The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-05-19
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Ine state university ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| week begins May 20.
st. Paul citizens raised $1,000 as q
| fund for band for the Thirteenth reg.
| iment.
Iowa won in the annual debate be-
tween the Iowa and Minnesota state
universities.
In a barroom fight at Aitkin, Mimi,
Jack Adney was killed and John Clark
fatally injured.
The State Homeopathic Institute is
holding its annual meeting at Mime
apolis this week.
Judge Seagrave Smith of Minneapo-
lis, the senior member OF the Hennepin
county bench, is dead.
Rush City has sold bonds to the
amount of $4,000 for the purpose Of
building new school house.
Minneapolis citizens contributed
$500 as a regimental fund for the
Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers.
The Winona city council will place
new six circuit repeater in connection
with Winona's fire alarm system.
In a suit at St. Paul the supreme
court decided that policeman illegally
appointed has NO claim against the city.
j. J. Hill has placed 81, 500 to Colonel
Reeves credit to be used as a regi-
mental fund for the Thirteenth Mime
sofa.
The Sellers iron ore mine in North
ern Minnesota, has passed into the
hands of the Lake Superior Consoli-
dated Mines company.
Chester ]. Colburn of Minneapolis,
protesting to be spiritual healer and
recently convicted of indecent assault,
committed suicide by hanging.
j. Dallman, proprietor of the Com
mercial hotel, at Bird Island, jumped
from a moving gravel train, fell under
the wheels and was instantly killed.
A large barn on Hubert Hillesheim's
farm, near Sleepy Eye, burned with all
the contents, including eight horses,
harness. oats, hay and calves. The loss
is 90, 900, partly insured.
Bank superintendent; Kenyon has
issued call directing all state banks to
submit to him as soon as possible re-
ports showing their financial condition
at the close of business on May 5.
A report from Roseau says that a ter
rible fire has been raging there. The
sawmill is in ashes. 1t took all the
force of men to save the village. The
fire s>still burning in the timber and
destroying thousands of feet.
Oscar Schneider, postal clerk OH
the Duluth, Missabe and Northern, has
disappeared, and the postal authorities
are searching for him. 1t is said that.
severaN registered money packages en-
trusted to Schneider never, reached
their intended destination.
Plansfer the new Turner hall at New
Ulm are now being drawn by archi-.
tects of that city, Mankato, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Sioux City: The
drawings will be entered in COMPETE
ton, and the author of the plans &C
cepted by the committee will, receive
$3.50.
The report of the St.~Louis% county
grand jury roasts Mayor Truelson. and
the council of Duluth for the lax man.
ner in which the laws respecting sa-
looms are observed. they being per-
mitted to remain open Sunday and
after hours. They are also scored for,
taking straw bonds from liquor dealers.
The mortgage and floating debt Of
Hamline university has been wiped out
Early i'm the year President j. j. Hill
of the Great Northern offered to- give
$50, OO0' when the balance of the debt,
SIS, O00; should have been raised. The
full amount was secured by President
Bridgman and on Saturday the debt
was paid.
w. r. Hale of Minneapolis has BEEN
appointed to the bench of the Fourth
(Minn.y judicial district to succeed the
late Judge Seagrave Smith. The death
of Judge Smith makes the fourth
vacancy on the Hennepin county bench
during Governor Clough's present term
OF office-an unprecedented: occurrence
in the history of the state.
Secretary jackson of the state hoard
of corrections and charities. has pre-
pared the following tabulations show
ing the population of the several state
instil utions at the close of business
April 80: Insane hospitals, s. 1889; SOL
diars' home, 277; schoolIfbr deaf, 219;
school for hind, II; school for feeble
minded, 626; state public school, 300;
state framing school,. 321s state re-.
fornlat ry, 1888; state prison. 524. To-
tai, $3.50. Increase for the year, 1913.
The will of the late. General Edwin
G. Mason, U. s. A. retired, has been
admitted to probate. The will indi-
Gated an estate valued at $4,000, Of
which his wife is made executrix and
to her deceased wills all his property of
whatever kind and description. To his
children, Mrs. Mary Moore, Frances
z. Mason and Charles n Mason, de-
ceased directs the executrix to give
some article ''of my personal effects, to
be kept by them as remembrance Of
their loving father. =
BRUSH FIRES PREVAIL.