Mower County transcript., 1900-03-28

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NEWS IN MINNESOTA
Arlington . to have new electric
light plant. .3..= S=*.
The -four mill at Fairfax has been de-
stroyed by fire.
A first national bank is soon to be Or
ganized at Eveleth. - 1
Henderson has voted $21, 900 bonds
for new school building.
The Milwaukee will increase it's ter
minal facilities at Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Prohibition conven-
ton nominated Rev. B. B. Haugan of
Fergus Falls for governor.
School teachers of Minneapolis have
declared by vote of $50 to 88 in favor
of teachers retirement fund.
A new electric railway company is
planning to make st. Paul the center Of
an extensive subur ban system. ,..e.
Governor Lind has requested Attorney
General Douglass to investigate the
Saving Association of Minneapolis.
The grand lodge of the A. o. U. W.,
and the grand council of the Royal Ar
canum are in session this week at St.
Paul.
Public Examiner Pope has been in
formed by the officers of the Winona
Deposit company that they will soon
apply for charter as a state bank.
A requisftion has been issued on the
governor of Minnesota for Miss Cakes,
wanted in Sanborn county on charge
of disposing Of mortgaged property.
State Superintendent Lewis threw a
bombshell into the meeting Of the state
normal board at Winona, involving the
question Of the fairness Of opening bids
for the Duluth school.
Captain Sigsbee has accepted an invi-
tatton to visit St. Paul early in April, at
which time he will choose the design
for the tablet to be presented to the
steamer St. Paul, which he commanded
during the Spanish war.
Some $50, 900 still due the state for
money expended in assisting to fit out
volunteer troops will be paid by the war
department soon. This is the opinion
of Adjutant General Lambert, who has
returned from Washington, where he
fled final papers in the case.
The complete returns of gross earn.
ings Of railroads in Minnesota show
them to have been during the past year
$40, ,907, ,805.01, an increase Of s., ,9OS,. :
986.79 over the previous year. The
taxes paid into the state treasury on the
gross earnings 4mounts to 81, ,444, 500. 80,
an increase of S18s, ,232.O5 over last year.
The special committee of the Mime
apolis city council, appointed to con
slider Alderman Peterson's ordinance to
repeal the ordinance granting to the
Northwestern Telephone Exchange
company the license under which it op-
crates in that city, decided by q unan.
imous vote to recommend to the council
the passage of the ordinances. It is said
to be the desire of the council to- make
more equitable and binding contract
with the company.
The people in the western part of Big
Stone county are terrorized by HYDRO
phobia epidemic. In several townships
the supervisors have ordered all dogs
shot. A number of horses and cattle
have been bitten by rabid dogs, and
quite number have died with symp-
toms clearly indicating hydrophobia.
Asyet no person has been bitten. Fears
are entertained that many horses and
horned stock will have to be killed to
prevent injury to others. ~.sr
The First regiment of the national
guard, formerly the Thirteenth Mime.
sofa, will be reorganized. Seven of the
ten companies composing the regiment
before it went into the service Of the
United States have notified General
Reeve, the colonel Of the old First, that
they will re.enter the state guard. The
companies that will re-enter are Com
panies A and Of Minneapolis, G, D,
and E of St. Paul, G. Of Red Wing and
K of Saltwater. The regiment will be
filed from companies of the Fourth reg
iment.
Governor Lind has reappointed DR..
Charles E. Riggs Of St. Paul a member
OF the state board of inspectors of in
sane hospitals. The terms of DIR. II.
w. Brazie Of Minneapolis and DIR.
George w. Mcintyre of St. Peter having
expired, these gentlemen were succeeded
by DIR. w. F. Milligan of Wabasha and
DIR. G. O. Cooley of Madelia. Governor
Lind also appointed DR.. Thomas Lowe
Of Slayton, DR.. Louis A. Fritsche OF
New Ulm and DR.. G. J. Regnell of Min
neapois members of the state board of
medical examiners.
The prison census for the state, Gov
ering 1899, has been completed by Sec
retary jackson of the state board Of
charities. It embraces the. convicts of
all classes in the penal institutions.
Compared with the year preceding there
are % less prisoners. and 40 less than