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SOUTH AMERICAN QUAKE. Dispatches from Valparaiso state

that a moderate estimate of the fatali­ties is 2,000 and that the property loss may be as high as $250,000,000.

The town of Quillota, situated about 26 miles from Valparaiso and having a population of some 10,000, has been completely destroyed.

At Santiago many of the best pub*-lic and private buildings were wrecked. The loss of life there was augmented by the panic which seized the people, many of whom threw themselves from the balconies of their homes.

The greatest damage occurred in the provinces of Valparaiso and Acon­cagua. The town of Arbaca suffered severely, Llai Llai is reported to have entirely disappeared and Limache and Hierro Viejo have been almost totally wrecked. At Vina del Mar three-qiiar-ters of the houses are in ruins.

The army and navy officers are •working heroically to bring order out of chaos, but they are fearfully handi­capped.

The injured are still without ade­quate care, in spite of the tireless en­ergy of army, naval and private sur­geons and nurses.

The Brazilian congress has voted an appropriation of $666,000 for the relief of sufferers by the earthquake at Valparaiso.

From the Plaza de la Victoria down to the custom house only about one-third of the houses sustained damage. The banks of the city and the customs warehouses were not damaged.

With the exception of Espiritu San­to all the churches in the city were destroyed, as were the hospitals and the theaters. The number of dead is more than 2,000.

Advices have been received that the towns of Virlage and Casablanca were entirely destroyed, and thatf San Fe­lipe, Rancagua, Melipilla and Llaillai were severely damaged.

Milk costs two Chilian dollars a li­ter, and it is almost impossible to ob­tain mea, even at high prices.

Santiago is coming to the rescue of her suffering sister. Public subscrip­tions have been opened for money, clothing and provisions, and the capi­tal is caring for all refugees from Val­paraiso who make their way across the mountains.

The funds collected in Chili for fes­tivities in connection with the inaugu­ration of President-elect Montt will be . distributed among the sufferers from the earthquake.

A heavy shock was felt at Quito The inhabitants ran from their houses in great alarm, fearing a repetition of the Valparaiso disaster.

Contributions to the Chili relief fund of the Merchants' association will be accepted by the National Bank of Commerce of New York. Checks should be drawn to the order of Gus-tav H. Schwab, treasurer.

The Los Angeles citizens' relief committee formed at the time of the San Francisco disaster set aside $10.-000 for the sufferers from the earth­quake at Valparaiso.

MISCELLANEOUS. The steamer Francis H. Leggett ar­

rived at San Francisco from Astoria having in tow the largest log raft that has ever come into that harbor. It consists of 11,000,000 feet of lum­ber.

An explosion of gas occurred In" No. 9 colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkes-barre Coal company at Sugar Notch, Pa., in which W. A. Vincent, a miner, was killed. His son William was Tatally injured.

It is believed that the imperial gov­ernment has decided to forego the repayment of $150,000,000 of war ex­penses which the Transvaal and Orange river colonies undertook to make.

Bud Miller, aged 65 years, a pioneer tailor of Fairbanks, la., was drowned in Wapsie river in the presence of his wife, who was almost drowned in her effort to save him.

Edward McMahon, the first city comptroller of Superior, Wis., died, aged 74 years. Mr. McMahon was a retired banker.

In a quarrel with his neighbor be­cause his chickens trespassed, James Whitehead shot and killed Ira Gay at Clinton, la-

The managing director of the Tan­ganyika Railroad company writes to the London Times denying that John D. Rockefeller is financing the way.

Judge Guy Graves, of Pender, was nominated for congress by the Democrats and Populists of the Third Nebraska district.

Democratic leaders of Kansas are trying to secure the participation of William J. Bryan in the coming state campaign.

Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassa­dor, infdrm*»d the state department that the Russian government will use its navy to prevent the importation of explosives and firearms into Russia.

The Pulajane insurrection in the Island of Samar, Philippine islands, is believed to be about stamped o u t

Lewis Morrison, an actor, whose work as Mephisto. in "Faust" gained him fame, died suddenly of shock la Yonkers, after undergoing an opera­tion for a disease of the stomach.

In connection with the attempt on the life of Gov. Gen. Skalkra at'War-yaw, 28 arrests have been made.'

UPRISING IN CUBA. The insurgents in the province of

Pinar del Rio captured their first city there.

While the government i s optimistic regarding the revolution in western Cuba, believing the promptness in ar­resting suspected leaders and follow­ers has put a damper on the rebel movement, peaceable inhabitants of the city of Pinar del Rio, Consolacion del Sur, San Juan del Martinez and other western towns are in hourly ap­prehension of an attack and occupa­tion of those places. The situation is regarded as perilous. N

A detachment of rural guards en­countered a new party of insurgents near the town of Guinea, 20 miles from Havana; and charged them, tak­ing three prisoners, including the leader of the band, and capturing seven horses.

