The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-07

6, 600 900 feet of logs, and is
being towed from the north shore.
Brainerd has daily newspaper, it
being issued from the Dispatch office.
Miss Rosa Mixa, aged Is years, a
Of Montgomery, MINI. and
as Il servant girl at the Bal
ser hotel at Carver was murdered in
cold blood ye sterday by Andrew Tap
per, who had been employed as bar
tender at the hotel. He stabbed her
in the throat, breast and shoulders
with large knife. Taper went to
Chaska and there gave himself up to
the sheriff.
The Tower Lumber Co. has pur-
chased the entire property of the
Tower Logging Railway company in
Guiding the railroad equipment, saw
mill at Bear Head lake, and 40, 600, 600
feet of standing pine the consideration
being 1926, 600.
Chas. Evanson of Saltwater, COM
mitted suicide at Hudson, Wis, yester-
day by hanging himself.
The new hotel, Savoy, will be
opened at Easton on the 10Th.
The state board of control yesterday
let contracts for hospital building to
be connected with the south wing of
the state school for the feeble minded
at Fari bault. The building is to cost
SO, l55 and it will be erected by O'Niel
q Son of Fari bault. The heating con-
tract was let to P J.Gallaher of Fari-
bault at s, 1913 and the plumbing to AL
Ian Black & Co of st. Paul at $775.
The annual meeting of the Minnesota
Methodist Historical society was held
at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the
chapel of Hamline university. Papers
were to be read by Rev. W. F. Stock,
dill of Hamline and Rev. David Tice
of Minneapolis.
Fish stories are at discount at Rush
City. The Post says that fishing is sc
good there that the large strings which
daily appear on the streets cause NJ
comment.
The Danish Lutheran conference il
in session at Albert Lea. About 35'
delegates are expected TO be present.
The state school for the deaf at
Faribault closed yesterday for the sum
mer vacation. There were seven grad
yates.
Thomas Rule, aged S4, and Mrs.
Isabel Johnson were married at Detroi
yesterday.
Jack Finley, was left in charge ofFranl
Bellaire's S. store at Winona. while the lat
ter was in Minneapolis for few days
disappeared before the latter's return
and is supposed to have taken abou
$25 worth of articles that did not be
long to him.
The bids for granite stairway ter
races and approaches to the new stat
capitol are SO high that it is doubtful
whether the commissioners will us'
that kind of stone.
The regular Rocky mountain grass,
hoppers have Matched in large number
in the vicinity of Crookston, and much
apprehension is being felt by the far
mers as to the safety of their crops
The sixth annual meeting of tho ole
settlers of Stearns county was held a
New Paynesville yesterday. The.
meet at st. Cloud next year.
Cushman K. Davis camp Sons o
Veterans was organized at Winona
Monday evening.
Cady Stanton, a prosperous farme
near Blue Earth committed suicid
by shooting himself in the head. A
one-sided love affair is given as tn
cause.
Chas Sherman who was badly burn
ed in attempting to rescue a span OF
horses from a burning barn at Battle
Lake, died from his injuries yesterday.
The Episcopal diocesan council is II
session at Winona. A large number Of
prominent church people are in at.
tendance.
Miss B. G. Pelton, teacher in the
schools at Kenyon, was burned tc
death in the Transfer hotel at Dodge
Center which burned yesterday morn.
ing. She had stopped over night tc
take an early train for some point in
Wisconsin.
TRUMAN POISONING CASE,
The Three Ladies are Recovering as.
Several Others We're Affected,
Fairmont Sentinel: AS predicted
in out latest dispatches Tuesday the