The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-02

United States circuit and district court
have been arriving for several days,
bringing prisoners and witnesses for the
term of court which opened to-day. Be-
sides long list of civil cases there will
be important criminal trials If the grand
jury gets through in. time. Walking !
Shield, Rosebud Indian, will stand trial
for murder. Four or five months ago he
visited the home Of young Indian maiden
for whom he had developed an affection
and killed the girls mother. who had OBJ
jected to his suit. =, Walking Shield and
the girl spent the night in the room with
the corpse In the morning the Indian
departed, taking the girl with him. He
was run down and captured by the Indian
police. Alex Four Horns will be tried for
introducing liquor on the Indian territory;
Thomas Eagle Dog, a deaf mute, for
grand larceny; Silas Le-'Em Have
Enough and Silas Light for killing cattle
not their own. :'r
GRAND FORKS, N. DAT the demo-
cratic convention in the sixth legislative
district, F. M. Murphy was renominated
for the senate, and Joseph Shane and Nels
Nelson were nominated, for the house.
A peculiar insanity case was brought
before the county board yesterday, and
the patient, Mrs. Minnie Engel, was or
dered committed to the asylum at James
town. She was put off the east bound
Great Northern flyer at Larimore and
later arrested on account of her strange
actions. She has lucid intervals and at
such times talks nationally. According to
her story she was on her way to Osakis,
MIMI, to visit a brother She is the wife
of August Engel, q rancher living thirty
five miles from Williston. Her delusion Is
that she is being pursued by Odd Fellows
who want to kill her."
GETTYSBURG, S. D.-The county re-
publican central committee has issued a
call for a mass convention at Gettysburg
on Sept 20, to place In nomination candi
dates for the various county offices, and
name delegates to the senatorial conven
ton to nominate a. candidate for state
| senator for Faulk and Potter countless
| A bolt of lightning struck the flagstaff
| upon the schoolhouse, doing serious dam
age to the building. The barn of J.. w.
Donovan was struck by another bolt, and
several other buildings were also slightly
| damaged. 80 ~
ARMOUR, s. p.-The little town of
Harrison, sixteen miles northwest, is hav-
ing a little sensation of its own. Charles
Morehouse left suddenly about three
months ago with hisathree children, going
| to Winnipeg, and when he returned to
settle up his affairs received warm re-
ception from his sisterin-law, Mrs. Gruer,
who used club. The people Of Harrison
think he was justified in leaving and sym
pathy Is with him in his family trouble.
His children are In a children's home in
Winnipeg and he expects III time to have
his family reunited
DETROIT, MINN.-Congressrnan Page
Morris of Duluth arrived in Detroit yes
terday and went to- White Earth. He is
on a hunting trip.-Major Michelet re-
turned from the Mile Lac reservation this
| A MI hoi orriu Of =;
home during his absence.-There are no
populists or democratic candidates for
county office In Becker county. The con-
test will be settled at the primaries.-B. J.
Rowland has been appointed United
States court commissioner In place of D.
S. Griffin deceased;
SIOUX CITY, iOWA.-James H. Hale
superintendent Of the Cudahy Packing
company's plant here made the unlocked
for statement yesterday that the COM
pany would spend a half million dollars in
charging it's plant. This is taken to in
dictate the Cudahys have no intention OF
entering any combine, or else are doing a
good deal Of bluffing. The expenditure OF
this sum on the Cudahy plant will increase
its daily killing capacity to 1000 cattle and
10000 hogs.
LANEsBoRO, MINN.-The fall term o1
the Lanesboro high school commenced
yesterday. The teachers for the ensuing
! year are: r.. A. Buell., superintendent
Annie Zimmerman, first assistant; Rettie
McCargar, second assistant; Anna Crow
ley. seventh grade; Marian Wilcox. sixth
grade; Allie Greer, fifth grade; Josephine
Johnson, third grade; Grace Nash, second
grade; Matte F.. Westgate. primary. Al
the annual school meeting NJ. v. Bean anc
A. G. Chapman were elected trustees. The
| n he fraa Q M,
on hand. - =,
ELkTON, S. Drain and mud seen
$ to have taken possession Of this section
5 Threshing and stacking. are at a stand
still. Late severe electric storms playe,
havoc with telephone lines.-Fred Pets
7 chow, who lost his foot in a threshins
3 machine cylinder; died yesterday .durint
3 the third amputation of the bone. ~
1 LAKE BENTON, MINN.-At a specia
. meeting of the village council the ga
plant recently installed was formally &C
cepted. The plant has been on trial sine
July 81 and given good satisfaction
; William S. Todd retired from the manage
r ment Of the Commercial Hotel day, be
= ing succeeded by w. H. Joslin, late O
$ Denver. Col. - = s.
t NoRTHFlELD, Minnie. M. Ander
8 son. a farmer living west Of this place
e met with a serious accident while loadin
It cattle. He had three ribs broken an
was injured internally.-Bred Lemke q
Wells has announced himself as candi
3 date for denomination as state representa-
& tive on the republican ticket.
4 kEokUk, IoWA--George W. Robinso
n was burned to death in a fire which de
>. stroyed his home at Hamilton, Ill. H
. lived alone with his dog.
| 4
- oNAWA, IoWA-W d. Strain, sheriff
= while trying to place Fred earns unde
arrest, was shot in the stomach and ia
tally wounded. -
. HELENA-1saac Greenwood, VIII
. dropped dead in New York, was a pionee
=" merchant and business man Of Helena,
y WASHINGTON, o. c.-Four rural ma
y routes have been sordered established q
20 Kenyon. Goodhue county, MINI. servic
= to begin Oct /. ~ u IN
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