Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-03-18
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Ice has gone out of the river at
Winona.
The total cost of the late prison in.
vestigation was $2,254.
The state has established its own
lighting plant at the capitol.
Half of the Central block at Har.
mony was burned, causing loss Of
SIC, 1000.
The body Of Walter Van Etten Of
Sank Rapids was found in the river at
St. Paul.
William Kingston paid $1,000 fine at
Duluth for having 800 cartridges in his
possession.
Former State Auditor o. P. Whit.
comb died at Mankato. He had been
i'll for months.
The Duluth, Messabe and Northern
Railway company has fled trust deed
for s., 100000.
Chicago defeated Minneapolis in a
match for the American Whist league
challenge trophy.
The various counties will be asked to
contribute $25, 900 for the states exhibit
at the Omaha exposition.
The Newport postofice and general
merchandise store of George E. Nolti.
meier have been destroyed by fire.
Anti-Van SAINT Republicans of the
conference at Mankato the 22d inst.
The annual state convention of the
Royal Arcanum is to be held in St.
Paul on Monday, March %, at Elk's
hall.
An order has been issued establishing
a postofdce at Bagley, Beltrami county,
with Maggie NJ. Mccarthy as post
mistress.
Attorney General Childs has filed his
brief supporting the claim of the state
to sections ii and SO of the coded Red
Lake reservation
The bodies Of the two cigarmakers
who jumped from the high bridge at
St. Paul i'll October have been recov.
cred from the river.
State Auditor Dunn requires that
county agricultural societies applying
for state alo snail itemize their expend.
lures for premiums.
The Pingree vegetable patch plan
will be tired in Winona this year, the
Margaret Sampson home deciding to
undertake this experiment.
Warden Wolfer has received ship
ment of 1900 bales of MANILA and
1900 bales ri sisal, which will be enough
to keep the Irvine plant at the prison
running until fall.
Secretary H. S. Terry Of the Winona
county Old Settlers association has
collected valuable album of 500 photo
graphs Of old settlers, prominent citi.
zens and former residents, of that
county.
Several members of the St. Paul city
council are discussing the advisability
of introducing an ordinance with i.
view of creating municipal lighting
plant. A request has been made upon
the building department. to prepare
plans for building and an estimate of
cost. The plan contemplates lighting
the entire city with electric light.
liver Engebretson, the St. Cloud
young man who stood second in the
competitive examination for the West
Point cadetship, as we'll as James Shan
non of Duluth, who stood first and
passed with such a brilliant mental ex-
animation, have both failed in the
ply steal examination. Shannon's eyes
we're defective and Engrebretson failed
in weight as compared to his height.
Superintendent w. H. Houlton of the
state reformatory at st. Cloud, expects
that the new cell wing will be com.
pleted by June l. When it is finished
the reformatory will accommodate $50
prisoners. Work will also be com.
menced this summer on the new dining
room, 36x72 feet in size, which will be
built between the original cell house
and the kitchen and extend to the north
praallel with the new cell wing. It
will be of granite.
While filing lighted gasoline stove
Mrs. Andrew @. Peterson of Mime.
apolis was covered with flames. She
was so horribly burned that she died
four hours after. Her 20.months-old
son was sitting on the kitchen floor
and was also terribly burned The
child died at the same time as the
mother. Mrs. Peterson's 14.year.old
sister, NADIA Baeher, in attempting to
extinguish the flames. had her clothes
almost entirely burned off and survived
but a short time.
The A. o. U. w. and Degree of
Honor grand lodges will meet at St.
Paul March %. The meetings will be
held at the state capitol. During the
session two amendments to the consti.
tuition will be considered, one of which
is to provide for holding every second
grand lodge meeting in Minneapolis in
stead Of all the sessions being held at
tho Capitol City, ~ at present. 1t il
also proposed to change the method of
levying assessments and to create re-
serve fund for the benefit of members
who reach the age of SO years.
The official call for the Republican
league meeting to be held in Minneapo-
lis the 22d inst, has been issued. The
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