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BANKER TODD CONFESSES. Accuses His Partner, Who Enters a Prompt Denial. Preston, Minn., Aug. 31.-M. R. Todd, late cashier of the Fillmore County bank, which was wrecked, has made a confession. The bank assigned last Monday. On Thursday, when Todd was arrested and an attempt made on his life, he showed signs of weakening. He has since confessed that he had stolen and turned over to Clements, his former partner, all the funds on deposit at the time of the crash.
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DOMESTIC. Hugo Zellner and wife, of Chicago, aged respectively 65 and 75, were found dead in their room at a boarding house in Milwaukee, having committed suicide by taking chloroform. A cloudburet in Sawmill Run near Pittsburgh, Pa., caused the drowning of six children and did great damage to property. The plant of the High Falls Sulphite Pulp and Mining company, located at Pyrites, N. Y., was burned, the loss being $300,000. Sessions of the fiftieth anniversary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science began in Boston. Seven men were killed by the caving in of earth in a tunnel near Pittsburgh, Pa. Fire destroyed the business portion of Carterville, Ill., for the second time within a year. The Fillmore county bank at Preston, Minn., closed its doors with liabilities of $50,000. The indictment against Mrs. Myra Atkinson, wife of Gov. Atkinson, of West Virginia, for forgery has been quashed, and the case against her dismissed. The wife of Morris Lucas, a farmer near Bloomington, Ind., drowned her child and herself in a cistern. She was despondent because of ill health. The plant of the Chattanooga Powder company at Ooltewah Station. Tenn., exploded, killing two men and wounding seriously. if not fatally, six others. The visible supply of grain in the United States on the 22d was: Wheat, 5,580,000 bushels; corn, 16,123,000 bushels; oats, 2,910,000 bushels; rye, 401,000 bushels; barley, 245,000 bushels. Mrs. John Stevenson, of Glenn Station, near Carnegie, Pa., was burned to a crisp in the attempt to save her baby from her burning home. While despondent Mrs. Kate Mangan killed herself and her two children, Catherine, four years of age, and James V., 18 months old, by means of illuminating gas at New York.
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BANK FAILURES. Jan. 17-State, Elmwood, Ill., $60,000. 24-National, Paola, Kan., suspended. 31 - First national, Larimore, N. D., $71,754. Feb. 24- Bank of Southern Baltimore, $170,000. Mar. 16-Home savings Sioux City, Ia., $60,000 Benson savings, Waterford, Pa., $40,000. 24-Bank of Merriam Park, St. Paul, Minn. People's state, Philadelphia, nearly $1,000,000. 25 Guarantors' Finance Co., Philadelphia, $1,047,500. Jun. 7-Delaware national, Delhi, N. Y., $25,000. 29 Thomas J. Kirby, private, Abilene, Kan., $283,000. Jul. 20-Commercial state, Marshalltown, Ia. 21-German savings, Doon, Ia., $59,474 Northern, Lexington, Ky. (suspended). 23-Tawas savings, Tawas City, Mich. (suspended). Aug. 11-Bank of Waverly, Ill., $150,000. 27-Fillmore county, Preston, Minn., $150,000. Sep. 14-D. F. Parsons, private, Burr Oak, Mich., $100,000. 15-Jasper, Ala., bank, $65,000. 26-Allegheny, at Clifton Forge, Va., liabilities, $50,000. Oct. 4-Tradesman's national, at New York, $2,000,000 due depositors. Liabilities placed at $3,800,000. 13-Tioga national, of Oswego, N. Y., closed. 19-First national of Neligh, Neb., liabilities $103,000 German national of Pitts burgh, Pa., liabiliteis, $2,000,000. 21-First national, of Lisbon, O., capital $50,000-closed; resumed on Nov. 15. 29-Second national, of Springfield, O., goes into liquidation. Nov. 5-First national, of Flushing., O., suspends. 16-First national, of Emporia, Kan., closed. 28 Bank of Hornersville, N. Y., closes doors with liabilities of $75,000. 30 -Second national, of Toledo, o., goes into voluntary liquidation.
