Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-06-16
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Gay.
A smallpox case at Window has
caused quite stir in Southern Minne-
sofa towns.
Five old settlers of Mankato have died
within week. Three of them were
territorial residents.
The Augustana synod has voted an
increased income to the Gustavus Adolf
plus college at St. Peter.
William Anderson and Leonard Ma
son were drowned while bathing in the
Minnesota river at Renville.
The German Life Insurance company
of Mankato has qualified and has been
admitted to do business in the state.
The general land commissioner has
| approved a swamp land list of 1858
acres in the Duluth land district to Min
nesota.
Brown Hadley, who killed Private
OCOnnell of the Fifteenth Minnesota
in saloon row at Augusta, Ca, has
been acquitted.
The proposed summer school i'm
| Worthington, Mobiles county, has been
postponed from June 90 on account of
smallpox scare.
The annual conference of the Hauge
church has been in session at Madison
for week. About 600 ministers and
delegates were in attendance.
Rafael Ortiz, the Porto Rican, SEN
fenced to hard labor for life by tho
military commission Of San Juan, has
arrived at the state prison. at Saltwater.
The 10th annual convention of the
Minnesota State Pharmaceutical associ-
alton will open at Lake Park, Mime
tonka, June 20 and continue in session
four days.
The 10th anniversary Of the elevation
of Rt. Rev. H. B. Whipple to the
bishopric of the Episcopal diocese of
Minnesota was celebrated at Faribault
Wednesday.
The 18th annual encampment of the
Cannon Valley G. A. R. association will
be held at Elys1an June IA, IS and Is,
and the largest attendance in it's history
is expected.
The Great Northern road has just
bought ], 1000 feet Of dock frontage at
Duluth on which to build passenger and
freight terminals for lake steamship
traffic and it's own vessels.
One of the largest shipments of wool
ever made from Winona has just been
completed. G. w. Miller sent out $780,
900 pounds and the Laird Norton COM
pany 10000 pounds to St. Louis.
The Great Northern flyer was derailed
near St. Michael's station. Nine cars
left the track while the train was going
at the rate of 80 miles an hour. No one
was killed and none fatally injured.
The latest intimation from the Mil
waukee officials in response to inquiries''
from St. James business men, is that
the road will not come to St. James,
but will cross the Omaha at Bingham
Director of Census Merriam has com
pleted his official technical staff by the
appointment Of S. N. North of Boston
chief statistician in charge Of the divis-
ion of manufacturing and mechanical
industries.
The receipts Of the Minneapolis post.
Office for the last month were $40, 765,
against $45, 140 for the corresponding
month of last year. The receipts Of the
St. Paul postoffice were Sal, 113, against
$50, O1O last year.
The railroad and warehouse commits
sion's order to the Minneapolis and St..
Louis to put in station at Emmons is
overruled by the supreme court. It had
been sustained by the district court in
Freeborn county.
The Golden Star mine in the Seine
river district has passed from the con-
troll of the Duluth stockholders and is
now in control of Toronto men. The
sale Of stock in this connection has been
on a basis of $500, 900 for the gold mine
The property pays a monthly dividend
of per cent.
At a meeting Of the state reforlnatory
board at St. Paul communication was
received from superintendent Houlton
asking as to certain press reports re-
f1ecting on the management of the IN
stitution and requesting an investiga-
ton. The board agreed that no inves-
tigation was necessary.
The state dairy department will make
no further analysis of vinegar and
other food products sent in by country
merchants, but confine it's work to sam
pies submitted by inspectors The rea-
son given for this is that false state.
ments have been made as to the source
Of samples submitted and an improper
use of resulting reports
Drafts have been drawn by Auditor
Dunn for the winters log cut on state
lands. The total on 40 contracts was
SOL -, representing a cut of 50, 837,-
1926 feet, The total includes the pre-
liminery payment of % per cent of the
| estimate. The final bill is based on the,
actual scale Of the log crop. The prices
last winter for stumpage ranged from,
1926 to 81. rs, the latter all uncommon
price for stumpage: The average was
$3.50, somewhat larger than usual. The
cut was mostly in st. Louis, Itasca>
Beltrami and Pine counties.
Governor Lind has issued the follow
ing commissions to Thirteenth Mime