Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-10-10
NEWS in MINNESO A

NEWS in MINNESOTA
Fire. at Aitkin Sunday destroyed 8
solid block of business houses. :,
A jury at Bemidji found George J.o-
due guilty of the murder Of Euse- .
McGlauchlin.
Individual deposits in Minnesota
; national banks amount to $36,436,098,
an increase of $8,000,000 in the past
year.
Burglars entered the residence of
Mrs. G. A. Pillsbury, Minneapolis, the
other night and stole jewelry to the
value of $4,000.
Henry Kastelmeyer and Joe Patter-
son broke out of the county Jail at
Redwood Falls by overpoweriag 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-one cases of smallpox
in Minnesota, compared with twelve
last week. The increase is attributed
to hardness 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 a 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's fleet is now manned by
union men.
DR.. Orienne Mcdaniel, assistant bac-
teriOlOgist Of the state board of health
meteorological laboratory, is seriously
posedly as result Of an Infection OF
| CHAMBERS contracted in the laboratory
June 3d.
In the district court at Luverne
Martin c. Dietrich was awarded ST.
600 damages against Jacob D. Fender.
The suit was brought for $4,000 darn
ages for biting off . a portion Of the
plaintiffs thumb in a fight, soma,
months ago.
SWitchmen employed in the Twin
/ Cities have been given an advance in
wages Of ia cents an hour The ac-
ton Of the different railway companies
in the matter was entirely voluntary
as the s'Ejtchmen had made no de-
mand fer n Increase.
/ Or. l7ranEl;r Staples, one Of the best
/ known physicians il the Northwest
ALI :,Ie 5lde1:t Of the minnesota state
board OF health, is confined to his
| home in Ninora by serious illne~s.
Dr.. Staples is author Of a number OF
prominent medical works.
State Auditor Dunn has made I'D the
state tax levy and will send out no
tees to the county auditors. The levy
will be 2.53 mills, as against 2,S3 last
year. The reduction cones in the TAX
; for state revenues, which is mil!
against I1.3 mills last year.
! The United States land o5,i>e in s.
! Cloud Friday disposed Of 1910 acres
OF land in Pine county fer SIS Per
acre. The land WIS mostly IN is5Iote>l
tracts and was sold to many different
parties. This is the second lai 5es;.
sal IN the history Q: T')c ?a:>o.
| twenty-five men CT the Ci;i< ago
and Northwestern read. working in
;; the Rochester coal houses and seq
tons, have struck for an Increase OF
rs cents q day. The demands were
sent to the local superintendent The
men are new receiving ?1.25 per Gay.
II, P. Hall Of St. Paul, one Of the
oldest newspaper n1en III Minnesota
and al o|G-til1e Democrat, has re-
nCl'nced his allegiance to that party
and will join the Republican camp.
! Mr.. Hall was q candidate for the
! Democratic nomination for governor
at tie last convention.
Basil Thunder pleaded guilty at
Bcznidji Of the murder of a woman
named O-Boh-Bahmushke, and WAS
sentenced to Saltwater for term OF
sixteen years. It WAS manslauyhter
i'll the first degree, committed in a
box car with 2 club in the vicinity CT
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
III stove when an explosion &C.
Cured. The chld's mother was also
badly burned in taking the little girl
from the fire, but she will recover.
State Auditor Dunn has issued a
circular to county auditors, stating
! a-l:tC GU lIlO oIc-CC lduu od1c, " DC ue1G
! this month, bidders will be held strict
~ to the rule provided by law. Each
must pay Is per cent of the purchase
price and nine months interest on the
balance The So 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
J. ,,.i1 10
: the school campus Friday night. Re
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.
| A Great Northern eastbound freight
train ran into 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.