Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-07-21
NEWS In MINNESOTA

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Charles n. Foote Of Minneapolis /.
dead. S. 3 zsss zSs .z
# The state race meet Of the L. A. W..
occursat st. Paul Saturday. =. ,* ..<.% 1T.s.
The First Methodist church Of st.
Paul has been cleared of debt. AZ.
Presbyterians are holding their sum-
mer assembly at Leroy this week. z
Max Sege1baum, prominent lie
Sueur business man, has suicided
St. Paul won the American Whist
League trophy in the whist tournament.
St. Paul directory figures for 1899 in.
dictate population of 1911 900, based -
9Ol90 names. ..... :.
The Minneapolis council passed the
1nterurban ''Ayer'' ordinance over the
mayors veto.
Clarence Toye of Winona was shot
through the hand by "didn't-know.it-
was-loaded" revolver. ~'4.~.
Robert c. Harper of Minneapolis, has
just celebrated his hundredth birthday.
His health is still excellent.
Winona personal property is assessed
at $1.295,814, and bank property at
s ,586, a total of 81, 639, 900.
The receipts of the internal revenue
Office in Minnesota for the year ending
June 30 aggregate s., 567 ,6S8.
James Schoonmaker of St. Paul has
been elected supreme chief ranger of
the United Order of Foresters.
It is estimated that one third of the
crop in the vicinity of Stewartville was
destroyed by the recent storm.
The Washburn-Crosby company of
Minneapolis has increased it's capital
stock from $500, 900 to 81, 100000.
The trustees of the St. Paul Savings
bank, recently closed, wish to reorgan.
lie, and may be allowed to do so.
The Minnesota delegation to the In
ternational Epworth League convention
will try to bring the next convent ion to
Minneapolis.
George I. Becker, first lieutenant Fiji
teeuth Minnesota, has been appointed a
first lieutenant of volunteers under tho
call recently issued.
Joe Boxell, who has been on trial at
Buffalo for several days for the murder
Of his father and stepmother, is very i'll
and may not recover.
The Northwestern amateur tourna-
ment for trap shooters was held under
the auspices of the St. Paul Rod and
Gun club Friday and Saturday.
It is stated that President Mckinley,
ex-President Cleveland and Governor
Roosevelt will visit the proposed Min
nesota forest reserve in October.
Judge Brill has appointed committees
to value the assets of the Savings Bank
of St. Paul. Depositors of the bank
have decided to wait for final action by
the court
The general land Office has issued pat
ents for swamp and overfowed lands
inuring to the State of Minnesota in
the Duluth land district embracing
1850 acres. u =.
Captain Frederick J.. Barrows, Fiji
teenth Minnesota volunteers, has been
appointed first lieutenant under the
new law for volunteers. Clark II.
Ellert, second lieutenant Fifteenth Min
nesota, has been named for a second
lieutenancy:
. Cashier A.. E. McEwen of the Mer.
chants bank of Duluth has not been
seen for over week. His friends are
worried and his employers are at a loss
to understand what 1T MEANS, for his
accounts are in splendid condition.
Director G.. F. Curtis of the Iowa ex-
pertinent station, who has been an.
nounced as Judge Of Aberdeen. Angus
and Galloway: breeds and in the sweep
stakes contests at the state fair, is the
successor of James Wilson, now United
States secretary of agriculture.
According to decision handed down
by, Justice. Mitchell of the supreme
court, J. H. Southall, who was SEN
fenced to long term Of imprisonment
for issuing fraudulent orders on the
government, will have to remain in
prison. A new trial was denied and his
sentence affirmed. ~ g. - g.
The body of an unknown man was
found seven miles east of Elbow Lake
I in, wheat field, with the skull crushed.
The man had evidently been murdered
and robbed. The body was SO badly
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