Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-02-14
NEWS IN hIINNES I, /

Fire in the plant of the Red Wins
Sewer Pipe company caused loss q
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James Hickey, one of the oldest set:
tiers of Graceville, Ms dead Of pneu
monia, aged q years. I*.t ". = =$ Ss:f.
The 2ryear-old boy of H: L. Sprague
of Boyd is dead as the result of play
ing with matches. His clothes caught
fire. .,- I#s
While visiting relatives in the East
William Aker, a well-to-do farmer ,ot
Winthrop, died from an attack of nose
bleed. =
: Land in the vicinity of Madelia il
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 its general
Offices to Duluth from Marquette May
or as soon as possible thereafter.
Milo D. Jones, Duluth letter car
r1er, has been held to the United
States grand jury on a charge of tam
pering with registered mail matter.
William Studeman, laborer en-
ployed at Mitchell & McClure's saw.
mill at West Duluth, was crushed tG
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 Quilted 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 Elelrose, has been committed
to the Fergus Falls asylum. Jones'
smoking, and he has become physi.
cal wreck.
Christopher Maginnis, the 20-year.
old son of John Maginnis, 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, wO0dchOpper 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 I'M
der the influence of liquor.
After trial lasting two weeks and
taking two days to weigh the evidence
81 The jury room, the jury in the first
case OF the state against Sheriff Phil
lip T. Megaarden of Hennepln county
failed to arrive at verdict.
Mayor T. w. Hugo has been reflect
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
8,650.02 acres of land during January;
81 final hamestead proofs were made
upon 9,471.99 acres, and cash entries
upon 177.23 acres. The total receipts
| for the month we're $2,775.84.
| James Malone of st. Paul, while en-
ployed as sledtender at O'Neal Bros
camp No. 2, near Mora, slipped and
! fell, the sled and entire load passing
over his leg, completely severing it at
| the knee. He was taken to St. Paul
hospital and died day or two later.
/ John H. 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 I of the First
Minnesota volunteers.
Michael Winnegar, a 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, it 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 well
| developed cases o. 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 J. A. Tawney has pre-
| scented to the Winona free public Ii.
brary valuable collection of some
: 200 public documents, some of which
60 back many years in public records.
j 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
q letter from the American committee
in London asking that the state OF
Minnesota contribute to the exhibits
Of agricultural products, minerals, ma.
chinery or manufactured products to
be exhibited in London during the cor
onation ceremonies of King Edward
The international exhibition will be