Gov. Nunez severely reprimanded several alcades of the province of Ha­vana, for deserting their towns and coming to the city.

A dispatch received from Santo Do-mingto, province of Santa Clara, states that there are 40 insurgents out in that vicinity, the first insurrectionist movement in the province. The peo­ple are arming in their own defense.

The revolution is spreading with such amazing energy that President Palma and his government are on the verge of panic.

It was decided to raise and equip a force of 10,000 men to fight the reb­els. The men will be paid two dollars a day in order to encourage enlist­ments.

In Pinar del Rio province 7,000 in­surgents are under arms.

A large forest fire is spreading rap-ily around Toulon, France. Troops and blue jackets are strenuously fight­ing the fire. Three soldiers were surrounded by flames and burned to death.

The national convention of Sons of Veterans closed their sessions at Pe­oria, III., with the selection of Day­ton, O., as the next meeting place. Edward M. Amies, of Altoona, Pa., was elected commander-in-chief.

The First National bank of Birming­ham, Ala., entered suit against P. G. Smith, and the Odell Stock & Grain company to recover $48,203 of the bank's money, said to have been lost by the bank teller.

Maud Kyler," 14 years old, died at Taylorville, 111., of a revolver wound inflicted by her mother, who mistook her daughter for a man who had been annoying the family, and shot the girl at two o'clock a. m.

Montana Socialists nominated H. L. Murray, of Butte, for assistant justice of the supreme court and John Hud­son, of Carbon county, for representa­tive in congress.

After a prolonged deadlock at four previous conventions, the Republicans of the Thirty-seventh Iowa district nominated Charles F. Peterson, of Clarion, for state senator.

Mrs. Douglas Robinson, aged 83 years, of New York, died at her sum­mer home near Little Falls, N. Y. Her son is the husband of Corinne Roose­velt, sister to the president.

A seat on the New York stock ex­change was sold for $95,000. This is the record price.

Republicans of the Thirteenth Ohio congressional district in convention renominated Grant B. Mouser, of Marion.

Democrats of the Sixth Nebraska district nominated G. L. Shumway, of Scotts Bluff county, for congress.

The appointment of T. H. Schu-macker to the position of traffic man­ager of the El Paso & Southwestern railroad is announced.

It is reported that the steamer Es-peranza which sailed for Cuba from New York, carried in her hold a com­plete field battery of artillery con­signed to. the Cuban government at Havana.

There have been a great number of arrests at Riga of leading revolution­ists, including the whole of the social revolutionary committee and members of militant organizations.

Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, will open the Republican campaign in Tennessee with a speech at Nashville, September 14.

Gen. Fernando Figueroa has re­signed the office of minister of war to become a candidate for the presidency of San Salvador.

Secretary Root, who i s on his way to the Straits of Magellan, probably will not be heard from again until he reaches Punta Arenas, the only stop he i s to make in the straits. ^

The Fifth. Ohio district Republican congressional convention renominated W. W. Campbell, of Napoleon, for con­gress.

William MacDohald, a representa­tive of the agricultural department of the Transvaal is traveling 'through this country studying agricultural conditions and methods.

For 60 days prior to August 4 the department of commerce and labor had assessed In fines on steamship companies $8,100 for bringing into this country diseased aliens. Since the 4th the aggregate of fines for the same offenses has been proportionate­ly as large as during the previous 60 days.

Three Italian laborers are dead, two Are dying and 15 more are lying in­jured in the Charlotte house at Char­lotte, Mich., £8 the result of an acci­dent on the Michigan Central rail­road..

Articles of incorporation were filed in South Dakota for the Sioux City, Pierre & Northwestern railway. The line is to run from Sioux City to Pierre, thence to Minenapolis. ^

Severe thunderstorms and hail storms occurred in many parts of Austria and Hungary. A great deal of snow fell in the Alps and many tourists are snowed up in shelter huts.

Senator John Lovitt, president of the failed Bank of Yarmouth, N. S., and one of the most prominent men in the province, was arrested on a charge of making false and deceptive returns concerning the bank's condi­tion. ' v

The steamship Lucania, which sail­ed for New York from Queenstown, took among her passengers Pauji Mor­ton, Mr. and Mrs. James K. Hackett and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Mackey.

A - western Ohio interurban . car jumped the track while going at full speed at Cridersville, O., killing three persons and injuring over 20.

