The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-26
At the Pan American.

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will have ample space on the first floor
for a Minnesota headquarters, and
there will be plenty of wall space for
photographs of the educational insti'
buttons and others illustrating its in
iustrics.
Minnesota will have a booth in the
agricultural building having q 'front.'
age of fifty feet, and will make one OF
the most effective exhibits in the build
ing, in addition to the exhibits of flour,
lumber, stock, poultry and dairy in"
tercsts.
Code Revision.
The justices of the supreme court
appointed the following commission to
codify and revise the statutes OF the
state;
Hiram +. Stevens, ST.. Paul, chai:'
man.
Daniel Fish, of Minneapolis.
J. II. Knox, Of Jackson.
All three are able attorneys and well
fitted for the work. Mr.. Stevens is a
state senator and in politics u republic.
can.
Judge Fish was for five years pro-
bate Judge in Wright county. He has,
since 1850, practiccd law in Mime
apolis. In politics he is rcpubli-
ian.
Mr.. Knox, is a democrat and until
Jan. l was u member of the railroad
commission.
State Lands.
One hundred and forty thousand,
acres Of state land will be put up for
sale at public auction this spring and
State Auditor Dunn has arranged q
series of sales at the county seats OF
counties where land is to bc sold, be-
ginning May l6, at Cambridge, lsanti
county, and closing June 4, at Walker,
Cass county.
Much of the land will raise good
crops, but Il large share of the cut-over
timber land is better adapted for graz
ing.
None Of the land may be sold for
less than the appraised value, which
ranges from S. to $40. Fifteen per
cent of the purchase price has to be
paid at the time of the sale, with in.
tercst for one year on the unpaid bal
ance.
Condemned News.
Former Governor John Lind is going
to become q Minneapolitan. After
May he will register from Minneapo.
lis. Some months ago Governor Lind
formed law partnership with Judge
A. Iceland and now he will remove
from st. Paul to Minneapolis.
Free mail delivery will be started at
Brainerd July l.
Auditor Dunn figures that owing to
the passage of the bill reducing the in
terest of state school land contracts,
from TO per cent, the states reven-
ues from that source during the coming
wear will be reduced from $45O, 600 to
1860, 1000.
The starch factory at Monticello will
will not run this spring owing to
scarcity of potatoes.
Fred w. Neuru, St. Paul man, COM
mitted suicide in St. Louis.
Fred Brown, aged IA years, was sent
to the reform school from Minneapolis
for drunkenness.
The sheriff raided four gambling
houses in Minneapolis and secured S..
900 worth of gambling goods, which
we're destroyed by order of the court.
Gold has been discovered seven miles
above Milaca.
All the members of tho state board
Of control have fled their bonds with
the secretary Of state.
President Cyrus Northrop Of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, has officially de-
clined to act as commissioner at the
conference of Pan-American states,
which is to be held at the City of Mex
leo in October.
The Minneapolis recruiting Office Sc
Cured lO7 recruits for the army since
the first of the year During the same
period $50 were rejected.
A statement issued by the insurance
department shows how Minneapolis
suffered from fires in contrast with st.
Paul last year. The formers premi-
urns amounted to $1,3l9, 024.3 and the
losses $54l, 4O4.4O. st. Paul received in
premiums SG57, 327.o5 and the city's los
SEES aggregated $92O, 523.9O.
August Haukc of Maplcton, commit
ted snicide by hanging. Disappoint'
ment in love is given as the cause.
A. C. Richardson, sent to prison from
Pipestonc county for assault upon
young girl, has been pardoncd, Iii:
believed the evidence against him wal
manufactured.