Morris tribune., 1893-05-17
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Mississippi rose two feet at Aitkin

fr1day.
The new capitol commission met a
the capitol Saturday.
The Pillsbury- Washburn company ha
passed its annual dividend.
A lodge of Modern Woodmen ha
been organized at Fairmont.
The elevator owned by Stair, Christ
ensen g Case at johnson, has burned
Farmers i'll the vicinity of Rushmort
are subscribing money for an elevator
Ex-Presidont Harrison has been in
vited to address the reciprocity conven
tion in st. Paul.
At Stewartville Owen Palten had his
. shoulder broken and got badly bruised
up by gun kicking.
The Evangelical parsonage at LIE
| Sueur was struck and considerably
damaged b. lightning,
Wind wrecked the circus tent of the
Great Eastern show at Slayton. No
one was seriously hurt
Goodhue county farmers have a mill
ion bushels of wheat stored in their
granaries from last year.
The Ramsey county grand jury failed
to find an Indictment against John j..
Rhodes, Of coal combine fame.
The Mills revival commenced in the
st Paul Auditorium Wednesday night
and will continue for two weeks.
The Great Northern depot at Waver-
ly, Mimi, was totally destroyed by fire
between the hours of 12 and a. IN.
The postoffice at Frank Hall, Winona
county, Mimi, has been ordered discon-
tinued. Nobody wants to be postmaster.
The president has appointed Adolph
R. Gordon postmaster at Warren, and
Michael T. Brady at Winnebago City.
Representatives of st. Paul CONNER
cial bodies will take action toward clean
ing up the city, with view to prevent
a cholera epidemic.
The Minnesota commandery of the
Loyal Legion met at St. Paul and
elected officers, General Edwin G. Mason
D0lng CHOSEN commander.
The date of dedicating the Minnesota
building at the worlds fair has been
changed from May 19 to June 1, by
order of Governor Nelson.
Secretary j. Fletcher Williams Of the
State Historical society has resigned on
account of illness, but the society de-
slines to accept the resignation.
The Minnesota Canal company has
applied for $500, 900 aid from st. Louis
county. The question of issuing the
bonds will be voted upon May %.
An effort is being made at Worthing-
ton to obtain the Wilder Farm college.
A committee of leading citizens has
been appointed to look after the matter.
It is reported at Washington that
Norman Perkins, superintendent of the
railway mail service at st. Paul, will
have to make room for good Demo
crat.
Work of enlarging the Mankato
normal school will begin Immediately
after commen cement exercises. Two
large wings will be added to the present
An unknown man was struck near
Hokah by passenger train and was in
stantly killed. There was nothing
about his person to identify him, so he
was placed in the potters field and
marked "tramp."
Thirty-fve thousand dollars alimony
has been awarded by Judge Otis of
Ramsey county to Mrs. Helen johnson,
who is 1875 at Lake City, was married
to Alexander M. johnson, the wealthy
Chicago steamboat man.
Friends of Jesse Crump of Redwood
Falls who was found drowned in the Gulf
Of Mexico on Tuesday, havereceived com
which lead to the belief
that there was foul play. Valuable
papers which he is known to have had
were missing.
Herman Stone, St. Paul pawnbroker,
while looking over some unredeemed |
pledges, found valise containing be-
tween 5000 and $500 in coin. The valise
was pawned by young man giving the |
name of Henry johnson.
James Leicht, editor of The West
icher Herold of Winona, who is col |
Letting the state newspaper exhibit for |
the worlds fair, has over 400 different |
papers and magazines in his possession. |
They are being bound into four volumes |
If papers and three of magazines, and |
will be sent to the fair during the week.
Governor Nelson has issued call for
IN antitrust convention at Chicago
June and g. Nearly all the states
will be officially represented. Minpe-
jota delegates are: J. B. Wakefield,
Blue Earth City; U. B. Shaver, Kasson;
Frank F. Davis, Minneapolis; James A.
Cawney, Winona; Ignatius Donnelly,
Hastings; A. e. Rice, Willmar; H. B.
Strait, Shakopee; c. A. Gilman, st.
Cloud; W. P. Murray, st. Paul; j. F.
Jacobson, Madison.
The state grain and warehouse COM
mission is in a quandary. The act or
lering state elevator at Duluth pro-
7ides that it shall be paid out of funds
for the inspection of grain.
There can be no funds collected until
he warehouse is built, and it can't be
,uilt without funds There is now on
land in the inspection fund $4,000,
While the estimated cost is $500, 900.
Governor Nelson is said to be consider
ng the propriety of borrowing the
money necessary for its erection.
Rivorc