Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-11-24
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

saloon buildings.
The state is considering appeal of the
Iron Range land grant suit.
The detailed programme for the State
Teachers association has been issued
T. c. Craft, the Oldest Odd Fellow in
the country, died in Minneapolis Sun
day.
Owing to the high price of coal the
Minneota roller mills will use fax straw
for fuel
St. Paul public improvements this
year amount to nearly half million
dollars.
Secretary Hitchcock has extended
Chippewa Commissioner Halls Official
tenure to Jan. l.
Judge Brown has been appointed to
fill the unexpired term of Judge Buck
on the supreme bench of Minnesota.
Repayment has been denied to last
day depositors of the st. Paul Savings
bank, recently closed by Examiner
Pope.
Judge Lochren has rendered decis-
ion in which he holds the Grindeland
law valid so far as federal conflict il
concerned.
Wisconsin defeated Minnesota in Sat-
urday's football game, 10 to 0. IDEAS
remarkable kicking is said to have been
responsible for this result
A mass meeting in Minneapolis do.
clared in favor of home rule, and the
district court will be asked to appoint
committee to draft new city charter.
George Matthew of Blue Earth CITY
was relieved Of sss7 by brace of high
waymen near tlle city hall on Bridge
square, Minneapolis Matthew is an
cd soldier.
According to the report of the health
department there We're 1906 deaths and
2S4 births IN St. Paul during October.
The death rate for the ely during the
year is figured at G33J ,,er LOO.
Warden Wolfcr. whose successor as
warden OF the state prison has been
appointed, was made the recipient of
an elegant diamond rin.,. the gift of the
employees and officers Of the prison.
The members Of Company A, of the
Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers, held
reunion at Duluth Saturday evening.
1t is the first anniversary of their mus
ter oilt. There was a musical and lit
erary programme.
\ Minneapolis chambermaid found a
500 bill and turned it over to the land
lord of the hotel. He failed to find the
owner and rewarded the girl by giving
her $23. She objectnl, brought suit
and recovered the 500.
The Protestant Hospital association
of Duluth, St. Luke's, has accepted
plans for a $50. 900 hospital to be built
Of fire proof material OH the separate
SYSTEM and will begin construction in
the spring. More than half the cash is
on hand.
The state normal school board has &C.
cepted plans for the Duluth normal, for
which nearly $4,000 is available, and
bids will soon be asked for it's construc-
ton. The building will be such mod
ifcation of the original $250,000 plan
that it may be added to as necessity re-
quires and funds are available
Winona bakers are much agitated
over the fact that Minneapolis firm
is selling bread there at 3 cents loaf,
2 cents under their price. and is getting
good deal of their trade. They have
held a meeting and decided to meet the
cut and work together to discourage the
sale of the foreign product.
William O'Brien of St. Paul and Sam
uel Mcclure of Saltwater have pur-
chased the Murphy & Dorr tract of pine
lands on the St. Louis river. estimated
to contain 125. 00O, 900 feet OF pine The
deal is OH, of the largest closed in this
state for :, 'ne time. the purchase price
amounting to about 800 900.
In a decision sent Insurance Com:nis-
sioner O'Shaughnessy by Attorney Gem
eral Douglas and i'll reply Of inquiries
of the former, the latter holds that all
insurance companies that are members
of the so-called Western Union associa.
ton and which adopted IL resolution
purporting to bind them to Il certain
percentage agreement, savors of the
suppression of competition and is I'M
lawful
The supreme court, Justice Collins
writing the opinion, has ruled that
tax sale is not final under chapter IS of
the last session laws without notice to
the former owner to redeem. This
chapter IS is an amendment of section
1864 Of the general statutes, and says
nothing about redemption but offers an
absolute deed. But section 1864 had
been amended by law of 1885, which
is not repealed by this amendment of
the original section.