Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18
NEWS IN MINNESO

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Representative George r. Umland
Of st. Paul died last week.
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Seward, long edi.
tor Of the Saltwater Messenger. Is
dead. :..4.. =. -'.....
Two thousands immigrants passed
through the Twin Cities one day last
week. 4
The First National bank Of Candy,
with capital of $4,000, has been or
fanized.
Great Northern earnings for the past
nine months show an increase of over
$6,000,0o0. =:
The St. Paul journeymen BARRIERS
have won their fight for the closing OF
shops at instead of 8 p. m.
James Flanagan, for many years
chief deputy state grain inspector at
Minneapolis, and prominent Mason,
is dead.
Duluth wireworkers and electricians
are on strike for increased wages.
Boilermakers are also out, demanding
9-hour day.
Contractors have ESQ men at work
on the new capitol and it is expected
1t will be finished within a year, The
structure was begun in 1896.
Rural free delivery will be establish.
ed at Houston, Houston county. The
service will cover an area of 81 square
piles, with population of 977.
The people of Red 1,.ing have serv:
t td notice t on the state board .. ~ control
"a eaa5 trouble will follow any aftem.1t
at locating the girls training school
IN any city except RED Wing.
rha railroads of the state have been
.:-.~.,ad to appear bafore the rail-
road commission and declare whether
they consider the present Scent mile
passenger tarin reasonable one.
George Willard, an inmate of the st:
Cloud reformatory, who was paroled
two years ago and afterwards violated
his parole and fed, has been found In
the military prison at San Francisco.
Mary Franzwa, aged IL, employed by
E. w. Wilson, st. Paul, used kerosene
to encourage a fire in the kitchen
stove. Her clothing was ignited and
she died from the effects Of her burns.
A suit involving 5000 acres and
$4,000 has been begun at Winona.
Albert H. Hayes and others bring &C.
ton to recover money alleged to be
due them through administration
of the estate of George B. Hayes.
John Donavan, night fireman and
Waterman of the Ryan annex, St. Paul,
met With terrible end between $50
and 6:b0 Saturday morning. He was
caught in the space between the ele-
vator and the sixth floor and was SLOW
ly squeezed to death. I:
Professor Thomas Shaw, who left
the staff Of the agricultural college on
| April l to enter newspaper work as
editor and part proprietor of an agri-
cultural paper, has reconsidered his
determination and will continue his
lectures at the college.
| Duluth tug firemen are still on
strike. Captain Hill of the Towing
company made an offer to allow them
the $50 per month demanded from
Sept. to the close of the season. The
men held meeting later and decided
not to accept the same.
Standing upon the grave of her dead
brother in st. Anthony cemetery, Min
neapolis, Mrs. Anna Schlosa, the wife
of August Schlosa, fired two bullets
into her head and died at the city hos.
pital a few hours later. Family
troubles is said to have been the
cause. -
Public Examiner johnson has ap
pointed Edward w. McGrew assistant
bank examiner. Mr.. McGrew is an ex
pert railroad accountant. and will be
detailed to check up railroads and 9th
er corporations that pay a gross earn
ings tax to the state under the John
son bill. ~~4::.-
AS soon as st. Paul's contribution to
the Mckinley memorial fund has been
received the collections in Minnesots
will be completed. The officers of the
state association will then forward tc
the national officers $1,000 in round
numbers as Minnesota's offering tt
this cause.
August Schubert, serving Jail sen
tence at Glenwood for assault on his
wife, hanged himself with towel tieG
to the side of his cell four feet above
the floor. He became morose because
his wife did not call on him when il
town and said she could bring coffi1
the next time she came.
Johnson and O'Brien, who pleaded
guilty to robbing the Underwood an(
Millerville postofices, received sen
fences in the United States court a
Fergus Falls. Johnson was given fiv'
years at Saltwater and fined $1,000
O'Brien was sentenced to St. Clou,
for one year and to pay 500 fine.
Plans now being discussed TO
the Improvement and charging of rail
road and terminal facilities in Mime
apolis call for an expenditure of 81
10000 The Great Northern, which ha
large holdings of terminal property i
and around Minneapolis, will probabl
lead all other roads in terminal in2
provements.
In 10 years time there has been a.
enormous increase in the number Q
, women wage earners in Minnesota
Comparing 1890 and 1900, the stat
> labor bureau finds the following il
crease: Men, So per cent; wome1
73,4 per cent; children, AZ per cent
The proportion Of women to men i
seven to one.
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