Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-08-10
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

Iron ore shipments from Minnesota
up to July 81 amount to 4,600, 600 TONS
Professor Lugger advises fall blowing
as preventative of visitation by locusts
next year.
Nels Nelson, St. Paul wood sawyer.
il dead from the effects of eating
bologna sausage.
| Jesse H. Fomrov. a pioneer contractor
of St. Paul and resident of that place
| since 1916, is dead.
| Frederick Zauner. a workman on the
new capitol at St. Faul, fell 80 feet and
was instantly killed.
William Livingstone, an employe 4
| Swift & c.. South St. Paul, WIS
! drowned in ine Mississippi while bath
/ ing.
F! CORPORAL 7, ::lliam L. Pierce, Twenty.
first infantry, son Of Attorney S. L.
Pierce of Redwood Falls, is dead in the
Philippines.
H. r. Gardner, one of the pioneer
railroad engineers Of St. Paul, is dead,
aged 70 years He has resided in that
city 40 years.
While loading hay on his farm near
Mora James Robinson was instantly
killed by lightning. The team he was
driving met the same fate.
John Weelberg, prominent mer-
chant tailor of Morton, was drowned
while bathing and fishing in the Min.
nesota river near that place.
According to the report of Captain
o. E. Lee, who inspected the national
guard at Lakeview, the First regiment
has the highest standing by a narrow
margin.
The Great Northern Steamship COM
pany has been incorporated at St. Paul
with = capital of $6,000,000. Officials
of the Great Northern road are the in
! corporators.
! The West Newton rafting works have
closed down for the season. This
throws about 400 men out of employ
ment. The majority of the men will
go to the Western harvest fields.
After Sept Is St. Paul will import its
power for commercial purposes from
Apple River falls, Wisconsin, 80 miles
distant. The plant, now nearly COM
pleted, is capable Of transmitting 10000
horsepower.
Thuet Bros. of South St. Paul have
! just closed contract with the govern
ment to furnish 5000 mules and 200
saddle horses, at cost Of about $3.50,
600. This is the largest contract Of its
kind on record.
James J. Hills magnificent new pri-
vate car, built but recently for the
Great Northern president, has arrived
in St. Paul. 1t is considered by experts
to be the most beautiful product Of the
carbuilder's hands ever seen.
Genimo Tasso, an Italian laborer,
was instantly killed at the Adams min
ing location near Eveleth. Tasso at
tempted an assault upon Mrs. Anna
Tasso, his cousin. She drew revolver
and shot him through the heart, killing
him instantly.
In the election contest over the may.
orality of Duluth, Henry Truelsen, ap-
pellant, against T. w. Hugo, respond
ent, the decision of the St. Louis county
district court in favor of Hugo, Repub-
ican,. has been affirmed by the decision
of the supreme court
There has been quite drop in wages
paid woodsmen. A year ago these men
were getting from $50 to $35 a month,
and were very hard to get at that price.
Now summer loggers are finding no
difficulty in hiring all the men they
want at from $40 to $40.
The new city charter of St. Paul has
been declared valid by the supreme
! court. That body holds that the home
rule amendment of 1898 applies to in
corporated cities in existence at the
time of its adoption, and not to cities
thereafter Incorporated.
July 81 marked the close Of the crop
year of lS99-1900. The total amount Of
grain received 1T the head of the lake
during that period was nearly 70, 900, 600
bushels. The receipts for the year
were %, 161, 900 bushels less than for
the crop year ending July 81, one year
ago.
Claims for wolf bounties on file in the
state auditors Office amount to $11,>
x1.35, representing the killing of 1855
wolves. Lyon county has claims to tho
amount of $2,412.95, representing 1,O6l
wolf scalps. Seven.eighths of the
claims are for cubs. Polk county
shows mp with GIL wolves, calling for
| $l.515.23.
Deputy Labor Commissioner Alfred
McCallum has reported that the Hib-
bing mine accident July l8 resulted in
the death of - men. It is thought
that attempts have been made to sup
press detailed information concerning
the accident, which the labor commits
sioner now proposes to thoroughly in
vestigate.
The states fiscal year ended at the
close of business July 81, with cash de-
posts in banks amounting to 81, 16O,-
, 337. SO. State Treasurer Koerner's bal
ance sheets show large increases over
! last year in the permanent university
fund and in the permanent school fund