Little Falls herald., 1900-11-23
NEWS in. MINNESO

Southern Minnesota teackers met at
Mankato last week. 3:..>z s:se . .s
| Solomon Schmidt, aged 20, commit.
last week. ~..s~ = ...~.s> =
The record Of fire losses shows that
| 1900 was tho worst year in the history
Of st. Paul. <*
An accident to the Apple river cleo
tic shpp2y caused darkness in St. Paul
Sunday night. 1'.s> ~,
Suit has been brought at Duluth to
compel the admission of unvaccinated
children to school.
John G. Wise, editor Of the Mankato
Review and pioneer Minnesota news
paper man, died suddenly Saturday.
John Butler, resident OF St. Paul
f.! for 80 years, was found dead in bed
I Saturday. E.eart disease was the cause.
L:~man P. Hoyt, prominent dairy.
! man OF Fridley, Anoka county, had his
| left arm caught in a corn shelter. Dr.
Frank of Anoka amputate1 it at the
=; elbow.
! A new lumber company has been or.
ganized at Winona. The company is
known as the Laird Norton yards, and
has been incorporated with capital
stock OF $500, 900.
The supreme court has reversed the
lower court and has granted retrlal of
the suit Of G. T. Spinney. formerly
| managing editor of the St. Paul Globe,
against J. J. Hill.
The Warren Manufacturing COM
pany OF Warren lost it's mill by fire
Thursday morning The total loss is
$50, 900, insurance $4,000. The fire is
supposed to be Of incendlary origin.
Dr. W. r. NIahan is dead at Mankato,
aged 81 years. He located in that city
! il 1855 and was the first physician in
Blue Earth county. He was member
| Of the first constitutional convention.
E. B. Shaw, au elderly gentleman,
/ attempted to stop runaway team at
Rochester but was thrown down and
! run over. His skull was fractured, and
! it is feared the accident will prove
fatal.
Andrew Rock of Wincna was struck
and instantly killed by q passenger
train Oh the Milwaukee road as he was
crossing the tracks at what is known
! as the Rock road. Mr.. Rock was
prominent il Polish circles.
Joel p Dibbie, one Of the very ear
iest settlers Of Olinsted county, is dead
at his home il Rochester at the age OF
50. Mr. Dibble settled in Olmsted
county in lS45, before Rochester was
begun and had lived there ever since.
The case Of the state against Charles
Campbell, charged with murder for
the killing Of Henry Scott in DeGratf,
came to an end, at Benson Saturday,
after four days trial The jury though hit
Campbell vos justified in what he did.
Effie Sykes, 19 years old, committed
suicide at LIE Sueur Center: She was
all orphan, living with an aunt.
theft Of $40 in money lost by her grand
father, was charged to her. She denied
the offensa and was SO clagrined she
took carbolic acid. i
A verdict has been given Miss Fl1nni
Swanson of Cannon Falls Of 800
against Swan K. Swanson II Kenyo,
for breach of promise. le admitte,
that they were engaged out swore tha
the engagement was ls<oAen by mutue
consent last March. =
A Chicago Pc neTnaking concern ha
just closed t xe purchase at Duluth {
5000 CORDS Of pulp wood, to be dei'
ered at mill near that city this vii
ter 4he price per cord, delivered,
abe ct $3.50 It will take $50 men a
'<inter to fcut this amount, ~~::s =
& State Auditor Dunn has received
| report on the sale Of state school lanc
, II Roseau county, held Nov. l. Th
| report says that 13, 230 acres of land, O
+ which the delinquent prime Pal amour
ed to $70,047. were disposed of maxim
one Of the best sales Oh record
The supreme court has ruled that tn
Legislative enactment for the cure @
inebriates, commonly known as tn
Jag law" is unconstitutional, in tina
} it is special legislation as to the affair
of counties and is not uniform in 1t
operation throughout the state.
Miss Martha Schmidt, the l5-year
old daughter of Mr.: Schmidt, who IL
sides three miles from Troy, nal is
wealthy and influential far =. 7. plead
guilty in the United Sta,y, ..oart a
Mankato to having forged a none,
order. Judge Lochren fined her 5000
lr is again asserted that the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern have
formed combination. This Statement
is officially made by one Of the highes
executive officials of the Northern Pa
cifc, who admits that his company i:
about to pass under the control of the
Great Northern.
James E. Kittson, formerly one OF
the proprietors Of the Kittson stock
farm on Chestnut Hill, Pa, and a son
of the late Commodore Kittson of St.
Paul, committed suicide at Norristown,
Pa, by shooting himself with rife.
Ill health is believed to have prompted
him to take his life.
The saw mills Of Laird, Norton & Co.,
and the Empire Lumber company, 10.
Gated in Winona, have shut down for
the season. These are the largest saw
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