Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-16
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a new "a - the southan case has
been denied.
81 It is said the legislature will probably
take up. the iron pre rate cases. +.
! The Presbyterian alliance viii assist
in clearing Manchester college Of debt: s
Fifty miles Of sidewalks were laid In
ST Paul during the year, ct 8 cost Of
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The supreme court upholds the law
allowing extra pay to- Ramsey count,
Judges d. RS >5- s=s 5s%s= :
Eastern capitalists have lately made
heavy purchases Of st. Paul business
property. S vi FSs *g= e.
The jefferson club at St. Paul has ar
ranged to give a banquet to Governor
elect Lind. IN s=
The state printing commission has ap-
pointed Captain &C.. Whitney state er-
pert for another two years.
President Lord of the Moorhead nor
NAL school has been elected president Of
The Eastern Illinois normal.
Game Warden Fullerton has appealed
to Commissioner Jones to stop Indians
hunting off the reservations.
Matthew Nagler has been indicted at
Slayton for murder in the second de.
gree for the killing of J. c. Voelkel.
The death of Private Amasa J. Haw-
kins, Company I, Thirteenth Minnesota,
at Manila is reported by General Otis:
The receivers Of the Bank Of Mime
sofa at St. Paul will pay third divi-
dend Of per cent, making 20 per cent
in ALL
w. w. Pendergast, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, has been elect
ed president Of the State horticultural
society.
=. V. Brewer has presented to the
State Historical association his valuable
archaeological collection of some 10000
specimens.
Revival of Indian troubles is menaced
to allow timber cutting at Leech Lake
reservation.
Charles B. Rice, formerly trusted
employe of Janney. Semple & Co., Of
Minneapolis, has been arrested at Paris,
Tex, on charge Of ernbezzlement.
Duluth chamber of commerce has
put itself on record as opposed to the
Nicaragua canal until Duluth is con-
nected with the Atlantic ocean by a
deep water channel.
An electric line is to be built from
White Bear lake to Saltwater. 1t will
be operated by the Twin City Rapid
Transit company, which owns St. Paul
and Minneapolis lines.
A crusade against smoking cigarettes
is to be made in the public schools Of
Minneapolis and al effort will be made
to organize an anti-cigarette league
similar to ones in Eastern cities.
The Village of Pelican Rapids, at a
special election. voted bonds to the ex-
tent of $14 900 for the purpose Of con-
structing a system Of water works, all
electric light plant and avillage hall,
The Minnesota supreme court: has
just decided that the Travellers .Insur-
ance company need not pay the accident
policy held by Katherine N Cling at the
time of her murder by Harry Hay
ward. III
The Minnesota Valley Medical associ-
alton at Mankato elected the following
officers: President, DR.. G. J. Smart,
Blue Earth City; treasurer, Dr. e. F.
Merritt, st. Peter; secretary, DR., E. D.
Steele, Mankato..
The postofices at Lakefeld and Red
Lake Falls have been assigned to the
presidential class and the salaries of the
postmasters increased to 81 900; also the
p6stoffice at Park Rapids, salary in
creased to $1,000.
The banquet to be given in honor of
Governor John Lind and Mayor
elect James Gray by the League of
Democratic Clubs Of Minnesota on the
evening of Dec. l6 at the West hotel,
Minneapolis, has been. postponed until
January. The exact date has not yet
been fixed. .v.. 49,.
A Northern Pacific agent at Duluth
claims there has been collision be-
tween elevator men and railroad COM
panies to steal wheat. The plan was for
elevator men to leave liberal sprink.
ling Of grain in the cars. The railroad
employees are said to have sold the right
to sweep out'the cars for good price.
An agitation for anew poor farm fo1
Winona county. has been started by the
Margaret Simpson Home, a Winona
charitable organization, which maintains
that the present poor. farm is disgrace
to the county. The building has been
''roasted"$ by the state board of corlec.
tions and charities and by several grand
juries. rs .....-. ,"@: -.
Since taking contract from the Jap.
anese government for twice the amount
of paper daily that their mill was planned
to manufacture, the officials of the
Northwestern Paper company of Clio
qnet have made plans for an increase in
the size of the plant and will almost
double the capacity of the machines.