Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-08-09
NEWS in lIINNESOT

NEWo IN NIL NESUIA
Smallpox has been completely
stamped out In st. Paul. s..S..:ss .
Hon. H. p. Brown. q prominent
banker Of Albert Lea, is-dead.
Three prisoners escaped from the
guardhouse ct Fort Smelling Saturday:
\ The number of smallpox cases in
the state has decreased by one third
since July II. 5 ST :. !. . s:>.
The F. Weyeehauser company wiz
build an iron and copper smelling
/ plant at Cloquet. :. -
Constant N. Baly, aged IS. was run!
over by Saltwater electric car at st.
Paul and instantly killed.
The saltwater prison twine fac
tory cleared $32,796 last year. The
total sales aggregated $447,764.
The. Duluth normal school viii bel
ready tor occupancy Dec. 1, but there
ts no money available for hiring teach
erS. -,
The senate subcommittee q In.
dian affairs will visit Northern Minne1
sofa and investigate the national park
project.
Meeker county captured first and
third prizes in the monthly state edu7
cational butter competition. Steel
county was second.
Mayor Ames of Minneapolis has AMI
nounced that he Is candidate for tha
Republican nomination for congressl
from the Fifth district
It is reported that the Phoenix
Mountain Iron company has made a
discovery Of an extensive deposit OF
good iron ore near Hibbing.
Deputy Sheriff Newstrom shot and
killed Tony Jordan at McGregor WHILE
resisting arrest. Jordan was wanted
for shooting man named Clasen.
Gerald Bailey, aged 10, son of Glib
son Bailey OF Monticello, was shot and
killed by Ernest Elzemeier, about 16
years of age. It is thought to have
been accidental.
The monthly report of State
Treasurer Block shows a balance on
hand Of $4,000, 343.24 and cash in vault
of $4S2,3S9.40. The remainder IL dis
tributed among the state banks.
Governor Van SAINT has issued
proclamation offering reward of $500
for the arrest and conviction Of the
unknown man who assaulted August
Moritz near Elk River, last Friday
night.
The elevator of P. H. White at Keat-
ing's Crossing, three miles from Prior
lake, has b@ IN destroyed by fire, sup
posed to have been incendiary. It
contained about 1000 bushels of grain
and was partially insured.~>
Gus Mortz, farmer living near Elk
River, was shot by q highwayman
about two miles from town. He was
wounded twice in the body and once
in the neck and It is believed that he
will not survive. His assailant e.
capped. #:
|. The Duluth and Iron Range road
shipped from its docks at Two Har-
bors 1,005,614 tons Of iron ore during
the month Of July. This is the first
time. in, history that single dock
system has shipped 100000 tons Of
ore IN one month. 49,
Alfred r. Robinson, veteran OF the
Indian war in Florida, the Civil war
and the Indian war In Minnesota, died
Saturday at the soldiers home. He
was So years old. Mr.. Robinson came
to- Minnesota as q i, regular soldier
nearly 0ryears ago.
Lincoln s. Blakeheld. formerly busi-
ness agent Of the Minneapolis Carpen-
ters' union, has been arrested on q
charge Of embezzlement. The capture
Of Blakefield, who had successfully
eluded the officers for a month, was
effected through his wife.
The total number of deaths in St.
Paul for July was 224, breaking the
record. Two hundred and fourteen
were residents of st. Paul, making the
death approximately 1876 per 1000. IN
increase of sc per cent over tho ccrA
responding month last year.
!, Governor Van SAINT has appointed
the following members of the board of
appeals: Duluth-E. H. PuEh. Du-
luth; c. ]. Strang, Alexandria; J. K.
Stone. East Granite Falls Minneapo-
lis franklin F. Greenleaf, Minneap.
oils: A. C. ABBY. Rock Dell; John
Gleason, Crookston.
Johnny" Cain. manager of Sodini's
variety theater In Minneapolis. found
his wife, an actress whose stage name
= Pearl Blondell in . room with A. l..
Tuscany at the Grand Central hotel.
Cain fred the contents Of q 2ecalibre
revolver at Tuscany. One bullet took
eject IN the right breast. 80. s
July is the record breaker - esF as
humber shipments BY water aeo con-
eoe1ed, there having been 0oEO than
e1y0e0. 900 feet recorded - sAlpped
hso Duluth alone. while 0uDerior
Aas 80 out shout $500 ,0oe - Two
|, ll1a1sQeE 6oo0. 900 feet aadit3sal The
largest prior month VA July 1T year,
094h az iinf1 0f>1 fast = S rA,,1rf1