The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-19
IN THE NORTHWEST
A Summary of the Important
Events of theWeek in the
Northwestern States.
MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA.
The school enrolment of st, Paul increased
1000 over 1888.
Jenny Whalen, OF Winona, while intoxicat-
ed was run over by Burlington and North
ern train and cut in two.
The city hall and courthouse ut St Paul
cost over 81, 900 900.
At St. Cloud Earl Goddard, aged 10,
pleaded guilty of highway robbery.
Bv the accidental discharge of his shotgun
while hunting Bartholomew Navry, OF Mont
gomery, was shot through the head and in
stantly killed.
At Pennington, August Smith, while care
Iessly handling u revolver, shot "hham
Butte through the heart, killing him Instant
ly.
The mouse of Geo. Fl. Meyers. at Winona,
was burned. Mrs Meyers narrowly escaped
with her life and Meyers got his children in
his arms lust "a the walls iell. His loss Is
$4,000. with 81, 500 insurance.
Considerable comment is excited in Mime
anolis Mt the verdict of the cOrOners jury In
tho Tribune catastrophe, which tailed to md
aDvone responsible for the lack OF proper
escapes in case OF nre
Emile johnson, twenty-five years OF age
WAS killed by tree falling on him while work
ING in the woods for ToZer, Mcclure Co.. on
the upper Snake river. His body was taken
to saltwater where he lived.
bartholomew Vavry of Montgomery was
hunting mink with u shotgun, when it was
accidentlv discharged, killing him instantly
the load passing up under his chm. lie was
+wentv-one years old and unmarried.
%yraT Nv tUn
while Walking on the track near Aurora was
struck by a freight train and inStantly Killed
He was thrown fifty feet and had his neck
broken
Ida Stowellis one of the most SUCCESSFUL
real estate agents in st. Paul, and recently
sold one lot for $l5O0OO. She was originally
a school teacher, and made her first purchase
with what she had saved from her meager
salary.
Bert Harrington and Peter Bjornstrom,
two farmers living near Nadena, were run
over hv train while crossing the track at
York Mills in a wagon and fatally injured.
There were FIVE men in the wagon altogether'
but the other three escaped injury
writ of habeas corpus has been obtained
from Judge Crosby commanding Sherli'
Anderson to bring before him, at Hastings,
Harry Hurl one OF the Salvation Army
soldiers confined in jail. and show cause, II
any, why said Hurl should not be released.
The little son of Martin kutzen, a farmer
living near Arndia, while playing with
matches set fire to the house. All the build
inps on the place were burned, together with
a large quantity of hay and grain. The loss
is&3,5OO The insurance expired two days
before the fire.
Eugene Nichols. a carpenter working IN
the building which covers the reservoir OF the
water works at Chattield. fell from scafold
to the stone floor, distance of twenty feet
His COLLAR bone was broken, shoulder dislO
catad and two ribs broken. He also received
internal injuries He is not expected to re
cover.
The inhabitants of Fair Haven, which Is
in Stearns county find q subject OF unlmfeo
interest in the recent GOLD discoveries in the
immediate Deighborhood. Ever since the
discovery of few particles OF the yello"
stuff by q farmer some months ago agr1cul
tural matters became of secondary import
ance.
Frank Thatcher, prosperous young IN
married farmer of Lake George town, Stearns
county. was found dead in bed by neighbors
having evidently expired five or six days be
fore. Heart disease is ascribed as the cause
there being no evidences of foul play
Passers-by we're first attracted by noises
heard in the stable. and upon investigation
the cattle and horses were found in starV
ing condition.
Michael Schieber, a recent arrival from
Bavaria, Germany, was arrested in Minnie
apols on the charge of committing 6
double murderi in Bavaria two months ago
Schieber came to Minnesota about two weeks
ago and hired out as farm hand near thai
city. His employer, who is a German, read
an account OF the murders in a German news
paper, which also gave description OF tn
murderer, and gave information to the pc
lice. Schieber confessed to the crime
In the Tribune fire investigation before tn
coroner in Minneapolis, Frank Hoover, on
of the printers who escaped from the burning
building, testified that the owners OF tn
building had been petitioned on several oc
casions to provide adequate means OF es
cape in case of fire, but had paid no attentio
to the petitions and that the printers ha
then resolved in case any of their numbP
lost their lives in consequence of the negl
pence of the owners to have "a life for lie