Morris tribune., 1892-07-06
MINNESOTA NEWS.

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Of st. Paul are to be placed under
ground.
The new electric line from st. Paul to
White Bear lake opened for business
Saturday.
Hon. John Day Smith is announced as
candidate for congress from the Min
neapolis district.
The Third DISTRICT Republican con-
gressional convention will be held at
Pennington Aug. 2.
The Minnesota Universalist conven-
ton decides in favor of the worlds fair
being open Sunday.
The amount of the Minnesota revenue
collections for June was about $3.50, 600,
and of the customs receipts about
$4,000.
Burglars secured 81 900 worth of dia-
monds and jewelry at the mapufactur-
ing jewelry house of f. e. Calender,
st. Paul.
Clay county delegates to the Repub-
ican state convention have been in
structed to vote for Knute Nelson for
governor.
A bill to establish port of immediate
delivery at Duluth has been reported by
Senator Washburn and placed on the
calendar.
The president has granted pardon to
w. E. Covel, of Minnesota, convicted Of
employing an unlicensed engineer on a
ferry boat.
A new banking house, styling itself
the Polk County bank, has opened for
business at Thief River Falls with a
capital of $4,000.
Gilbert johnson, Swede living at
Rothsay, committed suicide on Great
Northern train by slashing his abdomen
and wrists with razor.
The Saltwater school board has settled
the parochial school question by decid-
inE; rot to lease church property for
public school purposes.
Ii. Fl. Hart, secretary of the state
board of corrections and charities, was
elected president Of the national confer
ence at its session in Denver.
During August, at Goodsell observa-
tory, Northield, a corps of oompilers
and observers will begin the work Of re-
vision Of the Great Star catalogue.
Eleven horses were burned to death in
the Great Northern railroad camps near
Red Lake Falls. The loss Is over So, 900.
Four of the horses belonged to farmers.
A convention Of the Peoples party
will be held in Pennington on Tuesday,
July IL, for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for congress in the Third
district.
In order to defeat the measure, which
had passed the house, Senator Washburn
moved to recommit the bill setting aside
large tract of land in Northern Mime
sofa for park.
Ole Knutson, Norwegian farmer,
while on his way home from Kensington
with load of lumber, was accidentally
killed by his wagon tipping over and the
lumber falling on him.
At special meeting of the Moorhead
city council the liquor license was raised
from 5000 to $1,000. The vote in coun-
Gil stood 3 to 3, Mayor Tillotson casting
the deciding vote. At least twenty-five
licenses will be taken out at that figure.
The next regular examination under
the civil service rules for classified serv-
ices in the postoGce will be held in the
ST. Paul custom house Aug. Q. Appii-
cations must be presented not later than
July 13 to P. n. Marving, secretary of
the local board of examiners.
Joseph Lawrence, generally known as
Montana Joe," was shot and instantly
killed at Ely by Mike Wallace There
was a hot discussion over drinks, when
both men mutually agreed to 60 home,
get guns, return and settle the difficulty.
The shots were fired simultaneously.
The doctors say Wallace cannot live.
At Window the jury in the famous
usury case of J. T. Smith against the
Continental Life Insurance company
rendered verdict substantially for the
plaintiff for the entire amount. The
$4,000, with the exception of $4,000
transferred to an innocent purchaser, is
forfeited on account of involving usury.
Mrs. Cornelia M. Thomas, of St. Paul,
is under arrest charged with having
stolen 81 900 from her sister, Mrs. Mary
D. Phillips, of Seattle, Wash. The cir
cumstances preceding the arrest are pc
culiar. Mrs. Phillips was in st. Paul
recently to testify in the divorce case of
her sister. She returned to Seattle, and
while en- route dreamed that Cornelia
Thomas had distracted 81 900 of 50, 400
which she had in the lining of her dress.
A search revealed the amount 81, 200
short. Upon preliminary hearing Mrs.
Thomas was discharged for lack of evil
dence.
At Duluth Ed Red placed his right
arm in lions cage at Ringing
Bros circus to make the beast rise to
please spectators. He had been cutting
meat to feed the animals. like a fash
the beast struck the arm with his paw
and then set his jaws upon It. Jabbing
its nose and mouth with ii iron pick
could not force the lion to loosen his
Jaws and the keeper had . be torn
away, literally stripping hi arm of
flesh. The bones had been terribly
crushed. The man was removedNto tha>ff
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