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BANK FAILURES. Jan. 17-State, Elmwood, Ill., $60,000. 21-National, Paola, Kan., suspended. 1-First - national, Larimore, N. D., $71,754. Feb. -Bank of Southern Baltimore, $170,000. Mar. 6-Home savings, Sioux City, Ia., $60,000 Benson savings, Waterford, Pa., $40,000. 24-Bank of Merriam Park, St. Paul, Minn. People's state, Philadelphia, nearly $1,000,000. 25 Guarantors' Finance Co., Philadelphia, $1,047,500. Jun. 7--Delaware national, Delhi, N. Y., $25,000. 29-Thomas J. Kirby, private, Abilene, Kan., $283,000. Jul. 20-Commercial state, Marshalltown, Ia. 21-German savings, Doon, la., $59,474 Northern, Lexington, Ky. (suspended) 23-Tawas savings, Tawas City, Mich. (suspended). Aug. 11-Bank of Waverly, Ill., $150,000. 27-Fillmore county, Preston, Minn., $150,000. Sep. 14-D. F. Parsons, private, Burr Oak, Mich., $100,000. 15-Jasper, Ala., bank, $65,000. 26-Allegheny, at Clifton Forge, Va., liabilities, $50,000. Oct. 4-Tradesman's national, at New York, $2,000,000 due depositors. Liabilities placed at $3,800,000. 13--Tioga national, of Oswego, N. Y., closed. 19 -First national of Neligh, Neb., liabiliGerman national of Pitts ties $108,000 burgh, Pa., liabiliteis, $2,000,000. 21-First national, of Lisbon, O., capital $50,000 closed; resumed on Nov. 15. 20-Second national, of Springfield, O., goes into liquidation. Nov. 5-First national, of Flushing., O., susspends. 16-First national, of Emporia, Kan., closed. 28-Bank of Hornersville, N. Y., closes doors with liabilities of $75,000. 30 Second national, of Toledo, O., goes into voluntary liquidation. Dec. 5-American savings, at Charleston, S. C., placed in hands of receiver. Liabilities, $100,000.
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HAPPENINGS OF 1898. A Chronological Array of the Most Prominent Events. STORY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Brief Mention of Financial Failures, Startling Catastrophes and Crimes-Necrology of Year - Politics and Sport. BANK FAILURES. Jan. 17-State, Elmwood, Ill., $60,000. 24-National, Paola, Kan., suspended. 81-First national, Larimore, N. D., $71,754. Feb. 24-Bank of Southern Baltimore, $170,000. Mar. 16-Home savings, Sioux City, Ia., $60,000 Benson savings, Waterford, Pa., $40,000. 24-Bank of Merriam Park, St. Paul, Minn. People's state, Philadelphia, nearly $1,000,000. 25-Guarantors' Finance Co., Philadelphia, $1,047,500. Jun. 7-Delaware national, Delhi, N. Y., $25,000. 29-Thomas J. Kirby, private, Abilene, Kan., $283,000. Jul.20-Commercial state, Marshalltown, Ia. 21-German savings, Doon, Ia., $59,474 Northern, Lexington, Ky. (suspended). 23-Tawas savings, Tawas City, Mich. (suspended). Aug. 11-Bank of Waverly, Ill., $150,000. 27-Fillmore county, Preston, Minn., $150,000. Sep. 14-D. F. Parsons, private, Burr Oak, Mich., $100,000. 15-Jasper, Ala., bank, $65,000. 26-Allegheny, at Clifton Forge, Va., liabilities, $50,000. Oct. 4-Tradesman's national, at New York, $2,000,000 due depositors. Liabilities placed at $3,800,000. 13-Tioga national, of Oswego, N.Y., closed. 19-First national of Neligh, Neb., liabilities $108,000 German national of Pitts burgh, Pa., liabilities, $7,000,000. 21-First national, of Lisbon, O., capital $50,000-closed; resumed on Nov. 15. 29-Second national, of Springfield, O., goes into liquidation. Nov. 5-First national, of Flushing., O., suspends. 16-First national, of Emporia, Kan., closed. President suicides an hour later. 28-Bank of Hornersville, N. Y., closes doors with liabilities of $75,000. 30-Second national, of Toledo, O., goes into voluntary liquidation. Dec. 5-American savings, at Charleston, S. C., placed in hands of receiver. Liabilities, $100,000.
