Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-01-12
NEWS in MINNESO

NEWS in MINNESOT A
Elks are planning street fair at st.
Paul next May. -. +. .s.s..... IS.
1 st. Paul butck,rs say that meat is
gong up again. =. b.
The Methodist church at Beardsley
has been destroyed by fire. s". s.
The Winona company. Second regi,'
ment, will be mustered out. =: :
Winnebago City improvements for
1899 are estimated at So, ooo:
Steps have been taken for a test case .
Of the new baking powder law: - =
Twin City building trades unions: are
preparing higher wage schedules. -.
The state court of the Supreme Court
of Honor will be held Feb. IA at ST.:
Paul.
Treasurer Koerner has made de-
mand for new bonds for state depost-
tories.
The Scripps syndicate will. start .
! new evening paper in St. Paul about
Feb. /. =,
A man supposed to be Herman Lee
of Hibbing fell dead in a Chicago res
| taurant.
The State Historical society held its
annual meeting at the capitol Monday
| evening.
| St. Paul grocers and retail hardware
men have organized mutual insurance
companies. ':..
The Ramsey county Jail has been
condemned by the St. Paul building
inspector. - 49,.
The law. providing for clearance tax
sales in May is likely to be attacked in
the courts. ss<: -
! Directors Of the St.. Paul carnival
have decided to make an ice palace the
central FEATURE. .<:....:,:.
| An order has been issued stablishing
a postohice at Tolin;; IsS.ntieeup1t t with
Ole Tolin, postmaster:.:*e: ~. r ..,, :.
Colonel W. s. King, whoswa reported
last week to be. in a very critical condl-
ton, is much improved. 49,
Plans have been prepared for the: new
United Lutheran seminary at Hamline
to be built in the spring: =
Admiral Dewey has been compelled:
to decline St. Paul's Invitation to at
torI no u:infor porniua1
! Ii is stated that Eli s. Warmers ap-
poinrment as surveyor general will be:
sent to the senate in few days.
! The Northwestern Lnm her,nen's as:
ISOLATION will hold its 18th annual con-
vention at Minneapolis Jan. 1918.
/ According to the Hennepin county
abstract for 1900 the list Of taxables is
$1l7636, 1872 and the total levy is 49,:
395, 3j6.
Byron Binnell, who founded the
Duluth Evening Herald in 1882, died
at Phoenix, A. T., of. consumption,
aged So years. w. ~ Il IS .7s.s =.
! Rev. j. 81. Merely Of Minneapolis has
been elected president of the Fargo COL
lege, to succeed II. G. Simmons, re-
Gently deceased.
/ Wolves are reported very numerous:
in the vicinity of Winona this winter.
! The sheep ranches are suffering to q.
considerable extent.
/ T. j. Knox of Jackson county has &C.
cepted the appointment to be railroad
commissioner and qualified. He as.
sumed the duties of Office Monday.
Winona's fire loss during 1899 was
larger than for. several years past,
reaching total of $3.50, IT'S, on which
there was an insurance Of $399, $780,
Former Railroad Commissioner Mills
of this state has located at Fargo.
where he has formed law partnership
under the firm name of Mills, Resser &
Mills.
Harvey S. Rogers member of Com
pany I, Thirteenth Minnesota regiment,
and an e1nploye Of the postof6ce depart
ment. has been transferred from Mime
apolis to Manila.
Gerhard Otto, the murderer of Ma
thias Klein of New Trier, sentenced to
the state prison on the reformatory
plan two years ago. has been released
| from that institution ON parole
Jacob Johns of the town of Hart.
Winona county, reached the age of 100
years Saturday, and the occasion wac
celebrated in appropriate manner. HI
is hale and hearty. He was born in
| Breslau in 1900.
Four Of the children Of Mike Kerricb
of Pierz, 10 miles. east of Little Falls.
! were burned to a crisp in FIRE which
| destroyed their. dwelling house. Mr..
and Mrs. Kerrick were badly burned in
| attempting rescue. J. ,- 49,.
| The state board of insane hospital
trustees held a special meeting at St.
Paul and elected Robert Carmichael Of
Pennington superintendent; of the
Hastings asylum. They also chose Mrs.