The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-04
NORTHWEST NEWS.

| AHOkd, Mlnn.-Mamel A., Wlle or +. j.
Storms, the Osseo druggist, died Sunday
81 consumption, aged %.
Willard, Misunderstanding has COM
menced here. Wheat yields Is to 20, oats
30 to 40 bushels per acre.
Jefferson, Iowa-Charley Fleck and
team were struck by Northwestern train
while running Is miles an hour on cross
| ing east of Jefferson.
| Cedar Rapids, Iowa-The remodeled
Greene's Opera House, the finest west of
| Chicago, was opened last night by Roland
Reed in ''The Politician
! Delmar, Iowa-Frank Donahue, aged
So was found dead beside the Chicago,
Milwaukee 4 ST. Paul track near Riggs
station. II is supposed he was struck b.
| the fast mail
| Iowa Falls, Iowa-Two runaways re-
suited in severe injury to A. F. Wood. age
70 years. Isaac Blackman fell from the
roof OF new building and is severely and
probably fatally injured.
| Creston, Iowa-The free silver men car
ried the Clark county convention and
nominated free silver ticket. The con-
vention expects the administration DEM
ocrats to fall in line and indorse the
| ticket
| Fergus Falls, Minn.-Williams & Err
wins livery barn burned last night. Five
horses were cremated. Carriages and
other stock was burned. Loss $4,000.
| Dodge Center, Minn.-The body of Sam
Linnell, or better known here as Sam
Simmons, was brought here from Fargo
where it is thought he was murdered last
week, and buried in Riverside cemetery
| Glenwood, Minn.-Mrs. Knute Over
son was adjudged insane before Judge
Thorson and sent to Fergus Falls. She
was in the asylum some eleven years ago
for four months.
Sioux Falls S. D.-The four Indians
who committed rape on Louise Fludspeth,
a quarter breed, have pleaded guilty.
Manitowac, .Wis.-Henry Fulton, a
prominent resident, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head. He
was 40 years old and leaves family.
| Iowa Falls, Iowa-The newspaper men
of Hardin county are to form an editorial
association similar to the district associa-
tons of the state, and similar in it's aims
and objects.
| Wabasha, Minn.-Mrs. Freeman ]. Col
lier is dead. She was one of the early
settlers OF this county, coming here in
1854. She was born in Prescott, Canada
and was IS years of age. She was very
popular.
| Huron, s. D.-Mrs. A. ]. French, wife
of prominent farmer near this city, COM
mitted suicide by shooting Saturday
night. Temporary insanity was the
| cause.
jamestown, N. D.-The barn at the
| al h,1r
$4,000, mostly insured. All stock saved
OUgin unknown.
Mandan, N. D.-George Knoop, Jr,
son of County Treasurer George Knoop
of Stanson, accidentally shot himself with
a shotgun in the side. The boy was pull.
ing the gun from a wagon when it wa.
discharged. He died.
| Forman, N. D.-A Nevada immigra-
ton bureau is sending emissaries through
this section of North Dakota to secure
settlers for irrigated lands, but they have
not met with much encouragement thus
far.
| Chamberlain, S. Done of the best
artesian wells in the state was struck on
the ranch of Phodes Bros. in Charles Mix
county. The we'll is eight inches and
throws water Al inches above the top of
the pipe.
Pierre, S. D.-There were six train
loads of fat cattle shipped from here to-
day and will be followed by many more
this week. Many shippers, however, are
holding, waiting for the market to ad-
vance
| Anoka, Minn.-The election to name
three members Of the board of education
resulted in the choice of G. H. Wyman
and J. W. Sedinger, for term of three
years each, and ]. H. Niles for APP ortion of
the unexpired term of E. Hammons, re-
signed. Four hundred and seventy -four
votes were cast.
Fargo, N. D.-The heaviest rain of the
season occurred last night, preceded by a
wind storm almost cyclonic in character
No damage is reported in the Immediate
vicinity, but north of Fargo some build
ings are said to have been torn down.
| Hokah, Minn.-Mrs. Carl Witt of this
village, was the victim of a cowardly as
sault late Saturday evening, while engaS
ed in milking, near her home. Sudden
ly she was seized by a man, and though
she fought with all the strength of
strong woman, she was firmly held and
her luxuriant growth of hair clipped off
close to her head.
Hokah, Minn.-The funeral of Neil Nc
Kinley, the Great Northern engineer
who met death at his post Aug. a. near
Seattle, Wash, was held here Sunday
and the remains inferred in Mount Hope
cemetery.
Ashland, Wis.-Charges were preferred
against Mayor McClintock by the civic
federation. The specific charges contain
II counts, including the alleged extraction
of S. from policeman and so cents from
the city sexton. This is all the money he
| is charged with collecting
Aberdeen, S. D.-The hearing of A. H.
| Garfield, who ran away to Canada with
Bessie Moore, was begun yesterday morn
| ing. A number Of interesting facts are
expected to be brought out during the
course OF the trial, he having waived pre-
| liminary examination, and being bound
over to the December term of court I'M
der $3.50 bonds.
Dubuque, 1owa-John c. Rosser, one of
| the oldest and most reliable passenger
engineers on the Chicago Great Western
railway. met with a sudden and fearful
death last night. He attempted to board
street car and fell under the wheels.
His head was cut off.
Pierre, S. D.-Auditor Nipple and
State Superintendent of Lands Lockhart
| returned from Sully and Potter counties
today, where they had been to appraise
lands turned over to South Dakota by
w. w. Taylor The lands in Sully county
were appraised at assessed valuation, but