Charging nearly a million dollar swindle through the operation of a fake Mexican plantation scheme, Chi­cago postal authorities raided the of­fices of the Tabasco-Chiapas Trading & Transportation company and the Lu-Me-Ha Mills company.

rlhe Republican Eighteenth congres­sional district convention of Ohio is deadlocked, after casting 65 bal lots .

By the explosion of a 300-horsepow-er boiler the plant of the Marion (O.) Railway & Lirht company waa wrecked and five persons were in­jured.

The earl of Leven and Melville, lord high commisisoner of the general as­sembly of the Church of Scotland, and keeper of the privy council, i s dead. He was born in 1835.

M. J. Sage & Co., brokers of No. 1 Montgomery street, Jersey City, and No. 57 Broadway, New York, posted a notice at their Jersey City office that they had discontinued business.

Capt. Ross, chief of the revenue cutter service of the treasury depart­ment, reported to Acting Secretary Murray of the department of com­merce and labor, that he had received advices that the Canadian cruiser Vigilant was destroying the nets of American fishermen in Lake Erie.

Jay C. Morse, at one time president of the Illinois Steel company and brother-in-law of the late Senator M. A. Hanna, died at Cleveland of a com­plication of diseases.

The Japanese government notified the foreign governments that Tairen (the new Japanese name for Port Dalny) will be a free port from Sep­tember 1.

J. C. Lapre, a balloonist, was seri­ously injured by a fall from a para­chute at Wichita, Kan.

During a religious revival in Magof­fin county, Ky., Boyd Sturgeon shot and instantly killed John England, his rival for the affections of a young woman.

Rev. G. W. S. Bell, 75 years old, a Baptist preacher, was bored to death by a bull on his farm at Centralia, 111. His sou Frank was seriously injured by the same animal a week before.

Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, wife of Congressman Longworth and daugh­ter of President Roosevelt, accepted an invitation to unveil the monument statue to William McKinley at Co­lumbus, O., September 14.

Worthan Brothers company, dry goods dealers at Rbckford, 111., was placed in the hands of a receiver. As­sets, $75,000; liabilities, $60,000.J The failure is attributed to the injudicious report of a commercial agency.

Illinois Democracs in state conven­tion at Peoria by a vote of 1,017 to 581 tabled resolutions asking for Roger C. Sullivan's resignation as national committeeman and indorsed Bryan.

Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam­many Hall, said he had not observed any sentiment in Tarimany for the nomination of District Attorney Wil­liam Travers Jerome for governor by the Democratic state convention, 7mt there was, he said, plenty of senti­ment for W. R. Hearst.

Miss Margaret Wells, a patient at the Central hospital at Jacksonville, Li., committed suicide by hanging, using bed clothes for a rope. She was from Havana, 111.

Expert marksmen, riflemen and shorpshooters are rapidly multiplying in the army as the result of the re­cent act of congress authorizing an increase of pay to those who show themselves unusually proficient.

The presidential boom of Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, for 1908, which was launched recently by his own con­gressional district, was given an en­thusiastic indorsement by Illinois Re­publicans. The mention of Cannon's name brought the convention to its feet and there was enthusiastic cheer­ing,

A shooting affray recurred at the gold camp of Ramsey, about 25 miles from Virginia City, Nev. Tom Ram­sey, a millionaire mine owner of Gold-field, shot and fatally injured a man named Brown, who had, it is alleged, jumped one of his claims.

The large kitchen at' the national soldiers' home near Hampton, Va., was completely destroyed by fire.

Gen. Adolph Meyer was renomi­nated by the Democrats of the First Louisiana congressional district Broussard, in the Third; Watkins, in the Fourth; Rahsdell in the Fifth, and Pujo, in the Seventh, will also be nominated.

Floods in Arizona and southern parts of California, a.* a result of cloudbursts completely tied up the trans-Continental l ines of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific.

It is announced that the Santa F e railway has voluntarily granted its 1,-000 telegraph operators, Chicago to El Paso, an increase of wages averag­ing about four dollars a man.

A call has been issued for the Wyoming Democratic state conven­tion for the nomination of state offi­cers and congressmen to meet at Cheyenne on September 13.

A string of cars escaped from the Cheyenne freight yards and was struck by a north-bound freight train from Denver. The engine and nine of the cars were demolished. Engin­eer Alex. Messick^ was scalded to death.

At the Republican primary election held in the Twelfth Pennsylvania congressional district, former Con­gress man Charles N. Brum defeated former United States Subtreasurer W. S. Leib for nomination.

The Bulgarian cabinet decided to rebuild before winter, and at the ex­pense of the state," all the houses burned at Ahiolu during the recent fighting between Greeks and Bul­garians.

Paul O. Stensland, defaulting presi­dent of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chicago, is thought to have been in Colusa, Cal.

