Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-23
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anti loon lei ne ;has been formed
ct Winona.
Dodge Center suffte ed the loss Of six
business buildings by fire. s=..
aoverna ferri lam Is mentioned
9 successor to Secretary Bliss. %.
4. The Minneapolis .Lexow'' committee
- in session again after|a rest sof six
months. II s 4. 4 II j. i. ss93f.
q The hearingof the New Ulm coal rate
case has been adjourned until Dec. 81,
.i II St. Panl. j.. zs.,s s,s<. I'm
"a non-.ppartti san reception will be given
for Governor and Mrs. Lind at the Ryan
hotel, Jan. 3. + a=s 5: ~. .ss s5MssSs ii
Factory reports show a considerable
decrease in the number Of accidents due
to machinery. =. Sc IT, :5 s + T.
St. Paul is making a strong bid for
the next convention of the National
Municipal league. - :* st II : =xI ~
Justus B. Rice,a pioneer in Minnesota
railroading,1 and a resident Of st. Paul
since 1856, IS dead. s::5z%: Il 2#s.<
The committee of. the state medical
societies has reported in favor of estab-
fishing a state health resort in the pine
regions. '.~* q. ~i'" /. r. :& a.
Accusation has been brought against
L. Redding, cashier of the State Bank
of Lamberton, of non-observance of the
stamp act. .... p.
Insane hospital trustees and the state
board of corrections and charities are
unanimous against a fourth hospital for
the insane. II:
At Virginia City, in the trial Of Mar
tin Peel for the murder of William
Ennis June 18 last, the jury rendered a
verdict of murder in the first degree.
Captain H. S. Cole, aged So, a wealthy
resident of Fergus Falls, Mimi, and a
politician of considerable note, is dead
at the home of his daughter in Spring
Green, Wis. ". ~
A Minneapolis man giving his name
as w. c. Riley, offering to go bail, was
arrested in st. Paul on a charge Of per-
jury. His property qualifications were
not as. represented. Il ~
Governor ;Clough. and his staff at
tended the funeral at Winthrop of
Major E. A. Campbell, a member of the
famous Iron Brigade;who was with the
Wisconsin soldiers at Gettysburg.
Governor Clough has received a cable
gram from Manila saying that Marvin
Carleton, private Of II Company E, Thir-
teenth Minnesota, had been accidentally
shot and was in acritical condition.
The jury in the, breach of promise
case brought by Miss Gale Of Minneap-
oils against Mr.. Miner, an instructor in
the state reformatory at St. Cloud.
brought in averdict Of 1000 for Miss
Gale II %%:t5%
Two new banks. have received au-
thority from. the public examiner to be-
gin business this week. The Bank of
Howard Lake with SIS, 200 capital.
The Farmers and Merchants bank of
Hector has $4,000 capital.
James S. McIndoo Of Made1ia, known
throughout the country as the Madelia
giant, is dead. He died of complica.t
ton Of diseases that has bafled physi
clans for number of weeks. McIndoo
was but 10 years old, but was feet 2
inches in height and weighed 1926
pounds.
The Winona Republican publishes a
summary of the years improvements in
that city, showing total expenditure
of over $500. 900; Of this $65, 900 was in
vested in factories: 100000 in homes;
$50, 900 in the library building; $4,000
in hospital; $73, 900 in new business en-
terprises and over 100000 by railways
in improvements.
The annual meeting of the state Farm
ers' Alliance and Industrial union will
be held in St. Paul Jan. 2 and 8. It is
expected that several hundred delegates
will be in attendance and rate of one
| and third on the railroads Of the state
has been secured. On Jan. 4 and will
be held meetings of the Grain Growers
association and of the Farmers and In
dependent Elevators association, which
it is expected to organize.
According to State Superintendent
Pendergast's report: the number of
school children in the state has in
creased in the last two years from 354, :
657 to 1874, 063, indicating a population
Of /, 72S, 900. With that there has been
a considerable improvement in average
attendance. The number Of teachers
has increased in the same time from
1871 to 1918 The number Of high
schools has increased from SO to 100.
The value of all school property is ST.
O4, 564- which does not include the
states permanent fund. The school
libraries have 154, 900 volumes.
| Iowa Counties Must Pay.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, Dec. 21.-It has been
decided after many years of litigation
fhot tho North woefn1.n TOwa COMMITTEES II,