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BANK FAILURES. Jan. 17-State, Elmwood, III., $60,000. 24-National, Paola, Kan., suspended. - First national, Larimore, N. D., $71,754. Feb. 24-Bank of Southern Baltimore, $170,000. Mar. 16- Home savings, Sioux City, Ia., $60,000 Benson savings, Waterford, Pa., $40,000. 24-Bank of Merriam Park, St. Paul, Minn. People's state, Philadelphia, nearly $1,000,000. 25-Guarantors' Finance Co., Philadelphia, $1,047,500. Jun. 7-Delaware national, Delhi, N. Y., $25,000. 29-Thomas J. Kirby, private, Abilene, Kan., $283,000. Jul. 20-Commercial state, Marshalltown, la. 21-German savings, Doon, la., $59,474 Northern, Lexington, Ky. (suspended) 23-Tawas savings, Tawas City, Mich. (suspended). Aug. 11-Bank of Waverly, III. $150,000. 7-Fillmore county, Preston, Minn., $156,000 Sep. 14-D. F. Parsons, private, Burr Oak, Mich., $100,000. 15-Jasper, Ala., bank, $65,000. 26-Allegheny, at Clifton Forgo, Va., liabilities, $50,000. Oct. 4 --Tradesman's national, at New York, $2,000,000 due depositors. Liabilities placed at $3,800,000. 13-Tioga national, of Oswego, N. Y., closed. 19-First national of Neligh, Neb., Habil German national of Fitts ties $103,000 burgh, Pain liabiliteis, $2,000,000. 21-First national, of Lisbon, O., capital $50,000-closed; resumed on Nov. 15. 29 -Second national, of Springfield, O., goes into liquidation. Nov. 5-First national, of Flushing., O., sus pends, 16-First national, of Emporia, Kan., closed. 28-Bank of Hornersville, N. Y., clease doors with liabilities of $75,000. 30-Second national, of Toledo, O., goes into voluntary liquidation.
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BANK FAILURES. Jan. 17-State, Elmwood, III $60,000. 24-National, Paola, Kan., suspended. 31 - First national, Larimore, N. D., $71,754. Feb. 21-Bank of Southern Baltimore, $170. 000. Mar. 16-Home savings, Sioux City, Ia., $60, 000 Benson savings, Waterford, Pa., $40,000. 24-Bank of Merriam Park, St. Paul, Minn. People's state, Philadelphia, nearly $1,000,000. 25-Guarantors' Finance Co., Philadelphia, $1,047,500. Jun. 7-Delaware national, Delhi, N. Y., $25,000. 29-Thomas J. Kirby, private, Abilene, Kan., $283,000. Jul. 20-Commercial state, Marshalltown, Ia. 21-German savings, Doon, Ia. $59,474 Northern, Lexington, Ky. (suspended). 23-Tawas savings, Tawas City, Mich. (suspended). Aug. -Bank of Waverly, Ill., $150,000. 27-Fillmore county, Preston, Minn., $150, 000. Sep. 14-D. F. Parsons, private, Burr Oak, Mich, $100,000. 15-Jasper, Ala., bank, $65,000. 26-Allegheny, at Clifton Forge, Va., liabilities, $50,000. Oct. 4-Tradesman's national, at New York, $2,000,000 due depositors. Liabilities placed at $3,800,000. 13-Tioga national, of Oswego, N. Y., closed. 19-First national of Neligh, Neb., liabiliGerman national of Pitts ties $108,000 burgh, Pa., liabiliteis, $2,000,000. 21-First national, of Lisbon, O., capital $50,000-closed; resumed on Nov. 15. 29-Second national, of Springfield, O., goes into liquidation. Nov. 5-First national, of Flushing_2., suspends. 16-First national, of Emporia, Kan., closed. 28-Bank of Hornersville, N. Y., closes doors with liabilities of $75,000. 30-Second national, of Teledo O., goesinto voluntary liquidation.