The negro population of McCor-mick, S. C , became so wrought up that white citizens, to prevent a lynch­ing, had to take Jack Samuels, a ne­gro who assaulted a negro girl, to Greenwood.

Two boys were killed and another fatally injured in a powder explosion one mile from Yreka, Cal. Remnants of clothing, a foot, particles of hair and flesh found on the hill Indicate that two boys were blown to atoms.

Manager M. Cantillion sold Pitcher Manske, the start left-hander of the Des Moines team to Pittsburg, the consideration being $2,500.

(Where Principal Fighting in New Cuban Revolution Is Occurring.)

FAMOUS CUBAN INSURGENT LEADER KILLED IN BATTLE

Rural Guards Slay Gen. Bandera, Dealing Death Blow to Insurrection—Rebels

Capture Railway Terminus.

Havana.—The body of the negro general Quentin Bandera, the most daring insurgent in Havana province, l ies in the morgue at Havana, flanked by those of two mulatto comrades, all frightfully gashed by long machetes of the rural guards who ,ended their careers

The arrival of Bandera's body here w a s the first news of the fight in which he met his death. The conflict occurred at the Silveira farm, near Punta Brava, 15 miles from Havana. A detachment of 38 mounted rural guards, under Capt. Ignacio Delgado and Lieut. Martinez, were searching throughout the night for Bandera's party. At two o'clock Thursday morn­ing the guards were breaking through a wire fence at the edge of the Sil­veira farm when they were suddenly fired upon by Bandera's followers, 20 in number. The guards rushed upon the insurgents, but with theWcept ion of their chief and his two leading com­rades they all succeeded in getting away.

Bodies Horribly Mutilated. The guards made the chief and his

two companions a special object of attack, and all three received several bullet wounds and were horribly mu­tilated by machete cuts. Not one of the guards was wounded. The bodies of Bandera and his companions, were placed in a wagon and taken to Hav-Bandera's two dead companions was body showed that his principal wound was a severe machete blow on the head, which cut off his left ear and made an ugly incision in his face. He also had bullet wounds in his arms and breast. The condition of Bandera's two dead companions was even more shocking.' Their faces and heads were terribly gashed, and they also had machete wounds in their breasts and on their arms. The clothes of all three men showed every evidence of the hard life which they had been leading while eluding their pursuers.

It has been an open secret among the rural guards that Bandera would never live to be tried for treason, his death being the main object of the government forces operating in Hav­ana province. The smallness of the party accompanying Bandera has caused surprise here, but it is be­lieved that he only had a portion of his band with him. In any case, how­ever, it i s believed the insurrectionary movement in western Havana has been broken up by Banderas death.

Prominent in Late War. It was announced from Havana

August 20 that Gen. Bandera, who greatly distinguished himself in the Cuban war for independence, had left Aroyo Arenas, 12 miles west of Havana, with about 20 insurgents, whose numbers, it was believed, were augmented later by an armed force from Havana. The next day it was reported that Bandera had been wounded in the head in a skirmish, took part in the ten years' war, as well as in the war for Cuban independence. He was well known in every province of Cuba, and had great influence with the colored people. When in Havana Bandera was in the habit of gathering crowds of negroes about him and mak­ing speeches to them on the ingrati­tude of republics. On one occasion he went to the senate chamber and delivered a violent speech criticising the government for not giving him an office. Soon afterward he was ap­pointed, doorkeeper of the house of parliament. The position which Ban­dera aspired to was that of chief of police.

It is increasingly evident that the backbone of the insurrection in the western part of the province of Ha­vana has been broken. Even had the death of Gen. Bandera not hastened that consummation, the members of his band were making for their homes as the pursuit of the mounted rural guards, day and night, had sickened them of an insurrec^nary career.

Pino Guerra is a far higher class leader, with a considerably more in­telligent following, and his occupancy of San Juan de Martinez Thursday quickly followed his capture of San Luis Wednesday, enables him to se­riously threaten the provincial capital of Pinar del Rio.

One drawback to the general situa/-tion is the fact that while many prom­inent men are protesting their loyalty to the government, there ,1s an unde­niable lukewarmness and waiting atti­tude among the masses. They have the impression that perhaps a change in the occupancy of the presidential chair might bring more liberty and real self-government to Cuba.

Rebels Capture Railway Terminus.

The Insurgent forces commanded by Pino Guerra have captured San Juan de Martinez, the terminus of the West­ern railroad, and have occupied the

TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA. (President of Cuban Republic in

Throes of a Revolution.)

town and railroad station. There was no bloodshed at the occupation of San Juan de Martinez, according to the re­ports just received. The small force of rural guards which held the town fled at the approach of the insurgents.

