Warren sheaf., 1902-02-20
NEWS IN llINNEsO

0eSIfOyeQ Dy nTe. LOSS $0,UuU.
Fire In the plant Of the Red Wing
Sewer Pipe company caused q loss Of
100000.
James Hickey, one Of the oldest set
slers Of Graceville, is dead Of pneu.
monia, aged 73 years.
The 2-year.old boy Of II. Z. Sprague
of Boyd is dead as the result Of play.
ing with matches. His clothes caught
fire.
While visiting relatives in the East,
William Aker, q Well-to-do farmer OF
Winthrop, died from an attack OF nose
bleed.
Land in the vicinity of Madelia is
being sold in an unprecedented man
ner, both as to the number of farms
sold and prices received.
The Duluth, South Shore and At
lantic railway will remove it's general
Offices to Duluth from Marquette May
1 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Milo D. Jones, Duluth letter car
ner, has been held to the United
States grand jury on charge of tam
pering with registered mail matter.
William Studeman, a laborer EN-.
p1oyed at Mitchell & McClure's saw.
mill at West Duluth, was crushed to
death while unloading logs from cars.
Fire started in Young & Young's
dry goods establishment at Foley re-.
suited in the destruction of nearly a
block in the business portion of the
village.
Fire gutted the Vendome hotel at
Minneapolis Friday. The loss is esti-
mated at 100000. The guests in the
hotel had narrow escapes but all got
out in safety.
S. D. Jones, a young man of 20, re-
siding at Melrose, has been committed
to the Fergus Falls asylum. Jones'
condition is the result of cigarette
smoking, and he has become physi-
cal wreck.
Christopher Maginnis, the 20-year-
old son of John Maginnis, a prominent
land attorney of Duluth, slipped on an
icy sidewalk and fell, his head striking
the pavement, and he died five min
utes later.
Lemuel Belts, woodchopper of
Osakis, while attempting to cross Osa.
kis lake on foot on the way to camp
late at night, was frozen to death. He
is said to have been more or less un-
der the influence of liquor.
After trial lasting two weeks and
taking two days to weigh the evidence
in the jury room, the jury in the first
case of the state against Sheriff Phil
lip T. Megaarden of Hennepin county
failed to arrive at verdict.
Mayor T. w. Hugo has been re-elect-
ed at Duluth over Former Mayor Hen
ry Truelsen by a majority of votes.
Five Democratic aldermen were re-
elected and three Republicans. Two
years ago Hugo was elected mayor
over Truelsen by votes.
The St. Cloud land Office reports
homestead entries were made upon
8,65OO2 acres of land during January;
81 final hamestead proofs were made
upon 3,471.33 acres, and z cash entries
upon 177.23 acres. The total receipts
FOR the month were $2,775.84.
James Malone of st. Paul, while en-
ployed as sledtender at O'Neal Bros.
camp No. 2, near Mora, slipped and
a
over his leg, completely severing it at
the knee. He was taken to a st. Paul
hospital and died a day or two later.
John II. Pell, a lawyer, is dead at
his home in New York. Before the
Civil war he practiced law in Mime.
sofa and was elected state senator.
In the Civil war he enlisted and took
part in the battle of Bull Run as a
member of Company of the First
Minnesota volunteers.
Michael Winnegar, wealthy farm
er living four miles southwest of
Adams, was fatally burned last week.
His team returned from town with him
lying in the bottom of the sled and
burning, 1t is thought from sparks
from his pipe, which must have been
put in his pocket while lighted.
Two pupils at the state school OF
agriculture were found to have we'll
developed cases OF varioloid and were
sent to the detention hospital at Min
neapolis. The $50 pupils, teachers
and helpers were vaccinated by the
health authorities and the rooms of
the smallpox patients were disin-
fected.
The application Of the Younger
brothers for a full pardon in order
that they might be at liberty to leave
the state and return to their former
home in Missouri has been denied by
the pardon board. The chief reason
for the boards unfavorable action was
the view that the application was pre-
mature.
Congressman ]. A. Tawney has pre-.
sented to the Winona free public Ii.
brary valuable collection of some
200 public documents, some of which
go back many years in public records
Particularly valuable among these doc
uments are four volumes of annals Of
congress, 1862 to 1924, books that are
now difficult to obtain.
The secretary of state has received
a letter from the American committee