Professional Card. N C. VASALY. Consellor-AT-WW

alty: 1st Mortgage Loans. Block.

W.VASALY, Attorney at Lam? °fflc i over old Herald building,

, 09-3. Little Falls, Minu.

B BBOHEIM & CAMERON. Lawyers,

Little Falls, Minnesota. Office 1—3 Buckman Blk,

T\B. F. H. MERO.{Dentist. Specialtiesma ±J of Crown and Bridge Work and Straig'1

filing ot Irregular Teeth. Gas or oduntunrl Sor painlesB extraction of teeth, Over the fair Stoer.

GM. A. FORTIER, M. D„ C.M. . Graduate • of Vic tor ia Univers i ty . Montrea l ,

Canada Surgeon to St . Gabr ie l Hospi ta l , off ice hours 8 to 10 a . m. ami a to + u . m. off ice over Wetze l ' s drug s tore ; res idence corner of Thi rd s t ree t and S-cond ave. N. E .

LM.. hOUKLT> i - l iys tc ian wi ld Hurgeou. « Ot t tce in Uboi lew b lock . Off ice hours , 9

to 1.1 n . in . , 2 to 4 »iu i 0 to * p . in . Res i ­l ience t t t i ck nun i i iovi l . i ' iu .ue connect ions .

J, G. MILLSI 'AUGH, phys ic ian and sur-» gson, F lyu b lock Ol l ice hours : 1 to 4. in , ami 7 to ?•> p . in . Kes ideuee corner

^ ta l rd ave . and Tuird S t . S . K.

tjOLST & HOLST, Physicans and Sur-" lKeons . Ot ' f ice i t I Buckman Block, ours 9:3U to 11 :30 a . in . ; 2 ro 4 and 7 to 8 p .

m. Res idence on r -econd s t ree t nor th­west, one block f rom Broadway. Tele­phone—off ice res idence , 43-J .

NEWS CONDENSATIONS

| native

Cures a Cold inOseDay. Grip in 2 Pays

©u ©very box. 25c

You can get a l l the benef i t s of a

Savings Bank With the Secur i ty of a St rong Sta te Bauk

Farmers wil l f ind a savios? account o grea t ass is tance in accumula t ing a sun-to pay a mor tgage or for a ra iny . .day .

Merchants S ta te Bank, Li t t le Fa l l s , Mine Paid up Capi ta l $50,000.00

FIGHTING WAS KEEN.

WORLD'S FAIK OFFICIALS HAVE NO EASY TIME DECIDING

AWARDS.

Special to the Star: St. Louis. Nov. 30—"The friendly competition" entered into by the world's manufac­turer at the Exposition has turned into a regular free-for-all tight, and its jury baa centered around the type­writer award, which was finally de­cided today when the Exposition officially awarded the Oliver Type­writer the gold mecial as a mark of its practical superiority. Each exhibitor presenter! a sjore of clams why he

7 tic eld gor honors as against a com •jrs. and the competition because so keen thar firm felt the entire standing of theiv r.u?infS-> ^as 'ied tip in ibv rarei?.t c£ the miza.i medal. All the typewriter exhibitors being American, they displayed a spirit of Fankee li«hi that marie dec.bion hard. Some of then, even went so far as to anticipate result*. and announced sev­eral weeks ago that they had won in the contest, riiongk the official award WHS onlv made today, «nd as a result the Oliver Typewriter pur-pis'1 are ba-ing congratulated on wining a great victory. tf

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxnt ive Brnnio i »u i ! i ine Table ts , Al druggis ts refund t l ie mor ievi f i t fa i l s to cure TC. W. i l rnvp ' s s i i ra H t u i - i ' on iv ic l i box . 25 cts

A IOC

J OLIVER

I

The Strongest Link

in the chain of

System The up-to-date office should have everything typewritten —from the card-index to the big statement sheets. This requires a machine that will take a 4-inch card as i;ell as a 24-inch sheet. The Oliver does this, and more—it makes up a tabu­lated statement without using any attachment. A simple twist of the wrist puts the point of impression just where ysc want ii* Vax. cast •««; every fetter the BEWsriais you strike the key— ihii'n why the Oliver is &£ «s8*sa'tftemlt Writer.

