Morris tribune., 1891-08-05
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS

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Contracts have been let for water
works at Madelia.
The number of prisoners confined in
the Saltwater penitentiary has decreased
to 317.
Preparations are being made for q
vigorous enforcement of the game laws
of Minnesota.
An attempt was made to burglariZe
Governor Merriam's residence at st.
Paul Monday night.
The North Dakota Elevator company
has begun the erection of 10000
bushel elevator at Hector.
The commissioners of Murray county
have let the contract fol a SEA, 800 court
house to be built at Slayton.
The South st. Paul distillery will
start up in short time and will crush
about 5000 bushels of corn daily.
The Minnesota state public school IL
brary committee meets Aug. tore
ceive bids for furnishing the state with
school books for the next two years.
The commissioners of Polk county.
have called Il special election for Aug. IS
to vote bonds to the amount of 1920, 900
to aid the Duluth and Dakota railway.
At the session of the Supreme Council
of American Engineers, held in Syra-
cuse, N. Y, H. K. Stroud, of Hastings.
was elected a member of the supreme
body.
The Winona school board has elected
p,,a 1S faL
Kan, superintendent of the public
schools for the ensuing year, at salary
of $4,000.
A little lad, Poll Latoski. aged s, was
drowned Saturday at St. Paul, and
companion, Frank Satsinski. aged 13,
was arrested on charge Of causing the
lads death.
The City Elevator Company, of Min
neapolis, proposes to build line of ele-
vators at Cannon Falls, Randolph,
Mortified and Fairbault on the Min
neapolis and st. Louis road.
Messrs. P. NJ. and E. D. Graft, of
Duluth, are endeavoring to induce sew
eral of the New York capitalists who
recently visited the Zenith city, to join
them in opening large bank there.
Jacob Campbell, a member of the
Salvation Army, a while since arrested
and jailed with others for parading the
streets of Northfeld, brought suit
against the city in the sum of So, 900, for
illegal imprisonment.
Dr. Frank E. Heath, of Campbell,
was shot and killed Wednesday by a
companion with whom he was hunting.
Sh0ntIno to1
DR.. Heath was single man and had
lived at Campbell number of years.
The violation of the fish laws in Lake
Pepin is now attracting general atten-
ton. Tons of fish are being taken out
of the lake with seine and net in viola
ton of all law and usage, and the lake
is being rapidly depleted of all live fish.
Mrs. Ira O. Kendall, wife of the Rev.
Mr.. Kendall, presiding elder of the
Muscatine district of the Iowa M. E.
conference, while descending the stair
way at her home, grew dizzy and fell
over the banister, being instantly killed.
The Duluth and Winnipeg has began
track laying above Grand Rapids,
The line will be pushed across the White
Oak Point reservation, distance of five
or six miles. It is believed that this is
done to be in preparation to build the
Crookston branch.
The supreme court holds that the
evidence in the case of William Rose
was sufficient to justify the verdict, and
he must hang, unless the governor in
terferes to save him from the gallows.
Rose was convicted of the murder of
Lufkin, in Redwood county.
Payments to the Sisseton and Wahpe-
ton Indians has been suspended for
few weeks, about 100000 having now
been paid out. They are spending their
money freely but not foolishly They
have bought hundreds of horses and
hundreds of buggies and wagons.
Judge Bruener, of st. Cloud, whose
work has been looked into by a COM
mittee appointed by governor Merriam,
as TO his conduct in his duties, received
a letter from the Governor stating that
he is absolutely exonerated of any
wrong doing in his official position.
Elmer H. Dearth, assistant insurance
commissioner, pronounces the business
of the Standard Mutual Aid association,
Of St. Paul, irregular and illegal, and
has notified the officers to appear and
SllO", IL why W
transact business should not be revoked.
The Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way company have condemned the draw
and two long sections of their bridge
over the mississippi river at Winona,
and they are all to be taken out and re-
placed with new ones. This is in order
that there may be absolute safety to
trains.
The Y. M. G.. A.. of the two Dakotas
and Minnesota have taken possession of
the twenty acres of land on the shore of
Lake Minnewaska, that the citizens of
Glenwood donated them, and are now
preparing the grounds to hold their first
northwestern Institute, which will oc-
cur from Aug. 4 to II.
Burglars set fire to the barn of James
Thomas, farmer living in Wynette,
Isanti county, at midnight. While
called to the barn, the house was en-
tered, chest containing 5000 dragged
from the house to a marsh some dis.
tance away and the money extracted.
The committee appointed by the gov
ernor to investigate the system of pun
ishlnents employed at the Saltwater
prison has finished it's labors and sub
mitted the report of it's deliberations
and findings. The committee finds
that the punishments inflicted are in
some cases severe, but in no cases
wanton, cruel or unnecessary.
The twine making plant at the Still
water prison has turned out over 17o,-
600 pounds of the manufactured article,
and has capacity of 2, 500 pounds daily.
The plant will be kept in operation
steadily all through the coming year,
and will have large supply on hand at
the opening of next season. Of that
already manufactured over $4,000
pounds have been sold, ir 375 lots or
purchases, and going to nearly every
nart of the state