Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-12-29
NEWS in NJ Inn ESOTA

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The creamery at Mabel has been do
stroyed by fire. 81 q q.
The state teachers association is in
session at st. Paul this week. .
An order has been issued establish.
ing postofice at Fernando, Mcleod !;
county %4. *E,::..s.., *.-. : S.
!. The Leech Lake army post has been
suggested as place to bring soldiers
from the tropics to recuperate. =.
Secretary Of State Hay has promised
Minneapolis miller to deal most vigor-,
ously with Turkey should any more
Minneapolis -four be rejected in that
country, ,:@-
Frederick Driscoll, since his retire
ment from the St. Paul Pioneer Press,
is mentioned as candidate for post
master, upon the expiration Of the>t term
of Robert A.. Smith.
The transfer Office of the United
States Express company at st. Paul,
filed with Christmas presents, burned
Sunday evening. Probably 5000 pack
ages were destroyed.
:. The total lumber cut by Minneapolis
mills during tbs past season is 5o4, 87s,-
600 feet. This is by far tho largest cut
in the history of the city and 124, 672,-
600 feet ahead of last year.
Complaint. has; been made by resi-
dents at Minnesota City of illegal fish
ing in the .sloughs near that village.
Nets are being used freely to take the
fish. Notice has been sent to the state
game and fish commission,
The police of St: Paul raided 226 East
Seventh street and arrested four men
and two women believed to be response
BILE for a.large part of the sneak thiev-
ing that has been in progress in differ
ont parts Of St. Paul lately.
Fire at Hastings On ;Christmas eve
did about $$oo;0O0 DANA ge. The fire
started in r.: c. Libbey &tGo. $ saw
mill and is believed to have been in
cendiary. tSr. Paul sent two engines to
assist in subduing the flames.
Northern Minnesota pine land sales
amounting to millions: of dollars have
been closed within fsw weeks and op-
tons representing as't'much more
are now held pending examination.
There is no class of men here making
greater profits than the pine land
brokers, '''':.., -;
The trial balance of the state school
fund has been completed by She state
auditor: 1t shows the total amount
outstanding on land contracts to the
credit of the general school fund to be
81, 1910, 1884. Since the close of the fis-
cal year Of 1898, $2lD,UO0 has been paid
on these contracts, -"
=. The dock property on which the old
Duluth roller mill stands has been sold
to R. A. Eva, general agent of the
Northern Pacific at Duluth. The prop
erty has dock face of 173 feet, with
100 feet on the Omaha slip. The con-
sideration is $4,000 and the property
was doubtless purchased for the North
ern Pacific. as 1t adjoins the company's
big dock and warehouse
The annual report of tho railroad
commission is now in the hands of tho
printer. and will be ready for distribu-
ton some time in January. This report
is the most complete and comprehen-
Bive volume that has been issued for
three years. the commission having q
larger fund for this purpose now than
- hon ho1 f<~ nor>o &;xoo
Returns from 17S state banks If Min
nesota showing sheir condition at tho
close of business Oh Dec. have been
compiled by Bank Examiner Pope.
Eight new state banks have been or
ganized since the call issued in July.
and the total resources Increased over
$1,000, 900 during the period ot four
months: Since July 81 the loans and
discounts. have increased nearly ST.
DOC, 900, while the capital stock. i'm
Guiding 81 new banks, increased about
900, 600. - :: e..
I "A possibly serious error has just
been discovered in the law passed last
winter amending the so-called' Dyer e1-
press taxation law passed in 1887: The
enrolled bill, which was signed by Gov
ernor Lind, differs i'll an important de-
tail from the bill as it was passed by
both houses of the legislature. The
bill that was passed fixed the rate Of
taxation at ~ per cent. The bill that
was signed fixes the rate at per cent.
Whether this discrepancy is one that
will invalidate the law is question
upon which the courts will probably
have tn naas