*£§ reasons why is best. Let us

sstt f&& aiK cbout it Your twase wod address on a postal ssrd will bring you our

Lest you forget— D O I T N O W

Tht Wlvir Typmtter G*. 332 Renaepla Avenue MINNB APOL18, MINN.

Wednesday, Dec. 21. Fire at Peru, Ind., Tuesday destroy­

ed the Peru Steel company's plant. Loss, $100,000.

King Alfonso has signed a decree authorizing Senor Ojeba, the Spanish minister at Washington, to sign the arbitration treaty with America.

In a wind storm at La Crosse, Wis., many small buildings in the outskirts of the city were blown over, windows in, houses broken and fences laid low.

President Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to attend the Lincoln day dinner to he given by the Republican club of New York on the 13th of next February.

John B. Lyons, for forty years a grain operator, died at Chicago Tues­day of heart disease. He was seventy-si:: years old and one of the oldest mombets of the board of trac!<\

City Clerk Edward M. Schuengel o. Milwaukee, aged forty-seven year*, died suddenly Tuesday. Mr. Schuen­gel had been suffering from Bright disease and heart trouble for some time.

Thursday, Dec. 22. Rev. Albion W. Knight of St. Phi!

Ip's Episcopal cathedral. Atlanta, Ga.. has been consecrated bishop of Cube.

President Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to visit the city of Rich­mond, Va.. some time during the ap­proaching year.

Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa­dor, is not at all well and has been confined to his room at Washington for several days.

Fire destroyed $?25,000 worth of property in the center of the Colum­bus (O.) business district and in a:: explosion during the Are five firemen were injured.

Work has begun on the last stage of a pipe line which will convey oil from the fields oi Indian Territory to the refineries in Long Island City and Green Point, N. J.

William Alvord, president of the Bank of California, one of the best known citizens of California, died of a complication of diseases at his home in San Francisco Wednesday.

) \

Friday, Dec. 23. At Kalamazoo, Mich., Clarence

Forbes of Chicago and Harry Cobb ot' Detroit fought ten rounds to a draw Thursday night.

Count Gyldenstolpe, Swedish-Nor­wegian minister at St. Petersburg, has been appointed foreign minister in succession to C. H. Lagerheim, who resigned Nov. 7.

Robert S. McCormick, American ambassador to Russia, who has been on a two months' vacation trip to his home in the United States, has sailed from New York on his return to Sr. Petersburg.

Kdward T. Potter, a well Known architect, son of the late Bishop Alon-zo Potter of Pennsylvania, and brother of Bishop Henry C. Potter, is (-<a.l <v his home ir. New York city. He wr.^ seventy- three years old .

The Go IT .: an crown prince ha? sc.:; ' his betrothed, Due hess Cecilia c . Mc-v-klen'oui 3 ycliwei in, at Cr.u.n--. wheru she is spending Ph;is r • peai 1 necklare costing S.10. TI: . empress selected the present.

Saturday, Dec. 24. J. W. Smith, si:-:t\ -seven years old.

formerly a division superintcn-.-eiit • the Chicago, Burlington and Quint ' railway, is dead at Chicago.

King Peter of Servia has signed the new press law which practically abol­i s h e s f r e e d o m o f t h e p r e s s , t h . h aimed principally at the anti-dyua-. i<-and opposition papers.

Fred Jones, who shot and killed Con­stable William C. Gray and yics. Abi.:e Goodrich at Charlottesville, N. Y., Wednesday and then shot himsc;.., died Friday of his wound.

Thomas Ryan, for many years in the employ of the Associated Press and widely known among telegrapher.-, as one of the most highly skilled op­erators living, died at Chicago Frida; .

August Wagner, at Chicago, had been sentenced to the penitentiary fn^ the fifth time. He pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary. Wagner has been in prison almost continuously since 1879.

Monday, Dec. 26. New York city was treated to a

Christmas snow storm, accompauiou by a high wind and a decided drop in temperature.

Henry D. Bentley, musical instru­ment manufacturer and wholesaler, widely known throughout the Wesi, is dead at Freeport, 111.

The Canadian Pacific Railway com­pany has decided to place two new steamers, each 550 feet long, with a speed of 18 knots, in the Oriental trade.

John Dunfee, one of the largest con­tractors in the country, is dead at Syracuse, N. Y., from an operation. Pie was seventy-three years of age and a millionaire.

