The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-22
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.

NEWS LIN MlNNESOIA.
Moorhead lost 10 buildings by fire last
week.
Buffalo farmers will have co-opera-
tive store.
Fire at Preston last week destroyed
several buildings.
The Duluth, Mesaba and Northern il
to be double tracked.
Fire at Montevideo damaged White
more Bros mill 81, 900.
Half Of the business portion Of Ashby
has been destroyed by fire.
Work is to be commenced in short
time on match factory at Buffalo.
The Kenyon Leader, which suspended
for a few weeks, has resumen publica-
ton.
George w. Bull, general passenger
and freight agent of the Duluth road, is
dead.
Charles Lee was killed by the cars near
F'ulda. He was drunk and was lying on
the track.
The National Educational association
is to hold its next meeting at Duluth in
July, 1894.
County Attorney Madisan of Red
wood county has been indicted by the
grand jury.
William E. Titus and others have been
authorized to organize the First N ational
bank of Montevideo.
The Cornell Minnesota foot ball game.
scheduled for Thanksgiving, is off, Cor
nell refusing to come.
The state high school board has de-
cided that high schools shall have four
years preparatory course.
Mayor Wright he's signed the St. Paul
anti-pool room ordinance. Its validity
will be tested in the courts.
James Ruane, editor of the Slayton
Gazette, has purchased the Murray
County Pioneer, and will consolidate the
two papers.
The German-American State bank of
Wells, Faribault county, with a capital
OF 5000, has been granted authority to
do business.
j. A. Schurg was arrested at Two
Harbors by Deputy Marshal Sheehan for
wlllfully casting away the steamer Ne
vada in 1890.
William McCullum, resisting arrest
for laceny, slashed at E. " Bogert, chief
of the Winona police, and narrowly es-
capped killing him.
The Minneapolis Mutual Life Insur-
ance company has gone out of bust
ness. The Fidelity Mutual of Philadel-
phia takes all the risks.
Burglars entered the Slayton hotel and
relieved the proprietor and guests of
considerable jewelry and money. The
thieves have been arrested.
The Minneapolis police department
has decided that the cigar store nickel
in-the-slot machines are gambling de-
vices and must be abolished.
Frank Hanscombe was held up near
Minneapolis. Twenty-seven dollars and
some potato checks were taken. The
thieves kindly returned the checks.
Mrs. Frank Reinhart of St. Paul has
fallen heir jointly with others of the
family, to an estate worth $25, 200, 900,
left by Philip Reinhart of SAKE oburg
Gotha.
At St. Paul William Fisher was held
on the charge of numbering Josef Herda,
and Joseph White was taken to Mime
apolis for alleged completely in the Har-
ris murder.
General J. 81. Baker lost his large
horse barn at his Oak Cliff farm, near
Mankato, by fire. Twelve valuable
horses were consumed and large GUAM
tity of hay and oats.
The total lumber cut on the St. Croix
for the season of 1898 amounted to 1885,
657, 1859 feet, to which can be added ST.
100000 shingles and 46, 100, 900 lath. The
cut was the smallest for years.
The worlds fair commission will meet
at the capitol on Nov. % to review all
accounts and make a report showing the
disposition of the funds, and other items
in which the public are interested.
The annual report of DR.. Norton, for
the health department., will show that
nearly 5000 immigrants arrived and
were inspected at the various railroad
stations of Minneapolis during the year.
Harry and John Morris, the men
charged with burglarizing J. P. Bran
denbourgers clothing store on the 9th
inst, at Hastings, and were brought
back from La Crosse, were held to the
grand jury in 81 900 bail each.
The November term of the district
court at Elbow Lake concluded with q
verdict of $4,000 against the 500 Rail-
road company in favor of Mrs. Susie
Belyea, wife of the editor of the Grant
County Herald. She was injured in the
Barrett wreck in August, 1892.
A formal acceptance of reduction in
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