Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-05-31
NEWS In M INNESO TA

NEWS in NESOTA
Collaborating sand has been found IN :
creeks near Mnnkato. .s.<s.; IN i s a. s:sx
Reports from different sections Of
the state show that the crops are In
fine condition. 52... a~@=' ~ TN. ..75>
State Auditor Dunn says state lands
are bringing higher prices than at any
previous sale. s.$S. d, r. - s~-,-,s-..
s Professor Otto Lugger, the state
entomologist and zoologtst, is dead
from, pneumonia. LID n -. B.
Minnesota building at Buffalo will
be dedicated June Is. omcials have
prepared fine programme.
More than 100 Minneapolis saloon
keepers have been indicted by the
grand jury for doing business on trans
ferred liquor licenses.
The strike Of the lumber pliers at
West Duluth has ended in victory
for the men, who get the advance to
1925 from 81 that they demanded.
Perham people are starting move
ment to divide Otter: Tail county, and
if they find sentiment sufficiently
strong will call for vote at the CON-
ing general election.
The state railroad and warehouse
date for the hearing of arguments on
the question of rates on iron ore on
the roads which tap the iron ranges.
James J. Hill of st. Paul and w. G.
Norton of ,Winona have agreed to give
| $4,000 and $4,000, respectively, to-
for Hamline university under certain
conditions.
The secretary of the treasury has
authorized the payment Of $4,000 to
the state Of Minnesota on it's claim for
| reimbursement for expense in equip
ping and Quitting its volunteer reg
| iments for service in tho war with
Spain.
Goodhue county and the surround
| ing parts of this state are suffering
! from chinch bugs this spring. The
bugs have appeared in alarming num-
bers, and in many instances the farm
ers have found it necessary to pillow
the crops under ground.
| A buck and doe fawn ran across
Ed Peterson's farm in Bossun Sunday,
near the White Earth reservation line.
Theodore Belfye, Mike Gorwick and
Frank Lique started after them with
rifles, each separating. Belfye was &C.
cidentally shot and killed by Gorwick.
The little son and daughter of Julius
Poss of Fergus Falls, aged 2 and 5
respectively, set fire to barn and
both were burned to death. The chill
dren had been playing with matches
and were last seen entering the barn,
which was all ablaze a few minutes
later.
A few men have been laid off at
Adams mine, Mesaba range, till ships
the ore that can be carried There are
now such quantities of ore in dock as
to seriously inconvenience the ship
pers. The reduction at Adams affects
1900 men.
! Former Senator Charles A. Towne
has returned to Duluth from Beau
mont, Tex He will go to New York
this week On business in connection
with large oil enterprise of which
he will become the head. Mr.. Towne
expects to find the oil business very
profitable.
All Of the Duluth sawmills are now
running, the pliers strike having been
completely adjusted. Many Of the
mills will try to make up for the time
lost in the strike. The employees Of
the Merrill & Ring company petitioned
for two pay days month instead Of
one, and got them.
The body of Henry Mingers of St..
Paul, who murdered his brother-in-law,
Frank Greipel, about 10 days ago was
found in Duncan lake, Dakota county.
The suicide had evidently tied 81
| pound stone to his waist, waded out
I into the water and = SHOT himself
through the heart with a revolver.
Forty COWS believed to have been
afflicted with tuberculosis were killed
at the Midway stock yards Wednes-
day. Each animal is appraised and
|
the carcass is deducted rom the ap-
| praised value. The losses are divided
between the state, the county and the
| owner &C.,.
James Shoemaker, a pioneer Of
Mankato, was suddenly killed Wednes-
day by a freight train near the Omaha
depot in that city. Shoemaker was
president of the board of trade and a
prominent man, always leading in
affairs of the city. He was in the
railroad yards informing himself as to
the contemplated improvements of the
Omaha road. =. !. .s+zs,-.. az
] DR.. Bracken, secretary of the state
board of health, has submitted re-
port Of the new cases OF smallpox to
Surgeon General Wyman. The report
shows that since April %, the date Of
the last report, 1,161 new cases have
7 arisen and been reported to the board.
4 These are scattered over all the coun-
ties Of the state and are especially
thick in the rural districts. @s5 S !: