Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-02-09
NEWS IN MINNESOTA /,

I NEWS IN MINNESOTA
Several cases of scarlet fever are re-
ported at Dover.
! The state poultry show is in progress
at St. Paul this week.
The St. Paul convocation of Episcopal
clergymen is in session at Winona this
week.
J. G. Howard of Minneapolis is an
| announced candidate for railroad com-
missioner on the Republican ticket.
J. W. johnson has sold to the Mime
sofa Grass and Irvine company 2,000
acres Of land in Al oka county, for
! $4,000.
! E. w. Randall, secretary of the Mil
nesota State Agricultural society, was
elected president of the Great Western
Trotting association.
w. D. Kelly and T. J. McAdam were
burned to death at East Grand Forks.
1t is believed a gas explosion was the
cause OF the catastrophe.
,, The State Bank of Stewart has been
authorized by the public examiner to
begin business, capital $4,000; G. K.
Gilbert of Glencoe president.
Judge Orr of the St. Paul municipal
court upholds the baking powder law.
The case, which is test, will be carried
to the supreme court as quickly as pos
sible.
Chief of Detectives Schweitzer of St.
Paul has been removed by Mayor Kiefer.
The resignation of Chief of Police Goss
has been accepted and A. L. Getchen ap-
pointed to succeed him.
The body Of John S. Wood, a private
in Company D, Thirteenth Minnesota,
who died in the Philippines, has reached
st. Paul. Company D. escorted the re-
mains to Forest cemetery.
Fire at Rush City destroyed the Jack
son block, containing the Bank of Rush
City, the postoffice, and Challey drug,
jewelry, and boot and shoe stocks. The
mail matter was mostly saved.
The Republican state central commit
tee meets next Tuesday at headquarters
in the Endicott building, st. Paul, TO
formulate the call for the convention to
send delegates to the national conye1l-
! ton.
George Langford, the Yale :oarsman,
| formerly of St. Paul, lost an arm in the
| steel mill at Joliet, Ills, of which he is
superintendent. He went where he
thought it too dangerous to send a
workman.
| Chief of Police n, G. Baker of Madi-
son, Wis, has notified the St. Paul DO
lice that 1900 yards of silk and sateen
were stolen, in Madison Friday night
and shipped from Madison in telescope
satchels, probably to St. Paul.
Inspection for 1900 by the state labor
bureau began Feb. in all three dis
tricts. No new lines Of inquiry will be
taken up for the present, but it is ex-
pected that more places will be reached
in the routine inspection than before.
! The Minnesota comlnandery, LOYAL
Legion, will commemorate Lincoln s
birthday with dinner Monday evening,
Feb. -, at the Ryan hotel, St. Paul, at
! which ladies will be present. The stated
meeting Of the comm andery will be held
at o'clock in the afternoon at the Ryan.
With one execution the BARRIERS
license law is valid. The supreme court
IN giving tho decision, in the Zen, case
held the law valid, but suggested that
tho I,,f
clause limiting the number OF ap13ren-
tees, with a strong l,ilAt hat it would
be wiped out ii: it did is4'i<.
Minneapolis G2uz5.;;;;>tt IS have declared
way Oh the Nnrl hwcstcr?i rslerho,,e
company and viii clr4nge as <,?...cizly s:;]
possible to the Nj: >i>yiz>T,i Valley s-s-l
tenn. The Northwestern c,nnuo'l7 rel
fused is allow :he pubic: ,..:o OF ;ele-
phones i'll dlus; stores without payment
Of 5 cents for each time used. !,
The Sons Of II>r1vonn held q two
days session at minneapolis, closing bv
tho elccti~4l Of Officers: rs follows: Will
lam Foelson: grand president; Herman
Noethcn, grand vice pre-: ldent; Herman
Clrklcr, grand ;seti et;.IN: Ilitz jle1n,he.
grand treasurer. The next grand lodge
will meet in st. Paul the last Tuesday
OF January, 1901.
H. P. Polmie of Spring Valley has
been appointed by Major Bowler secre-
tary Of the dairy and food commission,
vice P. j. Snalley, resigned. Mr.. Pol
ME is business man Of Spring Valley,
and a member Of the Democratic state
central committee. Mr. Smalley offered
his resignation several days ago, and it
was accepted to take effect Thursday.
j In a. letter sent c. w. Stanton of the
Appleton Press, Expert State Printer
Whitney makes statements which will
interest newspaper publishers. The
letter shows that the contract for print
ing the delinquent tax list does not in
clude the forfeited tax list, which is
held tO ho a SQra ratio an6 1;e<;,o% :&o...