Warren sheaf., 1899-11-30
MINNESOTA NEWS.
A New Warden.


lry Wolfer. who has resigned to engage
in business.
A special meeting of the board Of pris-
on managers was held at Saltwater at
which Mr.. Wolfer's resignation was for
mally rendered and accepted, and after
the claims and qualifications of several
candidates for the position had been con-
sidered, the choice of the board fell on
Gen. Reeve. He will assume his new du-
ties Dec. l.
Mr. Wolfer will become associated with
the Northwestern Grass Twine Company,
which is part of the twine trust, and has
three plants, of which he will be general
manager. The plants are located at st.
Paul, West Superior and Oshkosh. The
company now employs 1,20O people. is put.
ting up new buildings and will eventually
employ 1000 people in making. binding
tW1ne, mating, carpets, Innings for furni-
ture, brio -brac, etc. Mr.. Wolfer will
make his home in St. Paul., His salary
will be about three times as great as
that Of warden.
The Law Holds.
+ The commission men have received an
other setback in their efforts to have the
.Grindeland law declared unconstitutional
thezlaw an. effort was made to get the
matter before the federal courts on ha-
beas corpus proceedings. G. c. Emerson.
a st. Paul commission man, was arrested
for handling a consignment from Wis
consin. He had not complied with the
requirements of the law, and as the COM
mission men claim it is in violation Of
the interstate commerce act, it was de-
c1ded to make a test case. A writ of
habeas corpus was sued out and Emer-
son was taken before Judge Lochren,
OF the federal court in st. Paul. T. w.
Palmer made his argument for the de-
fendant and without hearing Attorney
General Douglas and ex-Attorney Cen
eral Childs, who appeared for the state.
Judge Lochren dismissed the writ and re-
manded Emerson to the custody of the
sheriff.
Looks Like Trust
y In decision sent Insurance Commits
sioner; O'Shaughnessy by Attorney Cen
eral Douglas, and in reply to inquiries
of the former, the latter holds that all
insurance companies that are members of
the so-called Western Union association
and which adopted a resolution purport-
ing to bind them to certain percentage
agreement, savors of the suppression of
competition and is unlawful. 'sYou are
authorized continues the communica-
ton, tIto require such companies to with
draw the circular letter referred to (Which
relates to the agreement in question:, or
eliminate therefrom the feature increas-
ing the compensation of their agents only
upon condition that such agents will sur
render the business of the non-union fire
Insurance companies and cease thereafter
to represent them. .''S
sa = EstEa A shoplifter. EffG
A strange woman, about so years old,
who would give neither her name nor adj
dress, and who possessed nothing by
which she could be identified, was ar
rested at Mankato, on advices from ST.
Peter that she was wanted there for
shop lifting. She had with her two satch-
els and a shawl strapped up, and these
contained numerous pieces of ladies' fine
dress goods of a probable value of 5000
to $780,. She denied that she had stolen
these but would give no account of where
she got them
Chief of Police Davis came from ST.
Peter and took her back. He was accom-
panied by a lady clerk, who identified the
woman as being one of two who had
been in her employers store together DUR
ing the morning, and she also recognized
two pieces of dress goods stolen from the
store.
Discharged.
An oral order was made by Judge Ell
lott, of Minneapolis, sustaining the de-
murrer in the case against Albert Meyer
and Mary Brookings, Christian Scientists.
! recently indicted on charge of having
practiced medicine without license
In discharging the defendants the court
practically held that Christian Science
does not come under the head of the
practice of medicine. The parties were
charged with having attended little girl
who recently died of diphtheria.
Burned to Death.
Lars Johnson, farmer living near
Pelican Rapids, was found dead in field
where he had been burning brush He
had evidently been seized with fit of
apopleXy and had fallen into the fire.
He was badly burned but succeeded in
crawling some distance before he died.
The body was discovered by neighbors.
who were crossing the field. johnson was
about As years old, and well known in this
| section.
News in Brief.
Fred Rustad, aged 13, son of A. J.
Rustad, of Moorhead, was severely in
jured in a game. of football between the
second team Of the Moorhead high school
and the junior team of the Fargo Y. M.
c.. A.
Charles Sternborg, a lumberman in the
employ of Clough & Hurd, was instantly
killed while employed as loader on a
logging train near Nickerson. A log fell
from the top of the load and struck a
skid, which bounded into the air, and.
falling, struck Sternborg on the head.
crushing his skull
Chris Johnson was arrested at Mankato
and in the morning was found dead in
his cell. He committed suicide by taking
poison.
The mangled body of Frank Daily was
found in the Union Depot railway yards
in Minneapolis. He had fallen over an
| embankment.
Secretary Randall announces that the
State Fair next year will. be held Sept.
to s.. The national Hereford cattle
show will be held in connection with the
| fair.
The general store of John Beslin at
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