Little Falls herald., 1900-11-16
NEWS IN MINNESOI,.,4 4

The condition Of Senator Davis con-
tinues to improve.
John Conrad, aged "a, . pioneer Of
Faribault county, il dead.
Senator Davis is not quite 80 well, =
kidney complication causing some IN.
easiness.
The Chicago Great Western will
build new depot near the business
center OF Red Wing.
Minnesota university defeated Hi.
nois university in football game at
Minneapolis Saturday.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lewis will ask the next legislature for
an increased appropriation.
Charles Fl. Williams, one Of the pio-
neers who came to St. Paul in the ter
ritorial days and assisted largely in the
Development of the city, is dead.
A coroner's jury at Royalton has
found three Christian Scientists guilty
of criminal negligence for not calling q
physician to visit a sick child who sub
sequently died.
The secretary of the interior has Or
dered patented to the Northern Pacific,
Railroad company the list of lands Sc
lected under it's grant, embracing 2,210
acres in the Duluth district.
Corrigan, Mckinney g. Co., the big
mining and vessel firm of Cleveland.
has secured control of the newly dis
covered iron ore property OIL the east
ern edge of the Mesaba range.
Captain W. A. Thompson, who is in
charge of Mississippi river improve
ment work between Fountain City and
Cassville, reports all expenditure dur
ing the season now closing of $242, 500.
Shipments of lumber from the Du-
luth market for two weeks have been
Al, 600, 900 feet, the largest record ever
made in similar period. One cargo OF
1880, 900 feet and mauy of 1000, 600 or
over were taken.
At meeting of the directors of the
Eastern Minnesota L. w. Hill was
elected president Of that road, to suc-
ceed Samuel Hill. L. w. Hill has been
general manager Of the Eastern Min
nesota for nearly a yssr; yr;..-~,ss.=~*~
A bank book holding between its
leaves $3.50 in cash and $50 in checks,
belonging to the Russell Coffee House,
Minneapolis, was stolen from MISS
Carrie Dexter, the cashier OF that res
tanrsnt, while she stood in the Security
bank.
IN fire at Luverne the Hotel Joles>
Rickers' shoe store and the One Minute
lunch house were gutted. The entire
contents of the hotel were destroyed.
| The Joles family barely escaped wlth
their lives. The loss is about $4,000,
partly covered by insurance: sue:>..~=a
DR., John Wright, the we'll known.
Episcopal rector and Biblical scholar OF
! St. Paul. was seriously injured last;
| Wednesday in a railroad wreck near:
Pipestone. He will probably recover,
| unless his internal injuries prove more
| severe than they are supposed to be.
Eddie and Norman Wartepburg,
aged 13 and years, respectively, sons
Of prominent farmer residing near
! New Paynesville, were alightlng from
a wagon with loaded gun, when 1t
was accidentally dischafged. hitting
the younger and instantly killing ham.
The largest cargo of hard coal eve,
brought up the lakes is on the way to
Duluth on the steamship Edeborn,
1850 net tons. This is the way coal
companies feel about the winters sup
ply, and receipts will probably be quite
| 1r7r
early December.
The official close Of navigation on the
Mississippi occurs this week when-tLe
| government lights will be extiuguished.
Though there was low water for time,
the season on the whole has been u good
one. The number Of boats passing
Winona to date has been 4,O62; barges>
! 1888, and RATS, l,l47.
| Betters on 5000 majority for Con-
| gressman James A. 1awney in the
| First district are still on the uneasy
seat With official reports received:
from five out Of the ten counties in the,
district the Republicans claim a ma,
| jority o9 5000, while the Democrats ~.
sist it will be only 4,997.
Logs for the Duluth n;.:S hat Q 80.
| ate on railroad timber are .i:;ng in as
|, fast as ever, the lateness OF tls season
! having no effect on business. The Du-
luth and Iron Range Is bringing in
most of them. Alger, Smith & Co. and
the Scott.Graff Lumber company mills
have been running steadily sii4ce last
January.
Warden Reeve Of the Saltwater PEN
itentiary states that he is greatly
pleased with the manner in which
Minnesota farmers are paying up their
twine notes held by the prison twine
factory. The notes due Nov. amount-
; e't to little mere than 1916, 900, and
OIL Monday last only about 500, 900 re-
manned uncollected.
Five years ago, while hunting, Alex
ander Seminar Of Akron accidentally
discharged shotgun, infiicting a
wound that necessitated the amputa.
ton Of his left arm. Wednesday last,
while operating a corn shredder, his
ron, ;riD.r hand yyoS caruht in tho mo-