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BANK FAILURES. Jan. 17-State, Elmwood, III., $60,000. 24-National, Paola, Kan., suspended. -First national, Larimore, N. D., $71,754. Feb. 24-Bank of Southern Baltimore, $170.000. Mar. 16-Home savings, 8 Sioux City, Ia., $60,000 Benson savings, Waterford, Pa., $40,000. 24-Bank of Merriam Park, St. Paul, Minn. People's state, Philadelphia, nearly $1,000,000. 25-Guarantors' Finance Co., Philadelphia, $1,047,500. Jun. 7-Delaware national, Delhi, N. Y., $25,000. 29- l'homas J. Kirby, private, Abilene, Kan., $283,000. Jul. 20-Commercial state, Marshalltown, Ia. 21-German savings, Doon, la. $59,474 Northern, Lexington, Ky. (suspended). 23-Tawas savings, Tawas City, Mich. (suspended). Aug. 11-Bank of Waverly, III., $150,000. Fillmore county, Preston, Minn., $150,000. Sep. It-D. F. Parsons, private, Burr Oak, Mich., $100,000. 15-Jasper, Ala., bank, $65,000. 26-Allegheny, at Clifton Forge, Va., liabilities, $50,000. Oct. 4 -Tradesman's national, at New York, $2,000,000 due depositors. Liabilities placed at $3,800,000. 13-Tioga national, of Oswego, N. Y., closed. 19-First national of Neligh, Neb., liabiliGerman national of Pitts ties $108,000 burgh, Pa., liabiliteis, $2,000,000. 21-First national, of Lisbon, O., capital $50,000-closed; resumed on Nov. 15. 29 Second national, of Springfield, O., goes into liquidation. Nov. 5-First national, of Flushing., O., suspends. 16-First national, of Emporia, Kan., closed. 28-Bank of Hornersville, N. Y., closes doors with liabilities of $75,000. 30-Second national, of Toledo, O., goes into voluntary liquidation.
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BANK FAILURES. Jan. 17-State, Elmwood, III., $60,000. 24 -National, Paola, Kan., suspended. 31 - First national, Larimore, N. D., $71,754. Feb. 24-Bank of Southern Baltimore, $170, 000. Mar. 16-Home savings, Sioux City, Ia., $60, 000 Benson savings, Waterford, Pa., $40,000. 24-Bank of Merriam Park, St. Paul, Minn. People's state, Philadelphia, nearly $1,000,000. 25-Guarantors' Finance Co., Philadelphia, $1,047,500. Jun. 7-Delaware national, Delhi, N. Y., $25,000. 29-Thomas J. Kirby, private, Abilene, Kan., $283,000. Jul. .20-Commercial state, Marshalltown, Ia. 21-German savings, Doon, 1a., $59,474 Northern, Lexington, Ky. (suspended) 23-Tawas savings, Tawas City, Mich. (sus pended) Aug. 11-Bank of Waverly, III., $150,000. 27 -Fillmore county, Preston, Minn., $150,000. Sep. 14-D. F. Parsons, private, Burr Oak, Mich., $100,000. 15-Jasper, Aia., bank, $65,000. 26-Allegheny, at Clifton Forge, Va., lia bilities, $50,000. Oct. 4-Tradesman's national, at New York, $2,000,000 due depositors. Liabilities placed at $3,800,000. 13-Tioga national, of Oswego, N. Y., closed. 19-First national of Neligh, Neb., liabiliGerman national of Pitts ties $108,000 burgh, Pa., liabiliteis, $2,000,000. 21-First national, of Lisbon. O., capital 350,000-closed; resumed on Nov. 15. 29-Second national, of Springfield, 0, goes into liquidation. Nov. 5-First national, of Flushing., O., suy. pends. 16-First national, of Emporia, Kan., closed. 28-Bank of Hornersville, N. Y., closes doora with liabilities of $75,000. 30-Second national, of Toledo, O., goes into voluntary liquidation. Dec. 5-American savings, at Charleston, S. C., placed in hands of receiver. Liabilities, $100,000.
