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MINNESOTA ^k V - W2SH S?F"

FORTUNES FROM IRON lumbermen Made Wealthy by,

, "lands Purchased Originally «<; s for? Their Timber. fi

Deep Snow Is Adding Heavily to f t | £ Expense of Logging in ',„,. \ ^ x y~ the North. ; ' r -

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mathlan and Athenian Literary so­cieties will be held at Willis hall chapel, this evening.—At the meeting of the Farmers' Mercantile and Elevator com­pany th« report at the manager showed that 191,006i bushels of, grain had been handled, during the year at-a, net- profit of $1,083.28, and a dividend -of ** 10 per cent was declared * '

H O L E TORN f H R 6 V & H H 1 S BODY

•pedal to The Journal. 7 Duluth. Minn , Jan. It.—There is much

,» *tne.uiry here for lumber to ship east, but *^few buyers have been here the past wee.k 'tand few sales have been made, in all t*bout 4,500,000 feet. There is some dif­ference of opinion among lumbermen as to

tthe average difference in price between , this date and last year Some say $2 and ./•titers p.. On No 4 boards, for Instance,

the actual advance aeemg to be in the neighborhood of $1, as these were selling

';'a year ago at about $10, and ard now ^bringing $11 On No 3 and better the difference ^arles

On this class of stock it is altogether as the individual manufacturer figures; if he were making lumber a year ago from a good class of logs and is now using a poorer lot, his advance over last year will be very little, if any, on the other hand, if he was then logging a lot of poorer timber, running a good many logs to the thousand, and is now where the pine grew tetter and clearer, his advance is more than this average. One of the heaviest firms in this region is getting $3 over its last year's price

Costs are increased over last year, pos­sibly not proportionately to this advance, l>ut more than most people realize Take the single item of railroad coal as an example It Is now worth three times the price of a year ago, that Is, it takes $9 worth of coal to do the work that $3 worth would do then. This is partly on account of an increase in the price per ton and partly by reason of the poorer •uality of what is furnished

The deep snow is delaying operations and making extra costs Camps are em­ploying many additional teams all the time ior plowing, and the extra cost of skidding logs in three feet of snow over what it would be with usual depth is a big item.

Lumbermen are continuing to make for­tunes out of iron in this district. The Eddy Bros of Bay City a few years ago iiought a tract of land on the western Mesaba range for $100,000 which they have

, ius"t sold for more than ten times a s I much. A tract of land belonging to F. ' Weyerhauser, R L McCoi mick and others • was taken over by a local exploring syn-I dicate two years ago, and this company I has sold the lease under such arrange-! ments that the lumbermen owners will I ultimately get not less than $3,000,000 and

probably much more E. M Fowler of Chicago, a pine land

' man, received the past year as his royal-! ties from the Fajal mine alone in the

•eighborhocd of $250,000 and nearly as much more from other mines he was for­tunate enough to ha\e bought years ago tor their pine Murphy & Door and Rob­inson & Flynn, Saginaw partners of Mr Fowler's in these holdings, get, all told, as much as he from these and other lands. *

Otter Tall County 'Boy Accidentally Shot , to Death-" .

FERGUS FALLS, MJNN — Ernest Oberg, the- 14-year-ofd «3n* of Knule Oberg, who resides near Brandon, was shot and almost* instantly killed while playing with a gUn, The charge, entered hfeoreast, iearlng a hole' nearly through the body and causing instant death.

The creditors of John Waraela, a. gen­eral merchant of Browerville, filed a- peti­tion in the United States court in this city to-day, asking that he be declared a bankrupt. They allege that Mr. War-zela has made an assignment of his property, but they fear he has not turfiSd over all of it.

Robert Shipley, Sr., a pioneer resident of the town of Compton, died this week after an illness of eighteen years. His affliction was creeping paralysis. -For ten years he had been a .helpless invalid, and for over a year has been unable to speak, almost unable to move, Her was 69 years of age and leaves a family.

Taxes on Otter Tall county real es­tate are^ about twice as high this year as they were last, and farmers are object­ing vigorously. The increase is due to the action of the state board of equali­zation, which found that Otter Tail coun­ty lands were assessed too low and made a horizontal increase of 80 per cent in their valuation. v

Olaf Syverson and Miss Emma Ost were quietly married by Justice Cowing.

