Mower County transcript., 1902-10-08
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Fire at Aitkin Sunday destroyed .
/ solid block of business houses.
jury aat BemidN found George La:
due guilty OF the murder OF Eugene
McGlauchlin. 49, g
Individual deposits in Minnesota
national banks amount to $36, 6,436. .O98,
an increase Of $8.000,000 in the past
] year, VII .S. # e s.s3a s5 ..5:.ssS 5$ss
: Burglars entered the residence Of
Mrs. G. u. Pillsbury. Minneapolis. the
other night and stole jewelry to the
value Of $4,000. s.:< ..s.
Henry Kastelmeyer and Joe Patter-
son broke out of the county Jail at
Redwood Falls by overpowering the
jailer and made good their escape. ..
Francis w. Anderson, president Of
the St. Paul National bank, died at
Everett, Wash, Of pneumonia. = He ar
rived in Everett Sept. 20. with his
wife, to visit relatives. - ~
The state health boards weekly re-
| port shows fifty-ono cases Of smallpox
in Minnesota, compared with twelve
last week.. The increase is attributed
to tardiness in making reports -.
James Weed. who is three months
over ninety-nine years of age, is dead
at his home In Winona. The cause of
his death Is given as q general break
ing down as the result of old age. =:
The tug strike at Duluth is not only
| settled but all details Of the settle
| ment have been adjusted Every tug:
| in the Union Towing and Wrecking
company'B feet is now manned by,
| union men. -. -" *.S-s
DR.. Orienne Mcdaniel, assistant bac-
| teriologist of the state board of health
bacteriologica1 laboratory, is seriously
Ill at her homo in Minneapolis, sup
posed1y as result Of an infection OF
Blanders: contracted in the laboratory
June 80. X =. .s;;:5,.::: ;s-.~
In the district court at ~Luverne
Martin c.. Dietrich was awarded, ST.
600 damages against Jacob d: Fender
The suit was brought for SO, 900 dam:
ages for biting off Il. a portion Of the
PLAINTIFFS thumb In a fight, somo
months ago. - 90 : ~ -
Switchmen employed !: In the Twin
Cities have been given an advance in
wages of Il cents an hour The ac-
tion of the different railway companies
in the matter was entirely voluntary,
as the switchmcn had: made no de
mand for an increase. ..
fc"s;a DR.. Franklin Staples, one of the best
known. *phy sictans in the Northwest
and president Of the Minnesota state
board of health, is confined to. his
home in Winona by serious illness.
DR.. Staples is author; of.a number: of
prominent medical works. .*;as~ j.
State Auditor Dunn has made up the
state tax levy and will send QUE no
tices to the county auditors The levy
will be 2.53 mills, as against 2.83 last
year. The reduction comes in the tax
| for state, revenues, which is l#miN
against !1.2smills last year. -: : = ;
The United States land. office in ST.:
/ Cloud Friday disposed Of 1890 acres
Of land IN Pine county for $1.z3 per
acre. The land was mostly in: Isolated
tracts and was sold to many different
/ parties. This is the second largest
sale in the history of the office: - - .
e Twenty five men on the Chicago
and North western road working in
the Rochester coal houses and sec
tions, havezstruck for an increase Of
25 cents a day. The demands were
sent to the local superintendent. The
men are now receiving $1.25 per day.
H. P. Hall of st. Paul, one of the
Oldest newspaper men in Minnesota
nounced his allegiance to that party
and will join the Republican camp.
Mr.. Hall was candidate for the
Democratic nomination for governor
at the last convention. :.
Bemidji of the murder of a. woman
named O-Boh-BaLmushke, and was
sentenced to Saltwater for a term of
in the first degree, committed in a
box car with club in the vicinity of
Red Lake Falls last May. :~
After suffering for six hours the
little daughter of William Otto of
Albert Lea died as the result of burns.
She was pouring kerosene on the fire
CURED. The child's mother was also
from the fire, but she will recover.
: State Auditor Dunn has issued
circular to county auditors, stating
that at the state land sale, to be held
this month, bidders will be held strict
~ W IuV TuA0 pIOV1u0OE ny law. - EldCu
must pay Is per cent of the purchase
price and nine months interest on the
balance. The IS per cent can then
run forty years if desired. ", - :;
Raymond Fitch, sophomore in the
Rochester high school, lies at his
home at the point OF: death from in
| juries received in a football cameo
| the school campus Friday night. He
was tackling fellow player when he
was injured. His left leg is broken
between the hip and knee, and, he
has internal injuries from which he
cannot recover. ,s.
"A Great Northern eastbound freight
train ran into a Northern Pacific
freight at a crossing one-half mile
west Of Sank Center. Engineer Thorn
as Zins of Melrose and Fireman Ernest
De Roche Of the same place, Great
Northern men, were badly injured, the
latter being taken out unconscious.
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