Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-06-28
NEWS TN NESO TA


One hundred Quarrymen ct Kasota
are on strike for. higher wages.
The water consumption Of st. Paui
Is 100000 gallons . day more than
last year:
The grand lodge Of Minnesota, I. o.
%. f., held its .49th annual session at
st. Paul last week. <s, .3
The Chicago Great Western has
purchased the Duluth, Red Wing and
Southern for 100000. ~ : f..
B A. G.. Wannamaker, q merchant of
Albert Lea, was drowned ct St, Olafs
lake, Waseca county, while fishing
I. CA. Morey Of Winona has resigned
as member Of the board Of control
and Judge o. B. Gould Of that city has
been named to succeed him.
Miss Margaret Carter, 70 years Of
age, is dead at st. Paul. She was q
sister of Mgr. Nugent Of Liverpool,
the great temperance advocate, and
had lived in st. Paul since 1882.
DR.. J. M. Williams, an old resident
OF Rochester and for many years one
OF the leading dentist there, died sud-
denly at his home Saturday of heart
failure, as he was sitting down to
breakfast. T.
The firemen's tournament at Bemid-
il the past week was quite a success
In all respects. The attendance was
large and everything passed of in
good order. Cass Lake was chosen for
the next meeting place.
Hon. John w. TORY, member of the
legislature from Meeker county, COM
mitted suicide at his home in Litch-
field by shooting himself. The sup
brooding over the sale of his farm.
Michael OLaughin of Arcadia, aged
70, was killed in a. runaway, being
thrown out of carriage and having
his skull broken. His daughter, Mary,
who was with him, had her shoulder
dislocated and Mrs. Crawford had a
wrist broken.
G. G. Dickman, sheriff of Wabasha
county, has been suspended by Gov
ernor Van SAINT upon complaint ct
Public Examiner Pope. Dickman is
charged with making no accounting OF
the collection of personal property
taxes during the year 1899.
Fire at the sawmill of the Tower
Lumber company, near Bear lake, in
the northern part of st. Louis county,
destroyed about s150,000 worth of
lumber. The bulk of it belonged to
Poepke, Leicht & Co. of Chicago. De-
tails regarding it's origin or the in
surance are not yet obtainable.
Secretary James F. Jackson Of the
state board of corrections and chari-
ties, has resigned to accept a position
with the associated charities of New
York. w. A. Gates, who has been
agent of the board in charge of depor-
tations, will act as secretary until the
board goes out Of existence July 81.
George H. Crosby of Duluth has re-
ceived instructions from an Eastern
client to build 50 houses in the divi-
sion of Endion, the principal residence
district of Duluth. Part of these will
be built to rent and part for sale, and
the deal will go long way toward re-
lievfng the congested condition there.
Adjutant General Libbey has issued
an order formally mastering out of the
state service the field and staff off,
GERS, non-commissioned staff and band
and Company M of the Fourth Mime
sofa reserve, M. N. G. The regiment
had practically passed out of existence
on the return of the volunteer troops.
Information from authentic sources
is to the effect that the Winona and
Western road has, been sold to the
Chicago Great Western and will be
used as feeder to the Twin Cities.
The road. it is announced. will be
extended from Rochester north to
Mantorville, where it will connect
with the Great Western line. ..-+.-z
The state supreme court has de.
cided the case of Sylvester Kipp W.
William R. Johnson, county auditor
of Ramsey county. The decision Of
the court is that the amount required
to redeem property from tax sale
is only the amount paid at the sale,
plus interest, and not all delinquent
taxes and costs, as construed by the
auditor. r.. .,s'.,>. ,
The state supreme court, in the case
Of the state VS.. P. G.. Hanson, held that
the laws forbid the sale of .cottolene,
which is manufactured so as to re-
semble lard, unless the package IL
labelled Lard Substitute" and the
evidence justified the conviction Of
Mr.. Hanson for selling unlabelled cot
tolene. Justices Brown and Lewis
dfssented. = ;
Albert H. Hall, formerly assistant
county attorney of Hennepin county,
has been appointed by Judge Pond as
receiver for; the American. Mining and
Investment company of Minneapolis.
The court, in its order naming the re-
cefver, speaks In plain terms about
the methods Of the concern whose sen
sational existence is terminated By
these quo warranto proceedings.
While the Duluth bound limited On
the Mort nrn Pa oif3 = 20 faurou 1rns no..*