D. J. Galery, one of the original members of the Chicago board of trade, fell dead in his son's office in that city. Death is supposed to have been due to heart disease.

The Greek cabinet has resigned in consequence of the defeat of the gov­ernment in the chamber on a vote ni no confidence moved by former Pre-mie» - Delyannis.

Tuesday, Dec. 27. Rev. John MneKenzic Bacon, lec­

turer, scientist and aeronaut, is d'-pd at Coldash. Eng., of pleurisy. He wa^ born in 1846.

The estimated wheat yield ir. Sou' U Australia this "ear ii> bush­els, an increase- of 1,vOO bushel.-: compared with last year.

Mrs. Nellie Dent Sha 1 p. widow 0: General Alexander Sharp. U. S. A., and sister of the late-;-Mrs. IT. S. Grant, died Monday in Washington.

Mrs. Frank J. Mackay, formerly of Chicago, now residing in England, who sustained a slight concussion of the brain Dec. 19 as a result of an accident while fox hunting, continues to make good progress toward recov­ery.

Hugh H. Price of Black River Falls, Wis., a congressman from Wisconsin in 1887 and 1888, is dead at Denver, aged fo.ty-five. He was a son. of W

MEMBERSHIP TOO LARGE.

8lze of Panama Canal Commission May Be Reduced.

Washington, Dec. 24.—President Roosevelt has given consideration re­cently to suggestions looking to a re­duction in the membership of the Panama canal commission, but thus far, it can be said, no definite decision has been reached.

It has been urged by some members of congress that the commission is so large as to be unwieldy. It is known that Representative Hepburn of Iowa, chairman of the committee on inter-State and foreign commerce, is in­clined fo the opinion that the com­mission is too large and that the chief engineer of the canal ought to have greater initial authority than he now ha'-. Mr. Hepburn talked to the pies-ide:it durii ' .g the day about canal'mat­ters, but he declined to say who:!':" it was the intention of his com mitt to introduce a measure looking to th> r ' crystallization of his ideas into law Before action of a defmtie nature- i taken the subject will be considers carefully in a-i its phases.

PROMINENT LAWYER INDICTED.

Further Developments in Oregon Latv. Fraud Cases.

Portland, Ote., Dee. 22.—The first u; the sensatioi.al indictments for Ian frauds which it has been expecio would result, from the present hive tigations of the federal grand jn•; was against Franklin Pie:<.c Mays, . prominent iwyer of this city and ;. member of t.ae of the best known fam­ilies of Oregon.

The indictment also includes H or sir o G. McKinlev. S. A. D. Puu-r, Emm: L . W a t s o n , a l r e a d y c o n v i c t . . - - ; 0 1 c o . spiracy against the go'vrnn^ Marie Ware, the defendant in the f t .

l a n d f r a u d c a s e , w h o w a s a . H I I T U Robert W. Simpson, John Doe an Richard Roe.

SEVEN AUSTB1ANS 1)1 XJL.

SUFFOCATED WHILE AT WORK !i.

A SOFT CLAY MINE NEAR

BOLIVAR, PA.

Bolivar, Pa., Dec. 23.—Seven Aus trians were suffocated Thursday in th Nq, 2 soft clay mine of the Ree. ;

Haiiimoiid Firebrick company net-here. There were about twenty-fiv men in the mine. Of the eighteen-who •were rescued all are in bad shape an two are liable to die.

The cause of the disaster was mo -., peculiar. A small building burr-c clown at the mouth 01 the mine and th air shaft, acting as a sort of Hue, drev into the draft the hear and smoke fro:, the fire, thus suffocating the men whose escape was shut off by the ft. at the op-.ninffr. Immediately the s ing shanty was torn away cuers rushed into the mhr ready pr>vcv had sue cum In heat end smoke.

and In

COURT DiGFLcIASES C ST .0.

So the President of Veneru-rli Depot Ail the Members.

Washington, iJec. 2 K—II ii-. i.*.v. reported to the :=inie ilei-wi i:i,.. :_t t: . President (. :. -t:o of \ c n /v.'. i;::. ' posed the entire peisonnel o: . ho perior court of Venerao'a on lite f legod j-rf-und 1 hat the court hau quitted, a prisoner of the tl.o.ge :

murder whom the pre-.--i- 'ent belie should have been convicted.

