Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-10-17
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

NEWS LIN MlNNESOIA-
. The president has appointed Cliff
ton ]. Benedict postmaster at Man.
kato.
John H. Randall, a well known Min
neapolis attorney and exalted Mason,
is dead.
Joseph Crack shot iii Seacizch at
Ely with fatal result. They quarreled
over woman.
Five hundred and seventy-two car.
loads, 111,769 barrels of flour, was
shipped from Minneapolis in one day
last week.
Last weeks -four output was the
largest on record for the Minneapolis
mills. There were 404,960 barrels of
-four ground.
DR.. John Benjamin, one of the best
known Mcleod county pioneers, is
dead at Hutchinson, at the age of al
most eighty years.
State Treasurer Block has received
100000 of state funds called in from
state repositories and he has called
for another 100000.
In one day last week 5000 head OF
cattle were received at the South St..
Paul stock yards. This breaks all pre-.
vious records at that point.
The Howard Lake Telephone com.
pany has filed articles of incorpora-
ton with the secretary of state The
capital stock will be $4,000.
DR.. G. H. Brutton died at his home
in Excelsior last week aged sixty-six
years. He was a major in the Civil
war, enlisting in Kentucky regiment.
Fire at Wells destroyed George
Bombergs livery barn and twenty-one
head of horses. Two men were sleep.
ing in the barn and had difficulty in
getting out alive.
In its annual report to the governor
the state board of control announced
an improvement in the management of
the various institutions and a saving
effected of $150,000.
Broin & Robes threshing rig fell
through the bridge over the Zumbro
river at Kenyon and killed liver Broin
the engineer, and seriously injured O.
X. Haugen. the fireman.
Emet Gustaffson, aged thirteen
years, residing near Duluth, was shot
and It is feared MORALLY wounded by
careless hunters, who fed when they
learned what they had done.
The Church of the Guardian Angel
at Chaska was destroyed by fire LAST
week, the conflagration being the
| most destructive that has ever Wis.
tied that city. The loss is $4,000.
State Auditor Dunn held a state
land sale at Aitkin last week. The
~ O1 wit h,rx,
| and at times the bidding was spirited.
One piece went at $23 per acre. Over
$4,000 acres were sold.
Jacob Herman, one of the oldest
employees of the Northwestern road in
WinOna, was run down by a work
train in the yards and instantly killed.
Both Of his legs were cut off and his
body was badly mangled.
Since the porch climbers began op-
erations in Minneapolis about a week
ago it is estimated that at least $15,-
600 of property has been stolen. At
the residence of Thomas Lowry $4,000
| worth of jewelry was secured.
Mrs. Judge Chatfeld, widow of the
late Judge Chatfield, died at Belle
PLANE from old age. She was eighty
five years old. She came to Mime
sofa from Wisconsin in 1854 and was
the Oldest resident of Belle PLANE.
Nelson Gotschia of Staples, this
| state, was taken from a Northern Pa
| cific train at Helena, Mont, suffering
from deep cash in his throat which
he is said to have inflicted himself.
He was en- route to Whatcomb, Wash.
The question of the constitutional
<,f +hn fo+1 In
| gued before the supreme court Thurs.
day. The matter involves from $780,
600 to $1,0OO,000 and the drainage of
| valley.
Luke c. Hayes, a wealthy ranchman
from Harlem, Mont, and agent at the
Belknap Indian agency during Presi-
! dent Cleveland's administration, COM
! mitted suicide at the Merchants hotel
! in St. Paul by shooting himself
| through the head with a revolver.
At a special village election the cit
! liens of Lanesboro voted $4,000 mu-
nicipal bonds for the purchase of the
IanesbOro Electric company's prop
erty there and converting the same
! into modern municipal electric light
Ing, power and water pumping plant.
! Robert P. Wallace, who was
brought back from New York charged
with forgery, died Thursday at the
city hospital at St. Paul. Officers
who had the man in charge thought
he was shamming illness and he did
not receive prompt medical treat
nent.
The business of the Minneapolis
postofice for the quarter ending Sept.
80 shows an increase, over the cor
responding quarter of last year, of
nearly 100000. The value of orders
issued during the last quarter was
t132,6l1.S1, and the value of orders
cashed $579, 034.55.
| The total assessment of the state:
as it will appear when the changes
ordered by the state board have been
made by the county auditors, has not
been figured, hut it is estimated that
the grand total for the state will be
about $S10,000,000. an increase OF
$200.000,O00 over the valuation fixed