Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-27
NEWS. N; mn ESO TIA

Ian MCLEOD aHlfs III all Adall. the LUX,
have signed an agreement to wrest!e ID
st. Paul, Jan 81 :. 81 u t5s8
So Charles FL F'ramhein, clerk in the city
treasurer's Office, at St. Paul shot l;i1n:.
self. probably fatally. = 'S. ..J = +. hill
( Patrick Haggerty died at st. Paul..
Saturss aged so years. He came to-
Minnesota 81 years ago. y. F .* . .%Sg
/ Three attempts were discovered in
three days to set on fire the central
high school building at st. Paul
At meeting of the board Of mana
gers Of the New Ecr.5 Botanic Garden,
Professor D. I. MacDougall of the Uni
versity Of Minnesota. was elected to fill
the newly created post of director Of the
laboratory. - +. l. =.
4 demand by the United States <,is-
tT.cc attorney OF Minnesota that tle
three alleged Great Northern trein roo
bers arrested in Missouri be turned over
to the federal authorities to be tried for
mail robbery is refused.
Henry White. Thomas Suffer, J. H.
arrest at Duluth, charged with stealing
copper worth 1000 from the cargo Of
the steamer Orr which was wrecked on,
Lake Superior last fall.
At the request Of Representative Taw
ney. a postoffice has been established in
Freedom county, to be called Sigsbee,
with Henry Bell. postmaster. Mr. Taw.
ney says that this is the first postoffice in
the country to be named after the com.
man<ier Of the Inflated Maine
1t Hastings. Judge F. NJ. Crosby
s,:,ilred al absolute divorce to Mrs. Jo-
*; hine NJ. Duke from her husband,
John Duke. who is now with the Thir
tenth Minnesota regiment at Manila.
She was awarded the custody Of thei1
son, aged four and a half years.
The reports of the state board OF
health show a remarkable decrease of
the death rate. The rate in 1888 was
125 to the 1000 OF population. In 1895
the rate had declined to 99. At pres
cnt the rate is about per 1000. OF half
the average rate in the country at large
The winter festival of the Swedish
National rs ,uion. 1T the Auditorium.
Chicago. Thursday evening. Feb. 3. is
being looked forward to by Swedes in
various parts of the country. John
Lind. Minnesota. will be the guest of
honor. and will deliver the principal
address, This will presumably be il,
the Swedish language. Large choruses
will render songs.
The joint convention committee OF
the Royal Neighbors has completed ar
rangements for the convention of the
order in ST. Paul in March. About
1900 delegates are expected. The ses-
sions will be held at the state capitol.
Governor Lind and others will greet the
delegates in behalf Of the state the city
and the Modern Woodmen.
Instructions directing the discharge Of
the following members of the Fifteenth
Minnesota regiment have been con
frlned: Sergeant Benjamin R. Norwood,
Company c: Sergeant j Stanley Wilson,
Company A: Sergeant Edward T. Thor
son. Company D. Private David X.
Christihn. Company I. Thirteenth Min
nesota. has been discharged.
After a long trial at Saltwater, the
will Of the late Hon Isaac Staples has
been set aside. the jury returning a yer.
dict for the contestant E. S. Bronson.
The jury decided that Mr.. Staples was
not Of sound mind at the time the will
was drawn and also decided that he
WAS not capable of transacting ordinary
business The verdict involves an es
tate Of Ill estimated value of 81 300. 900.
The case will probably be appealed.
Sheriffs and clerks Of district courts
held meetings at St. Paul county court
house to talk over Legislative NATTER
and business regulations of their Offices.
The sheritfs will ask several changes in
the laws, and appointed a steering com
mittee to keep them besore the legisla
ture. The clerks of court talked over
number Of minor amendments, but did
not find any crying reforms, agreein=
rather that al: they asked was to be let
alone.
The following Minnesota postmasters
were appointed during the week: Dan
vile. Blue Earth county. Silas A. Buell.
Harmony, Fillmore county, Samuel
Aaberg; Backus. Cass county, Edward
S. Clinch :LeSuer Center. LeSuer county
Jacob Gish: Grygla. Marshall county
Arne O. Fladeland: Doren Wilkin
county. john Warner Three Minnesota
postofices have been established during
thp weak AT the fo110winu ,,oin+>
Thorpe, Kandiyohi county: Erickson:
vile. Mile Laos county, and fuller, Cas-
county. The postlnasters for these Of
fees are respectively Qthilie P, Cwre,
Lars Eriksson and Horace Cummins.
-. THE IRELAND LANDS.
Decision in the Contest by the Secretary
Of the Interior.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-The secretary
of the interior has affirmed the decision
Of the commissioner of the general land