Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-11-07
NEWS In MINNESOTA

John B. Mueller, aged seventy. q !
resident of Winona for forty years. ::
dead. -: - |
George H. Marsh, one of the best |
known residents of Mankato, is dead !
He had resided in that city for forty.
nine years.. u" >.
- Mrs. Samuel Edwards, an aged par
alytic, was saved from cremation at
st. Paul by the extraordinary bravery
of Patrolman Miskie.
*<s The sale Of lands in Benton county
has been concluded and has aggre.
gated 1850 acres. Purchasers in
arrears have paid up on $500 acres.
twenty-five actions for divorce and
twenty personal injury damage suits
appear on the calendar for the Nove11i-
Der term Of the Ramsey county district
court. -
rs The Union Iron works of Minneapo-
+ lis has contract to build a. new saw
mill at Winton, near Ely, to cost $780,
900. The plant will have q capacity OF
10000 feet per ten hours.
II. E. T.*Blew, found guilty Of forgery
| at Minneapolis, was given seven years
! in the state penitentiary. His, partner,
Thomas F. Armstrong, pleaded guilty
to the same charge, and was given four
years.
At a charivari in North Branch, near
Cambridge, the bride was possibly ia
tally wounded by three shots fired by
a boisterous mob outside the house.
Two of the bullets entered her breast
and one plowed into her shoulder.
fire that threatened the entire
Minneapolis business district Thurs
day night totally destroyed the large
store and warehouse of the Minneap-
oils Paper company and did consider
able damage to many of the surround
ing buildings:
- Hans Anderson, aged nineteen years,
was shot and severely wounded at
Chester, five miles from Rochester, by
Berth Mastery. Mastery is in the
county Jail awaiting his preliminary
; examination. The affair was sequel
of Halloween prank.
A fourteen-year-old girl is dead near
Hutchinson OF rabies. She died frcth.
ing at the mouth and swapping and
biting at her attendants and in fright
, full paroxysms. Three persons bitten
by the same dog have been sent to
chicago lOf treatment.
A disastrous prairie fire swept across
Wilkin county last " eek, burning over
a strip OF country fourteen miles in
l length, and being finally stopped by
: one OF the state ditches About 5000
: acres were burned over, and severa
hundred tons Of hay were destroyed.
:. The fourtcen-y ear-old son Of William
l. Zarenhusen, g farmer living ten mile:
southeast OF Pipcstone, committed sui
l. eide by setting fire to q straw pile ant
l. throwing himself into the flames. L
r Eis alleged that inhuman treatment OF
X the part OF the parents caused the DO!
II ito take his own life.
J: j. Keane Of minneapolis and J. NJ
+ Stariha of St. Paul were cOnsecratet
J. Roman Catholic bishops of the dlo
=. csses of Wyoming and Lead, S. d., a
II the cathedral in St. Paul last week
5. In addition to seTeral thousand perscn
who thronged the cathedral, there wa
: a large assembly Of noted prelates.
h A deal is in progress whereby tn
II Wolvin building at Duluth will b.
+" owned by Boston insurance com
pany The building is nearing compile
n ton and will be the home of the yes
A sci, railroad and mining interests Q
IS |thC United States Steel corporation
The property is valued at $200,0C0.
r The lumber cut Of Minneapolis thi
Le year Will be 12G. 100000 feet less tina?
s. lasi year, and l50,0G0,000 feet unde
1899, the banner year. The number G
n feet cut this year is about 452,000,00t
,r The reduction is due largely to lo'
| w. 1,r cci> nd iT
ability to get the logs to the mills.
9. William II. Johnson, secretary of til
Il. Minneapolis board Of charities an
re corrections, has been indicted Oh tn
charge Of lnisa ppropriating publ
=. funds and his assistant, Charles !
~ Brown, father CT Thomas R. Brow,
u private secretary Of Mayor Ames, Ia
a. been indicted on the charge Of ials!i.
ing public records.
The business transacted by, the D.
luth land Office during the past zee
~ broke all records .for that office. IN
y, sales amounted to more than those {
the CrOohston and St. Cloud Onics
&C. combined. The acres sold number $50
lie 3S6, of which $4,000 were cash eltl
e and 10000 HON estead. The total r
ceipts were S206.231.4O.
IS Labor Commissioner O'Donne
n states that his dcpartm ent has r
* ceived reports from 312 organizatio;
he in the state out Of 335. the total nu1
Der at the present time. Two yea
m ago the labor bodies. organization
at etc.. numbered 205. Brainerd is. he
70 to he the best organized town in pr
ee portion to it's size, containing fourtee
labor unions.
in The report of the state treasurer Fl
as October shows much smaller ca:
to balance than usual on account of tt
sh large disbursements Of recent dat
The monthly disbursements have
bo cluded 100000 from the genec
1T, school fund, S610, 900 from the reVen7
w. fund for state expenses, $354,00O fro
10 the permanent school, fund, $500
~ from the general university fund a!
~ $4,000 from the grain inspcctl'
fund.
.oo A. mistake regarding signals caus
wv an accident on the Northern Pacl
near Watt Siding Saturday. The ii