Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-05-02
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

st. Cloud Is to have two new banks.
Joseph Menardi, aged So, died last
week at St. Paul.
Henry Hill, a prominent business
man of Minneapolis, is dead.
Census statistics show that Mime
sofa ranks eighth in number and value
Of dairy cattle.
/ Christine Olson, st. Paul domestic.
was fatally burned while lighting q
lamp in her ROOM
| At Aitkin Marshal Madden shot a
man named Parks, who was resisting
arrest. The wound is not fatal one
Rev. DR.. Cyrus Brooks, aged 81, a
I pioneer minister of the Methodist
Episcopal church, died in St. Paul last
| week.
A. man said to be Patrick Noonan,
wanted at Preston for a murder COM
! kaitted Oct. 10, 1874, has been arrested
in Montana.
Mrs. Nancy Hamblin, residing IL
miles southeast of Spring Valley, lost
her dwelling and all it's contents by
fire, including $1,000 in cash.
The president has sent to the senate
the name of John Peterson for col
lector Of customs, district of Minneap-
Oils. Mr.. Peterson succeeds himself.
The Minnesota Beet Sugar company
has just closed contracts with farmers
in IL counties for the raising of sugar
beets this year. The contracts cover
5000 acres.
Rumor has it that the two steel
companies at Duluth will be merged
in the near future. They are the Min
nesota Mining and the Oliver Iron
Mining companies.
Six children, so grandchildren and
5 great-grandchildren assisted in the
celebration of the Goth anniversary Of
the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Xavier
Braun of st. Cloud.
Of Minneapolis, died Thursday. Mr..
age of 80 years, and had resided in
Minneapolis for 46 years.
Congressman Page Morris has been
advised that Fred Coburn of Duluth,
cadet Of the Annapolis Naval academy,
has been acquitted of charges pre-
ferred against him some time ago.
The Chicago Great Western and Mil
waukee roads will build union depot
at Mankato. 1t will be large and
handsome structure and will be To-
Gated near the main business street.
The sale of the Kinney-Hawkins-
Crosby mine, a few miles west of Hib-
bling, to the Deering harvester works
of Chicago has been closed and $685.
GOO was paid to the holders of the
lease.
A spark from a passing locomotive
set fire to the farm buildings on the
big Crippen farm near St. Charles.
The house and one corn crib alone
were saved. The loss amounts to over
Sc 0Co.
2. D. Coleman & Co.'s store at Be-
midi was broken into and burglarized
Ten dollars was taken from the till.
Revclvers and other articles are miss
ing. The safe contained $500, but was
not opened.
Burglars broke into the Great West
ern depot at Leroy and stole several
express packages. The safe was I'M
locked. At the Milwaukee depot the
robbers found the safe locked and un-
successfully attempted to blow it open.
The new school at Sandstone cost
ing 100000 was dedicated last week
with appropriate exercises. State Su-
perintendent Olson, State Inspector
Rankin, County Superintendent Blan-
kenship and J. Adam Bede delivered
addresses.
Burglars broke into the wood and
feed store of Brand & Wubben, St.
Paul, cracked the safe. stole checks
and valuables, and then set fire to the
building, which was totally consumed,
causing loss of $500 and almost ef-
facing the evidences Of the burglary.
Fraud charges have been preferred
against several parties who made en-
try to valuable lands in the Duluth
land district under the stone and tim
Der law. It is claimed that they were
made for speculative purposes, and, in
some instances the parties making the
entries were never O.. the land at all.
InasEucF as the passenger depart
n1ents CT the roads operating in the
state declared at the con- eIence with
the commission On the matter OF re-
dUcin3 passenger rates that they could
not press their side Of the case within
SO days, they were given that time to
prepare, and hearing was set for
June o.
The first annual dinner Of the Min
nesotars, ROW residents of New York
city, was held WeGle~ day evening at
the Waldorf-Astoria. It was most
brilliant success. Many men of nation
al reputation were present and the
many references to Minnesota and
things MinnesOtan were greeted with
bursts of prolonged and enthusiastic
applause.
James N. Bearnes, an attorney of
Minneapolis, has been summoned to
appear before the supreme court Mon
day, May 5, and show cause why he
should not be removed from the office
of attorney and counselor at law in
this state and disbarred from practice.
Three charges of appropriating the
money of clients to his own use, are
preferred against Mr.. Bearnes.
The jury in the case of Herbert G.
Gallahugh of Minneapolis, charged
with the murder of Charles Collins, a
cO7OroG cn0l{ hrOl1ohf in a uordiot IF