Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-18
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NEWS. MIN NESOI 4

OF the Northwest. is dead at Minneap,
Oils. aged eighty-seven.
Ray W. Jones Of Minneapolis. Re.
publican nominee for lieutenant gov.
ernor, was injured In a runaway at
Frazee and. will be confined to his
room for few days. = - Z
: Owing to the Introduction OF the ri.
4yal mail delivery the stage service be.
tween Wtpona and Rushford, which
mas Heen run continually for forty
year, has been discontinued.
Tho controller OF the currency has
approved the conversion of the Wei.
come state bank to national iustitu.
ton, 1t has been authorized to begin
business witha capital of $3.50 900. E
A deed has just been closed whereby
the s. G. Bradford Land comnany OF
Crookston becomes the owner Of GOO
acres OF Polk county farm lands. fdr
yhich they paid the sum Of $4,000.
The various Twin Otty lines termt.
mating III Chicago are hiring all avail.
able laborers In the two cities and
sending them to Chicago to tara .the
plaSes q the freight handlers nov on
sfEE's,4 tAsff ..i}2I1ea;>al' '-<1C =
RS&a4s9 plte:year:old Fred NieSaanp
q 81: Paul inadvertently drove On q
piece ok>fEesh pavement, John Sparks,
coIored =. who was4actma as watchman,
struck him over the head with q club,
fractuEinE the boys skull. TIE youth
will probably die. --s.:ss e. (.
Joseph and Edward Smith we've
stabbed at st. Paul during street
night and are now at the city hospital,
where their injuries are said to be sc:
rtous. although not fetal. Edward Ma.
loney Is unden arrest, charged by the
Smiths with doibg the, cutting. -,
Miss Agnes Campbell. s.nurse In St.
huke's hospital at Duluth. shot and
killed herself, The motive for the act
ts said to have been a fear of sudden
death. This theory is regarded az
reasonable by medical authorities, Of
Der 9eart Xes III 8 diseased condition
Henry Mcneil Of Hsssan township
Hennepln county, was struck by light
ming and instantly killed. TIE" young
man was In the barn between two
horses at the time he was struck. One
of the horses was knocked down by
the force of the bolt, but the other was
not injured.
Emil Kopp. ST., sixty.f1ve years o1
age. carpenter, was killed at Butter
field by falling from a scaffold fifteen
feet high. Ed Olson. who was working
with him. caught ON to- q window sill
when the scaffold broke. Mr. Kopr
struck on his head, fracturing his skltll
He was dead when picked up. =.
County Assessor Conley Of Ramsey
county has completed the real estate
roll for 1902, which, IL it is confirmed
by the board of equalization, will add
nearly $S.000,N0O to the taxable realty
of the county. The increase has beer
made on improvements. while the val
uations of land has been cut down.
Mayor Hugo. the Republican can Il
date. remains the mayor OF Duluth
The supreme court 30 decided Friday
One vote counted for Truelson was
thrown out, thus giving Hugo a ma
1ority OF four, The court held that TIE
neglect Of the judges to place their in
ittals, on the ballots did not invalidat<
the votes Of those voting them. ~
T. A &lfteen-year-old son of PHI. John
son, residing near Cokato. and young
or brother were playing with a bottle
containing powder while the parents
were in town and in some way the bot
tie exploded. Pieces of glass cut thu
lads neck and main artery. He dice
In few minutes The younger broth
ar was also hurt, but not. seriously.
In q bulletin on the lumber industry
the census bureau has brought out tn
fact that the capital invested in tn;
lumber business of Minnesota has In
creased from $39. 000,0 900 to $50, O00, COZ
during the past ten years, and the tota
value of the products of the industr!
In the state during that period in
creased from $25, 000, 900 to $4,000, 900
| The state board of health has Re
ceived a report from Waconia tina
Fred SchonblSn. a son of farmer, wa,
bitten by rabid dog. He was sent tt
Chicago for treatment at the Pasteul
institute. The same dog also bit F..
hog. another dog and killed two tur
keys, and after being chained UP
jumped over a fence and hanged itself
The jury in the case of Captain job,
Fitchette OF the Minneapolis police de
partment. known as Coffee John,
after being out little over an hour
returned verdict Of guilty" Til,
crime for which Coffee John" wa.
convicted was that of receiving
'gratuity or reward for securing TIL,
appointment of man TO- public OF
! fee" ~.
The settlers Of the Cedar islam,
lands. near Sparta, have won thei
case in the supreme court. This cas-
has become famous and the sQuatter
have fought and won against men "a
cially and financially powerful. Their
is little question but that the lands ar
worth millions, as they adjoin some O
the largest iron mines ON the Mesab'
range. ~
The supreme court holds that tn
pension system inaugurated by tn
Minneapolis school board is unconsti
tutioaal> The plan of the board pr
vided that when teachers signed COZ
tracts they should agree to pay / pc
cent Of their salaries to q pension fund
The district court held the action O
the board illegal and the supreme cour
sastAins the lower court.
State Auditor Dunn is dissatisne,
with the order Of Land Commissions
Hermann In setting aside 4S0, LOCO acre
In Cook and Lake counties for Z fores
reserve It practically took away q