Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-05
NEWS IN NH & S TIA

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"A. c. Hangar, former treasurer of
the city of Minneapolis, is dead. s4s.e
+ Mrs. E. j. King of Minneapolis, aged
Ssixty-seven, was fatally burned by a
gasoline explosion.
+. The tobacco trust is about to open
several retail stores in St. Paul under
the name of a local retailer.
Charles F. Hawkins of St. Paul and
John p. Schumers of Caledonia have
been appointed railway mail clerks.
|. Two sons Of Joe McClintock. eight
land ten years old, were drowned in
Trace lake, east of Sank Center. The
ice broke with them.
/ The hog receipts at South St. Paul
broke another record Wednesday,
reaching 1910, as compared with 18Th,
the highest previous record. =
|: Acting Mayor Jones of Minneapolis
has issued an order calling for the re-
,moval of all nickel and >penny-in-the-
;slot machines now in use in that city.
+ It. is estimated that each of the large,
railway systems entering the Twin Cit
lies is handling from 1 500 to 1900
more cars each week than they did
at this time last year:
+ William Dyer an old settler, died at
Hokah from injuries received while
driving home from La Crosse His
skull was fractured by his being
thrown from a wagon.
All the twfne machinery in the Still
water prison Irvine factory is in opera
ton and Warden Wolfer says the state
| will be able to supply q very large
amount of Irvine next season.
Charles H. Hoyt, formerly a star
football player at the University of
Minnesota, died last week at Ell Paso,
Tex, after short illness. Hoyt was
visiting his brother when stricken.
The coroner's inquest at Black Duck
| Investigating the death of Christ
| Knudson found that deceased came to
/ his death through violence, probably
| at the hands of Paul Lamay and 9th
ers.
The general land Office has decided
to make thorough investigation of the
Northern Minnesota land offices at Du-
luth, Crookston and St. Cloud. It is
claimed that many fraudulent entries
have been reported.
! The report of j. w. Olsen, state su-
perintendent of schools, shows that
nearly half million of children were
enrolled in the Minnesota public
schools last year. The schools are in
good financial condition.
George E. Stegner, treasurer of the
Hennepin county Republican commit
tee, filed statement Of the expenses
incurred by that organization in the
conduct of the recent campaign. The
total amounted to $16,036.23..
Eddie Anderson and Joseph Steven
son, both eleven years Of: age, were
drowned at Duluth while skating. A
companion named Albert Olsen, aged
nine, proved himself hero by his
strenuous efforts to save them.
Thomas Lowry and Walter D. Bou.
tell. two bondsmen of Mayor A. A.
Ames of Minneapolis. have taken
means to protect themselves from a
forfeiture Of the amount of their
pledge by attaching his property.
One hundred and fifteen new cases
Of smallpox for the week ending Nov.
"a were reported to the state board of
health. This is record breaker in
the number of new cases, the largest
number in any previous week this year
being 100 cases.
Mrs. Charles Field Mason, Z daugh'
ter of General Quinton, retired, with
whom she is living at Fort Smelling,
|appeared in the Ramsey court at St.
Paul and was granted decree OF di'
vorce from Colonel Mason, q surgeon
in the regular army.
The state supreme court has filed q
decision in the appeal covering the le
4 gality of the Inheritance tax law.
This law was decided by the Ramsey
county probate court to be unconsti
tutional and this decision was upheld
in the supreme court.
4 Official figures show that ore ship
ments from Minnesota for the season
exceed expectations. The total ton
mage shipped is more than IS per cent
over the tonnage of year ago. The
statistics show that five mines alone
shipped 100000 tons.
At Merriam Park Oren Peterson, a
laborer, looked for gas leak with a
candle. The explosion that announced
the success Of his search wrecked Bar
rett & Zimmerman's new store build
ing, partly destroyed four other struc
lures and injured three men.
Charles B. Yale, claim agent of the
Great Northern railway, died suddenly
at st. Paul last week. The cause Of
his death is presumed to have beer
heart disease. Mr.. Yale was son oil
former Lieutenant Governor Yale
. He was forty-eight years old.
Nathan Myrick, one of the earliest
: pioneers of St. Paul, is seriously ill
He is eighty-one years old. AS an I'm
, dian trader Mr.. Myrick was known
, throughout the NorthWest. He Wal
the first white man to settle in L.
Crosse. He removed to st. Paul il
1912. ..'-": ::
William s. Judd, aged seventy-nine
! IL dead at Minneapolis. Mr.. Judd wa:
kone Of Minneapolis earliest settlers
and took an active and influential par
in the building up Of the city from thu
little hamlet, St. Anthony, with a hand
full of people, to the largest city In thu
Northwest. -. $50 -. - - T.:
Simon M. Merrill, pioneer resident O
Minneapolis, is dead. Mr.. Merrill wa
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