Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-11-10
NEWS IN MINNESOTA


Grindeland law has been begun.
The Twin City union carpenters will
ask for an S-hour day with 9-hour pay.
An omission in the state game law
apparently permits tie shipment of
venison.
The trial of Louis Menage of Mime
apolis Guaranty Loan fame has been
set for Dec. IL.
Ex-Governor Barto of Minnesota,
who has been i'll for some time, died at
his home in St. Cloud Saturday.
Robert P Porter has been offered the
position of the insular division, now
held by John S. Speel of St. Paul.
Ten persons We're injurea-one per-
haps fatally-by the falling Of an ele-
vator in a Minneapolis building.
A garrote from the Manila prison has
been presented to the Minnesota State
Historical society by Major Ed S. Bean.
Judge Lochren has decided the Sec-
ton 80 case in favor of the Germania
Iron company, which holds title under
the Hartman entry.
The American Public Health associ.
alton, in session at Minneapolis, pro-
nounced heartily in favor of the Min
nesota national park project.
Lake lumber shipments for the month
at Duluth were over 10000, 600 feet,
with about 5,000,0 900 feet more shipped
all-rall to point, as far east as Pitts
burg.
\ special Policeman at Albert Lea
WAS fatally injured by a blow on the
heat. struck by Il man whose son the
officer attempted to remove to the hos
pi1al, he HAY ing smallpox.
The Cambridge c;,t-..tf on the Great
Northern will - u,,':! Il for traffic
about the lni:iii;. uf lie nynth. Trains
will ht sent cat from Duluth via CAM
bridge instead Of Elk river, as at pres
e'l1, and the XIX River ll:lt will have q
stub train during the winter.
The ir,n ore shipments from Mime
sofa for October wer. lbs. geo tons.
making thu total to 'la:>. 2oj. 800 tons
ahead OF List yea" to tn: ) .iue time.
Shipments Ill ,;oven';.: UT, not likely
to be large, but they will make the
total increase for the year about .7UO,-
900 tons.
Tie state auditor has requested re-
mjttances from freight line transporter
/ ton companies for taxes due this year
under the valuation fixed by the equal
ization board. These are private COM
panies operating cars over the various
railroads. such us tank lines, packing
house car lines, refr! yerator compa-
MES, etc.
Work on the new capitol will be
! stopped by severe cold weather, wh4tl
would not come as surprise at any
time now. The past summer has wit
messed great amount Of work on the
big state structure. The walls are now
practically finished up to the roof
beams. Only on the south side, over
| the main entrance. the wall has not
been completed.
The trustees Of the state hospitals for
the Insane held lreeting at St. Paul
! and received reports from contractors
Of the two new asylums at Anoka and
Hastings. giving promise of an early
completion of both institutions. 1t is
expected to open the Anoka asylum in
two months at least, while the Hast
ings building will not he ready until
late in the winter.
The Duluth city council and public
library board have notified Andrew
Carnegie that it stands ready to pur-
chase d Tract l.JOxliU feet ON the cor
ner of : .culi.i street and First avenue
west subjrc, t. his approval. When
it is Received .lc }Il.. gill be bought
and plans ORDERED. IL" city Will pay
SD, 600 tor :, Il: >lt". Having Ill ~ lIr
! CHylt2it> $4,000 ~ 70 ;:!tu tie build
| ing.
The fourt"r,l,l annual report Of the
state weiyn'n.l~tr4 has ust been sub
lnitte0 to lnc stat: railroad and Wal e.
house commission W Wei yhmaster
Edward {. OI'"icu of Minneapolis,
shows the nninDe'r q. bushels Of grain
tors during the year to be as follows:
Wheat 12O. 76J.931. corn .. 96l ,l64 oats
2l5lSSl3. rye l.2Gl 1913, barley l. &c.,
| 4S6, flour ). 1876, 1873
The state timber board. governor,
auditor and treasurer, have decided to
hold no sales Of stumpage this fall.
They had previously agreed that there
would be no sale at the capitol and this
decision negatives any smaller sales at
the county seats. Reports from cruisers
were given that there was no timber
subject to waste, the condition of sale,
and the board agreed that stumpage is
worth more to hold than to sell unless
in EXCEPTIONAL cases.
Insurance Commissioner O'Shaughn-
essy has given notice to the Security
Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety COM
pany of Philadelphia that he had can
celed the company's license to do bust
ness in Minnesota because it had not
satisfied the claim Of King & Steele,
Duluth contractors, who won a suit
against the company as surety for
Pennsylvania firm. The co,npanys de-
Tense was that the Judgment was tied