Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-03-21
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

F. F. Frazer, 60 years old and a vet
eran of Brackets battalion, is dead
at Preston.
I A strike resulting in a riot and the
serious beating of one man occurred
at the Duluth match factory.
Henry Schiro of St. Paul fell from
wagon at Hector and bled to death
from wound before assistance could
reach him.
An unknown man was found dead on
the railroad track near Nickerson. He
had two cuts on the head and a bullet
wound in the neck.
Thursday night three good draft ami
mails were stolen in the vicinity of
Rosemount and St. Paul Park and no
trace of them has been found.
Peter Conroy, 10 months old, died
at st. Paul from burns received from
being scalded. The child pulled ket-
tie of hot water upon himself.
ed to issue $4,000 in bonds for the pur-
plant and system of waterworks.
Mankato business men are consider
ing proposition of Chicago parties to
put in an electric line and to furnish
municipal and commercial lighting.
ellis McGill, brakeman employed
at Knife River, had both legs cut off
near the ankles. He was taken to the
Sewell hospital at Two Harbors, where
he died.
J. Adam Bede has filed with the Sec
rotary of state his affidavit of candi-
dacy for the Republican nomination
for congress in the Eighth congress
sional district.
The Elizabeth Iron Company, with a
capital of $5O0,000, is being organ
lied at Duluth to control the state
lease to the iron ore property in Sec
ton ~, south of Hibbing.
An option has been given for the
Arcturus iron ore property in Itasca
county for 100000. It is owned at ST..
Cloud. Duluth iron men think the op-
ton price too high to result favorably
Governor Van SAINT has decided to
have action brought in the name of the
State of Minnesota against the re-
ported merger Of the Iron Range rail-
roads in the United States Steel COM
pany.
ST. Joseph's hospital, St. Paul, has
over 20 cases of diphtheria The dis
ease was conveyed to the hospital by
DR.. Reynolds from Wisconsin, who
came to receive treatment for diph-
thereto affection of the eye.
Men connected with the mining in
dustry, the ore-hauling roads, docks
and vessels are looking for the earliest
opening of navigation in the history
ef oh
have never opened before the 18th of
April.
At the recent election in North Man
kato, Frank Willies and Louis Elder
were candidates for aldermen on oppo-
site tickets and both received the
same number of votes. To decide the
tie they engaged in game of euchre.
Willies won and is alderman.
Margaret A. Hosmer of Chicago,
who was visiting in Minneapolis,
jumped from the Plymouth avenue
bridge into the river. The fall was
about 80 feet, and the woman fell upon
the ice, receiving injuries from which
she died several hours later.
J. LundQuist was accidentally shot
and killed at Sandstone by J. Nelson
Of that place. They were crossing a
tamarac swamp when Nelson fell,
causing his rife to go off, The bullet
passed through his friends body.
Lundquist died almost Immediately.
The Northern Pacific has just closed
contracts with a number of Minneapo-
lis mills for the transportation all-rail
Of more than 100,000000 feet of logs
from points in Northern Minnesota
along the line of the Minnesota and
International, and the former St. Paul
and Duluth road.
Charles Fallbeck, farmer living in
Rapidan township, Blue Earth county,
committed suicide by hanging himself
in the machine shed on his farm. He
had recently sold out and bought land
in Northern Minnesota, and worry
over the delay in receiving the deed
is believed to have unsettled his mind.
1t is understood that the Duluth and
Northern Minnesota road, which is
about to increase it's capital from
100000 to s1,0G0,000 plans to shortly
extend it's line to connection with
the Duluth, Port Arthur and Western,
and thus become a connection for in
ternational traffic. The road will also
be built from Knife river into Duluth.
The state railroad commission has
issued an order to the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railroads in re-
gard to the terminal tariffs at St..
Cloud, Brainerd, Crookston, Fergus
Falls and other northern cities. The
order is practically compelling order
requesting that the roads restore the
former distributing tariffs.
Major Mclaughlin and party have
just arrived from the Red Lake
agency. The Indians have signed the
treaty, for consideration of $1,000
900, for II towns west of the agency,
$250000 to be paid in 80 days after the
ratification of the treaty, and $4,000
annually until the remainder is paid.
The Indians appear to be well salts
fed.
The examination of papers sub
mitted by candidates for teachers GER
ti6cates at the last state examination
has been completed. There were
1886 applicants. of which 2,729 passed
and 1927 failed. There were issued
303 first grade certificates, 1851 Sec
ond grade certificates, and 835 linn