Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1894-06-13
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.

ST. Cloud stores will closeat 6:3op.m.
hereafter.
Faribault county veterans are in camp
this week at Minnesota L Ike.
Mary Baker. a servant girl, was
drowned at White Bear lake, Sunday.
Fire originating from gasoline stove
destroyed Arnudorf's Laundry at Sta
pies.
Leonidas Merritt has sued the Biwa.
blk anl Missaba road for $40. 600 fog
services.
Fire in the TiLbetts Hou barn al
Preston destroyed the barn and urned
eight horses.
Patrolmen Bunker and O'Brien Of
St. Paul were assessed $500 for making
false arrest.
John Day SIN h Of Minneapolis il
making an active ii LIT for Fletcher's
seat in congress.
Minnesota has lost another consiIera-
BILE slice of land through interior de.
partment decisions.
Mayor Eustis has closed the Theate
Comique at Minneapolis because liquor
was sold to a minor.
The work of laying the foua at
for the Camp Release monument at
Montevideo has begun.
John e. Ward, a we'll known st.
Paul newspaper man, died Sunday of
inflammation of the bowe.s.
Fires destroyed 1000 railroad ties
and 20 cords of wood on Great N Jrth.
ern right CT Way u; Fossto :.
Burglars took il con derb quantity
of cutlery from the ha~ Ware store Of
A A. Cady & Son, at Dover.
The ST. Paul school board has decid.
ed to abolish Germ j instruction in all |
grades below the high school.
Professor Lugger of the state expert
ment station will at enpt to wipe out
chinch bugs around New U.n.
Fire at Mankato destroyed three
small wooden business buildin IS. It is |
supposed to have been intendiary.
The 18th annul. CONVEX ion of the
American Nrtiona! A ssociation of MIS-
ters of Dancing is in Sc sion at st. Paul |
Mrs. Maud Graham, of Minneapolis
secured a divorce at Wahpeton and |
married Clinton Nickells ithin an
hour.
Meeker county commissioners have |
appointed G. II. Dart county treasurer
in place of his son, W II Dart. who |
was recently removed.
The government crop report gives the
condition of wheat in Minnesota as 80
and the acreage 81. North Dakota con-
dition is put down at 81.
Ramsey county Republicans endorsed
Governor Nelson and Judge Gilfllan
and instructed delegates to tie state
convention for Dar Reese for clerk
of the supreme court.
A destructive fire took place at Min.
neiska, in which four stores buildings
were destroyed and several others badly
scorched. Gentzkow Bros. are the
heaviest losers.
The jury in the case of William Con-
way, charged with the murler of Harry
M. Walraven at Mankato, was out only
Is minutes and then returned verdict
Of not guilty. The accused was imme-
diately released after an Imprisonment
Of nine months.
Governor Nelson Ss,urd y Eonored
requisition from the governor of South
Dakota for the custody of John Fraun-
felt, charged with burglary in the third
degree, committed in Brown county, s.
D. Fraunfelt has been arrested and is
now in custody.
A Finlander who was held in the city
jail at Virginia until an officer from
Mich, could arrive, cut his
way out and made good his escape. He
was wanted there for highway robbery.
His pal is now serving a 10.year sen.
tence in Michigan.
The Hubbard and Palmer and the
Minnesota and Western elevators at
5layton were burned Thursday, loss
f30, 000 The fire was set by an incen-
diary, and was the fourth attempt to
burn them in three days. A notice was
posted on one of them stating that the
elevators would lie burned for revenge.
John E. Layne, indicted with WILL
lam Conway for the murder of Harry
committed last fall, has
been released from custody. Judge
Severance dismissed the defendant, ad-
dressing him thus: '.Mr Layne, the
people of this comm anity entertain a
very strong suspicion against you, and
FOUR presence in thia community will
be tolerated most grudgingly."