The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-05-11
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

LIE Roy will build $4,000 school
house.
Beltrami county will build new Jail
at Bemidji.
Work has begun on the Saltwater.
St. Paul electric line.
Belgrade has voted bonds for water
works and electric lights.
The Great Northern will build new
freight depot at st. Cloud.
st. Paul building contractors say they
can't get enough laborers and carpen-
tiers.
The national convention of Royal
Neighbors is in session at St. Paul this
week.
General Otis reports the death Of
regiment.
A postoffice has been established at
Rillo, Red Lake county, with Magnus
Johnson as postmaster.
Ex-Governor Ramsey has resigned
from the st. Paul library board to make
room IOr younger man.
The appointment of Archibald Ste
vens as government tea Inspector at st.
Paul has been announced.
Peter Carroll, North Dakota farmer.
was drugged and robbed of $3.50 and
valuable papers at st. Paul.
The general offices of the Omaha road
at st. Paul were burglarized Saturday
night. About Sl2 were secured.
The State bank of Campbell has been
authorized to do business, capital $1O,-
900. F. E. Kenasten of Minneapolis,
chief stakeholder.
The Minneapolis school board has
voted to erect new high school build
ing on the East Side and eight additions
to present buildings.
Larry" Horrigan, alias "Slim" VIM
hle, was shot and killed while trying to
escape arrest, being caught in the act
of robbing safe at Minneapolis.
TIE Citizens State bank Of lSicoliet
has gone into voluntary liquidation.
! Notices have been SEM out to the de-
positors to call for their money, as they
will be paid in full.
The Commercial bank of Carlton wac
broken into by burglars, who took .
small amount of money, two Teyolvers
| and several other things. a oarbsg
shop was also burglarized.
In decision by Justice Collins tdk
Minnesota supreme court holas>that
where an agent was too busy Is issue a
permit passenger was Justified in
boarding freight train without it.
The WrighEtrpavis log and ore carry.
ing ro,sa, the Duluth, Mississippi and
northern, has been absorbed by the
Eastern Minnesota, This road runs
from the Mississippi river to Hibbing
and the Mahoming mine.
Sixteen candidates for appointment
to a cadetship at West Point took exam
nations at Winona Friday. One-half
of the number are likely to be barred on
account of defective teeth. Others had
some other trouble and four dropped
out, feeling they could not pass.
The village council of Alexandria has
appropriated $500, which, with a like
amount to be appropriated by the
county, will be expended on the roads
leading into the village. The same
thing was done last year, and 81 900
| worth of work was done on the county
| roads near the town.
The United States circuit court of ap-
peals at St. Paul has decided that the
suit of the United States against the
Northern Pacific, an action involving
the title to about 1000, 900 acres of land
in Northern Minnesota and Wisconsin,
shall be heard at the present term of
court. 1t is set for hearing June !.
River traffic is likely to be seriously
interfered with this season because the
usual reserve supply of water held in
the upper lake regions has been allowed
to flow out. This has been made neces-
sary because of the rotting out of the
three principal dams. A long dry sea-
son would hamper upper river naviga-
ton considerably, and it is possible that
it would have to be entirely suspended
At meeting held in st. Paul it was
spend at least two days in the Twin
Cities upon the occasion of his Western
tour. Congressman Fletcher was
chosen to bear the invitation to Wash
ington and to endeavor to have the ex-
ecutive so time his visi! that he would
be able to greet the Thirteenth Mime
sofa upon its return from the Philip
pines.
Following close upon the visit last
week of Attorney George B. Edgerton
to Bemidji in behalf of the state, to look
after trespassers upon state lands, comes
a report that the large pine owners have
tired Of the constant trespasses of GER
tain class of settlers in that vicinity,
and have decided to attach large lot of
logs now on the banks or in the channel
Of the Schoolcraft river, and to prose-
cute criminally the trespassers.