Mower County transcript., 1902-09-10
HASNARROW THOUSAND DEAD NEWS IN M1NNEsOTl


s james Midi Teton, pioneer resident.
Of the state, died last WeekIat st. Paul.
The State Agricultural Society.
cleared in the neigh hood of SIC 900.
OH lass weeks state fair. y:sss :*l8. = }#s
Richard Wigley a we'll known resi-
dent of Mankato, is dead, aged sixty
nine years. He was member Of the
legislature in 1885, zsft.s .s. 81.
John, Dahlgren died near New.
Paynesville while driving a team for
a party of chicken hunters He was
seventy years OF age. +. 81.
Samuel Weller of Duluth shot a bear
at Thirty-sixth avenue west and SUI
perior street, that city, which is a.
thickly settled residence district. II y
Live Stock and Dairy day at the Min
nesota state fair at. Hamline brought
out the largest crowd evor in attend
ance. The visitors numbered over y58,-
900. - - ~'.>- s~r: ~. ~, -
The flour production at the head of
the lakes amounted to 214,500 barrels
during the month ! of August, COM
pared to 1885 barrels during the same:
month lastyear.: = -
Balloonist Jake Hoffman dropped
400 feet at the state fair grounds one
night last week because his parachute
failed to work. Both legs were bro
ken and internal injuries sustained.
e. Mayor ,Ames of Minneapolis failed
to appear Sept. to plead to an ir
dictment against him and his bail of
$4,000 was declared forfeited. There
was no appearance on behalf Of the,
mayor. 8, > =
Fred Male, a resident of New Ulm
since 1856. is dead, He served with
General Sibley in his campaign
against the Indians and was prominent
in all the affairs OF the city and county
from their organization. ~
The Minnesota Veterans association
held it's annual reunion at the state
capitol last week with 200 veterans
present. The session was taken UP
with personal greetings and business
pertaining to the association.
= The iron ore shipments for the past
season, UP to Sept. /, show an increase
of 3,011, $40 gross tons over last year.
The Missabe railroad broke all records
for one months business by shipping
947,69S gross tons during August. ';
William D. Lord of Minneapolis has
been arrested at Independence, Kan,
charged with having embezzled $15,
600 from S. H. Hall &, Co. Of Mineapo.
lis. Minnesota officers have been look.
ing for Lord for more than eighteen
months.
The Crookston Lumber company
has Begun the work of clearing Off the
timber from 100 acres of land on the
south end of Bemidji lake upon which
it is to construct it's big saw mill.
It will cost about 100000, and will be
the most complete mill property in
Minnesota.
>Gustave Gfoesman, about thirty-fve
years of age, living near Blue Earth,
went to his barn and committed sui
eide by hanging. A year ago last July
he was kicked by a horse and has
since been speechless and incapacitat-
ed for work. ss
accompanied by little girl playmate,
Ernest Belford of st. Anthony Park,
aged ten years, was run down by an
eastbound Como-Harriet car and in
stantly killed. The boys companions
Margie Anglin, was seriously injured
and may die. - ~ 4
The Diamond Match company is re-
ported to have purchased mills and
pine at Duluth and vicinity, the deals
involving $2,000,0O0. Alger, Smith G.
Co. have bought the Mitchell & Nc
Clure Lumber company plants and tim
ber lands for $750,000.
William O'Brien of St. Paul has pur-
chased from Henry Turrish and Daniel
Mcleod of Eau Claire, Wis, a large
tract of pine on the line of the Duluth.
Virginia and Rainy Lake road, be-
tween Virginia and Koochiching,- The
consideration was $12o,O0O. .~.
Professor Washburn, state entomol-
ogist, says that II per cent loss on ac-
countrof the Hessian fly is a very con-
servative estimate for the counties Of
Douglas, Otter Tail and Clay. In spite
of the presence of this insect, the
wheat crop. is turning out wonderfully
The lumber production of Minneapo-
lis this year will be about .150,000,0O0
feet less than last, although there Is
almost double the amount of buildings
under construction. The cause Of the
shortage is low water which prevailed
early in the year in the northern part
of the state. - " j. = {5: r
= twenty-five person were injured, one
probably fatally, in a collision Of street
cars at st. Paul Sunday night. The
accident was due to the imbecility Of a
passenger who imagined he was per-
petrating q joke by pulling the trolley
down on the car in front; thus putting
out the lights and causing the second
car to run into the first. LII; !. Az 2.@:s 81.
The survivors of the Fourth Mime
sofa regiment, at a meeting last week,
decided to retain the two flags of the:
Thirty fifth and Thirty-ninth Missis-
sfppt regiments which the survivors
of those regiments had asked to have
returned. Twenty of the veterans pres
ent were II favor Of returning the
flags, and twenty-six voted to Keep
TEN. (. s=. I, .x - z..s
Joseph 9(Reddy) Cohen, alleged per
sonal representative Of Mayor Ames;
and Chief Of Police Ames and .'go-be-
tween" for the Mipneapo1 oils city ad-5