Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-12-20
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Railroads.

Railroads.
The annual report of the railroad and
warehouse commission of the state of
Minnesota is as follows:
The total nun Der of miles of railroad
operated in The state of Minnesota on
June<3O, 1894, was 5,912.43, being an i'll
crease over the previous year Of 4S.5+
miles, Of which 1923 miles were added
by the Duluth, Mesaba & Northwest
ern railway, 4.3S miles by the Duluth
q Iron Range railroad, @ 80 miles being
corrections in the Nortern Pacific and
.S3 miles in the Great Northern nil cage.
The increase in railroad mileage in
Minnesota has not been so small dur
lnrs any year of it's history since 1863
and 1864, when the increase was AZ and
43 miles respectively.
The amount of gross earnings in Min
nesota for the year ending June 80,
1894, was $50, $685. 24; for the previous
year the gross earnings ere $37, 0s7, OO2,
showing a decrease for 1891 of So, 3s1,-
478.
The total freight revenue 1894 was
$S5, O46,0 56; for the previous year the
freight revenue was .$2S, 742, I'll, show
ing decrease of So, $685. b5.
The total passenger revenue for 1894
was $500, l52; for the previous year it
was 81, 1874, 442, showing a decrease for
1894 of $l,224,29O.
The total earnings in 1894 from mail,
express, extra baggage, station priv
leges, stoc;,yards, elevators, switching,
car mileage and rents were $780, l6;
for the previous year the same were
W, 4S9, S39, showing a decrease for 1894
of $3.50, 523.
The total amount of dividends paid
during the year ending June 80, 1894.
by the railroads operating in Mime
sofa, for entire lines, was $50, $50, 995;
the same for the previous year was So
721, 745, showing an increase for 1894 of
$s16,259. Two companies that paid no
dividends last year, viz, the Eastern
Railway of Minnesota and the Willmar
& Sioux Falls, this year. paid $500, 900
and $l50,O00 respectively.
The accidents in Minnesota in 1894
were as follows: Numb of passengers
killed, I; passengers injured, 43; train
men killed, %; trainmen injured, 100;
switchmen and fagmen killed, g.;
switchmen and fagmen injured, 50;
other employees killed, Z; other en-
ployes injured, 154; transpassengers
killed, 43; transpassengers injured, As;
not transpassangers killed, 9; not trans
| passengers injured, IS; total, sos. Of
whom AZ were killed and 473 were in
jured, as against 1873 killed and 7O4 in
jured the previous year.
Chief Justice Gilfillan Dead
ST. PAUL, Dec. 16.-Chief Justice Gill
fllan, of the Minnesota supreme court,
died at 6:O4 O'clock this morning at his
residence on Exchange street. His ILL
ness-a complicated disease of the liver
had been of about six weeks dura-
ton. In his last hours he was con-
scious and without pam.
Chief Justice Gilfllan was born at
Banno;k burn, Scotland, March 9, 1929,
and was brought to tie United States
by his parents before he was year
old. The family settled in New Hart
ford Oneida county, New York, where
the son labored upon farm until III
years of age. He commenced the study
of law in Chenango county, and subse-
quently attended law school at Bal
ston, Spa. After being admitted to the
bar in 1850, Mr.. Gilfllan went to Buff
falo, where he remained until 1857.
In the spring of that year he removed
to Minnesota, and was engaged in the
successful practice of his profession
| until the commencement of the civil
| was. In 1862 he entered the military
service as captain in the Seventh
first year upon the frontier, guarding
the Sioux Indians. In 1863 he went
south and served with the Seventh
regiment until he became colonel of
the Eleventh Minnesota, which he led
| unit the close of the war.
In July, 1869, Col. Giffllan was APP
pointed by Gov. Marshall to fill the
| vacancy caused by the resignation of
Chief Justice Wilson. Christopher G..
Ripley was elected chief justice in the
autumn of 1869, and on Jan. z, Judge
Gilfllan retired, and resumed the
practice of the law in St. Paul.
In March, 1857, Chief Justice McMil-
Ian was elected United States senator,
| and Mr.. Gilfillan was appointed by Gov.
Davis to fill the vacancy. In the No
vember following he was elected for
the full term of seven years, and has,
through successive reflections, re-
NAMED in Office until the present time.
His term of Office would have expired
Jan. I, and Hon. G. M. Start has been
elected to succeed him.
State Fair.
The directors of the state fair met at
the Merchants to close up the business
of the late fair.
The report of the secretary shows
that the receipts of the recent fair
amounted to 49,, s9l. SO: Expenditures
were $50, 76s.37. They started with a
balance of $222..22, and the association
now has on hand a balance of 81, $40. II.
News In Brief
In telling a tree at Gilmanton, Chris
Skusa was caught beneath the falling
limbs and his skull crushed.
Edward Stoke, a young blacksmith
Of Stephen, dropped dead while at work
in his shop.
The Hanan Shoe company Of st. Paul
will remove to Minneapolis. IS
Frank Tuna, Of Montgomery, is dead
from the effects of a kick in the jaw by
horse.
John Palmer, aged 45, drank consid.
cradle and then went to the jackson