A L E X A N D R I A ' S SMALLPOX

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Some MembcrTof Jb&Nolrth Dakota Hpjfee T''1--"'.]-'1'

EXCELSIOR, MINN<(—The Workmen smd Degree of Honor held a joint In­stallation The Workmen Installed the following officers' E E. Walworth, mas­ter workman, Fred Bickford, foreman, D Darnell, overseer, K L Davidson, re-eorder, O V. W. Sigafoos, receiver; R H DeGroodt, financier. The Degree of __

&Honor pffapar%«-were ih%%lled,a#§followsNk,i| *Kate Moore, O. of H,; Hattie M. Hogan,

1 . Of H ; Marie Winholtz, O. of C , Car-- l ie Sampson, financier, John M. Seller,

recorder, Daisy Davidson, secretary; Fannie Watson, S. U , E. Walworth,. I. W , C Sampson, O. W. Light refresh­ments were served —Jesse "Van Valken-Tiurg, an attorney of Minneapolis, and

I his bride are spending their honeymoon at the Sampson house.

Situation Said to Have Been Exaggerated by Outside Papers.

ALEXANDRIA, MINN—Much has ap­peared in the twin city dailies, as well as the country papers of Minnesota, as to smallpox In Alexandria. The Journal cor­respondent has taken pains to look the matter up and finds the facts to be as follows* There are at present fifteen houses inAlexandria that are quarantined. Of those, five are awaiting to be fumi­gated to be released. Only ten families, therefore, are held for the actual disease. Nearly every business house has beeen fumigated and the remainder are being reached as fast as possible. The churches, school buildings, postoffice and barber shops have all been treated. This work has been done under the direction of H C Sinks of the state board of health, who spent about a week here. Every private house where theie has been a case of smallpox, or a suspected case, has been fumigated.

The schools were not closed under the advice of Mr. Sinks, but pupils and teachers have been vaccinated and each absence from school is traced and the causeof absence ascertained Every sus­pected case is being quarantined. There is absolutely no danger in coming to Alexandria. The reports sent to the cities and to surrounding villages as to the conditions have been grossly exag­gerated

5X late a marriage contract with Dr. R. L. Park of Fort Morgan, Col., to whom she was married on the eve of Christmas.

Dr. Beller was bom and reared, in Ben­ton county, and for several years up to last year was very attentive to Miss HiiU He is about 30 years of age and had al­ways borne an excellent reputation. He is a graduate of Rush Medical College. Ever since the first charges were made he has emphatically denied all knowledge or complicity in any of the matters. •>

A L U M N I OF OLD MICHIGAN

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MONTANA

Six Hundred WHl Greet President AngelJ at Des Moines.

DES MOINES, IOWA.-^Slx hundred Michigan university graduates will gather in Des Moines Feb. i l from alt parts of the state to hear President I. B. AngeU of Ann1 Arbor. A banquet will be served at the Savery in his honor.

Prominent iowans who are members of the Michigan alumni and will be present to speak are Tom and M. H. Healey of Fort Dodge; C. A. Dudley, attorney, Des Moines, Senator Thomas A. Cheshire, Des Moines, Judge Hayes, Iowa City; Dr. J. R. Fairchild, surgeon-general of the North-Westem railway in Iowa; E. C. Herrick of Cherokee, and Captain C. L. Watrous of Des Moines.

TWO MORE ARRESTS Well Known Eesidents of Rosebud

County, Mont., Charged With :

Bridger Bank Bobbery.'»- .r

Five Men Have Now Been Run Down by the American Bank**

ers' Association. '•

Special to The Journal. Helena, Mont., Jan. 17—John Kirby

and WiUiam Judeman, well-known resi­dents of Rosebud county, have been ar­rested, charged with being participants in the sensational bank robbery at Brid­ger, Carbon county, early in December. The arrests were made at the instigation of H, C. Aiken, a detective sent there from Seattle by the American Bankers*

Prelwent T n g ^ ' w l l i be the guest of |association to ferret out the criminals.

£, L. Richmond, Mlnnewaukan.

M. B. CaiieU,,,, X. H. Thompson, v H. T. Connolly, Clifford. ', ~ Belmont. „ *«x Wahpeton.

James Elton, Grand Forks.

