Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-01
NEWS TN n ESOTA

Bonnie Wright, aged .. OF st Paul.
tell IS feet and escaped uninjured.
Captain Mahlon D. Black, veteran
Of the Civil val. Is dead at Minneapo-
lis; aged 81. 49,: .
W. ". Spalding of Duluth, ono Of
Minnesota's pioneers, aged 50, 10 near
deaths door. s:.5s5 5.ss,s. 81. s.
The Westinghouse Electric company
has secured control OF the Little Falls
water power plant s...ss. Z. {.
Z Andrew Taper. 2 convicted at
Chaska Of the murder or Rosa Mixa,
has been sentenced to death. -
Fred Hoerchner,- 20 years Of age, q
veteran Of the Civil war, committed
suicide at st. Paul by hanging:
Duluth has wrested from Chicago
the distinction Of being the principal
fax market of the United States. =
No will was ftaby the late John g.
Pllsbury, ex-governor of Minnesota.
His estate is valued at from s., 000. 900
to SIC, 000, 900: = =. 4: +.
Ed. Sargent, we'll known st. Paul
restaurant man, dropped dead at the,
Grand Opera House in ), that city
: Wednesday Of last week. =,
: ,; Mr.. Langmaid, living near Granite
Falls, reports he has had 100 sheep
killed by wolves. Mr.. Grdswold h1d II
killed in. one night recently.
: The vault and safe of the Farmers.
bank of Fulda was blown open With
dynamite by burglars and cash and
paper to the value of $500 stolen. -
At Mankato Nelson studness, un-.
married, was struck by an eastbound
Omaha passenger train aud fatally in.
5ured. He was the only support Of a
widowed mother. -.
Seth Abbott, a resident of Minneap-
oils from 1878 to 1890, and father Of
the late Emma Abbott, the singer,
died in Chicago Tuesday night. He
was "a years OF age.
> The postoftice at Washington, nine
miles Forth of Spring Valley, was
burned Tuesday night. Some $500 in
currency was consumed, also a stock
of general merchandise.
T. One of the worst fires for years &C.
CURED in Crow Wing county Saturday,
and as result many farmers are left
without grain CT hay for their stock
the coming winter. Very few build
dngs of value were destroyed.
The board of control has sent out
schedules of all supplies which will
be required by the various state insti-
-tutfons for the three months following
Nov. !. Competitive bids are invited,
which will be opened on Nov. l.
ii the aldermanic contest in the
Third ward Of Saltwater, in which 16
bollots were taken for the Republican
nomination, candidates decided to
draw lots and Paul Hanson was the
lucky MAJ. His opponent was E. A.
Engl1n.
Smallpox has increased in the state
during the past two weeks. The BIZ
monthly report of the state board of
health attributes the increase to the
poor sa1itatary conditions which OBJ
tain upon the approach Of cold
weather: ..s = <.
Postmaster Eiken' of Crookston has;
received word from the department Of
the establishment Of the first rural
mail delivery route in Northern Min
nesota. The route will be about six
miles In length, and will run from
Crookston to GENTLY. =: Is - -.
C. w. sachse, an old citizen of Now
ers county, was struck by the north
bound Chicago Great Western shout
four miles northeast Of Austin and in
stAntly killed. Deceased was rs years
OF age and had resided III Red Rock
township, Mower county, since 1856.
" Dlstraeted BY the sight of his 1s-
mDnthEQad child lying dead. and being