Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-01
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

The State Bank of Bertha is nearly
ready for business.
Truman Beaulieu has been appoint
ed postmaster at Beaulieu, Norman
county.
A prize fight for so cents side be-
tween two negroes was broken up in
Minneapolis.
The play of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
HYDE drove Mrs. NJ. J. Kelly of
Minneapolis insane
The st. Paul Bread company filed
articles of incorporation. The cap
ital stock is 100000.
Charles Hammer, a we'll known
Hokah farmer was fatally injured by
train while walking home on the
track. He leaves wife and son.
The large wholesale grocery estab-
lishment of Foley Bros & Kelley at
Third and Sibley streets, St. Paul, had
| a close call from destruction by fire.
Robert D. O'Connell, principal of
the Mcclellan school in St. Paul, died.
at st. Joseph's hospital of typhoid
| fever. He had been ailing for some
days.
julius Ranta secured a verdict Of
$40 damages il his suit against the
| Stephenson Mining company on the
claim that a blast from the company's
mine wrecked his house.
Three children of A. A. Hallson
were severely burned at Duluth in his
burning dwelling and narrowly es-
capped death in the flames. Hallson
is laborer and had gone to work at
the time of the fire.
Harvey S. Rogers, the Minneapolis
postotfice distributing clerk charged
with robbing the mails. was declared
not guilty by the jury after the jury
had been out for nearly eleven hours.
August Bergquist, Swede, who
lives at 211S Twenty-second street
south, Minneapolis, was held up by
two masked highwaymen shortly be-
fore midnight at Fifth avenue and
Fourth street south.
Thomas O'Hara, a noted crook,
wanted in Minneapolis for five years
to answer to seven counts of burg
larry, was arrested by Patrolman John
| Novotny. He is held for orders of the
county authorities.
Paul AIileck, of Minneapolis, tried
Intellectually to commit suicide three
different ways. First he tried to
shoot himself then he set fire to his
clothes, and finally tried to hang him.
self with his suspenders.
Attorney General Douglas began
proceedings at the instance of In
surance Commissioner Dearth to wind
up two small fraternal associations,
the Benevolent Commoners and the
Order of the North Star.
The district convention of the Mod
ern Brotherhood Of America was held
at Owatonna. A. j. Montgomery, Of
GAINESVILLE, and DR.. Elijah D. Jones,
of this city, were elected delegates to
| the convention at Sioux Falls.
The investigation of the police to
discover the cause of the numerous
blazes in the building at so West
Third street, St. Paul, adjoining the
Central police station, resulted in the
arrest of Mrs. James Kennedy, wife
of James Kennedy, truck driver, on
a charge of arson.
James O'Malley, whose right name
is John Muldoon, the highwayman
arrested in St. Paul with John StirL
ing, alias John Wilson, after fierce
revolver fight with Detective Fraser,
is wanted by the Cleveland authori-
ties for shooting Patrolman Kearney,
of Cleveland. June s last.
William Travers, aged 81 years, a
clerk in the general Offices of the
Great Northern railway, who resides
with his mother in St. Paul, was
stabbed in Twombly's saloon, St.
Paul, and may die. Jumbo Gibbs,
the colored porter, is under arrest
charged with assault If Travers
dies the charge will be changed to
murder.
The State Forestry board instructed
the executive committee to prepare u
detailed plan of the work of reforest-
ing the land in Cass county donated
to the state by former Gov. Pillsbury
for forestry purposes. The board al
so approved and ordered the publica-
ton of the report of Surveyor Dun
can on the Pillshury tract.
William Toomey, IS years old, son
of Andrew Toomey, a prominent
building contractor of St. Paul, died
at the St. Paul City hospital while
undergoing an operation for appendi-
citis. The deceased was bright
young fellow, and for some time had
charge of the financial affairs of his
father.
The St. Paul Union Stockyards
company filed an amendment to its
articles of incorporation, increas-
ing capital stock from 100000
to $200O,O0O. The increase was de-
cided on in 1897, and permission
for the increase was secured then but
the increase was deferred.
Benjamin Rogers, pioneer of St.
Paul, and one of the leading men of
the state, died of Bright's disease. He
had held the Office of county auditor,
clerk of court, sheriff and Judge of
probate, occupying the latter office at
the time of his death. He was a
veteran of the civil war.
Two joints called temperance sa-
looms, run by Tom Anderson and
John Erickson respectively, were
raided at Glyndon by deputy sheriffs
sent down from Moorhead. Goods
supposed to be illegal were found at
both places, and were seized and
taken to Moorhead by team.
The business men and farmers of
Skyberg and vicinity have purchased
the elevator of the Kansas City Grain
company and will soon incorporate as
Farmers elevator. Stock has been
sold and the elevator will soon be
ready for business.
The steps in front of the new Sons
of Zion synagogue, Texas and State
streets, St. Paul, broke down from
the weight of the crowd clamoring