Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-07-13
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

A new iron mine has been opened at
Michipicoten.
White Bear suffered loss of $4,000
by wind storm Thursday last.
The First regiment, Minnesota ma
tional guard, is in camp at LAkeview.
Otto Reutn, 16 years old, was drowned
in the Mississippi river at St. Paul
while bathing.
! The ninth annual session of the In
ternational i-ongshoremen' 8 union is in
session at Il 2luth.
Captain Eva's detachment Of state
! troops has reached the scene of the
boundary Indian trouble.
Attorney General Douglas is prepar-
ing to secure private lands in 1tasca
! State lark by condemnation.
! The long -drawn-out plumbers strike
at St. Paul has been practically settled,
a compromise having been accepted.
Six cases of smallpox have been dis
covered in family living in the edge
of Beltrami county, dozen miles east
of Fosston.
F. w. Kahler, an Albert Lea saloon
keeper, was. sandbagged and shot when
going home after he had closed his place
! of business The wound is not consid-
cred fatal.
Two more arrests have been made in
connection with the Wise murder case
at Anoka Two of them, Elmer Miller
and James Hardy, are said to have been
on intimate terms with the Wise girls
Irwin Bacon Of Minneapolis was shot
in the back and quite painfully
! wounded while attem pting to escape
from Detective James Howard, who
had arrested him on a charge OF bur-
glary.
An unexpected explosion took place
in the new shaft which is being sunk
i by the Pioneer mine at Ely, killing one
man and badly injuring another. Both
men were Firms and believed to be
single.
Doc Atwater, the negro who shot and
killed J. Harvey at Park Rapids last
Decembe pleaded guilty to murder IN
the second degree aud was sentenced
by Judge Hcllander to the penircntiary
for life.
William Marshall, a stranger from
the country in Minneapolis to spend the
Fourth, was found dead in an alley at
First street and Nicollet avenue, with
bullet in his brain. Robbery is the
supposed object Of the crime. ::
The commissioners Of Ramsey county
have taken the first decisive step to-
wards the erection Of new county
jail 1t was decided to erect building
on the old site and that Jail bonds be
issued to meet the expenditure.
Attorney General W. B. Douglas is
compiling reports from the county at
torneys of Minnesota regarding the
number of cases tried during the last
year. The reports show that there has
been less crime this year than last.
The record of iron ore moved from
the head of the lakes for last month,
which was more than 1900, 900 gross
tons, indicates that for the entire Lake
Superior region-fve ports-the Ship
ments of the month were not less than
$1,000 900 tons. II
The effect Of the recent heavy rains
is beginning to be noticed on the Mis-
sissippi river, which is steadily rising.
It now registers feet and inches
above low-water mark Navigation all
along the upper Mississippi is much
better than it has been for some time.
! Captain Fred N. Lasalle, one of the
best known vessel agents on the Great
Lakes, and the most popular figure on
the Duluth board of trade, died Friday,
after painful illness from Brights dis
ease lasting nearly year. He was So
years old and his life hos been full of
I incident.
An Omaha train was ditched one
mile west Of St. James. The engine.
tender and baggage car went of the
track. Frank Nelson, fireman, was
killed. Engineer Peel was slightly
scalded and Baggageman Wakefield
slightly hurt. The wreck was caused
by landslide.
+. John Stein of Douglas, Dakota;
county, while engaged in cutting rye
on j. P. Cenzemins' farm, three miles
! southeast Of New. Trier, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. Three
horses were hitched to the binder and
both outside horses were also killed, the
middle animal being uninjured.
The gross receipts of the St. Cloud
postof1ice for the fiscal year ending June
80 were the largest in the historF-of the
Office, reaching total Of 315, CAS- IL.
The United States land Office has also
shared in the prosperity. and for the =
same period of time there was collected
from all sources the sum of $63, 1876.
During heavy wind at Winona the
roof was blown off the big warehouse
of the Bay State Milling company,
causing a loss on the building of at
least $1,000. By fat the greater loss,
however, was on the 1000 barrels OF
-four stored therein, most of which was
more or less damaged by the heavy
rain that f,revai1nd NJ tho tima