F. T&, Qickinson, Ayr.

NORTH DAKOTA

FARIBAULT, MINN.—Anabel and Roy Varley were sent to the state public school at Owatonna yesterday by Judge Hunter. They are orphans, aged 4 and 3 years, and were living with their step-father at a chopping camp north of here They had been ill treated.—Rev. Lawrence B Ridge-ley, an Episcopal minister who has -fust returned from Wuchang, China, will lec­ture at the guild house Monday—Patrick Deverly recused $5,000 this week for Adrianhaha, a 5-year-old pacing stallion, which he owns.—Frank A. Pratt and Sophia H Babcock of Morristown were married yesterday*. &

CROOKSTON, MINN.—The appeal /of

DAKOTA INSPECTION Superior Boomers Arrive at Bis­

marck to Open Campaign for a New Grain Deal.

league Between Wisconsin and North Dakota Said to Be

Strongly Favored.

teaehere iof the normal. The county su­perintendents haf e discussed the plan and favof ft. The normal tiOurs*e would be about six, weeks-in duration* and there would be ten or -twelve instructors..

-CARRINGTON, >N. D.—Officials from New Mexico arrived yesterday for a marl named Hendricks whose capture was ef­fected by placing; a revolver suddenly un­der his face and calling upon him to throw up his hands, sphere was a reward of $2,500 offered for him. A few weeks agd Hendneks married a iFoster county wo­man. His crime was the shooting of a sheriff. T

IOWA

NO BIRCH IN THIS Self-GFovernment System for Ida

Grove's High School After

Monday-Next.

the Michigan Alumni association of Iowa, of which Lafe Young, Jr., is president and Oscar Strauss secretary.

GRlNNELL, IOWA—Profit sharing in Grinnell will hereafter be a feature of the glove business of Morrison, Mcintosh & Co. B. J. Ricker, the Junior member of the torn, has worked out the system, visiting factories where profit-sharing has been in vogue. Probably* 150 men and women are employed a t the factory. The plan contemplates a division of 25 per cent of the net profits, of which 6 per cent goes to the foreman and 20 per cent to the less skilled labor. The plan also contemplates the setting aside of a small sum each year as an insurance fori > injured or sick employes.

i DULUTH, MINN.—Albert Green, a farmer of Carlton county, was indicted for alleged perjury. Nov 18 he secured ft marriage license in St Louis county to marry Mrs. Jennie Devard, who had been divorced in October from Adam De­vard. Green, it is alleged, swore that neither he nor the prospective bride had fceen divorced within six months He also declared she was a resident of St. Louis county.

the farmers benefited from the decision of the viewers of judicial ditch No. 1 of Polk county was heard before Judge Watts. The matter attracted over 200 farmers from this and Marshall county. The district drained Is a very large one and the ditch is the first one in the state to be- dug under the law which places ditches which benefit more than one county in the hands of the district court.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan 17.—M. P. Schmitt and F. R. Crumpton, representing the West Superior Board of Trade, arrived in the city last night and have opened the campaign for Wisconsin's, grain inspec­tion. Many members of the legislature have pronounced strongly in favor of the new departure, in fact, some of them say their constituents told them they need not return home if they failed to further ; all legislation looking to the beginning of the deal.

The West Superior men are enthusiast­ic as to the benefits to be derived by the Norths Dakota farmer if the new inspec­tion can be effected. In substance they outline the following plan: They purpose to pass in the present Wisconsin legisla­ture bills which will create a state graiA commission to be appointed by the gov­ernor and made up as follows^ One-mem­ber to be from Wisconsin, one to be nominated by the governor of North Da­kota and the others to be named by the New York produce exchange.

Ry this means it is figured that the sell­er and the buyer will both have a voice in

grain grades The Inspection is to be known as the "Dakota Inspection," and the chief inspectors are to be North Da-kola men, nominated by the governor of the state When this has been accOmr plfshed the Minnesota inspectors are to be bounced from West Superior

It'is an alluring Jirospeef that the"Wesf Superior men hold forth, and if the North Dakota legislature acts in conjunction with the Wisconsin lawmakers it is as­serted it will be able to effect a saving to

fthe North Dakota and northern Minne­sota farmers of from 2 to 5 cents a bushel on their wheat and at the same time a s ­sure the eastern and foreign buyer that he is getting the grain and grade he pays for.

