grand%larceny in the second de
gree and sentenced to serve five years
in the penitentiary at Stillwater, a
prisoner made his escape from the cus
tody of Sheriff Freer of Blue Earth
county while on the way to the prison
by jumping through a window of one
of the coaches while the train was
slowly moving through the city.
Sheriff Freer, assisted by Sheriff
Wagener of Scott county and several
deputies, are scouring the woods and
bluffs north of the city where the
convict is supposed to be in hiding.
RAILS SPREAD TRAIN DITCHED.
Six Coaches Leave Track at Trenton,
N. D.—No One Is Killed.
Williston, N. D., Dec. 30.—A most
miraculous wreck happened to Great
Northern Train No. 2, about two miles
east of Trenton, yesterday. The train
of six coaches left the track on ac
count. of the rails spreading.
No one was1 seriously injured, al
though two women,were pretty badly
shaken up. The engine kept the track.
.,/ Dynamite Kills Vhree.""*".
Fargo, N. D„ Dec. 30.—Three Men
'S-erfe 'killed„.and a third so badlv in-
ju-e'd
that he may'die by an expiation
of dynamite wiiicli was being thawed
betwbeiv. Haw ley arid Muskoday,-small
stations on the Northern Pacific, about
fifty tallies'-east of Fargo.
Boy Kilted While Hunting.
.Te'ssup, Iowa, Dec. 30. Charles
Freeling, fifteen years old, was-instant
ly killed while hunting rabbits near
here. Just as a companion had taken
aim at a wihbit the boy ran In front
of the gun, the charge blowing the en
tire top of his head off-
Twenty-five tons of Hay Burns.
Faribault, Minn., Dec. 30. About
twenty-five tons of hay were burned on
the farm of Samuel Van Selous. The
fire was started by sparks from' an
engine of the Rock* Inland railway.
Admits Bribes on Contract.
Milwaukee, Dec. 28.—Farther Suptfc?
visor Augusts Puis, In the municipal
court, pleaded guilty to two indict
ments charging bribery in connection!
with county contract* apd
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SWEPT BY FIERCE STORMS
RAILROADS IN NORTHERN ENG
LAND AND SCOTLAND ARE
TIED UP.
London, Dec. 30.—It is many years
since Central Europe generally has
suffered so severely from an arctic vis
itation as it has this Christmas week.
From France, Belgium, Switzerland,
Germany and Austria-Hungary the
same tale is repeated of heavy snow
storms, the interruption of railroad,
vehicular and telegraphic communica
tion, the loss of life and general dis
comfort and inconvenience in the
towns as well as in the country dis
tricts.
According to reports received fn
northern uoin's in the United Kini
dom the storm situation is growing
worse.
Heavy Loss of Life.
The heavy snow storms are accom
panied by violent gales and have re
sulted already in a serious railroad ac
cident near Arbroath. Scotland, in
which sixteen were killed. Railroad
traffic in Northern England and in
Scotland is becoming completely tied
up.
Many trains are snowbound and pas
sengers are suffering from cold and
hunger. The gales have caused many
minor casualties along the coasts.
Disasters at Sea.
Among the worst sea disasters thus
far reported is the wreck of the Jap
anese liner Awa Maru, through the
snapping of her anchor cable. No lives
were lost in this accident, but the
steamer threatens to become a total
loss.
In the mountain districts of France
there is much suffering In Belgium
ice is forming on the Scheldt and
other large rivers, and ail communica
tion with points in the Hertogen for
est is at a standstill.
In Switzerland. Austria and Hunga
ry the weather is of unusual severity.
Germany reports the heaviest general
snowfall in many years.
CASSATT DIES IN HARNESS.
Railroad President and Financier
Passes Away Suddenly.
Philadelphia, Dec. 30. Alexander
Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company and one of the fore
most railroad men and financiers in
the country, died suddenly at his resi
dence here yesterday. Mr. Cassatt,
who was a little more than sixty-seven
years of age, was stricken with heart
disease shortly before 1 o'clock and
died before assistance could be given
him. His malady is known profession
ally as "the Stokes-Adams symbrone."
Though Mr. Cassatt's death was en
tirely unexpected, he had been in ill
health for nearly a year. His condition
was aggravated by an attack of whoop
ing cough, which he contracted from
his grandchildren while at Bar Harbor
in September. He never entirely re
covered from the effects of the attack.
BOTH DREW GUNS.
Herder Was Too Quick for Camileon
and Shot Him Dead.
Rock Springs, ,Wyo., Dec. 30.—Word
from Rife's ranch, fifty miles out oc
the range, tells of the fatal shooting
yesterday of a man named Camileon
by Yanz Rodriguez, a herder. The
men quarreled over some sheep which
Camileon claimed, but which the herd
er refused to release.
Both men drew guns, but Rodriguez
was a trifle quicker and dropped his
man in his tracks, the bullet entering
Camileon's head and killing him in
stantly. Rodriguez mounted a horse
and was last seen In the Bitter Creek
country. A posse is in search of him.
FOREST RESERVES.
More Than 1,500.000 Acres Withdrawn
From Settlement.
Washington, Dec. 30. The acting
commissioner of the general land of
fice has announced the withdrawal of
537.920 acres of land for forest reserve
purposes, included in the Sacramento
range of maintains in South Central
New Mexico. The acting commission
er also announced the withdrawal ot'
512.720 acres in" Routt coupty, Colo
rado. ^'est of the continental divide,
for similar purposes. He also with
drew for forest reserve purposes 483,
000 acres of land lying ip Southwest
ern Colorado, near Durango, and 155,
S50 acres in California adjoining the
Klamath forest reserve, on the weot
antt th.e. Oregon border on' the north.
