Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-11-13
BRIEF MINNESOTA NOTES.

Wlnonas first Sunday school union rail-
ly was success. Close to 1000 children
were present.
The Minneapolis Central High School
defeated Duluth High School at football
by score Of Il to O.
Samuel B. Loye. one of Minneapolis
most prominent and respected citizens,
died SUDDENLY of heart failure.
George E. Cash, colored, go years of age,
attempted suicide by swallowing insect
powder. at his home in st. Paul. Prompt
medical treatment revived him.
There is every probability of the heirs
Of John S. Pillsbury carrying ou. his
wishes in regard to the branch city Ii
brary in East Minneapolis
Oliver Lovett. vino. it is alleged, at
tempted to wreck a North Western pas
sengef train near Eagle Lake, has been
held to the grand jury
John Thompson, a Minneapolis piano
mover, was killed while moving an in
strument. The piano was being hoisted
TO second story window when it fell.
The steamship Oceanic, which sailed for
New York from Liverpool. had on board
lorty-ilVe Irish lady postulants, in charge
|sol MOther Barnardine. of the order of St.
Joseph. Of St. Paul. MINI.
The smallpox epidemic which prevailed
al ST. Cloud last winter and long into the
spring. cost the city 1854 City Clerk H
]. Limperich certi6es to this amount to
County Auditor P. J. Gruber.
Frank Cntermann, St. Paul, lighted
match to investigate the interior of rub
Der cement barrel. He is now at st.
Joseph's hospital with a broken right
!orearm and a severely burned face.
The torch has been applied to the old
warship Minnesota, brought to Eastport.
Me. few months ago to be broken up
Tor the metal in her hull and the wood
work has been almost entirely consumed.
Clinton Weaver, Charles johnson and
Albert Hankenson. boys aged II. l3 and IA.
residents of Minneapolis were in the ST.
Paul police court charged with stealing
max from railroad cars at St. Anthony
Park
Inc attorney general has appealed the
case Of the state against the Canada Cat
tie Company. The suit was made to COL
iect per cent tax. The Ramsey county
court held that the law was unconstitu-
tional-
The new Minnesota optcmetry law went
into effect the 5oth, and the state board
announces that it will be very strict in
enforcing it against opticians who do not
comply with its terms
Steele county farmers have asked At
torney General Douglas for a writ of quo
warranto against the authorities of Ell
lendale as a preliminary to dissolving the
corporation Of that village.
Public Examiner Pope announced yes
terday that he would be ready in a few
days to report to Gov. Van SAINT as to the
irregularities discovered in the accounts
of Sheriff Megaarden, of Hennepin
county.
The old Milwaukee company warehouse.
near the station at Hastings. containing
tools. supplies, etc. of several of the COM
pany's employees. and the residence OF
Mrs. ]. T. Horak. occupied by ]. E. Oh
son. were burned.
Warden J. A. Austin. of Monticello, yes
terday reported to Executive Agent Full
lerton.of the State Game and Fish Com
! mission. the capture of i nets. crossing
over $50 feet of the surface in Lake Emil
~. lie also captured the fishermen, C.
lialdorson and Otto Naamun, and they
were fined $50 and costs each.
According to rough estimates given out
by the eleven Minneapolis lumber manu-
facturers. the cut for the season of 1901
viii! amount to 641,NoO00O feet. But, from
these figures, an allowance must be made,
AS they are estimates in round numbers
and are dependent on future conditions OF
| the weather.
Rev. John Sport. pastor of the church
| at Richiield. Mimi. and one Of the best
the Catholic Church. died at his residence
| of heart failure. which had been threat
| ening for some time
Lee Chong. Chinese merchant of New
York City, has come to Minnesota for
| the purpose of protesting against the
! granting of a pardon to Ham Hong, who
! is serving twenty-five years at Saltwater
| for the murder at Brainerd Of Lee Ching,
| brother of the New Yorker.
Miss May Doyle. a student at the high
| school at st. Cloud. was accidentally
! locked in the building by the janitor the
other night She had been doing some
exercise work in the physical culture
| rooms. and when she was ready to start
home. found she was a prisoner. Friends
| going by released her by the window
| route.
There are seven milling concerns in
Minneapolis with a combined capacity of
| 1900 barrels of flour a day. The officers
| of the corporations or members of firms
| actively interested in these mills are "a;
the total office force Exclusive of Off
! GERS or partners) is al; IL city statesmen
| are employed. and u travelling men. OF
| mill operatives there are 2ll7. A total
| of 1851
| James King has been received at the
| prison from Duluth. to serve life SEN
| tence for murder in the second degree.
| Edward Hickey. received from Minneap-
| Oils, VIII serve two years for attempted
| burglary.
According to reliable reports. Minneap-
| oils will be member of the reorganized
| Western League, and Walter Wilmot,
| former manager and captain of the Mill
ers under the Saulspaugh regime. will be
| owner and manager.
Suit was commenced in the United
| States court by District Attorney Purdy
to recover $1.170 from Henry Becker a
| lumberman. for timber bought by him
| which was illegally cut upon government
lands in Beltrami county.
| The state treasurer will not have to
borrow money to meet the demands of
the next few months. but several of the
| funds will be overdrawn. The fall col
lection of taxes will be coming in soon,
however, to relieve the stringency.
! President Roosevelt received memori-
| al urging him to lend his assistance in
securing a national park for Minnesota
| The document recounts the story Of the
fight for the park in recent years, IN
Guiding the defeat of the plan in the legis-
| lature last winter. The memorial was
prepared at a recent gathering at the
home of w. E. Bramhall, which was at
| tended by Governor Van SAINT.
| The number and value of building per-
| mits in Minneapolis for October exceeded
| any corresponding month since 1894 They
| aggregated $500, 000 against $685., 544 for Oc-
tober, 1900. Residence permits numbered
! y. amounting to SHIFTS. an average OF
81, 600.
| The steel steamship W. L. Brown, OF
| the Canadian Atlantic fleet, has broken
the record for trips and business at Du-
! luth. She has already made twenty one
round trips, of which eighteen have been
| from Duluth, two from Chicago and one
| from Two Harbors.
| Andrew Taper, Who is condemned to
| be hanged for the murder of Rosa Mixa
| at Chaska. adheres to his story that he
has no recollection of having attacked the
girl. He is in bad health and says he ex-
| poets to cheat the gallows.
! More truant officers are needed in the
! Twin Cities to cooperate with the state
| factory inspectors. This is the opinion
| of John O'Donnell. state labor commits.
s1oner. He believes there should be at
least two truant officers in each city.
| Officials representing the street railway
company stepped up to the county treas.
| urer in Minneapolis and paid over ST,