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BANK FAILURES. Jan. 17-State, Elmwood, III., $60,000. 24 National, Paola, Kan. suspended. 31 - First national, Larimore, N. D., $71,754. Feb. 24-Bank of Southern Baltimore, $170, 000 Mar 16-Home savings, Sioux City, Ia., $00,000 Benson savings, Waterford, Pa., $40,000. 21-Bank of Merriam Park, St. Paul, Minn. People's state, Philadelphia, nearly $1,000,000. 25-Guaranters' Finance Co., Philadelphia, $1,047,500. Jun. 7-Delaware national, Delhi, N. Y., $25,000. 29-Thomas J. Kirby, private, Abilene, Kan, $283,000. 0-Commercial state, Marshalltown, Ia. 2--German savings, Doon, 1a., $59,474 Northern, Lexington, Ky. (suspended) 23-Tawas savings, Tawas City, Mich. (suspended). Aug II-Bank of Waverly, III $150,000. 27- - Fillmore county. Preston, Minn, $150,000. Sep. 14-D. F. Parsons, private, Burr Oak, Mich. $100,000. 15-Jasper. Ala., bank, $65,000. 26- Allegheny, at Clifton Forge, Va., liabilities, $50,000. Oct. 4-Tradesman's national, at New York, $2,000,000 due depositors. Liabilities placed at $3,800,000. 13-Tioga national, of Oswege. N. Y., closed. 19 First national of Neligh, Neb., liabilities $108,000 German national of Pitts burgh, Pa., liabiliteis, $2,000,000. 21 - First national, of Lisbon, O., capital $50,000-closed; resumed on Nov. 15. 29- Second national, of Springfield, O., goes into liquidation. Nov. 5 First national, of Flushing., o., suapends 16 First national, of Emporia, Kan., closed. 28. Bank of Hornersville. N. Y., closes doors with liabilities of $75,000. 30 Second national, of Toledo, O., goes into voluntary liquidation.
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HAPPENINGS OF 1898. A Chronological Array of the Most Prominent Events. STORY OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Brief Mention of Financial Failures, Startling Oatastrophes and Crimes-Necrology of Year - Politics and Sport. / BANK FAILURES. Jan. 17-State, Elmwood, III., $60,000. 24-National, Paola, Kan., suspended. 31-First - national, Larimore, N. D., $71,754. Feb. 24-Bank of Southern Baltimore, $170,000. Mar. 16 Home savings, Sioux City, Ia., $60,000 Benson savings, Waterford, Pa., $40,000. 24-Bank of Merriam Park, St. Paul, Minn. People's state, Philadelphia, nearly $1,000,000. 25-Guarantors' Finance Co., Philadelphia, $1,047,500. Jun. 7-Delaware national, Delhi, N. Y., $25,000. 29-Thomas J. Kirby, private, Abilene, Kan., $283,000. Jul.20-Commercial state, Marshalltown, Ia. 21-German savings, Doon, la., $59,474 Northern, Lexington, Ky. (suspended). -Tawas savings, Tawas City, Mich. (suspended). Aug. 11-Bank of Waverly, Ill., $150,000. 27-Fillmore county, Preston, Minn., $150,000. Sep. 14-D. F. Parsons, private, Burr Oak, Mich., $100,000. 15-Jasper, Ala., bank, $65,000. 26-Allegheny, at Clifton Forge, Va., liabilities, $50,000. Oct. 4-Tradesman's national, at New York, $2,000,000 due depositors. Liabilities placed at $3,800,000. 13-Tioga national, of Oswego, N. Y., closed. 19-First national of Neligh, Neb., liabilities $108,000 German national of Pitts burgh, Pa., liabilities, $7,000,000. 21-First national, of Lisbon, O., capital $50,000-closed; resumed on Nov. 15. 29-Second national, of Springfield, O., goes into liquidation. Nov. 5-First national, of Flushing., O., suspends. 10-First national, of Emporia, Kan., closed. President suicides an hour later. 2S-Bank of Hornersville, N. Y., closes doors with liabilities of $75,000. S-Second national, of Toledo, O., goes into voluntary liquidation. Dec. 5-American savings, at Charleston, S. C., placed in hands of receiver. Liabilities, $100,000.
