Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-03-09
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

NEWS IN MINNESOTA
Scarlet fever is epidemic at Red Rocls. ,
An insurance rate war is in prospect
for ST.: Paul. =
A new town near Mora has been
named Pearce.
r. D. Brooks of Mankato suicided at
Hot Springs, Ark.
A cycle path from St. Paul to the At
hntic coast is being agitated.
Renville has voted $500 bonds for
an addition to- it's school building
Quite number of Minneapolis men
will have automobiles this summer.
A bursting water main caused flood
of considerable proportions in Duluth.
The Lake Superior Steel company at
Duluth is to be reopened and in opera
ton April 8.
: The Minnesota Middle Road
Populist convention will be held in
Minneapolis April s.
The feasibility Of a pneumatic mail
service between St. Paul and Mime
apolis is being discussed.
Rev. Charles Secombe, who estab-
lished the first Congregationaistc church
at st. Anthony Falls, is dead,
Judge Willis of the Ramsey county
bench is candidate for the Democratic
nomination for mayor of St. Paul
Gideon S. Ives, former lieutenant gov
ernor, has been elected commander of
the Minnesota G.. A. r. for the coming
year.
State Superintendent Lewis has dis
covered a considerable traffic in teachers
certificates in the northern part Of the
state.
Engineer Clausen of St. Paul figures
the city could save 100000 a year by
owning It's own lighting plant. He will
submit plans.
The supreme court has affirmed the
lower court in the Bank of Minnesota
ion is against double liability.
Monday, July 16, has been designated
as the date and St. Paul the place for
holding the next convention Of Repub-
ican league clubs for Minnesota.
T. B. Scott of St. Paul was acquitted
by direction of the court of having
made false report as president Of the
Life Insurance Clearance company.
Stewart Webb has been sentenced to
10 years in the state penitentiary for the
killing of William Larson in a c0al
Office on Washington street, St. Paul.
The funeral of Bishop Gilbert, who
died of pneumonia at his residence in
St. Paul last week, was held at Christ
church Tuesday. There was q large at
tendance of Episcopal clergy.
The state will this year receive fully
$500, 1000 in taxes from insurance COM
panies doing business in Minnesota.
The insurance commissioner has already
received some $75, 600 in taxes.
The defalcation of County Treasurer
Bongard of Carver county makes the
third successive defaulting treasurer
Carver county has had. The total dc.
falcations Of all three is $4,000.
The closed season for fish began on
Thursday, for two months, during the
breeding season. The winter anglers
will have to content themselves with
pickerel, suckers and red horse during
that time.
At the present rate of sale the output
of prison Irvine will be exhausted within
a week. One hundred new spindles
have been put in the factory. A new
250-horsepower engine and a battery of
four boilers are being installed to in
crease next years output.
A movements on foot at Minneapolis
for the erection of monument to the
memory of the late WIS. King. It is
felt that as the colonel was largely in
strumental in the upbuilding of the city
during the 40 years that he called Min
neapolis his home, it is fitting that his
memory should be thus perpetuated.
A. T. Thoits, formerly publisher of
the Duluth News-Tribune, has begun
suit for $4,000 damages against the
owners, G. Mendenhall and G. G..
Hartley, and it's manager, M. Bunnell.
He claims they forcibly pushed him
from control of the paper, took posses
sion by threats and made such an
nouncemcnts that he was unable to col
lect accounts due him. Mr. Thoits is
now publisher Of The Union. SPRING
field, Mass.
It is stated that the T:rst regiment
will be reorganized within the next 10
days. Adjutant General Lambert is
preparing anorder which will call for
the muster out of Company H Of St.
Paul and Companies B and F of Mime
apolis, substituting two Fourth regi-
ment companies, presumably from Min
neapolis. The same order will revoke
the leave of absence of the regiment,
and will be followed by an order by
Gonora1 w r Pend ca1linnr for an n1oc.