JAMESTOWN^N. D.—The annual meet­ing of „ the Alliance Hail association re­sulted in the* election of J. M. Smith of Enlerado. president; W. El BSls^of Hope, vice president; Charles T. Hills of James­town, secretary ~$hd treasurer. It was decided to raise the assessment from 40 cents to 45 -cents a.n acre and to insure only .eighty out<ofi every 160 acres;

SOTJFTH DAKOTA DEAD WOOD,, £. D.—Revival services

are being conducted by the fire Protestant churches The city hall is used for the meetings, the .ministers from the various churches alternating in the delivery of sermons. The meetings are arousing much interest.—Plans are being drawn for a 'new residency to be erected by Julius Deetkin, which w4U be the most beauti­ful and costly In- DeadWood. The flrst story will be of cut stone and pressed brick, and the upper part of frame It will occupy a spacious lot,, which will be beautified by cement walks and enclosed by a substantial wall with stone coping. The improvements will cost over $25,-000—B. M. Holbrook has purchased the residence pfoperfy^ of the late Judge F. J. Washabaugh dft^orest Hill, paying $9,000.

£QNESTEEL,,t S. O.—Something over the establishment and the maintenance o f { 2 - 0 0 0 head of x^ttle were shipped the past

Senate, House and Cojirt, With the Veto Power in Hands of Su- *"

perintendent.

AITKIN, MINN.—The council has ap­pointed a new board of health, consisting of Dr. Belshelm, W. B. Marr and W. H. Harrison. There are several cases of diphtheria under quarantine —The super­intendent of schools reports an increase of 300 in the attendance of the rural schools of Aitkin county the past year

TO BANISH T H E QUACKS

NORTHFIELD, MINN.—The Hampton Co-operative Elevator company has beert organized with a capital stock of $6,000. —The matter of a gas plant for North-field is up for consideration, a permit for the putting in of a system having been asked of the city council —The first intersociety debate between the Philo-

Oxygen Hunger

The worst starvation is Oxygen hunger.

It is a disease when your blood is deficient in red corpuscles.

It ends in Consumption and death.

Its signs are weakness, l o s s of flesh, p a l e skin, transparent complexion, loss of ambition, and prone-ness to " catch cold/'

The only cure is

MORRIS, MINN.—The county commis­sioners have fixed salaries- as follows-

Auditor, $1,200; treasurer, $1,200; super­intendent, $670 and $125 for six months' livery hire; attorney, $800; judge of pro­bate, $650, auditor's clerk, $790 The Morris Sun was made the official paper.

ELMORE, MINN.—Judge Qumn yester­day sentenced J J. Morenous, who broke into W. O Dustin's store last fall and secured clothing and jewelry, to from three to ten years in the state reforma­tory, the duration of time depending on behavior. '

Ozoinulsioi It is a medicinal emul­

sion of cod liver oil, con­taining principles which vitalize and oxygenate the b l o o d and thereby give fresh life and energy to the tissues.

Ozotaulsion is the good food, the e a s y food, the universal food, for all who are sick or in need of strength. To be had at all druggists. Try it.

FAIRMONT, MINN.—Congressman Mc-Cleary writes that if Fairmont will do its share, Mr. Carnegie- will donate $15,000 for a library. A special meeting of the city council was held yesterday and it was decided to give a site and appropriate $1,500 a year for maintenance.

BATTLE LAKE, MINN.—W. W. Roof, about 60 years old, was bound over to the grand jury for criminal assault on a 9-year-old girl, daughter of Oscar Long of Amor. Roof was taken to the county jail yesterday.

LAKE CITY, MINN.—Mrs. Javinati Marble, 83 years old, died this week at the home of her sOn-in-law, J J. Larson of Dead Lake Prairie, W i s , a few miles northeast of this city.

DUBUQUE, IOWA.—Captain Albert W. Hosford was served with two warrants of arrest on charges of embezzlement

State Medical Association Will at Least Make the Effort.