The government has not made pub­lic the news of the capture of San Juan de Martinez by insurgents. The editor of the Post, which-paper pub­lished an extra containing the news, was summoned before Gov. Nunez and censured for exciting the public by publishing sensational news unfavor­able to the government. Gov. Nunes declared that he would recommend to President Palma the establishment of a censorship. The newspapers of Havana do not believe that President Palma will approve of such a move, as despite a constant flood of rumors-the newspapers have printed only facts, and usually these governmental* ly authenticated, notwithstanding that the palace is chary of giving in­formation.

Public opinion appears to vary ac­cording to locality, from enthusiastic adherence to the government to open rebellion.

Governor Is Reinstated. Rio de Janeiro.—The Brazilian con­

gress authorized the federal govern­ment to reinstate the governor of the province of Sergipe, Who was removed. In consequence of the recent insur­rectionary demonstration there.

Killed In Mine Explosion. Wilkesbarre, Pa.—An explosion of

gas occurred in No. 9 colliery of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal company at Sugar Notch, in which W. A. Vin­cent, a miner, was killed. His son William was fatally inujred.

Alleges False Import Entries. Nogales, Ariz.—The firm of C. Ram-

sriz, the largest customs brokers in Bonora, Mexico, was closed by Mex­ican officials on a charge of making false entries of wheat shipped from the United States.

Sons of Veterons Elect. Peoria, 111.—The national conven­

tion of Sons of Veterans closed their sessions with the selection of Dayton, O., as the next meeting place. Ed­ward M. Amies, of Altoona, Pa., was elected commander-in-chief.

Mother Kills Daughter. Taylorville, Ill.-^-Maud Kyler, 14

years old, died of a revolver wound inflicted by her mother, who mistook her daughter for a man who had been annoying the family, and shot the girl

Kat two o'clock a. m. . ' . ,

May Have Arms for Cuba. N e w York.—It i s reported that the

steamer Esperanza which sailed for Cuba from this port, carried in her hold a complete field battery of ar­tillery consigned to the Cuban gov­ernment at Havana., * A *"

Bank Sues Brokers. Birmingham, Ala.—The First Na­

tional bank.entered suit against P. G. Smith,^and the Odell Stock & Grain company to recover $48,203 of the. bank's money, said to have beenAlost by, the bank teller.

Death in Forest Fires. Toulon, France.—A large forest fire

is spreading rapidly around this city. Troops and blue jackets are strenu­ously fighting the fire. Three soldiers were surrounded - b y flames and burned to death.

The University.

On the 17th of September, the Uni­versity of Minnesota will open its doors for its thirty-ninth year of in­struction. The prospects for a large and increased attendance are reported to be unusually good. Dr. Richard Burton, formerly professor in English, and more recently lecturer on English, has accepted the call of the Regents of the University and will come back to the University to take charge of the department. Dr. Burton is en­thusiastic in his work and an exceed­ingly popular lecturer, his coming back to the University will add strength not only to the department, of English, but to the whole Univer­sity as well. Dr. Albert Jenks, form­erly an instructor ift\the University of Wisconsin comes to the University as assistant professor of Sociology. Dr. Jenks' special training has been along the line of ethnology, in which field he is an, acknowledged authority and a voluminous writer. Dr. Jenks was ?hief of the ethnological depart­ment of the Philippine exhibit at the St. Louis exposition and was for three years a resident of the Philippines, while making a special study of Phil­ippine ethnology.

The new college of education, which was authorized by the last legislature, has become an established fact, and offers, for the first time, carefully ar­ranged courses especially adapted to the needs of teachers. The course in this college corresponds tc the last two years of the regular college course, and is open to anyone who has had the requisite training. Dean George F. James will be assisted, in the spec­ial work of the department of peda-formerly state -rnspector of graded schools, and Professor Charles M. Holt, who has been an assistant in the department for several years. This college was organized in response to the demand of the teachers of the state and promises to fill a need which has been felt for many years.

Moscow at the Fair.. Hamline—Revolutionary .times in

Moscow is the theme for Gregory's wonderful pyrotechnical production of that title, which will be the feature of the evening program at the Minnesota State Fair this year. Over two hun­dred performers are utilized in the big Gregory production and the City of Moscow is represented by four acres of artistic scenery, realistically blended with a score of real buildings tower­ing in the background. The costum­ing is superb and the entire spectacle is given with realistic effect.

During the gayer scenes of Moscow are introduced pretty ballets, sensa­tional ^aerial and acrobatic special­ties, imposing pageants, music, etc.

When the smoke of the burned city clears away comes the big feature of this gigantic and novel summer night show, in the $1,000 display of Gregory's Greater Fireworks, which concludes each performance. More and finer fireworks than have been witnessed in a lifetime make up one of these displays and are worth going many miles to see.

