Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-10-13
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

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The federal court is in session at Du.
luth this week.
Ex-State Senator Eaton of Buffalo,
Minn., editor of the Buffalo Journal, is
dead.
The Episcopal church congress Of the
United States is in session at St. Paul
this week.
The Minnesota state agricultural
school has opened with the largest at
tendance in it's history.
The timbers of the Penobscot mine,
at Hibbing caved in and Heman Ola,
workman, was instantly killed.
Governor Lind has set Oct. 20 as the
date of execution of George Ferguson,
1tasca county, Mimi, murderer.
A train carrying portion of the
Thirteenth Minnesota narrowly escaped
being thrown down a precipice near
Medford, Or.
The difficulty between boss plumbers
and employees a. s., Paul has been set
tied, the bosses acculing to the de-
mands of the mel.
The contract for the extension of tho
public building at st. Paul has been
awarded to Hennessy & Cox of St.
Paul at their bid Of $179, 1890.
Charles LIE Claire rs years old and
single, leaped from the Robert street
bridge at St. Paul into the river and
swan ashore. It is said he was intox-
icated.
Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul was
one of the principal speakers at the
Marquette club banquet, Chicago;
President Mckinley was the guest Of
honor.
The Minnesota State Historical So
ciety will celebrate it's semi-centennial
Nov. Is. Bishop Whipple and Presi-
dent Cyrus Northrup will be the princi-
pal speakers.
Zebulon S. Skinner, trusted en-
ploye of Eustis Bros, Minneapolis jew
elers, is under arrest for Systematically
robbing the firm. James Brady was
taken in as an accomplice.
In Duluth harbor the Bessemer boat
John Nelson ran down her tug, the
Record, during the morning, drowning
Harry Ellis, aged 80, a fireman. The
rest of the crew took to the life raft and
escaped.
Hon. Daniel Cameron, pioneer Of
La Crescent and of the state of Minne-
sofa, is dead, aged rs years. From the
time of the territorial days Mr.. Cam
eron has been prominent in the public
and private affairs of Minnesota.
August Trueman of LIE Sueur,
wrecking foreman on the Omaha, was
fatally injured while under derrick
years old and father of Colonel True
man of the North Dakota regiment.
which has just returned from the Phil
ippines.
The Industrial Savings Bank of Min
neapolis has been formally organized
and will begin business on the morning
of Oct. II. President Mckinley will
be the first depositor in the bank, Gov
ernor Lind the second. Mayor Gray of
Minneapolis is one of the organizers of
the bank.
An appeal has been taken to the SUI
preme court from the decision of the
Ramsey county district court on the
validity Of the St. Paul additional school
levy Of $112,000 The petition ,prays for
q speedy hearing and settlement of the
case. The supreme court has set the
hearing for Oct. Ii.
Auditor Dunn is sending notices to
the county auditors that the'state's levy
this year is IA mills for the general
fund. And that is the lowest in Is
years. Last year and several years be-
fore that it was is mills. 1t has not
been as low as that since 1884, when the
state called for 1.3 mills. The lowest
levy was H. mills in 1881.
! Captain A. S. Crossfeld, who has
! been in charge of a recruiting station
at Browns Valley for ten days, received
orders from headquarters to close the
office and report at once. During Ills
stay he enlisted ~ soldiers from that
immediate vicinity, all of whom left to
join the Forty-fourth regiment, which
is now at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
! At jackson the grand jury returned
IN indictment against Albert Dunai for
murder in the first degree. He is
charged with having murdered Andrew
Zelar near Lakefeld Sept 81. w. L..
Scott and James O'Farrel plead guilty
to grand larceny in the second degree
and OFarrell was sentenced to the re-
formatory at St. Cloud and Scott to the
state prison at Saltwater for two years
and six months ellison pleaded not
guilty to grand larceny in the second
degree.
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