FARGO; N D.—Efforts will be made by the medical fraternity of the state to exclude a class of fakirs who make this state each fall and practice medicine in the smaller towns. At the meeting of the state board of medical examiners here nine of the eleven applicants were passed, and there was much discussion as to need­ed legislation

Fargo business men feel they are get­ting the worst of it in an order for a. change in the mail service on the Northern Pacific out of this city. One of the route clerks on the first evening train out has been taken off. One man is unable to work the mail in time to distribute the north-bound packages that are transferred at Glyndon and Winnipeg Junction, and they are carried on to St Paul and reach their destination twelve to twenty-four hours late.

A further order makes matters still worse, as all Farg6 letters for points east of St. Paul were ordered held for the sec­ond Northern Pasiflc night train, which comes from the coast. This train is so frequently late that it often misses con­nection in St Paul and the mail lays over there for twelve hours Superin­tendent Perkins will be asked to rajake a change.

Fargo is to have another new block to be erected for W. O. Olsen, the furniture man. It wi l lbe three stories, 50x120 feet, with 24,000 feet of floor space. It will be on Broadway.

BISMARCK, N. D.—George W. Moffet, living twenty-five miles southwest, was killed by the collapsing of a granary. Corn fell upon and smothered him.

VALLEY CITY, N. D.—President Mc-Farland of the normal has a plan to com­bine the summer schools of Ave or six counties in a large summer school at Val­ley City to be instructed by the corps of

'week to eastern marKets. Most <?f the heavy snow 'ha^^iSappeared and^ all in­dications poipt to good weather for some time W dome.—4,coWBc'il.of the-Improved Order ^fs Red Mbn was organized here With a, membership ^of'1 twenty—Saloon me*n lMve*"dW*P»;S,0Wr fcdhs M i e £ W -•veste$ and w' i l^Jn^W^ou^^OOO tons before the ;;seftson[ .closes-.—Every one feels jubilant- over the" news- that* the Rosebud reservation bill will undoubtedly^ ibass at this session of congress. Values' on city property have ta>en a jump. A \ . ,

LEAD, S. D.—J. J. Green has resigned as-chief of police. It is expected Andrew Bray, one of the police officers, will suc­ceed him:—Bishop Storiha has begun plans for extensive improvements in the various church properties in Lead. He has organized a board of active workers, and purposes to Enlarge the school facili­ties and to build a new cathedral. A hall win also be built and the bishop's residence greatly*, improved,

Special to The Journal. Ida Grove, Iowa, Jam 17.—On Monday

next the self-government system will be started' in the high school here. The students have been busy since the board decided to give the plan a trial, which decision caused the resignation of the principal and much discussion aU over the state. The plan adopted is an organiza­tion patterned after congress. There is a vice president elected by the school, a senate of six members from each class, a supreme court having three members, and a house, composed of all who are not otherwise employed in the offices. There are two tribunes from each class, who serve one week each. All laws originate in the house, are acted upon by the joint assembly and sent to the superintendent of the school^for approval. If vetoed, the veto is final and the question cannot come up again at the same term.

Offenses are to be reported by the trib­unes to the stiperintendent, who may refer them to the judges for final action. Each student is expected to give such assist* ance as he or she can to another student when not being examined. T,bis is con­trary to the old plan that prohibited as­sistance being extended The object of the new rule is that the whole class may move along together, and each feel that the responsibility of the -class is upon the whole school.

The work of getting ready for the adop-TCon or the 'self-government system 4ias been slow, as the pupils have had no pre­cedents to help them, the departure being largely experimental, wholly so in this state.

IOWA FALLS, IQWA.—-The Central Iowa Osteopathic association has Just been organized. Fifteen or twenty coun­ties are embraced in the territory of the society. The next meeting will beheld at Boone in January, 1904. Dr. D. B. Mcr Alpin of Boone was elected president and Dr- Vadie M. Brown of Rockwell dity, secretary,—Like Hardin county, the re­publicans of Wright county will hold a late primary and May 29 has been se­lected as the date.

Aiken asserts that the plot to rob the bank was planned at the house of "Mother" Reeves last summer. He says there were present at the meeting Joe Wallace, William Countryman, J. Lind-sey, P. Murray and W. M. Judeman. Murray and Wallace have made confes­sions to Sheriff Potter. The former as­serts that Wallace Kirby and Judeman did the work, while the latter insists it was done by Murray, Countryman and Lindsey.

Murray further asserts that the morn­ing after tho robbery the men had a vio­lent quarrel over the disposition of the booty.