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Douglas sent in the following communication: "In response to the resolution of the senate this department informs that body what steps or action or otherwise have been taken by the state or its officials for the recovery of the state's funds heid by suspended banks I beg to report that my predecessor, ex-Attorney General Childs, duly filed proof of the state's claim with each of the receivers of all the suspended banks in which state funds had been deposited, and brought action against the bondsmen of each of said banks, with the exception of the State bank of Minneapolis and the Bank of North St. Paul. Judgments have been entered in all pending actions, except the bondsmen of banks which have been paid in full, and except, also, the Columbia National bank of Minneapolis, the Marine National bank of Duluth and the Fillmore County bank of Preston, in which action is stiil pending. "The aggregate of those deposits of state funds at the time of their suspen-sion amounted to $485,367.49, of which there have been collected or paid into the state treasury the sum of $383,269.31, including as a part thereof $3,871.21 interest upon such deposits. There remains uncollected bills of $107,969.39. I attach hereto a statement showing the names of such banks, the dates of suspension, amounts of state deposits, bearing ic-spectively the interest collected, the total amount collected and the balance dae. The balance due the state of Minnesota is now in process of collection. (Signed) "W. B. DOUGLAS, Attorney General." The Farmers and Merchants State bank of Minneapolis and the American Ex-change bank have been sued and the state is not sanguine of recovering very much, if any, of the balances due from them. The State bank of Minneapolis owes $58,144.76 and it is not believed by the state treasurer that this will be re-covered. As to the rest of the banks the state treasurer says there is no doubt that the money will all be paid to the state, with interest. The banks now ow-ing the state which will pay are the Co-lumbia National bank of Minneapolis $1,616.80, balance due; Bank of North St Paul, $2,437.36, balance due; Marine Na-tional bank of Duluth, $2,053.98, balance due; Filimore County bank of Preston, $7,578.89 due.
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Douglas sent in the following communication: "In response to the resolution of the senate this department informs that body what steps or action or otherwise have been taken by the state or its officials for the recovery of the state's funds heid by suspended banks I beg to report that my predecessor, ex-Attorney General Childs, duly filed proof of the state's claim with each of the receivers of all the suspended banks in which state funds had been deposited, and brought action against the bondsmen of each of said banks, with the exception of the State bank of Minneapolis and the Bank of North St. Paul. Judgments have been entered in all pending actions, except the bondsmen of banks which have been paid in full, and except, also, the Columbia National bank of Minneapolis, the Marine National bank of Duluth and the Fillmore County bank of Preston, in which action is still pending. "The aggregate of those deposits of state funds at the time of their suspen-sion amounted to $485,367.49, of which there have been collected or paid into the state treasury the sum of $383,269.31, including as a part thereof $3,871.21 interest upon such deposits. There remains uncollected bills of $107,969.39. I attach hereto a statement showing the names of such banks, the dates of suspension, the amounts of state deposits, bearing ie-spectively the interest collected, the total amount collected and the balance dae. The balance due the state of Minnesota is now in process of collection. (Signed) "W. B. DOUGLAS, Attorney General." The Farmers and Merchants State bank of Minneapolis and the American Ex-change bank have been sued and the state is not sanguine of recovering very much, if any, of the balances due froin them. The State bank of Minneapolis owes $58,444.76 and it is not believed by the state treasurer that this will be recovered. As to the rest of the banks the state treasurer says there is no doubt that the money will all be paid to the state, with interest. The banks now owing the state which will pay are the Columbia National bark of Minneapolis $1,616.80, balance due; Bank of North St Paul, $2,437.36, balance due; Marine National bank of Duluth, $2,053.98, balance due; Filimore County bank of Preston, $7,578.89 due.
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Brief State Happenings. Att Manitowoc the jury in the case of Anton S. Schauer, charged with embezzling $19, returned a verdict of guilty. Miss Hester Jenkins is going to Constantinople to become a member of the faculty of the American university of that city. A terrific windstorm struck east of Blanchardville. A number of cattle were killed and everything in the path of the storm was torn up. Del and John Poole, two brothers formerly of La Crosse, later of West Superior, have been arrested in the former city, charged with murder. The city of Rockford, III., has offered a $30,000 plant all ready with machinery to the officers of the Wisconsin Carriage Company, whose plant burned recently at Jánesville. Rockford sks that the company furnish $5,000 in cash. The protracted drouth has greatly injured the hay crop and in some sections where the soil is sandy it will be almost a total failure. In the clay regions the prospects are not quite