Warren sheaf., 1901-09-19
MANY Passengers.

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conductors in the employ of the Twin
City Rapid Transit company collected
2,265,O ,O32 fares, of which 46S, ,235 We're
in the shape OF transfers. The increase
over the corresponding week of last
year was about Is per cent. The
mileage covered by the company's. cars
was 347, ,64S miles, and there was not a
single accident. The biggest day Of
the week was Thursday, when 429, Ill
fares were collected
News In Brief.
An alleged jury briber, Edward Nc
Nichols, wanted i'm Chicago, wasSacci-
dentally arrested in st. Paul.
About 100 survivors of the Seventh
3. Minnesota regiment attended the re-
union in st. Paul.
An unknown woman was found by
the side of the railroad track near Rice
by the section crew. She was about
60 years of age and well dressed
Thomas Milgrave, residing in st.
Paul, in attempting to board moving
freight train at Elk River, slipped and
fell with one foot under the wheels.
The, crushed foot was .amputated at the
ankle.
A young man giving his name as
Harry Sorell was threatened with
'lynching by an angry mob near Harms
Park, in St. Paul. He is charged with
attempting to assault a daughter of
Charles Hauck.
Richard Hill, SO years old, postmas-
ter of Paddock, was killed in run
away.
Congressman ]. A. Tawney was con-
fined to his home in Winona as the re-
suit of being accidentally struck on
leg with a golf ball.
Peter Wood went to bed with his
pipe in his mouth at Fertile, went to
sleep, and the bedding caught fire.
The building was partially destroyed
and the man was nearly burned to
death.
Blaekduck has 50, 800 worth of new
fire fighting machinery. It was put to
use within an hour after it's installa-
tion to extinguish fire that had
broken out in the woods near town
and which threatened to become seri-
Ons.
The German-American Central Bund
observed it's third anniversary with ex-
ercises at Fort Smelling. The event
was in memory of "German Day."
when the first thirteen families landed
at Philadelphia, in 1858, and settled at
Germantown.
Mrs. George D. Perkins, prominent
lady of Minneapolis, committed sui
eide by drowning. Dependency was
the cause.
A new milling company was organ
lied at Red Wing, with a capital of
$780,
Emma Able, a domdstic for C. l..
Gray, Owatonna, was severely burned
by an explosion of kerosene she used to
start a fire.
A snake six feet long was killed on
the streets of Minneapolis.
Fred Culbert, a long distance walker
from New York, will leave Sept. rs to
walk from Mankato to Boston on a
wager of SIS, 900 put against $4,000 Of
fered by a New York club that he can
walk the distance of 1000 miles in 70
days. q.
Thomas G. Metcalf, aged SO, super
intendent of the St. Anthony Elevator
company, Minneapolis, dropped dead
in his office. r."
Fred Blumer of Minneapolis, arrested
on the charge Of robbing Joseph Tease
OF Hastings, was discharged.
A flower of the stramonium, weed
commonly known as the ''thorn apple, !"
caused the death of Daniel 81. Doyle,
1s years old, who lives in st. Paul, and
is employed in foundry. On his way
to work the boy picked the flower and
nibbled it to pieces. He became un-
conscious almost Immediately and died
. few hours later.