The Stock Growers' bank at Bridger was robbed of more than $2,000 by masked men last month. After a long chase a posse succeeded in surrounding Wallace, Countryman, Lindsey and Mur­ray in Murray's cabin. Only a small amount of the stolen funds was recov­ered.

SPENCER, IOWA—An unusual inci­dent is reported from Waterford town­ship. A young man by the name of Perry lived on his father's farm, and had with him another yoting man. An in­vestigation disclosed that neither Perry "nor his companion were on the place and the stock was famishing for want of food and water. A horse and a mule were found dead. What has become of Perry and his companion is a perplexing question.

WISCONSIN tn

SIMPLE JUSTICE SAYS LA F O L L E T T E

EDITORS 'ROUND T H E BOARD

MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA—Tom Lar­son of Harlan was robbed of $30 in this city. He was on his way to Queen City, Minn —Pearl Dean, principal of the! school at Quarry, has been arrested on the charge of assault and battery, the complainant being A. B. Anderson, fa­ther of a young man whom the principal punished in school.—Arthur Allen was ar­rested on a charge preferred by Miss Esther'M. Regan, aged about 17 years.

LFKE BANDS OF S H E E P

South Dakota Men Guests of Horror at Sloux City.

SIOUX CITY, IOWA—At a banquet in the.,Mondamin hotel parlors, the members of the South Dakota Press association SAC CITY, IOWA.—C. A. Pratt, who wound up their visit to Sioux City on the had been in the clothing business in this occasion of their mid-winter session. The place for eighteen years, quietly disap

OTTOSEN, IOWA.—A carload of coal consigned to the Simpson elevator came just in time to relieve partially the coal famine. It was dealt out m lots of 500 and 900 pounds. The coal had been billed five weeks ago, and a week ago when the Rock Island was requested to send a traoer< the elevator people were informed that i the road- did not use its wires, for such pujposts.

IOWA CITY, IOWA—The corner stone of the first of the college of medicine's new buildings was laid to-day. Dr. J. C. Shrader of Iowa City, who has been con­nected with the college since its inqep-tion in 1869, and who helped to found it, officiated. President George E. Mac-Lean 'of the university assisted. Gov­ernor Cummins selected the St. Cloud granite corner stone.

Smith River Valley Literally Overrun With Jack Rabbits.

BUTTE; MONT.—The Smith River Boun­ty association has become alarmed over the tremendous increase of jack rabbits &s a result of the killing off of wolves and coyotes. At the meeting of the associa­tion at White Sulphur Springs it was re­ported that the rabbits were "becoming so numerous that a stack of alfafa. hay dis-' appeared in a short time In a few miles drive in any direction one may see hun- * dreds of jack rabbits grazing along like bands of sheep.

On the west side of the Smith river val- I ley, the creatures are becoming more; | numerous perhaps than In other sections of the country. *One rancher from this lo­cality reported havfng counted over 200 ? rabbits playing about his hay stack.

.Another ranoher said the pests had eat­en so much of his alfafa stack that the, < remainder was in danger of toppling over. He had scattered some alfafa in a straight line and with a shotgun secreted himself behind a fence and awaited the return of the animals. They came back in droves and in seventeen shots he killed exactly, fifty-seven. One shot brought down seven and in three shots the aggregate killed -was seventeen. A California "rabbit . drive" has been proposed, and the ranch­ers may organize in order to wipe out the pests.

Afr Inheritance Taxes Must B e Relm bursed"by the State.

MILWAUKEE, 'W^g.—Widows, orphans and others who paid the inheritance tax before the law was declared unconstitu­tional will be pleased to observe how proniptly the governor, m his message, takes note of the situation, saying that the money will be restored without cost.

Governor La F-ollette says: "Prior to the time when the" courts determined the inheritance tax law of this state to be unconstitutional, considerable sums- had been paid by executors of estates in con­formity with the provisions of that law It seems proper that moneys so paid should be restored by- the state to the rightfull owners, ,and simple justice re­quires that this should be done without cost either in litigation or through collec­tion agencies. I recommend suoh action by your honorable body as will accomplish this result."

It is quite clear that the governor is not pleased with the collection agency .scheme recently exploited, and It is safe to say that no more will be s heard of it. It is even intimated that the governor''will go farther than his message, if necessary, to protect the interests of the people who are enjtitled to the refund.

banquet was the annual dinner of the Commercial Club, .at which the visiting editors were guests of honor.

