Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-10-11
NEWS in MINNESOTA

: The safe at the Great Northern sta
ton at Appleton was blown open by
burglars and the contents, about $50.
taken.
Hiram F. Stevens of St. Paul is a
States senator in 1874, to succeed
Moses T.. Clapp.
At the close Of the present season
St. Paul will have IS miles of new
sidewalks which were built this year.
Last year the record was % miles.
The capital commission has award.
ed to w. I: Gray & Co. of Minneapolis
the contract for the mechanical equip
ment and powerhouse at the new
state capitol.
The burning Wednesday of last
week of Bridge No. go, near Mora,
shut off traffic on the Duluth line of
the Great Northern for several days.
The fire started from forest fires.
The September lumber shipments
from Minneapolis for 1901 were A.
$4,000 feet, as against 1885 900 feet
q year ago. The average monthly
shipments for this year is 100000
feet.
William Lowry, United States
prisoner, escaped from the Blue Earth
county Jail. He was arrested last
spring on charge Of passing coun-
terfeit money, and was awaiting his
trial in November.
The past few days large numbers Of
farmers from Northern and North
western Iowa have passed through
Minnesota on their way to the north
ern part of Minnesota and to North
Dakota in search of homes.
The Duluth, Virginia and Rainy
Lake road has secured rails for 81
miles of track which it proposes to
build this fall and winter. The COM
pany is advertising for 500 more men
to get to work Immediately.
United States Senators Moses E.
Clapp and Knute Nelson have recon-
mended to United States Marshal
Willim Grimshaw the appointment Of
w. J. Mallory of Duluth as deputy
United States marshal in that city, to
succeed the late Paul Sharvy.
The oldest residence in Winona
county was burned to the ground Sat-
urday morning at Homer. 1t was
owned by DR.. L. H. Bunnell, who is
we'll known throughout the state as
a historian of considerable note. The
house was built in the early 4O's.
The September receipts of wheat at
Duluth port were 11,350,000 bushels,
more than any September on record.
October has usually been a larger
month than September, but this year
high offers for cash wheat at Minneap-
oils are diverting large amount of
grain to that city.
Oct 1 finds the record for ore ship
ments from the Head Of the Lakes,
Duluth, Two Harbors and Superior,
nearly 100000 tons greater than that
of 1900 on the same date. The aggre-
gate shipments to Oct. l, this year, are
S,192,752, as compared with 7,728,613
year ago.
The state historical society is urging
the need OF separate building for it's
own use at the corner of Wabasha
and Tenth streets, st. Paul, near the
old capitol building. The society has
not sufficient funds to purchase the
building, but the members hope to
secure an appropriation from the next
legislature.
s. f. Atkins, clerk in the Office of
the state auditor, is of the opinion
that the value of personal property in
Minnesota will reach $3.50 100000 this
year. This will be about SIC, 100000
greater than the increase ordered by
the board of equalization last year.
The heavy increases are in Hennepin,
Ramsey and st. Louis counties.
Three men were burned to death In
a barn near the village Of Trashy.
Pipestone county. A threshing crew
of nine men were sleeping in the
barn. Six escaped unfnjured. The
names of the unfortunates are Claud
Main and Fred Roulette of ViQton, Ia,
and Gilbert Evarts of Pipestone coun.
ty. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
Smallpox is prevalent on the White
Earth Indian reservation and among
the Indians at Mile Laos lake. The
Indians on the reservations are not
subject to the control of the state
board Of health, and DR.. H. N. ;Brack-
en-, secretary of the board, has ap-
pealed to the Washington authorities.
He thinks the Indians should be vac
cinated. ]
In the township of Cambria, Blue
Earth county, some strange disease is
taking of the horses. Evan Harris
started for the creamery with his team
and before he got home both horses
died. Others report sudden deaths
among their horses. Some of the
farmers lay the fatality to the feed
ing Of new oats, which may contain.
some poisonous substance. i;
J.. G. Adams & Co. of Minneapolis,
who conduct one of the largest grain
receiving and exporting houses in the
Northwest under the name Of the st.
Paul and Kansas City Grain company,
made an assignment Friday to Fred
Y. Van Dusen and P. B. Smith. The
failure Is due to losses incurred last
spring during the corner In corn,
which was engineered by George Phil
lips. .:,i5.r< j.; ...f.,n4 ;".Yr
There was fled with the register Of
deeds of Winona county Saturday the
deed of the Winona and Western Rail-
way company to the Chicago Great
Western Railway company. The deed
conveys the entire line and equipment
and the consideration named is $780,
000,s The transfer is made to the Wis