PAYS $6,006,000"CASH.
One Hundred.'Tho'u.^inV Acres of Vir
ginia.Timber Changes Hands.
Spokane, Wash'., Dec.. 30.—What is
said to be -the biggest cash lumber
deal ever negotiated 'has just been
cioSed here by the' payment of $6,000.
000 for 1Q0.000, acres of virgin timber,
estimated'to contain taore than 2.500
000,000 feet of lumber.
The timber is that portion of the
Pan-handle of Idaho lying between the
St. Joe and St. Marie rivers.
Aged Victim of Hydrophobia.
New York, Dec. 29. Mrs. Charles
Weeks, sixty, of New Rochelle, died
at her home here from hydrophobia.
She was bitten three weeks ago by a
small fox terrier that her husband
found'in the street.
Bryan Will Be Candidate.
^Tdpeka, Kan., Dec. ,29.—In an Inter
view here yesterdiay' William J. Bryau
practically admitted that he would be
a candidate for the presidential nomi
nation before the next Democratic na
tional convention.
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ASKS INJUNCTION
FOR STOCK ISSIIf
ATTORNEY GENERAL E. T. YOUNG
FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST
GREAT NORTHERN.
PLAINLY IGNORING THE LAW
St. Paul, Dec. 28.—Attorney General
Young yesterday began suit in the dis
trict court to prevent the proposed is
sue of $60,000,000 new stock of the
Great Northern, which was to have
been made Jan. 4.
The court is asked to issue a perma
nent injunction against the issue of
the stock and a temporary restraining
order, pending the hearing of the suit.
The complaint says that the stock
of the Great Northern is limited bv its
charter from the state to $30,000,000,
and that additional stock can only be is
sued with the consent of the state rail
road and warehouse commission, after
a public hearing as to the necessity for
the issue.
Unauthorized Increase.
The complaint says that on March 1,
1906, the road had increased its stock
to $150,000,000. some of the increase
being without authority, and that it is
now proposed to add $G0,000.00{) more
Jan. 4. The interest on this $60,000,
000 at 7 per cent, the complaint points
out, will add $4,200,000 to the annual
fixed charges of the road, a great part
of which of necessity will be paid by
the people of Minnesota in freight and
passenger charges.
The complaint insists that the road
should have given the commission no
tice of the proposed increase that it
might inquire into the purposes for
which the money is to be used and the
necessity therefor.
Violation of Law.
All these facts the complaint holds,
constitute a gross subversion and vio
lation of the law, which will result, in
great damage to the state if not pre
vented.
Reports from New York say that
news of the beginning of the action
caused a decided drop in the price of
the stock of both the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific.
NO FUEL WOMAN FREEZES.
Homesteader Reports Death of Claim
holder.
Ray, N. D.. Dec. 28. Amel Low
rei.ee. a homesteader living near here,
went to his claim just before the re
cent blizzard and since has been snow
bound, only reaching town yesterday.
Lowrence reports that, a woman,
who held a claim near his own was
frozen to death. She had no fuel in
her shack and was unable to withstand
the severity of the wgather.
GUN'S RECOIL KILLS FARMER.
Butt Strikes Him in the Abdomen
With Fatal Effect.
Eldora, Iowa, Dec. 28.—Samuel Wis
ner a veteran of the Civil war. died
from the effects of injuries received
while examining a shotgun. He at
tempted to raise the hammer of the
gun, when it suddenly was discharged
and the force of the explosion was so
great as to jar the man's intestines,
the gun being held against the abdo
men as it was discharged.
CHOKED BABE WITH CORD.
Girl-mother of Bangor, Wis., Accused
of Horrible Crime.
La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 28.—A warrant
was issued/h^re yesterday for the ar
rest of Miss Lillian Losching of Ban
gor, Wis., on the charge of murder in
the first degree.
The girl is alleged to have given
birth to a child, and to escape detec
tion to have strangled it to death with
a cord.
ASSAULT BECOMES MURDER.
Man Is Rearrested After His Victim
Dies.
Brainerd- Minn., Deo. 28.—,£1 Haga
dorn, who was shot Tuesday by Henry"
'lowers, died yesterday afternoon.
Towers "was arraigned on a^cliarge of
assault in the first decree and the
hearing was continued He was rear
rested on a charge of murder.
.Decapitated'by Train.
^Bntt^jMoflf Dec. 2S. -7- Charles
honijts,'- wa^"ff)0jn4 #lcn,(l^bc.side tlie
tracks, at Rocker.' His*
capita|j»ii.iMul.the indications are that
he wagj^fci i'uj^af. ore cars.
No Blame' in Leiter Mishap.
Washington. Dec. 2S.—The coroner's
3Ury returned a verdict of "unavoid
able accident in its inquest over the
body of Samuel West, the fourteen
year-old colored boy ^-ho was run over
yesterday and '-.illed by Joseph Let
ter's automobile.
Fight With Pitchforks.
2 a
pitchforks between two grooms em-hti
ployed in a fashionable riding academy
resulted In probably fatal injuries to
Thomas Connelly.
Child Dies of Hemorrhage.
Red Wing. Minn., Dec. 28. The in
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Olso,
residing near Wacouta, was found
dead on their return home at midnight
The child had died tf hemorrhage of
the brain.
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