Mayor Caldwell, the old South Dakota newspaper man and mayor of Sioux City, presided in his happy fashion. The pro­gram was as follows: Address of wel­come, J. S. Lawrence; response, President C. F. Allen; address, George D. Perkins, editor of the Journal; address, "News­paper Loyalty to South Dakota," Henry S. Volkmar, Of the Milbank, S. D., Re­view; response, "Sioux City's Business Relations vcith South Dakota," Alderman W. F. Wiley; address, "What Are We Here For?" Clate R. Tinan of the Kimball Graphic.

The editors yesterday amended the con­stitution by providing that the officers shall hereafter be elected at the winter* session, the present officers holding until next winter.

They discussed at length the trip to be taken for the summer meeting. Most of them thought a journey to the Pacific coast or even to the Yellowstone park was out of .the question. Many favor the trip taken last year from Duluth by the lakes to Buffalo.

BILLINGS, MONT.—What is believed will be a record-breaker in Montana shipments of sheep to the east will soon be made by William Rea of South St. Paul. Mr. Rea is in the city arranging for the shipping of about 75,000 sheep belonging to the- Rea brothers The ship­ments will commence Jan 20, the first comprising fifty cars. There will be a grand total of 300 cars.

IOWA MASON CITY, IOWA—W A Doron,

state manager of the Modern Brother­hood of America, with headquarters in this city, has resigned. His successor will be M. T. DeWoody of Cedar Rapids.

peared a few days since without giving his destination and his creditors have taken possession of his business. Phil Schalier, who only a few days ago signed a note with Pratt for $3,800, has posses­sion of the stock under a chattel mort­gage..

• ELDORA, lOWA—Judge Evans de­cided an important point in the trial of the divorce case of Shaw vs. Shaw. The attorney for the defense contended that one member of a family- cannot accept no­tice of suit for the defendant member^ and Judge Evans" upheld huqa. <

FORT DODGE, IOWA—Efforts are be­ing made to secure a pardon for James Leland£ serving an eighteen-month sen­tence in the Anatnosa penitentiary for forgery^ His family is destitute andt Fa­ther Coflin is interested in the case.

ROCK RAPIDS, IOWA—The prelimina­ry hearing of August BUnge, Who shot Helmer Deboer at George, Dec. 20, re­sulted in the indictment of Bunge for murder. He was held in $15,000 bail. His plea is self-defense.

OTTUMWA, IOWA.—The annual con­vention of Iowa Spiritualists opened yes­terday. Mayor T. H. Pickler delivered the address of welcome and the response was made by Harrison D. Barnett of Boston.

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ROCKWELL CITY, IOWA—The Farm-1 era* Co-operative society is the only con­cern whieh has SO far succeeded In get­ting a ear of hard coal. The coal was' sold in half-ton lota at $9.80 a ton.

NEW OFFICERS S0TTTH DAKOTA TEACHERS ASS0CIANTI0N

ASHLAND, WfS.—Lumber circles are stirred, over the determination of the government to sell to the highest bidder all the timber now standing on the Bad River reservation. It is expected that many prominent lumbermen will compete, as the timber is" one of the finest re­maining in the state.

In order that you may test the merits of Ozomulsion, sen4 your name and full address to *

T H E OZOMULSION CO., 218 De Peysten Street, - - N«W Yorft, mentioning this paper and a large sample free bot t le will at once De-sent you by mail prepaid. .

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BLACK RIVER FALLS, WIS.r-George Burns of this city was brought down from the pinery yesterday- In turning sud­denly he broke his leg at the kn<se. When* the doctors examined it they found the bone badly decajred from the improper setting of a former fracture and the leg was amputated above the knee

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BEATRICE, NSB.—J. E Nance, a farmer, burned himself to death by pour­ing a gallon of oil over his clothes and lighting it. He then started to run for a corn field. He got througli a wire fence and twenty feet into the field when he fell. A hired man ran to him, but he was dead. He had been- demented because of Illness. „

SEWARD, NEB.—A dog belonging to Fred Hartman was attacked by hydropho­bia and started to chase the cattle. Mrsu Hartman was alone, but procured a rope and put it around.the dog's neck, tying it to the barn. Shja was not bitten during the hazardous task.