ORDERED TO LEAVE FEZ.

British Minister Issice instructions tc. Encjiish Subjects.

Tangi f--r, Dec. 2-1—The British mi ister has instructed the British con • a and ail British subjects to leave 1-" .

It is believed that all the otic. •• 1.-.. tions will similarly instruct pc.ple o. their nationality.

Four Deaths From Smallpox. Chicago, Dec. 24.—Four deaths i;.

the isolation hospital during the broke the record for the insiittuiw-One of the dead is a babe five da;, old, born in the institution. Ta. mother also is anions the dead.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Dec-. 24.—Wheat—Dec.

f l . t n K ' i ; M a y , $ 1 . 1 4 % ; S e p t . . 8 4 • On uack—No. 1 hard, $J.11 •>..; No. i Northern, $1.12%: No. 2 Northern $1 .05%©'.0(1%.

Duluth Wheat and Fiax. Dululh, Dec. 2:1.—Wheat—Te arrivi

—No. 1 Northern. Sl.10%; No. 2 North «rn, $1.04 t ' , . On track—No. 1 Nonh ern, ; No. z Northern, Sr.u-Pi Dec., $1.10^; May, $l-!r@1.1 . Flu. —To arrive, on track and Dec., ? 23%: May, $i.2C?f..

St. Paul Union Stock Y.n'ds. St. 1'uul. Dee. 24.—Cattle—el ej 1 U

choke stce:b. ; 1 .. . . . . 1 1

fair, $ J.r>.t)(i: good to < ho: Y'e:-ern, 1.7-" ' .1 ood to ; 1; i o . and ii- •' i\ --. ?? ' ~ 'e "l.r • • v. 4 . 9 0 . H o a e — e j ' i h e e , . - - G o ­to rhohi w< .he ;.- a-:a yc a: lin.. (£ r . f i ' i; to choice nati\ e ioAd:.' $5.S0rf; u.! ; '-

prime si e : :•. ' ' -i • ;.-o: r 1 o dium. . : • . 1 i

h e : . . > . 1 u p .

& ' • ' • - . . . - :

$4. (1 - - ,ee i wet he. . . • • : : 1 . ' $3,811 ft- ' i . : .• ' Weste: n, ^ i .7".

Chicago Grain and Provis; - '.s. Chicago, Dec. — V'hc.-t — Dec..

fl.10%,; Mr.;, 'r..-.. . Cf i• Jul.1- • 38%@D8%c. Co.n—Dec., 46^c; Jan. 43%c; May. 4.51

/2c; July, 457/gC. Oau —Dec., 29?sc; May, 31%c; July, 31%c. Pork—Dec,, $11.35; Jan., $12. 57V2; May, $12.S7^. Flax—Cash Northwestern, $1.23^;- Southwestern $1.1C: Dec., $-1.1(5; May, $1.23. Butt7 —Creameries, Ifiifp;?" 1dairies, It''.

HEWS IN MINNESOTA

EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH'

OUT THE STATE.

•b i lU Uib ia . l i i . c ' i ' i i i |

John Walsh, a pioneer of Minneap­olis, is dead, aged seventy-eight years.

The state board of control has moved into its quarters in the new state capitol.

Frank McClymont of Anoka was killed at McReavey's logging camp, liorth of Akeley, by a lodged tree.

Governor Van Sant has formally entered the field as a candidate for United States senator to succeed Sen­ator Clapp.

J. A. McDermott of Canby has been appointed state oil inspector bv Gov­ernor-elect J. A. Johnson. Mr. Mc­Dermott is a traveling man.

After shooting seven times at John Capistran at Crookston John Strick-ler, a traveling man, was arrested and committed to the Fergus Falls asylum.

C. R. Henton, a well known con­ductor on the Milwaukee road, was killed at Kasota while switching. Five cars and a tender passed over him.

During the year 1904 new buildings Were erected in St, Paul at a cost of nearly $4,000 ,000. Eighteen of the structures cost more than $15 ,0 '*0 each.

Secretary of St at.6 Hanson will ask the legislature to appropriate 87.".new for the state cer..sus of 1005 instead of $45,000, which was the cost of the lSli.l Census.

A state law making it manslaughter in the first degree for a hunter to kill ft man, mistaking him for a deer, is recommended by the state game an 1 fish commission.

