Morris tribune., 1894-09-19
NEWS In MINNESOTA.

| Twenty Thousand people visited the
state fair ST. Paul day.
Senator Sherman and General Miles
visited st. Paul last week.
Fourth district Populists nominated
Francis Fl. Clarke of st. Paul for con-
gress.
The CHAMBERS epidemic at Minneapo-
lis is said to be over. Fifty horses were
killed.
Cattle on the track wrecked 10 cars
and an engine on the Mesaba and
Northern.
William Davis, confined in the county
jail at Aitkin, made an attempt to kill
Jailer Hanson.
The last issue for the season of the
Minnesota Weather Crop Bulletin will
beon October 2.
The George Tileston Milling company
have begun the erection of a $4,000
bushel elevator at st. Cloud.
The Populist convention Of the Sixth
congressional district have nominated
ex-Congressman Kittel Halvorson.
The Duluth and Iron Range railway
is completed to the town of Eveleth and
freight trains are now run in there.
Stromberg, the Populist candidate for
state auditor, has refused to withdraw
In favor of the Democratic nominee.
The Postofice Clerks National asso-
citation have decided to hold their next
meeting in st. Paul in September next.
John Ivan was found guilty of mur-
der In the first degree for killing police
man jacobson at Hastings July 10 last.
Ore shipments from Mountain Iron
and Virginia mines have been partially
suspended for a week from lack of cars.
Over 70 of the veterans of the Tenth
Minnesota regiment attended reunion
at the Chamber of Commerce, ST. Paul,
Thursday.
According to the city engineers an
nual report, st. Paul has 3S3 miles of
graded streets and over 500 miles of
sidewalks.
Governor Mckinley will speak at ST.
Paul Oct. 6, and at Duluth Oct. s. Con-
gresham Reeds dates have not yet
been fixed.
Fires in the northern part of Otter
Tail county during the past week have
damaged standing timber to the extent
of 100000.
The Winona and Southwestern rail-
way has been sold to V. Simpson and
other officers of the Southwestern I'm
provement company.
Herman Geisee, postmaster at Millers.
burg, has disappeared. His accounts
with the government were all right but
other crookedness is alleged.
Democrats Of the Seventh district
nominated DR.. Mclean of Fergus Tails
for congress by acclamation. Strong
anti-fusion resolutions were adopted.
Porter John w. Blair of the Duluth
limited train which was burned at
Hinckley, was presented with a gold
badge for his bravery by the colored
citizens of ST. Poul.
The gold mill of the Little American
mine on Rainy lake has turned out over
800 day in free gold and as much
more in concentrates since work was
resumed after the mills breakdown |
three weeks ago.
A Minneapolis market gardener plant
ed a purse containing $95 in basket of |
melons, which he sold without thinking
about his plant. He has had the pur-
chaser arrested for grand larceny.
The state and ST. Paul committees
have collected $54, ,67953 for the fire
sufferers, Of which 1874, 1888 is st.
Paul's contribution. The contributions
of Minneapolis amount to about $25, 900.
Forty-nine persons took the civil
service examination at st. Paul Thurs
day. Twenty-Five took the railway
mail clerk examination, the remainder
being examined for positions in the de-
partmental and Indian services.
Father Connolly, who was convicted
and sentenced to state prison at Duluth
and released by the supreme court of
Minnesota, will not be tried again.
County Attorney Dwan has decided not |
to prosecute further. Connolly spent
several months in the Saltwater prison.
Duluth Democrats nominated ex-City
Attorney Henry F. Greene for the
bench. A resolution was passed by
which the nominee is to withdraw, pro- !
vided the nominees Of the other parties |
will do the same, and leave it to the |
Duluth Bar association to decide who |
the candidate shall be, in order that the |
Judiciary shall be removed from poll
tics.