Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-02-21
NEWS IN " MINNESOTA

transfer system law.
Representative McCleary has recon
mended for reappointment James Ru
ane as postmaster at Slayton.
Public Examiner Johnson announces
he will close his office March 1 unless
funds are provided by the Legislature
for his department.
Fire at Sacred Heart destroyed Lal.
son Bros general store. John 0. John
sons harness shop and J. Collie:
butcher shop. Loss about $4,000,
The body of a man was found on th<
railroad track nes1r Eckles, nlutilatej
beyond recognition. 1t was haadless
and the flesh had been torn away il
strips.
It has been arranged fer Governor
Van SAINT to personally meet Prince
Henry in Chicago and present All al
dress in behalf of Twin City German
Americans.
The body Of a man, supposed to b
Martin AEer Of Montevideo, was dis
covered in the ruins of the Vendo1ne
hotel building at Minneapolis, recently
Quilted by fire
w. W Foote, for 80 years conducto.
on the Chicago, MilWaukea and St
Paul, was run over and killed at Pres
ton. It is supposed his foot slipped
in aliehting from a car
The carpenters union of Duluth has
served notice Oh the contractors that
the scale for the. coming season will
be 371% cents an hour. and none but
union men to be employed
The Little Falls city council has
sold $4,000 of city refunding and
bridge. bonds to the First National
bank of that city at premium OF
$4,000 and accrued interest.
The freight tonnage handled by the
Duluth roads during January was
$4,000, or practically 50 per cent
greater than year ago. T2levcn thou
sand cars of coal were handled.
The 40 shacks on Lake Pepin, used
by fishermen that catch fish contrary
to law, were burned Friday by S. F.
Fullerton, the executive agent Of the
state fish and game commission.
The Brooks-Grifith elevator at Min.
neapolis and an old structure standing
near by, and their contents were con.
sumed by fire Friday morning. The
aggregate loss is estimated at $50, 1000.
Sergeant Frank Williams. who was
delegated by the soldiers at Fort Smell
ling to turn over to Motorneer Walsh
of St. Paul the sum of $500 collected
by the troops at the fort, has disap.
peared.
Mrs. Mary Riasson, 80 years, who
has lived the life of recluse for
many years. was found frozen to death
at the door of her barn on the farm,
not far from Riceford. She was worth
$4,000.
Rae H. Smith, we'll known in Mime.
apolis as the manager of the Munson
Shorthand institute. died last week Of
1ockjaw, and according to the best in
formation obtainable the cause was
vaccination.
Triplets, three girls, were born to
MI. and Mrs. William Kraemer of Red
Lake Falls last week. The babies
weigh four pounds each, are perfectly
healthy and give promise of growing
to maturity.
The recommendations of the war
board, just made public, contemplate
the enlargement of Fort Smelling on
plans which will ultimately make that
post one of the most important in the
United States.
Henry Folz, prominent grocery
man of Duluth, is at hospital suffer
ing with frozen feet. 1t is said that
both may have to be amputated. He
was out with a party hunting rabbits
and became lost.
Two drunken men were lodged in
the White Earth agency Jail one night
last week. Shortly after the Jail was
discovered to be on fire and timely as
sistance only saved the prisoners from
cremation. The Jail is total loss.
1t is reported in Duluth from what
is believed to be a reliable source that
the Minnesota and International road
which runs north from Bemidji, will
not be extended to the Canadian
boundary for perhaps couple of
years.
Judge Daniel A. Dickinson, among
the prominent attorneys of the state,
is dead at his home in Duluth of kid
ney trouble. Judge Dickinson had re-
sided in this state "a years and was
once a member of the Minnesota SUI
preme court.
For the first time in the memory of
freight officials contracts have been
closed for the handling of soft coal
all-rail from the East via Chicago and
Minneapolis to Duluth. One firm has
arranged to have 10000 tons or 500
carloads so carried.
Frank M. Davis, formerly of Min
neapolis and at one time county attor-
ney for Hennepin county, has been ap-
pointed special United States district
attorney in New York city. Senators
Hanna and Plat are said to have Sc
cured the appointment for him.
The village of Hokah, Houston
county, and La" Crescent, are expe-
rienc1ng a serious smallpox epidemic
and many new cases have broken out
within the past few days. The health
authorities of La Crescent issued or
ders to prohibit all public gatherings
and Hokah has followed suit.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed by the Minnesota, Iowa and East
ern Dakota Railway company with a
m r;%a1 c%oclx IF 60 nm 000 ord a limit