The charred and blackened bones-, all that is left of the body of'John Fel­lows, the fireman who lost his life in the Bouteil fire at Minneapolis Dec. Ill, Were found last week.

After being out ten hours and ten minutes a jury at Two Harbors re­turned a verdict of murder in the first degree against O. H. Hammerburg for the murder of Andrew Blum last Octo­ber.

Mrs. Frank Gibbs of Barnesville, Who was shot in the head and thigh by her husband about a week ago, has died of her injuries. Gibbs committed suicide immediately after shooting his Wife.

Major Scott, Indian agent at Leech Lake, will begin the disbursement of about $170,000 to Indians of the Red Lake tribe about Jan. 15. Each Indian, including men, women and children, Will get $100.

John Edwards and Gus Bloomer, timber cruisers, have been missing since Oct. 20, and from clues which have been discovered it is believed they were drowned in Knife lake, north of Ely.

Warren H. Williams, railway postal clerk between Tracy, this state, and Pierre, S. !>., has been arrested at Huron, S. D, charged with appropri­ating a registered package said to contain $2,0o0.

Attorney General Moody has passed favorably on the request of the Min­neapolis millers that they be allow."! to mix American and Canadian wheat In grind ing hour under the new draw­back regulations.

Detective -Tames G. Doyle, who fo • the past eighteen years has been al­most continuously connected with th -Minneapolis police department, h:n been appointed superintendent of the department by Mayor-elect Jones.

Wolves are becoming so ferocious along the north shore of Lake Superior that the settlers east of Two Harhois do not dare to go out into the woods or even along the packroads at night Unless several men are in the party.

Word has reached Duluth that Dan Cameron, a fur trader, was murdered a few days ago near Mine Center, in the Rainy River country, by an Indian from whom he had just purchased $100 worth of furs. The murderer is Under arrest.

The complete vote of the state at the recent election shows that the con­stitutional amendment for the abolish­ment of the grand jury in the state passed by a vote 'of 164,5-55 yeas to 62,152 nays. It is now up to the leg-islatuie to act.

Fred L. Ryan of Duluth has been named surveyor general of logs and lumber for tiie Duluth district by Gov­ernor-elect Johnson and E. B. Hyberg of Montevideo has been selected for position of deputy in the dairy and food department.

Reports from the St. Paul health department for the eleven months ending Nov. 30 show that of the Lot;? deaths almost 9 per cent were from unnatural causes. There were 136 deaths in this class, 83 being caused by accidents, 40 suicides, 6 homicides and 7 by poison.

Theodore Roosevelt's plurality in Minnesota is 164,464, according to re­turns compiled by the state canvass­ing board. The vote for each party fo l lows: Republ ican 216,651, Demo­cratic 55,187. People's 2,103. Prohibi­tion 6,25?., Public Ownership 11,692, Socialist Labor 974.

Moore Stephens of Minneapolis, agent for the Duluth Elevator company at Hancock-, was caught in the belt of B gasoline ermine and instantly kill: . He apparently tried to stop the en­gine and his coat caught in the h .; wheel. His neck and the bones oi urn body were broken to pieces.

The repo i t tha t the s ta te oap i to . commiss ion wi l l a sk the nex t ' r u : . - . l a tu re fo r a fu r ther appropr ia t i comple te the new s t ruc ture i s no t t rue , accord ing to Chami ing Seabury , cha i r ­man of the commiss ion . Mr . Seaonr .v pays tha t a f te r comple t ing a l l the work the commiss ion f igures i t wi l l have a ba lance of S luO.oOO.

The six iion mines located on the Vermillion range are very active at present and the demand in the East for the product presages' a good win­ter's work and attendant heavy pay days for a large number of men. It is estimated that 800 men are employed at the Chandler, Pioneer, Sibley, Sa­voy and Zenith mines.

Incensed over the large number of murders and robberies that have been committed recently by Canadian In­dians . in the. northern part of Itasca county near the international bound­ary the " settlers and homesteaders TifV.-. p-si-re--; ' "•••fi.m.selves into vigilance.

ing me ueatiis of tueir comrades.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,! N2S COUNT* OF MORRISON J

In Justice Court, Before D. M. Cameron, J. P.

Frank Ellenbecker and Henry Gou-" let, a co-partnership, doing busi­ness as Ellenbecker & Goulet,

Plaintiff, vs.

