Little Falls herald., 1900-09-14
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

lay with AZ attendance of $4,000.
Houston county's agricultural exhibit
won first place at the state fair.
James P. Haycraft. the Oldest resi-
dent of Madelia, is dead, aged SO.
Members of five Minnesota regiments
held reunions at St. Paul last week.
JOAN Il. McAlister, an early settler
and prominent business man Of st.
Paul, is dead.
Former Governor Alexander Ram
sey of St. Paul celebrated his 85th
birthday Friday.
Captain J. s. Allansol, a veteran OF
the Civil war, is dead at Henderson.
He was graduate Of Harvard.
The attendance at the state fair on
Thursday, Minneapolis day, broke all
records, $1,000 people being present. :,
Northwestern photographers met at
St. Paul last week. -Four hundred del
egates, representing five states, were
present.
The United States Express company
has placed in service it's first auto de-
livery wagon in St. Paul. Two others
will follow.
The Northern Minnesota Telephone
company has completed the construc-
ton of it's line from Sauk Rapids to
Sauk Center.
II. j. Balsch of St. Paul is in custody
at Blue Earth charged with swindling
the banks at Bricelyn out Of 1850 by
forged telegram.
The American Academy of Railway
Surgeons held is annual meeting at
St. Paul. Many interesting papers
were read and discussed.
Pinkeye is prevailing to consider
able extent among the horses around
New Paynesville. A large number of
horses are reported to have died from
the disease.
Albert Reed, one of the prisoners 8,
the St. Cloud reformatory, escaped
Saturday night. Reed was sentenced
from Minneapolis and had befn in the
institution about 10 months.
The Duluth public library board has
received indirect but authoritative in
formation that Andrew Carnegie will
increase his gift to the city from $50, 900
to $75, 600, to be used for library build
ing.
Bert Fenholt and Jens Hove have
been arrested at Albert Lea on war
rant charging them with setting fire to
Porter's rendering works. The crime
is said to have been committed out OF
spite.
At Dakota, Winona county, Grover
Leach, a l2-year-old boy, was fatally in.
jured while hunting. His gun was &C.
cidentally discharged and the contents
struck him in the face, tearing away
his left jaw. He will probably die.
A new corporation has been organized
at Warren under the state Laws, with q
capital Of $50, 600, known a. the Mar
shall County Elevator company, linn
tied. 1t is composed entirely Of farm
ers and small stockholders. Their place
of business is in this city.
Frank G. Pease, sent up from Rem
vile county to await the action of the
grand jury, broke Jail at Redwood
Falls by unlocking the cell door, lying
in wait for the turnkey, locking him in
and walking out to liberty, passing the
sheriff's wife on the way.
Lumbermen are already beginning to
send their men and teams into the
woods to open camps for the winter.
The coming season will find more tie
logging and cedar camps between Two
Harbors and Grand Marais than ever
before and the output will be large
Adolph Truman of White Willow,
Goodhue county, has bought the farm
of Peter E. Hanson of Litchfield, can.
didate for secretary of state on the Re-
publican ticket. Mr.. Hanson's farm
consists of about 1000 acres, and the
price paid by Mr.. Truman was $35, 900.
G. O'Neil, bartender of Degraff.
this state. 10 at the Minneapolis city
hospital suffering from bullet woune
in the abdomen, and the physicians do
not expect him to live. O'Neil was
shot during . saloon row, aud it 10 re-
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bartender.
Arrangements are being made for the
cutting Of about 10000 cords of spruce
for pulp wood along the St. Louis and
Cloquet waters for shipment via Two
Harbors to Erie, Pa. next year. The
Northwest Paper company at C.cquet
will use 15.0 600 cords of wood taken
from the same locality.
During August the population of
Minnesota state institutions showed
large increase. Abatement issued by
the state board Of corrections and char
tiles shows that in the Is institutions
in the state there were 3, ,547 inmates at
the end of August, an increase Of 258. !
and nearly twice as great as during the |
preceding month.
Attorney General Douglas has de.
cided not to press the case against ex-
press companies for the collection of a
~ per cent tax on their gross earnings,
alleged to be due under the law passed
49, L. 1Yl.