Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-25
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

lava Il. Curt1ce, g. pioneer civil en-
g-neer Of st. Paul. is dead.
James H. Terrell, one of the pionees
settlers of Wright county, is dead.
The jail at Eveleth burned one night
last week and one prison er, Finnish
miner, persisted in the flames.
Senator G. G. Mccarthy Of Grand
Rapids has declared himself a candi
ate for Congress from the Eighth dis
lrict.
fh6 44th convention of the Mime
sofa State Sunday School association
met in Winona last week. The at
tendance was large.
At a meeting of the women's council
of Duluth Mrs. M. r. Baldwin was rec.
commended for the position of sanitary
inspector of that city.
The state dairy department has
sworn out 10 complaints against st.
Paul packinghouses for selling meats
preserved with borax.
Emerson w. Poet, a prominent St.
Paul business pan, is dead. He had
been suffering from lingering illness
Of gastritis for nearly a year,
The removal of the headquarters of
the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
from Marquette to Duluth is delayed
for an indefinite period, owing to the
scarcity Of dwellings in that city.
The large barn on Thomas Stob's
farm near Raymond was totally de-
stroyed by fire. Fourteen work horses:
II mich cows, Is head of young stock
and some GO hogs were also burned.
Price Mckinney, representative of
the. Eastern owners of the Commodore
mine in the upper range, says that it
| is probable that the mine will not be
| worked this year, as it cannot be done
with profit.
George Rice, night operator of the
Northwestern road at Stockton, re-
ports that he was chloroformed by two
strangers. Eighty-five cents was re-
moved from his clothing while he was
unconscious.
Martin Ream, janitor in the Preston
high school building, hanged himself
with the bell rope after drinking the
contents of a 2-ounce bottle of chloro-
form. He was 70 years old and vet
eran of the rebellion.
The Blue Earth county board has
granted a franchise to the Mankato
and St. Peter Railway and Lighting
company to run it's trolley line to st.
Peter. lie Sueur and Nicollet counties
will be expected to do likewise.
Congressman Page Morris of Duluth
has written letter to Frank E. Searle,
chairman of the congressional commit
tee, saying that he has decided not to
be candidate for reelection this year.
He is now serving his third term.
Mayor Hugo of Duluth will make an
attempt to rid Superior avenue, one of
the prettiest Streets of that city, of the
nuisance of the business signs and
medical posters which now occupy
prominent positions along the avenue.
DR.. Thomas Howell, formerly of Wi
mona, has just been elected superin-
tendent and resident physician of the
Worcester (Mass) city hospital. DR..
Howell is well known in Minnesota,
both as a newspaper man and a ply
stefan.
According to a general order just
issued by the war department the
Fourteenth infantry is to leave Fort
Smelling and be- succeeded by the
ITwenty-fourth infantry, one of the
most distinguished colored regiments
in the army.
Fully 1900 settlers passed through
the Twin Cities Tuesday an their way
to points in Minnesota and North d.
kota. The 500 road handled about 500
of this number and the remainder
went out over the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern.
Clint L. Luce, president of the Al.
bert Lea library board, has just receiv-
ed word from Andrew Carnegie that
> he will give $4,000 for library build
ing on condition that the city furnish
> a site and guarantee at least 81, 200 per
Iyear for maintenance.
Rev. William Rotert, a pioneer min
lister of the German Methodist Episco-
: pol church in Minnesota, died in st.
Paul last week. Deceased was u years
of age and had lived in Minnesota
since 1854, locating first at Henderson
and in 1879 in St. Paul.
. The long contemplated suit of the
st. Paul water board against the Twin
City Rapid Transit company for dam
ages done to the city water mains by
} reason of electrolysis, has been filed
in the district court at st. Paul. The
board asks for 100000 damages.
Rev. Harry w. Knowles, pastor o,
Grace Methodist Episcopal church
at Duluth has created CONSERVATION in
the ranks of baseball enthusiasts by
the publication Of notice of warning
that all persons who engage in Sunday
baseball playing will be prosecuted.
7 The suit of the State of Minnesota
, against the railroad merger operating
t under the guise of the Northern Sc
curities company, which was brought
, in the Ramsey district court some
. weeks ago, has been transferred to the
: United States circuit court on motion
of the defendants attorney.
> Butter was quoted at 80 cents at St
l Paul Saturday, which is the high water
t mark of the last 10 years. Butter
which is now selling for rs cents solo
} year ago for II cents, which gives
? some idea Of the market situation
) Commission men do not see any i'm
: mediate relief from present conditions
The Winona Fire Insurance associa
ton has been formed at Winona by q
elevator companies, which operate:
1900 elevators in Iowa, Minnesota