Ida Bucholtz, Defendant. .

Tne State of Minnesota to Ida Bucholtz, Defendant: You are hereby summoned to be and ap­

pear before the undersigned, one of the justices of the peace in and for said county, on the 24th day of December, 1904, at 10 o clock in the forenoon, at my office, in the city of Litt le Fal ls , in sa id county , to .answer to the compla in t oi Ellenbecker & Goule t in a c iv i l ac t ion , where in the pla in t i f f c la ims the sum of $74.30 wi th in­terest t l ie reon f rom the 17th day of Oc­tober , 11KM, a t the ra te of 0 per cent per an­num. Should you fa i l to appear a t the t ime and place aforesa id , judgment wi l l be rendered ayaine t you, upon the evi ­dence adduced by sa id El lenl -ecker & Goule t for such sum as they shal l show themselves ent i t led to .

Given under rnv hands th is 1 ' l s t day of Nov. , A. 1) . l i iOl .

I ) . M. CAMEKON", Jus t ice of the- Peace .

L . W. Yasaly , P la in t i i i ' s At to im-v.

ORDER FOR HEAKLMi OX C LAIMS. STATE OK MIXXES' >TA, t

-ss . COUNTY OF MORRI-ON. * In Probate Cour t . Specia l Term.Decem­

ber 10th , 1!«I4 . In the mat ter of the es ta te of Andrew

Racine deceased . Let te rs of adminis t ra t ion 011 the es ta te

of Andrew Raci t ie deceased , la te of the county of Morr ison , s ta te of Minne­sota , be ing granted to Emire Racine .

I t i s ordered , tha t three months be a- . id the same is hereby a l lowed f rom and af te i the da te of th is order , i t i which a l l persons having c la ims or demands agains t the sa id deceased are requi red to f i le the same in the Probate Cour t of pa id county , for examinat ion and a l lowance , or be forever bar red .

I t i s fur ther ordered , tha t 'he lv . l iday of March , 1!I05 . a t lOo 'c loc l? a . m. . a t a specia l te rm of s -a id Probate Cour t to l ie he ld a t the Probate o ince in the Cour t House , in the c i ty of Li t t le Pa i l s , in sa id county , be and the same- hereby i s ap­poin ted as the t ime and place when and where the sa id Probate Cour t wi l l exam­ine and adjus t sa id c la ims and demands .

And it i s fur ther ordeied , tha t not ice of such hear ing be g iven to a l l c iedi tors and persons in teres ted in s<: id es ta te by lor th-Wit l l publ i sh ing th is order once "in each week for three success ive weeks in the Litt le Fal ls Hera ld a weeklv legai news­paper, pr in ted and publ ished a t Li t t le Falls , in sa id county .

Dated a t Li t t le - Fa l l s , Minnesota , the 10th day of December . A. IJ . ISKi- i .

Bv the Cour t , (Seal . ) E . P . SHAW,

D!8 Judge of Probate .

ORDER FOR IIEA KING APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OP ADMINIS­

TRATOR. STATE OF MINNESOTA}

I SB. COUNTY OF MOUHISON I

In Prola te Cour t . Specia l te rm, Nov.2t i th , 1901.

In the maf ter of ihe-es ta te of Mat l i ias Tsc l i id a . deceased :

On rece iv ing ami t i l ing the pe t i t ion of Theres iaTschida .of t l i t - county o 1 > 'or r i son represent ing among other th ings , tha! Mat l i ias Tsc l i ic ia lu te of the county of Morr ison in the s ta te of Minnesota , on the 18th day of Ju ly A. D. 1H0L a t the couniv ot M. r r i son Oied in tes lHte a ix l be ing- :m inhabi tant o l tha t county a t l in- t i me of h is .dea th , leaving goods, chattels , r .n< i estaie wi 11.• : i Morr ison county , Minnesota , and tha t the sa id per i t io i ie r i s The wi .n .w " t sa id deceased ,and praying tha t adminis t ra t ion of sa id es ta te be to Then. Tl i ie leu granted:

I t . i s ordered , tha t sa id pe t i t ion be hecrd before sa id cour t , ou Tuesday th . - ' -d t i j day of December A, D. l^ ' - l . . a iu o 'e ioe l - ' a tu . , a t the prol . a te <. f ; ie ' j . in f be cour t house , in the c i t l o t Li t t le 1-a lK. in sa i - ' o o 111 y .

