Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-10-04


ss Congressman Stevens has been ad-
Ised that the proposed trip of the
94ndian affairs committee of the house
OF representatives through the park
district Of Minnesota has been aban.
doned, owing to the death Of President
Mckinley. IT,, :. -,
The Minnesota and International
has closed contract with the Backus-
Brooks company for the hauling Of
100000 feet of logs to Minneapolis
this fall. This will keep the mills of
the company running until the close
of the season. =
A. jury at Fergus Falls has awarded
the plaintiff 81 in the case of Whet-
stone VS.. Sutton, an action: for $4,000
damages for SANDER. The trouble is
the outgrowth OF horse deal. The
parties are well known citizens of Ar
gyle, Marshall county.
+ The department at Washing ton has
definitely decided to transport mail be-
tween the Minneapolis main and sub.
stations by automobile. Bids will be
advertised for, and the new service
will 60 into effect as soon as the We
4hicles can be procured. 49, 90, =,
Two new pure food laws took effect
Oct. l. One prohibits the adulteration
Of maple sugar and maple syrups; and
the other is directed against adul-
terated fruit jams and fruit preserves.
These laws will be rigidly enforced by
the state dairy and food department.
Ludwick Keisler, a laborer, about 40
years old, was instantly killed in the
Great Northern yards at st. Cloud.
His hat blew of and Keisler promptly
jumped from the: train after it.. His
face was toward the rear Of the train
and hetwas thrown directly under the
+ Wheels. u
Governor Van SAINT has removed
George b. Whitehorne from the Office
Of; county commissioner Of Ramsey
county because of "willfu1ly, without
justification, or excuse, he wholly neg
lected to perform the duties of said
Office, and is hereby adjudged guilty OF
nOnfeasance in = ..,.,-~----.~,
/ Smallpox is again on the increase.
During the two weeks closing last
Monday, 122 new cases were reported
to the state board Of health, as against
SO in the preceding fortnight. There
were three new cases in Minneapolis
and two in st. Paul, while Dexter,
Mower county, has SO. ~ 49, :.
In federal court at Fergus Falls Ole
Melbye, postmaster at Ulen, ple1aed
guilty to embezzlement and was SEN
fenced to six months Imprisonment In
the Clay county Jail. William Mid
dagh, postmaster at Rollag, was given
two months in the Clay county Jail for
padding his stamp account.
Rev S. w. Taylor of St. Paul, secre-
tary OF, the, American Bible; Society, is
reported to have been seriously hurt
in q railway accident in New Jersey.
The &scident was of the nature. of a
collision and occurred at Somerville.
It is said that Mr.. Taylor is likely to
die as a result of his injuries.
Three persons have died as the re-
suit of the gasoline explosion in the
| house Of Mrs. N. J. Filbert at Renville.
One child, 20 months DID, died in
three hours after the accident, Mrs.
Filbert, the mother, at 8 o'clock the
same evening, and Ada a 12-year-old
girl, at.4 o'clock the; following after
! noon. f.
Lumbermen in Northern Minnesota
are. making a strong, effort to reduce
| the rate Of wages to be paid men the
| coming winter. AS high as $50 TO S35
month has been the ruling scale for
| the sumner but now it is reported
that these, camps are paying but $26
| and are giving it out that no more will
be paid for the winter. T. --::ca.
A rather peculiar circumstance oc-
Cured at a public auction near Plain
| view Saturday while selling. the sper-
sonal effects Of the Jonathan Calby
estate An Gid Bible was put up and,
after the usual deliberations Of the
auctioneer, knocked down at rs cents:
: IN examining the book the purchaser
was greatly. surprised to find con-
,cealed among the leaves d bank note
for $500: sz <:,'1~.= q, 49,.
~ Walter Anderson, one of the robbers
fzwho committed the crime which re.
suited in the death ct John McGrath
on freight train near Little. Falls
about . month ago, has been sen:
Etenced3 to saltwater for 80 years BY
Judge Searle. " He was. indicted fof
mnrde r7inl the first dagree.s but as the
testimony was rather weak he was a.
bowed 80 plead guilty to murder IN the
third DECREE: IS 81 &; & ~
Z. a new schedule Of wages, arranged
by the board OF control. and affecting
Eemp1oyes at.the 81. Peter state hos.
| pital, has been announced. The cut is
especially severe In the laundry and
hos 81 G-1sy8r $~+