The state fair is held this year dur­ing the week of Sept. 3-8. Half fare rates on all railroads.

Caught in Quicksand. Minneapolis—Caught in a rush of

quicksand while working in a trench on the Soo, near Loretto, Albert An­derson, a laborer, met a horrible death.

Anderson was employed by the Moe Construction company, and with a party of workmen had been sent to the trench to drain off the quicksand, which has troubled the road for more than a year. While the men were working, one of the planks in the curb­ing broke, letting the sand and water in on them. There was a wild scram­ble in which all of the men except Anderson escaped.

News Notes. Bemidji—The mangled body of Chas.

Wade, a half-bred Indian, were found Ebro, Clearwater county, Saturday, and the case is considered one of mur­der or suicide. Indications point to suicide.

St. Paul—Mr. Daniel Hempke, forty-five, was severely injured by falling from the rear porch of her home at 221 Acre street. While her condition is serious, her recovery is hoped to be merely a matter of time.

St. Paul—The offer of northern roads to cut grain rates 10 per cent will be accepted.

St. Paul—The crippled children at the city hospital have an outing at Phalen Park.

St. Paul—The Chicago, Great West ­ern files answer In state's suit for 4 ?er cent gross earnings tax.

Mankato—Robert Manske was drag­ged on the pavement by his runaway horse and nearly .killed. His foot caught and he was thrown just as his horse took fright at an ice wagon.

Minneapolis—Fire completely de­stroyed the Littlefield cottage, near the Edgewood hotel, upper Lake Minne-tonka. »

St. Peter—A curious incident in con­nection with the storm was the whole­sale slaughter of English sparrows, which occurred near the home of Paul Haesecke. Several large co^tonwood trees near his home are frequented by the sparrows, and it is supposed that the birds were killed by the heavy rain and hail. More than 900 perished, and thjs morning his lawn was liter­ally covered with the bodies of dead birds.

St. Paul—Dr. John Wright of St. Paul's church announces plans for se­curing a million-dollar cathedral and an Episcopal bishop for St. Paul.

St. Paul—Milton L. Bevan,, for many years a well-known and respected cit­izen, fell dead of heart failure at his home 1419 Lahgford avenue.

Rosetown—Charles* ~- Knowles, 14 years of age, living with his parents on a dairy farm, was probably fatally injured in St. Paul Sunday as a result of the rear wheel of a milk wagon passing over his foot and chest.

Minneapolis—Tom Dockery, the art­ful dodger of the Do6kery gang that gave the police so much trouble sev­eral years ago,s was arrested in St. Paul and held for the Minneapolis po­lice. Dockery had been a fugitive from justice for two years.

Camden Place—A. F. Smith, a farm­er living near here, narrowly escaped death when a robbber held him up as he was returning home late last night.

Bemidji—Two horses were killed and a carload of furniture smashed up in a switching accident on the Great Northern at Akeley. The hors­es,.and furniture were being shipped by the Northern Produce company of this city in charge of Walter M. Clay-pool, to Sebeka, Minn., where the'com­pany has a large farm.

Minneapolis—Emil Franzen, Linds-borg, Kan., reported to the police that his watch was grabbed while he was In the crowd at Wonderland. 7 '

l Gossip From I I Scandinavia. I *> Principal Events That H a v e Oc- * £ curred in the Old Countries 1 • Within a Week or So. • , • • • • • • • ; • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

For ages past there has been fric­tion between the people of the east and west side of the Ide fjord, which forms the south end of the boundary line between Sweden and Norway. Now the people seem to enjoy a spell of good feeling. At a young people's meeting held a few days ago at Krokstrand there were many Norwe­gians, and one of the speakers was a Norwegian. The 500 people who were present had such an enjoyable time that they agreed to have more meet­ings of the same kind and to be good neighbors.

DENMARK.

Major General Soltoft, of Aaborg, was dismissed from service "on ac­count of sickness." As the man is well a searchswas made for some other reason for his unexpected dismissal. And it has been found. When Minis­ter of War Christensen inspected thi troops at Aaborg he asked the general to take a seat in his wagon, by his side, so that the two might ride to­gether to the drill grounds. "No d—1 can coax me into that wagon," said the general. "But if you order me to do so I'll do it." The minister of war or­dered him into his wagon, and he obeyed. This behavior on the part of the general was the real cause of the trouble. He felt too proud to sit in a wagon together with a former school­master.

The Tuborg brewery, Copenhagen, sold 2,000,000 bottles of beer in one week, besides what was shipped out in barrels.

FINLAND.

