The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-24

DUBUQUE, IOWA.-Mayor J.H. Schroe-
der of Dyersyille wants $4,000 for black
eye he alleges he received in an encounter
with DOC" Gehriga of that place. A suit
has been filed by Schroeder's attorneys
The Bee Branch en}bankment caved, in
Tuesday morning, burying three. work
men, They We're extricated with much
difficulty.-Mrs. Anna Gallobitz' of Cas-
cade has begun divorce proceedings
against her husband, Martin Gallobitz.-
Philip Wilson of Farley was arrested for
stealing a gold watch and chain and a suit
of clothes.-George ". Healeyjhas offered
a reward Of $3.50 for the apprehension Of
the burglars who entered his store and
carried off articles valued at'$80O.-The A.
Y. Mcdonald & Morrison Co., will erect
it's present foundry.-nDr.. Florestan Agui-
lar, member of the medical staff Of the
royal family and a professor in the Uni
versity of Madrid, is in Dubuque on his
way west.-George N. Fitzgibbons, who
was thrown from "a hbrsenwhtle returning
home from a dance, died as a result of his
injuries.
FORT DODGE, IoWA.-Bewildered by
the inky blackness of the night and be-
fuddled by liquor. Jerry Badgley a
wealthy farmer living at Duncornb; turned
his. team on to the Illinois Central right
Of way last night. His body was found
this morning, lying beside the track, with
his skull crushed in.& One mile further on
were the bodies Of the horses terribly
mangled and the remains Of the buggy.
It is supposed Badgley got out of the
buggy and that his team went on and
left him. He leaves "a wife and six small
children. who are reasonably we'll pro-
vided for.
The petition in the suit for IS, 900 dam
ages of Don G. Bugby VS. the Jones Nat
Fanca ny
has been filed in United States court
Bugby was injured last April by fall
from handcar, upon which he asserts
too many men had been placed by the
company's foreman. He alleges that the
company is responsible. --<.,.
SIOUX CITY, acknowledgements old
Flossie Haynes Of Emerson, Neb., was alb
Quoted yesterday by 16-year- old Arthur
Nichols, of the same town. She had scar-
cely arrived here when her father called
up Chief Davenport and gave her descrip:
ton. When found she denied being the
girl, but when her father came she, buried
her head in his coat and promised to be
good.-The cut in the proportional rate
between Chicago and the Missouri river,
on canned goods, will mean saving to
Sioux City jobbers alone of 900 on this
falls shipments. The railroad men were
dumfounded by the reduction.-Emil G.
d
was brought yesterday from st. Paul; tied
to a seat in the car, violently insane. He
has been working for two months in the
Bantz wholesale jewelry house, st. Paul.
WATERLOO, IOWA-'He loved her be-
cause she loved his baby" This Is the
case with Samuel Kushner, a junk dealer
who was married a day or so ago in Chi
cago to Miss Lena Berger. He first met
her at a wedding Of his friend. The path
etc story Of his misfortune of a year
ago, when his W ife and four children were
burned to death, only the infant escaping,
excited the sympathy of the young woman
and soon after she came to Waterloo
| where she saw the child, which has grown
strong and healthy. Miss Berger fell in
! love with the baby and the father in turn
| fell in love with her. She said she would
be a mother to the babe and Kushner said
| he would furnish the home. 3 s, s.
CEDAR FALLS, IOWA-The Illinois
Central hauled car of monster turtles
| through the city on it's way to London
where they will be placed in the royal ZOO
The turtles were captured by a repre-
sentative of the zoo on the coast of Aus
| tralia- The largest weighed 1000 pounds
and was over three feet in height. The
| keeper estimated that he was 5000 years
4 old, making the calculations by the size.
They are Of the dry land variety and
were bedded with straw and lived on
vegetables which they ate readily from the
] hands of spectators who visited the car.
4 MASON CITY, IoWA-Mrs Catherine
4 Coleman is dead She was 100 years old.
Because OF her advanced age she was one
4 of the best known residents of the city.
| She could recall some of the stirring
! events of the war with England in 1872.
She was native of New York state.
| NEWTON, IOWA-The livery barn be-
longing to Ed Scarborough was destroyed
by fire yesterday, causing a loss Of $4,000.
The insurance is about $4,000. Thirty