Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-10-31
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

State Senator John II. Ives of st
Paul is dead.
Herman stockenstrom for six years
assistant secretary Of state, is dead
at st; Paul. -,
Estella G. Breslin, of St. Paul, five
years old,y-w run over by a heavily
Etantly killed.
The real estate valuation of Mime
sofa for this year is $647 ,261, an in
crease of Sl56,715,644 over the figures
two years ago.
The Avon creamery, near st. Cloud,
was burglarized one night last week
and twenty tubs of butter, weighing
1000 pounds, stolen.
y Mrs. l.. J. Noren and her nine-year-
old son were severely burned at Cokato
in kerosene explosion. The mother
IS not expected to live.
A telephone system has been organ
lied in Jasper upon the cooperative
plan and tire work of building an ex-
change will commence soon.
Gust Olson of Glen, fourteen miles
from Aitkin, killed his daughter with
a butcher knife. Objection to her pro-
posed marriage was the cause.
Nearly 5000 head of cattle were re-
ceived at South st. Paul in one day
last week. Only two markets in the
country showed heavier receipts-Chi-
cago and Kansas City.
Judge Window of Duluth has handed
down decision to the effect that
public official cannot assign his sal
airy. This is the first time the Ques-
ton has been passed upon in Mime
sofa.
Edward Shea, conductor on the
Duluth and Iron Range, was overcome
by heart failure while tagging a
train coming behind his train. He fell
to the track and the tagged train ran
over him.
John Lassgen, the twenty-two-year-
old son of Thomas Lassgen of Cold
Spring, Stearns county, was accident
ally killed by the explosion of a dyna-
mite cartridge. The young man was
engaged in blasting rock.
The state board OF health has dis
covered twenty-five cases Of smallpox
in South Saltwater. The authorities
have been notified TO isolate all cases,
otherwise the village will be quaran
tined.
John sollie of New Sweden, this
state, won the championship cup at the
National Creamery Buttern1ai;ers' con-
vention 1t Milwaukee. The Minnesota
Estate delegation captured the $10o
prize banner, having 229 entries, the
average score OF which was 91.53.
At dance near Donaldson a young
man who was playing for the affair was
telling how much alcohol he could
drink, and, picking Up q Pail, he be-
gan. Shortly afterwards he left the
house and as he did not return, party
went to look for him and found him
dead.
Mrs Lizzie #. Phelps, proprietress o.
a fashionable millinery store IN 1Ian-
kato, has commenced an action against
Lester Patterson, q wholesale grocer,
to recover $4,000 damages for alleged
breach of promise. Mr.. Patterson is
connected wiSh many Industrial enter
prises.
The body of Eric L. Hedin aged six
ty-tWo, wealthy Sank Center business
man, has been found in Sank lake.
When last seen Mr.. Hedin was on his
way from his place Of business to his
home on the lake shore. 1t is thought
that he walked off the boat dock in the
darkness.
A special election was held at Du-
Int Il tn ~ oHr
Duluth shall purchase the West Du-
luth water plant and incorporate it
into the general municipal water sys-
tenn. The proposition carried by a
large majority Of the small vote cast.
The price to be paid is $4,000.
John Erickson, a we'll known saw
mill man and proprietor of a mill at
Kelsey, st. Louis county, fell back
ward against a circular saw and his
spinal column was almost severed
and both lungs were exposed. He
lived eleven hours, and physicians say
| that this is very rare occurrence.
George H. Stuntz, who arrived at the
Head Of the Lakes in 1852 and was an
| explorer and engineer for half a cen
fury, is dead Mr. Stuntz was the first
| man TO explore the Mesaba range and
was a recognized authority on the to-
| biography OF Northern Minnesota and
| Wisconsin. He was the oldest resident
Of Duluth.
| William D. Ellsworth, postmaster at
Eveleth, has been removed pending an
investigation, and J. G. Poole, one of
his bondsmea, is acting as postmaster
in his stead 1t is said that postal in
spectors developed a shortage in his
accounts, which is stated to be SS,000
though the postoffice officials refuse
to discuss the matter.
The special committee appointed to
! inspect the books and funds Of Al
Koones, city treasurer of East Grand
Forks, reported to the council Of that
city that the treasurer is short over
| $4,000. The city clerk was instructed
to demand the money from the bond
company and to request the state au
thorities to take proper action. =
The threatened strike Of the switch
men Of St. Paul and Minneapolis has
been averted by their acceptance OF
an offer OF al increase Of 217a cents Per
49,