Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-10-20
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

M1nneapOllS defeated st. Paul tor this
American Whist League trophy by on3
point.
State high schools have won their
| contention Tor direct admission to the
university. 49,.
The National Live Stock exchange
meets in St. Paul Friday and Saturday
| of this week.
The Madelia-F airmount branch of
the Northwestern has been formally
opened for traffic.
The 1ongshoremen's strike on the
Eastern Minnesota docks at the head Of
the lakes has ended.
The Produce Exchange building,
Minneapolis, brr:!nd Thursday, causing
q loss of over $1co,;,!;o.
! The condition Of the national banks
of Minnesota is Shown to be most favor
| able by the last report.
| The Minnesota C3;,tists and Presby-
terians met Thursday at Mankato and
Blue Earth City, respectively.
The Minnesota railroad and ware
house commission is likely to make
further increase in the inspection fees
1t is stated that the old organization
of the First regiment, n. G.. s. NJ, will
hold when the< Thirteenth returns to
the state service
The board of pardons has committed
the sentence Of George J. Ferguson of
Itasca to life Imprisonment. He is con-
| sldered p; 0:2l!;-' I: generate.
Ill: \ ::"1:;:;'l = :adc1ny of Railway
! sS:'ii.:.ste.-,, ei:r.es:l Ii. Charles A. Wheat
ca OF s.. HAUL resident. The next
session will be held 1T St. Paul
At M!nnecta, GiSln* N Brothers hard
Ware store was entered and about 500
worth OF cutlery ANA receivers stolen.
| Three hoboes were captured in posses
sion of the booty.
The Wo2nan's Foreign ,ni~s: nary So
c;ety of the Methods; E.:i:;co a. church,
EN- Tracing Minnesota and the l'iskotas,
opened lis 10Th ANIMAL ~; at the
Central Park .tls1;.olist ccl,:rch, St.
Paul. Sunday.
In his report to tie A1;;:,':,.:s Bap-
to the Chicago universit, says that in
stltut:On Goes not, in his opinion, II
ground students sufficiently strong in
the Chr; stan faith.
The heaviest reaf estate transaction
of recent years was completed by tie
transfer by Smith & Taylor to Charles
! Lockhart Of the Manhattan building,
corner of Fifth and Robert streets,
practically a cash transaction, at price
of $500, 900.
The 39Jh annual session of the Mr.
nesota Advent Christian conference
will be held with Minneapolis Advent
Christian church, Fremont and Twen-
ty-fourth avenues north. beginning on
Thursday evening, Nov. 9, and continu-
ing the remainder of the week.
| George n. Morgan post G. A. r. of
Minneapolis held a memorial service
Sunday. The mortality in the post has
been very great. Since the reorgauiza-
ton of the post in 1881 50 comrades
have answered the final bugle call.
Judge John P. Rea delivered the prin.
cipal eulogy.
At $3.50 p. IN. Sunday cyclone struck
the dwelling Of P. Handron, four miles
southwest of Murdoch, demolishing it
entirely. Mrs. Handron and five chill
dren, when they saw the storm coming,
. took refuge in the cellar and escaped
,, with but very little injury. The house
and contents were swept away entirely.
The Pillsbury-W ashburn Flour Mill
company will b'.il1 a new mill in Min.
neapolis as soon rs a site can be deter
} mined on. The comDAnv's present. ca
pacity is $4,000 barrels. and this is now
inadequate. Work viii begin tll:s fall.
Minnea polls stoclih old.rs now have con-
control Of the company and are deter
mined to maintain the city's supremacy
in flour making.
The United States supreme court has
granted the motion made by Senator
Davis asking leave to file an original
bill in equity in behalf of the State of
Minnesota against the secretary Of the
interior and the commissioner of the
general land Office. The case involves
This action by the court insures the
hearing of the case.
Flax receipts at Duluth are average
ing about 100000 bushels day. 1t is
expected that the receipts for October
will foot up 100000 bushels, more
than were ever taken in at any terminal
point in a corresponding period. Re-
ports to grain men are that the crop in
the Northwest is not only the record
breakerHit was supposed to be, but is
\ far larger than is supposed.
! The Merrill Ring Lumber company
of Saginaw, Mich. has purchased Of
i Gratwith, Smith & Freyer of Towards,
i N. Y. $4,000 acres of pine land in Lake
I county. The consideration is withheld,
4 but will approximate 100000. The
{! purchase joins 1000 acres the Merrill
Ring company recently purchased from
Burrows & Rust Of Saginaw, and the
total purchase gives the buyers 200, 00O,-
OO0 feet of tim Der with which to stock
it's mill at Dulath. = <.e.-". 49,:
i - Argued the Grind Gland Law. -.