Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-02-24
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Candy has voted $12, 600 bonds for
waterworks system. ''- -. =.
John w. Eastman, the pioneer miller
of Minneapolis, is, dead, aged ~.
The Duluth and Iron Range railroad
has paid the state &ss, 465 gross earnings
tax.
President George Kleeberger of the
st. Cloud normal school has suffered a
stroke of paralysis.
The state encampment, G. A. R., will
meet at St. Paul Thursday and Friday
OF the present week.
/ The Fifteenth Minnesota and all other
volunteer regiments now in the United
States are ordered mustered out.
:, Hamline college: .sophomores kid.
mapped the freshmen's president and
held him prisoner until after the class
banquet.
Otto Polratz of Company E, Fourth
Wisconsin regiment, is dead from pneu-
monia. He was from New Albin, MIMI,
and will be buried there.
The Chippewa Indian delegation
called at the White House Saturday, had
an interview with the president and
asked for the repeal of the law of 1859.
The warm weather Of the past few
days has practically ruined the logging
roads and unless there is change to
colder soon many of the camps will be
broken up.
Directors of the Pillsbury- Washburn
company have issued a circular to
shareholders saying that the company's
property will never go into the McIn-
tyre -four trust.
Fire destroyed John Hugstad's resi-
dence at Moorhead, valued at 81 500.
During the fire Sandy McLain, a police
man, was struck by a falling chimney
and instantly killed.
At Minneapolis, Marshall Kent, aged
8 years, fatally shot 3-year-old Mar
shall Stacy with whom he was playing.
The boys found revolver in an up
stairs room and the older boy playfully
pointed it at his young playmate.
At Pipestone, Judge Brown sentenced
William Tmm to three years aud six
months in the state prison for arson in
the third degree. and Charles Kreisher
to the state prison under the reforma-
tory law for grand larceny in the second
degree.
The Germans of st. Paul are about to
organize probably the strongest German
society that has ever been organized in
the state. 1t is to be known as the Ger
man-American Central Society Of Min
nesota, and it will include all the Ger
man societies of that city, of whatever
kind.
The tranfer Of SO women patients
from the Rochester insane hospital to
Fergus Falls gives population Of / ,22335
insane patients at Fergus, the largest
number ever gathered in the state in
one institution, probably the largest in
the Northwest. Rochester was abom-
inably crowded. Fergus had little
more room.
A competitive examination under the
rules of the civil service commission of
applicants for the clerk and carrier in
the classified postoffice service will be
held at the postoffice building, St. Paul,
between March Is and Agril 1, the ex-
act date not yet having been deter
mined. Applicants must file their ap-
plications not later than March 1.
The St. Paul Central high school was
declared the champion high school in
the champion contest held in the
armory at the state university, Mime
apolis, with 20 points. The Minneapolis
Central was second with % points, and
the Minneapolis South Side high school
third with 10 points. The academy,
Minneapolis East Side high school and
Saltwater were the other contestants
The state railroad commissioners will
! have another session with the railroads
this week relative to grain rates. The
commissioners intend to make this in
vestigation exhaustive and complete
and they will take plenty of time to get
at the facts. The railroads are also
preparing to combat any argument that
may be made for reductions and have
prepared tariff sheets, tables and other
documents to prove that the rates now
in force are reasonable and just.