SO bad and the promise is that there will be a fairly good yield. The well-known law firm of Bleekman, Bloomingdale & Bergh of La Crosse has been dissolved, former City Attorney Martin Bergh retiring to practice separately. Mr. Bleekman's eldest son, A. E. Bleekman, Jr., who graduates from the Wisconsin law school this year, will succeed Mr. Bergh in the firm. Lightning rod agents have been again operating, Edward Staudemeyer, a wealthy Caledonia farmer, signed a contract for what he supposed was for $27, but later discovered, he says, that it read $270. He refused to give up the contract and followed the agent to town, but the fellow escaped before he could be arrested. The man represented himself to be a member of the Modern Woodmen camp of Pardeeville. The preliminary examination of Erack Paulson, who is held for the murder of Mary Soldon of Pepin on June 16, 1898, which has been in progress in Justice Bradford's court at Durand, is closed. The prisoner was bound over to the fall term of Circuit Court. After a dull and uninteresting trial, quite devoid of sensations of even a mild type, Joseph R. Clements of La Crosse has been convicted of grand larceny in the second degree, which in this particular case covers the crime of wrecking the Fillmore County Bank in Preston, Minn., which closed its doors on Aug. 18, 1898. The second mortgage bondholders, the Central Trust Company of New York, have bid in the property of the West Superior Street Railway Company for $350,000 at a receiver's sale. The Thomas Lowry interests are to assume control at once, connecting it with the Duluth line. T. W. Orbison of the Appleton engineering firm of O'Keefe & Orbison has been in Park Falls to consult with the officers of the Flambeau Paper Company regarding plans for rebuilding at once their paper mill, which was destroyed by fire May 26. The new mill will be somewhat larger than the old, and equipped with larger and faster-running paper machines. Large crowds from the city and points in the Fox river valley witnessed the laying of the corner stone of St. Elizabeth's hospital at Appleton by Mgr. Fox of Green Bay, assisted by visiting clergy and societies of the city and valley. The hospital will cost, when equipped, $76,000, and be ready for use Nov. 1, The moth-eaten and weather-worn joke about the mother-in-law being a blight to domestic happiness has been put out of business in Milwaukee. Louis Hirsch, a fireman, who works nights at the electric power house, took out a license to wed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Abraharas. The groom is 38 years old and the bride 50 years,
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Brief State Happenings. At Manitowoc the jury in the case of Anton S. Schauer, charged with embezzling $19, returned a verdict of guilty. Miss Hester Jenkins is going to Constantinople to become a member of the faculty of the American university of that city. A terrific windstorm struck east of Blanchardville. A number of cattle were killed and everything in the path of the storm was torn up. Del and John Poole, two brothers formerly of La Crosse, later of West Superior, have been arrested in the former city, charged with murder. The city of Rockford, Ill., has offered a $30,000 plant all ready with machinery to the officers of the Wisconsin Carriage Company, whose plant burned recently at Janesville. Rockford asks that the company furnish $5,000 in cash. The protracted drouth has greatly injured the hay crop and in some sections where the soil is sandy it will be almost a total failure. In the clay regions the prospects are not quite so bad and the promise is that there will be a fairly good yield. The well-known law firm of Bleekman, Bloomingdale & Bergh of La Crosse has been dissolved, former City Attorney Martin Bergh retiring to practice separately. Mr. Bleekman's eldest son. A. E. Bleekman, Jr., who graduates from the Wisconsin law school this year, will succeed Mr. Bergh in the firm. Lightning rod agents have been again operating. Edward Staudemeyer, a wealthy Caledonia farmer, signed a contract for what he supposed was for $27, but later discovered. he says, that it read $270. He refused to give up the contract and followed the agent to town, but the fellow escaped before he could be arrested. The man represented himself to be a member of the Modern Woodmen camp of Pardeeville. The preliminary examination of Erack Paulson, who is held for the murder of Mary Seldon of Pepin on June 16, 1898, which has been in progress in Justice Bradford's court at Durand, is closed. The prisoner was bound over to the fall term of Circuit Court. After a dull and uninteresting trial, quite devoid of sensations of even a mild type, Joseph R. Clements of La Crosse has been convicted of grand larceny in the second degree, which in this particular case covers the crime of wrecking the Fillmore County Bank in Preston. Minn., which closed its doors on Aug. 18, 1898. The second mortgage bondholders, the Central Trust Company of New York, have bid in the property of the West Superior Street Railway Company for $350,000 at a receiver's sale. The Thomas Lowry interests are to assume control at once, connecting it with the Duluth line. T. W. Orbison of the Appleton engineering firm of O'Keefe & Orbison has been in Park Falls to consult with the officers of the Flambeau Paper Company regarding plans for rebuilding at once their paper mill, which was destroyed by fire May 26. The new mill will be somewhat larger than the old, and equipped with larger and faster-running paper machines.