The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-06-30
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

must step.
Dr. Murphy of Chicago outlined his
new method for treating tuberculosis
before the State Medical society.
The Thirteenth Minnesota has been
designated as one of thee regiments to
80 wlth the next Philippine expedition,
The Master Car and Locomotive
Painters association will hold their
annual meeting in ST. Paul next Sep
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&. N. Hills large sawmill, with ont
buildings, at Mcsaba, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. Ltss $50, 900, partly
insured.
Senator Davis has consented to de-
liver the Grafton Ut the laying of the
corner stone of the state capitol on
July n.
Interviewed at Camp Thomas, John
Lind says he is undecided as to accep,-
ing the insion nomination Tor govel nor
OF Minnesota. .. .r-
The Mortensen case, involving the
consutuuonahty Of the law Tor prefer
ring veterans in pablo appointments
will be appealed.
The Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers
gave an exhibition drill at the Me.
chanics pavilion, San Francisco, the
proceeds to go to the Red Cross fund.
The Eastern Railway Company of
Minnesota has fled q trust deed to Sc
cure $4,000, 900 bonds, the money to
be usede in constructing the Fosston
branch.
A hundred recruits for the Fourteenth
Minnesota regiment lett St, Paul M Jn-
day night for Chlckamnuga. The re-
cruiting for the Twelfth is now in
progress.
The Atlantic elevator, at Elbow Lake,
having Il capacity Of $4,000 bushels,
aud four empty 500 box cars. were
totally destroyed by fire. The elevator
was empty.
Private Charles Snure, aged 10, of
the Twelfth Minnesota infantry, resi-
dence Winona, was drowned while
bathing in Chiclzamauga creek. Snure
could not swim and ventured into too
deep water. .
II is reported that big strike of iron
ore has been made III 63.l1, on the A.
M. Miller property, five miles from
Ely. 1t is hard ore and a large body
is found very near the surface, accord.
ing to reports III mining circles.
Another reform wave has struck VII
mona, and as a result the chief of police
has ordered all gam bling rooms closed.
No arrests were made, but the pro-
prietors of the places were given notice
that they must ceass from their evil
practices.
The men of the Thirteenth Mime.
sofa regiment at San Francisco have
turned over $lO, 900 to Colonel Reeve
for safe keeping. AS the entire amount
received by the regiment on pay day
was $4,000, the colonel thinks his
troops have made an enviable record
for thrift.
At the reunion of the Old Settlers
association Of Whitewater Valley, held
at Eba, grand stand containing sew.
eral hundred people suddenly collapsed,
precipltating al to the ground, those
on the top seats falling 10 to 10 1eet.
Only one person., a woman, was in
jured, and she not seriously.
T. O. Hall of Winton, N. D., for.
merry well known business man and
banker of Daluth, has been taken to
that city CHARGED with grand larceny
in the first t~t, ,oe. He was arraigned
and bail was fixed at 81, 800 He is
charged with having accepted moaey
to pay a mOG,.-422 Tor another man and
Appropriated his own use.
A report u. s1ched Duluth that D.
H. Bacon, r--.- eat of the Minnesota
Iron company, had met with an ex-
ceedingly painful accident, and one
that might easily have resulted in the
loss of his eyesight. He accidentally
used carboIio ac.d for an eye wash. It
is said that Mr.. Bacon will not suffer
any permanent harm as result.
The Minnesota Taxpayers associa-
ton has fled articles of incorporation.
The members are large pine land own
ers in St. Louis and Itasca counties,
representing billion feet or more, and
living in Saginaw, Duluth and Detroit.
The object Is to raise defense fund of
$40, O0O to resist what they may con-
slider excessive taxation and to fight
improper expedition of public money.
The State Pharmaceutical association
resolved chat the manufacturers should
bear the war tax on patent medicines
and appointed committee to see what
could be done in that direction. Mr..
Humes made the motion, saying that
the manufacturers were too grasping,
and that the druggists should not be
expected to assume any new burdens,
when they had already to compete with
the cutters.
A party of four, consisting of John
Ashbough, Lily Simpson, Joe ASH
bough and Jennie Wilson, were cut on
Lake Traverse near Browns Val ey in a
small rowboat fishing. When about
the centaf Of the lake, the boat, being
too heaysii u loaded, filed with water,
and dul Jig the efforts of the occupants
to bail ont the water the boat was cap
sized, all being thrown into very deep
water joe Ashbough and Miss Jen-
ME Wilson were drowned. The other
two managed to save their lives by
srasping the boat and clinging to il
until help arrived.
rs, The state Wants Bouds-