The czar has confirmed for Finland what he refused for Russia. He^ has signed an act passed by the Finnish Seim granting universal suffrage, without distinction of sex, and specific­ally permitting women to become members of the Finnish Seim and oc­cupy any position under Seim from speaker downward. Madame Jorgen-son, a prominent leader of the Finnish feminist movement now in St. Peters­burg, states that many women will stand as candidates at the first general election. She says: "In many parts of eastern Finland, owing to immi­gration, women are in a large major­ity, and they will support female can­didates until such time as all the legal disabilities of women are repealed by the Seim. We expect to have nine or ten women members in the first re­formed Seim. The new Seim will open every profession to women. The army, however, we don't want to enter, and cannot under the existing agreement with Russia. And I expect no candi­dates for the police. But there is no reason why we 'should not command ships. On the lakes in the far North many women run small steamers. We have met practically no opposition from men, and that, in my opinion, gives Finland a right to claim a higher status in civilization than other Eu­ropean countries." The general trend of Finnish politics during: the past few months gives fresh strength to the old saw, that "a people has just as good a government as it ought to have."

, SWEDEN.

Owing to the dry weather milk has been so -scarce in Stockholm that many people, have been compelled to forego that highly important constituent of the bill of fare.

The expropriation proceedings which had to be resorted to by the govern­ment for procuring military drill grounds in the parishes of Solna and Sponga, near Stockholm, brought to light some interesting facts with re­gard to the assessment of real estate. The land thus expropriated was as­sessed for $53,703. The 'owners had asked $445,770 for it, and the govern­ment is to pay them $183,213.63. The amount1 fixed by* the expropriators must represent, as nearly as possible, the real value of the land, using this amount, $183,213.63, as a basis, it will be found that the land was assessed for about 30 per cent, and that the owners asked about 240 per cent of the real value of the land.

Mr. Erenberg, a Swedish doctor, has just discovered a process by which he can convert fresh milk into a powder soluble in water. By the new process the ordinary milk is eliminated of all water, and is dried gradually. The lumpy substance which is left is then ground into fine powder. The milk powder contains all the elements of pure milk, and retains the natural flavor. For all purposes the dried milk can replace fresh milk. It can be used' in tea and coffee; it is suitable for infants, and in the manufacture of confectionery it is better than the or­dinary fluid. Cheese and butter can also be made from the powder.

A burial mound from the middle Iron Age has.-been struck on the Hisingen island, southwestern Sweden. The tombs consist of clay urns filled with ashes and burnt bones.

The parishes of Fors and Kloster will be incorporated into the city of Eskilstuna, increasing the population from 13,000 to 26,000 and making Es ­kilstuna the "target" city in Sweden. The area of greater Eskilstuna will be equal to an American township.

Dr. Sven Hedin wrote from Leh, Central Asia, Aug. 2: "All is well. The trip very promising. Large, well equipped caravan, 120 beasts of bur­den and choice, reliable servants."

Prof. Yngve Sjostedt has just re­turned to Sweden from a scientific ex­pedition to the wilds of southeastern Africa. He spent about a year in the Kilimanjaro mountains, and brought back 40,000 samples of spiders and insects which are to be classified and kept at the national museum.

Every now and then the Socialists are distributing writings which the authorities do their best to confiscate.

There were 18 labor strikes in Swe» den during the first quarter of the present year. Fifty-three employers and about 2,300 employes were in­volved. About 70,000 days' work was lost, 21,800 days being lost indirectly.

A fourteen-year-old boy in Holl-storp, near Vexio, was bitten by a viper. Having killed the snake with the butt end of his whip, he pulled out his knife and cut out some of the flesh wound and began to suck out blood, when his mouth became tired he got another boy to act as "blood­sucker," whereupon he applied salu-brin and tied a string around the limb above the wound. Two hours after he was bitten he returned to his work, and there were no symptoms of blood poisoning. ,

The Eastern Skane railway company has bought the Hor and Horby railway for $27,000, which is one*fourth of the cost of building the railway.

The supreme court of Sweden has handed down a decision against the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association of New York, a n d m a n y Swedish pol­icy holders are taking steps to compel' the company to refund money which they paid over and above the premi­ums agreed upon when the policies were issued. This matter has been dragging along rather slowly, but it v looks as if the Swedish policyholders are bound to carry their point.

A number of residents of Malmo are organizing themselves into a vege­tarian society.

"The Temperance Group of the non­commissioned officers of the North Skane Infantry Regiment" is some­thing new in, the field of temperance endeavor. Ten non-commissioned offi­cers have joined the "group" and it is their plan to induce their comrades in the different parts of the country to join the movement.

