Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-09-27
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The dome OF the state capitol will
be completed within 80 days. & .
Dennis Sewall, q Minneapolis boom
employee, was drowned Saturday while
attempting to save: the life Of 14-year-
old Emil Irmen. ..... Es, =.,sz5
Rev. Mr.. Peterson of Rochester has
been left an inheritance of $45, 1000 in
property and cash by a friend in Hill
singfors, Finland. : - =
Edward Erickson, formerly OF Foss-
ton, fell 80 feet in one of the bins of.
the Peavey concrete elevator at Du-
luth and was instantly killed.
Charles King, an early settler of
Minneapolis, who has lived in Wash
ington for nearly 40 years, died last
Wednesday in. that city. He was 80
years old. h,
Tomlinson of Duluth has awarded
a contract to the American Shipbuild-
ing company for a fine steel freighter
to cost 100000, and it is stipulated
that she shall be built in the Superior
yards. s...=~ ~ -.
Part of the roundhouse, the water
tank, two locomotives and other prop
erty' to the amount of $4,000, prop
erty Of the Minnesota and Internati0n-
al railroad, was burned at Bemidji
last week. : =. -
An or der has just been issued from
the war department for the establish
ment Of battery of artillery at Fort
Smelling. Only a skeleton service will
sent as there is no appropriation for
full battery. T.
The state fair premium of $50 for
the best county butter exhibit was car
ried off by Blue Earth county, whose
five entries averaged a. grade of "a.
Meeker county came next with 1882,
and Carver third, with 1888.
The state board of equalization has
taken up private banks, and found a
long list of them that have not been
assessed at all. The board can do
nothing with these, as it has no au-
thority to place any one on the list.
Rev. G.. Rosenwinkle of Woodbury.
died at Lake Elmo sanitarium, death
being due to cancer Of the stomach.
Deceased was a native of Germany,
and had been pastor of St. Johns
church in Woodbury. for many years.
The condition of R. T. Hugo, the
University freshman who was injured
in the cane rush Friday, became so Sc
rious Saturday evening that it was
deemed best to send him to his home
in Duluth. He was delirious when the
train left.
The farewell banquet to Former
Senator Charles A. Towne will be
held at the Duluth armory on or about
Oct. ID. Assurances are received that
w. j. Bryan and Former Governor
John Lind will be present and deliv-
er speeches.
Companies formed to sell farming
lands in the northern tier of Mime
sofa counties are becoming common,
and during the past summer they have
sold large quantities of land in tracts
running from 10 to 100 acres to@par-
ties that will settle and improve at
once.
While Andrew Hoium and Andrew
Bothum were attempting to drive
their threshing engine across the
bridge at Lanesboro the approach
gave way precipitating the men and
engine to the ground. Bothum was
killed and Hoium dangerously in
jured.
Marguerite seydier, 10 years of age,
who lived with her aged mother In st.
Paul, swallowed half an ounce of car
bolic acid and died in less than half
an hour. The members of her family
leased her about one of her admirers
and the young woman finally lost pa
thence.
| The school children of Akeley have
established Mckinley monument
fund. They subscribed cent each,
| and will appeal to Governor Van SAINT
to create a state school children's fund
! and erect monument to President
! Mckinley, either in this state or at
the national capital.
The safe in the bank of J. G. Brain
erd & Co. at Blooming Prairie was
| blown by cracksmen and cash in bills
and gold and silver of between $4,000
and $4,000 taken. The burglars en-.
tered through the rear windows,
which they broke out. Dynamite was
used on the safe and it was blown to
pieces.
| Under order from Washington, a
! special agent of the land Office has
left Michigan for Minnesota to inves-
tigate and report on lands in dispute
between the federal government and
the state The area affected is large
one, running from Rainy Lake east
to Lake Superior, a distance of nearly
200 miles, and taking in all the north
ern tier of townships bordering on
Canada.
st. Paul officials will make an effort
to have the city reimbursed in the
sum Of about $4,000, the cost of car
ing for patients suffering from conta-
gious diseases. The last legislature
passed law which was an amend
ment to an old law bearing upon the
control of contagious diseases by
county boards, and if held constitu-
tional the state will be called upon to
make good. =.
Work began last week on the Du-
luth, Virginia and Rainy Lake rail-
road. The new road will run directly
north from Virginia for about 80
miles; thence northwest, cutting on
the northeast corner of Itasca county,
and terminating at Koochiching on
the Rainy Lake river. This road is
one Of the first steps toward opening
up this valuable country in the ex-