The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-06
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Steamship and railroad men say the
tourist season now drawing to a close
has been the best ever experienced at
the head of the lakes, and that it
would be much better if Duluth had a
good summer hotel to take care of the
increased business.
The wheat yields in eastern Polk
county range from 90 to % bushels per
acre.
Duluth complains of being short of
houses and it is said that 200 houses
could be rented at once if they were to
be had.
The Gate City Carriage company at
Winona has made an assignment.
The nominal assets are $50, 900 and the
liabilities $40, 600. Insufficient CAPT
tai is said to be the cause.
The Indians of Fond du Lac reserv-
alton near Duluth have made the I'M
usual request that the reservation be
opened for settlement. 1t contains
about 100, 600 acres and about 700 In
dams live thereon.
Joseph Rooms, the inventor of the
Minnesota Chief threshing machine,
is dead at Glencoe.
Fire destroyed the city meat market
building at Fertile.
William Grundman an employe in
G. F. Fleckenstein & Sons brewery at
Faribault, was hurt internally while
handling ice. and died yesterday.
The state board of equalization will
meet at the state capitol Tuesday. The
first business will be to elect a chair
man, a secretary and reading clerk.
The board is constituted as follows
Daniel Anderson, Cambridge; G. N.
Peterson, Fairmont J. N. Mari, lit
kin; Charles Betcher, Red Wing; A.
q. Leick, Owatonna Nels j. Nelson.
Swendahl; Fred Grenier, Chaska
Joseph Siepolder, New Ulm; O. G.
Laugen, Caledonia J. G. Mischief,
Duluth 81 :. M. Palm, Worthington
N. S. Gordon Crookston.
Bellingham has let the contract to
Minneapolis parties for an addition
to the high school building.
At special election at Marshall yes
terday M. E. Mathews was elected
mayor to fill the unexpired term of
John E. Burchard. resigned.
Blue Earth has voted 81, 600 in bonds
to extend its water works system.
The Blue Earth Valley and the
Western Electric companies systems
have been connected at Beiulyn.
Henry Connolly of Appleton had has
left hand badly mangled in threshing
machine, so that amputation was ne
cessary.
Iowa men are making heavy invest
ments in Kandiyohi county lands.
Water is so low in the Mississippi at
Winona that raft boats can only take
half raft along instead of a whole
one.
]. A. Ross has sold the ..Nonpareil
mills at Chat6eld to J. M. Customs of
the Elmira mills.
The brewery employees of Duluth
have voted to strike unless their wages
are advanced and nine hours instead
of ten made days work.
Louis Felix who went through a
bridge in a street Car accident at Du-
luth was rendered insane by the result
of confusion of the brain. 1t is ex-
pected he will recover.
The Winona Retail Grocers associa-
tion excursion was great success.
General Superintendent ]. J. Ma
honey of the Winona & Western road
has been appointed general manager
of the Ft. Smith & Western.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horton and Mr.. and
Mrs. R. E. Tearse of Winona have just
returned from trip through Russia
during which they fell in with George
Kennen, who was on his way out of
the country under orders from that
government.
Joseph Tease of Hastings was robbed
and badly beaten near st. Paul Park
Thursday night. The robber was cap
tured and is in Jail awaiting the ac-
ton of the grand jury.
E. W. Kohler and Thos. Clement
were fined $50 each and costs, amount
ing $S2. 53 at Albert Lea for violation
of state game laws. They refuse to
pay and have gone to Jail.
Duluth expects to receive large
amount of Canadian wheat this season.
The chemist of the state board of
health will analyze the water in Nc
Kusick lake, from which Saltwater
draws large part of it's supply. 1t is
alleged to be impure.
The conference of the German Meth
odist church, embracing the states of
Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, will
open at Winona Sept. TO-
Burglars broke into the Harger ware
house at Faribault Saturday morning
and succeeded in getting into the safe
by means of crowbar, and obtained
$40 for their pains
The Moorhead brewery was de-
stroyed by fire Friday night