Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-29
NEWS IN MINNESOTA!

NEWS In MINNESOTA
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Mrs. Robert Pratt, wife Of e3-1enoa
Prakt OF Minneapolis, Is dead.
The state board OF control has plac
ed insurance for $500 900 on state in
etitutions.
The state is preparing 10 double thu
efee OF the workshop at the st. Glove
eeformatory.
James Nolan, veteran Of the Civil
war and one Of the first settlers OF
Kent, Is dead.
A third interurban line between St
Paul and Minneapolis will be in oper
alton next year.
Christian Sorenson Of the firm o
Peterson & Sorenson, and a premt
rent business man Of Appleton, IL
dead.
State Auditor Dunn recommends
that the royalty on ores taken from
state lands be fixed by constitutions:
amendment.
+ The secretary Of the state board o.
health reports that smallpox is in
creasfng in Minnesota as the weather
grows colder.
Fire which started in the waferooma
Of the Peoples Storage company at st
Paul caused a loss OF $150,0o0 to that
and adjoining property.
The Vienna Neue Erie Presse print
report that Queen Draga Of Servia
has been killed in Belgrade. Another
rumor is that she committed suicide
n. Z. Humphrey Of Winona has
1een appointed to the position Of in.
spector OF meats in the department Of
agriculture, with headquarters in St
Paul.
At Z special meeting Of the Luverne
Village council that body granted the
4 Petition Of the ladies of Luverne and
Passed the much talked OF anh- spdttins
Ordnance,
= An important discovery Of one Is Ne
ported from the Meeaba- A very large
.depoeft Of good quality Il said to have
teen found q short distance out Of the
cincinnati mine and east Of the town
mite Of Biwabik.
A peculiar disease has been pre-
vailng among the horses In Red La:
county and other portions Of tie Re- !
River valley during the past ms !
that has proven fatal in q grcce IT,
Der Of instances.
Word has been received of the death
at Los Angeles, CAL, of the wife OF
former state auditor, Captain w. w.
>Braden. The family moved there
eight years ago, and Captain Braden
died three years ago.
Graft Brothers big flour mill at
Lake Crystal has been destroyed by
fire. Along with it went the electric
lighting plant, the water works power
and the telephone system. The loss
on mill and public plants is 100000 or
more.
Thefts of chickens at Winona have
become SO numerous that the author.
titles have taken the matter up, and
four thieves were unprecedented. They
:, gave 1a he names of Frank RATA, Loyal
Nichols, Sam Anderson and Thomas
"ic. All pleaded guilty and were
lid.
John Wyant, who has been selling
agent for several years at Montevideo
fer the Singer Manufacturing com,
pany, is charged with being short in
his accounts nearly $500. He has been
arrested and bound over to the next
term of the district court.
The executive committee of the Ma.
tional Educational association has Sc
lected Minneapolis for the next an.
nual convention, July Z to II, 1902
The railroads of the Western Passen
ger association have granted the usual
rates and ticket conditions.
A rove has been made looking to
the construction of an electric line
from Ncnkaho due north to st. Cloud
E. 0is+" nee of 100 miles, to follow the
route # the proposed Duluth, st. Cloud
Glen, "a and Mankato railroad, which
has seemingly passed out Of view.
All sewer pipe interests in Red Wint
have consolidated under the name o.
the Red Wing Sewer Pipe company
with capital stock of half million
The capacity of the severel plants viii
be increased to $500 cars annually
and will be the largest concerns wes
" of Ohio.
The state capitol commission vii
hold a meeting Tuesday, Dec. 3, t
consider the contract for the concrete
flooring of the new capitol. A mum
Der of contracts will let after Jan. 1
land during all Of next year there vii
be q large force Of men at work on tn
building.
G. O.. Miller, who owns over 10t
miles of telephone line in Goodhu,
county, has made application to tn
Red Wing city council to enter tina
city. Mr.. Mtller's limo extends through
Featherstone, Vasa, Belle Greek, Leol
and Cannon Falls. He connects viii
The Northwestern Telephone line.
, The first steps in impeaohment pro
ceedin9s against Alderman ]. c. Hun
OF the Eleventh ward, st. Paul, hav
been taken by the board Of aldermen
At that city for his address at q meet
ing Of the st. Paul Commons in whicl
he charged that the city railway CON
pany has q working majority in tn
city council"
Wolves are unusually numerous Il
Washington county this winter
Charles johnson, one of the rural mai
carriers, had q lively experience on
day last week. At q point few mile