A L E X A N D E R V r R A C H A N , D E A D W O O D President*

MRS. D. JONES, V E R M I L L I O N , Secretary*

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CALUMET, MUCH.—Fred Mackenzie, editor of the Copper Evening News and for thirty yeaiW^felerk of Calumet town­ship, died to-qay at* his home, ag«d-x 72. He was hord in London and came to Amer­ica in 1SS5. 'Heart trouble"was the cause of death. He leaves a-widow and family o£ growa children, a

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Iowa College Trustees Wi l l Chose Dr. Edward A. Stelner.

Special to Tbe Journal. DES MOINES, IOWA—Next Wednes­

day the trustees of Iowa College at Grinnell will meet for the purpose of filling the chair of appliedfChrlstianity and such other positions on the faculty as may be vacant. The chair of applied Christianity has had no~professor since George D. Her-ron was ousted from the school because of his radical ideas, especially on the lines of domestic duty and morality.

The only applicant to succeed Dr. Her-ron is Dr. Edward A. Steiner of Sandusky, Ohio, who will undoubtedly be elected to the position on trial, at least. I>r. Steiner brings the best of references and many of the trustees are favorably inclined to elect him at once, were it not for the prejudices which Herronism ̂ created, and which gave Iowa college such unpleasant notoriety.

Dr. Steiner is an Austrian by birth, but has been a resident of the United States for sixteen years. He is highly educated, having taken work in many of the leading European universities. Ho has a Ph. D. degree obtained at Heidelberg.

He is a personal friend of several of the most famous literary and philosophical people of the present day, among whom might be mentioned Count Leo Tolstoy and Max Nordau. He is a brilliant and entertaining talker and for two years has done something in the way of lecturing.

In fact he gained his clientele in Grin­nell through his lecture, "The Trail of the Emigrant," wh ic#he delivered there last fall.

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Dr. Beller of Garrison Denies All Charger - Made Against Him. ~_

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA—Dr. O. B. Bel­ler of Garrison, who was recently arrested on the charge of threatening with intent to violate a marriage contract, and who is under bonds to answer to the grand jury of Benton county, has been again arrest­ed, charged with a violation of the federal statutes, which forbid the mailing of Ob­scene letters.

The specific charge under which the ar­rest was- made^was maliciously threaten­ing MlM Delia Hill to compel her to vio-

AMES, IOWA,—James E. Brown of Polk county, president of the Iowa Corn Breeders' association, has announced his resignation. His successor will be chosen at the next meeting to be held at Ames in March.

CLARION, IOWA—Smallpox has ap­peared in the family of William Bell. Mrs, Bell thinks she contracted the dis­ease on a train.

WESLEY, *rIOWA—The News and World have combined and will be issued with C. H. Petersen and S. X. Ray pro­prietors.

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA. —Ambro S. Park, manager of the Voorhies office of the Townsend & Merrill company, is ^un­der arrest charged with embezzling $1,000" of the firm's money.

DENISON, IOWA—Walter Towne, sonf of Salem Towne, committed suicide yes­terday by placing the muzzle of a loaded! shotgun over his heart and pulling the trigger with his foot.

GILMAN, IOWA—This town has been sued in the federal court at Des Moines for $2,600 by J. C Fernald of Davenport. The money is owing on bonds.

NORTHWEST PENSIONS

Wisconsin—Chester Huntsinger, Saxon, $8; Nancy E. Menzie, Beloit, $8; Sophro-nla Bass6tt, Greenwood, $1£.

Iowa—Ezra ^0. Thompson, Kirksville, $8; William 8. Bray, Sheldon, $8, <war with Spain); Levi M. Blake, Columbus Junction, $§4; Herbert S. Ge$, Vinton, $30; Jfoseph C~ Sawtelle, Colo, $8; Stuart H. Tucker, Cumberland, $12; James Bow- * ersox, Darvenport, $10; James H. Tall-* man, Harlan, $12; Smith M. Child, Dun--lap, $8; Pater Tompkins, Beltevue, $12; Joseph J. Nedd, Chester, $12, (war with Spain); Mary A. McKee, Troy, $8; Lydla. E. Richardson, Miles, $12; Hannah Brown,; Albia, $8; Annie D. P. Burdick. Jesup, $8. %

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