Johannes Gummesson, of Karls-krona, was taken to the hospital on account of a wound in the head which he received while bathing^ and he died the next day. Dr. Lundmark made a post-mortem examination and found the point of a broken knife close to the wound. /The point was overgrown with flesh, indicating that it had been in the head for some time. Several persons were examined but no one had heard Gummesson complain of pain in the head before the accident. It is supposed that the knife-point had been in his head for several years, and that his head had struck the bottom in such a manner that the point was driv­en still deeper into the head, causing death.

The Arlof car factory has received orders for 60 railway cars, which are to be delivered at Stockholm.

The sugar beet crop of Sweden is two weeks further ahead than usuai at this time of the year, and every­thing indicates a big crop.

A committee has been constituted to report on the advisability of build­ing a sugar factory in the vicinity of Kalmar.

Many Swedish philanthropists are advocating the abolishment of the old practice of depriving criminals of their civil rights.

NORWAY.

• A gentleman who bought some goods in a Kristiana store handed out a bran new two-kroner piece. The sales­man looked at the coin somewhat sus­piciously, and his customer said, "I made this coin myself." "What? Made it yourself?" "Yes, sir." A po­liceman was quietly notified, and he said: "You are accused of having made a two-kroner coin. Is that true?" "I have made many of them," said the man coolly. "But you won't claim that you don't know that it is wrong to make money in this country?" "Well, I make my living by making money, and no one ever troubled me." "Well, you'll have to follow me and I'll show you people who will cause you trouble." "I hardly think you can," said the man smiling, "for I am the manager of the government mint at Kongsberg."

Lars O. Skrefsrud, the famous Nor­wegian missionary whose forty years* work in Santhalistan. India, has large­ly contributed to the Christianization of a whole nation, has received the "Kaisan-i-Hind medal for public "serv­ice in India" from King Edward. Thus badge of honor is distributed very sparingly.

The wilds of Norway are literally loaded with wild berries, but most of them go to waste as they have done from time out of mind.

A sad story is reported from Osteby-Odegaard, Berg parish, near Fredricks-hald. Four children ranging in age from three to fourteen years were left alone at the farmstead, the grown people being at work some distance away. When they returned the chil­dren were nowhere to be seen. A search was made, and the, bodies of all of them were found in a little lake at a place where the bank is steep. At­tempts at resuscitation proved futile.

Mr. Castberg, the candidate of the labor party, has been elected a mem­ber of the storting from North Gud-brandsdalen.

The Socialists are highly elated over the results of the first storting elec­tions, for their party is proving to be unexpectedly strong in some parts of the country.

The attendance at the university summer school was small this year.

The work on the railway which is to connect Kristiania and Bergen is mak­ing rapid headway in the mountains east of Bergen.

King Haakon was found of meeting and shaking hands with ordinary peo­ple on his recent trip through the coun­try. But the "authorities" at the dif­ferent places did their best to keep the royal fam'ily and the plain people apart, making it difficult to break through the dignified cordon of officialdom. The bureaucracy has been made to un­derstand that when the king and the queen make their next trip to see the people, red-tape and exclusiveness will not be appreciated.

Ptarmigans (ryper) are very nu­merous in Vallen, Satersdalen.

For the first time in the history of the country the amt, or county gov­ernments, will receive a share of the profits of the samlag (retail liquor company) business. The amts are en­titled to 2 per cent of the whole sur­plus, or about $11,000 in all for the year 1905.

The average time which it takes a Kristiania tax-payer to pay his taxes and get a recipt is about 30 minutes.

A committee has been at work since 1901 in estimating the value of land in Nordmarken, where a large tract of land is to be expropriated for the purpose of supplying Kristiania with better water and more of it.

A cablegram dated Kristiania, Aug. 21, states that the results of the elec­tions up to that date were as follows: Fifteen storting candidates of the gov­ernment party and fourteen candidates of the "opposition," including three Socialists, had been elected, and s u p -plimentary elections would be neces­sary in 57 districts.

It is proposed to use the buildings at Orje fortress, which was demol­ished according to the Karlstad treaty, as an asylumx for alcoholists.

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian minis­ter to London, has been elected presi­dent of the Society for Social and P o ­litical Information.

Col. Stang, former minister of war,, made a poltical speech, at Skornes^ which is counted in his storting d i s ­trict, Odalen. He was warmly a p ­plauded. When quiet had been re ­stored, Rev. Grondahl, of Kongsvinger rose and asked the speaker whether^ he would have preferred war with/ Sweden to the Karlstad treaty. To this Colonel Stang answered, "Ofcourse?* It Is predicted that this answer will "of course" defeat him at the polls, for the people want peace with' the Swedes and everybody else.

King Haakon distributed decora­tions of honor with a very sparing hand on his birthday, and his course

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