Ordered fur ther , tha t not ice thereof } .e g iven to the hen ' s o 'Va~.d d i , - a . -< d .am i " i .H persons in* .cres ted , bv pu 1 i tI - -h ing • l i ' . - o r ­d e r o n c e i n e a c h w e e k i • • r t h i e - c < . -Rive weeks pr ior to sa id day of hear im.- . in the Li t t le Fa l l s Ht r tdo , a \ \>-ck: \ i ega t newspaper ,pr in ted and publ : . ->! i : - t l a : S .mie Fa l l s in sa id C 'n in iv i i tu! s ta te .

Dated a t Li t t le Fal l . - , th i r - - ' r . -n d ; i v of November , • D 1!•(M.

Py ! l ie Cour t . ( sea l i E . F . SH A W .

I t i c t re of I ' r e I - a te D2

ORDER FOR HEARING APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT Of ADMINIS­TRATOR. -

STATE OP MINNESOTA,|

COUNTY OP MORRISON. J In Probate Court, (>

Special Term, Sec.L 1904.1' In tne matter of the estate of Oliver

Syer, deceased: On receiving and filing the petition of.

Jurdin Syer, of the county of Mor­rison, said state, representing*, among other things, that Oliveit Syer, late of the county of Mor­rison, in the state of Minnesota, on the-loth day of October, A. D. 1904, at the-county of Morrison died intestate, and be­ing an inhabitant of this county at thfr time of his death, leaving goods, chattels-and estate within this county, and that the said petitioner is the widow of saidi deceased and praying that administration, of said estate be to Jurdin Syer granted;

I t i s ordered , tha t sa id pe t i t ion be heard ' before sa id Cour t , on Tuesday, the 27th . day of Dec. , A. D. 1!>04. a t 10 o 'c lock a» m.. at the probate of f ice , m the cour t house in the c i -yo; Li t t le Fa l l s , in sa id county , .

Ordered iur t l ie r , tha t not ice thereof b&F; g iven to the he i rs of sa id deceased and to a l ! persons in teres ted , b j 'poIdi - l i ing th is order once in each week tor three succes­s ive weeks pr ior to sa id Clay of hear ing , in the Li t t le Fa l l s Her i ld , a weekly legal newspaper , pr in ted and publ ished a t Li t t le Fa l l* , t i l sa id countv .

Dated a i mt i le i - ' a l l s , Minn. , ^h is 1s t day of Dec . , A. IL l i iOL

liy the Ccurt, iSea l . ) E . F . SI IAW. Dr! Judge of Probate .

CANCELLATION NOTICE. John W. Sctdes:

Please Take Notice: Dtlault Las cecumd and new exists

in the ternir and conditions cf that c<-> t.-fin cottracr daltd the fourth day of August, A.D.. 1900. executed by D. S. B. ' .lohrstun Land Company, a cor-poi>.tion and Youmlf, and providing tbnt npi-n the performance cf ceitain tetms and conditions therein expressed said covpojation shall make convey­ance cf thfct its in property sitnfsted.. in Morrison county, State cf Minne- > Fota. and dc crined as the Northeast Quarter (NE.I4) cf Section Eighteen (lb), in fowLsbip Forty-ons (41) of Range Thirty-cue (31) which defaults are as follow?, to-wit :

There has not been delivered to this Company the equal one half part nor any part of ail the grain or other crops raised or prcduced on said land durii g the year lfe04, trlthongb the place for euch delivery was duly designated by this Company.

There has not been broken up anc^ prepared for crop five acres of fcaia land required to be broken during,* the year 1903, and ibere has not been broken up and prepared for crop five acres of said laDd additional reqaired to be broken in the year 1^04.

Because of such defaults, and be­cause of each of them, said contract • will be cancelled and terminated, and * the same hereby is cancelled and ter­minated as provided in said contract may be done and pursuant to the statute in such cape made and pro­vided, and euch cancellation and ter­mination shal/ t£ike effect on the 6th day cf February, A. D., ICO.l.

Witness the corporate name and cor­porate seal of said corporation or this t wec ty-ninth dav cf Novtmuer, A. D., 1904. i>. S B. JOHNSTON LAND COM,

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