The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-08-08
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.


Mary johnson, Minneapolis do
nestle, was found dead in her room.
host & Lammersen's slaughter
mousse in the town of ST. Cloud burn
ed at loss of $1,000.
Helen Tenges, cook on the steamer
fora, fell from the boat at the foot
~ Broadway, ST. Paul, and was
drowned.
Seril Woods, the 2-year-old son of
Mt and Mrs. Burl Woods, was drown
ed in cistern at the house of his
grandfather, M. r. Woods, at Eyota.
Burglars entered the Log Cabin sa-
loon in Minneapolis and secured $115
IN cash and gold watch valued at
500. The watch was the property of
a citizen of Duluth, who had left it
for small loan.
Near TeDgly, several Indians were
IN camp. Whisky flowed freely and
quarrel arose and John w. fairbanks,
a member of this reservation, was
stabbed and killed by his wife. It
is reported that jealousy and whisky
were the causes of the murder. The
woman escaped.
A hailstorm passed over Cotton
wood doing much damage in strip
south of here, probably two miles
wide and four or five miles long. The
farmers estimate their loss at about
SO per cent. Rain fell in torrents,
causing the grain to lodge over an
area much larger than that visited
by hail.
A handsome summer cottage at
Mile Laos lake, belonging to d. FL.
Robbins, was destroyed by fire Sat-
urday. The cottage was unoccupied
and the origin of the fire is unknown.
Loss, $4,000.
Emma Batcha, three years old, fell
from the second story window of her
home at st. Paul, to the stone pave
ment and received injuries from
which she may die. Her head is bad
~ bruised, and her left side painfully
injured
Reports are about that Minneapolis
is to have new hotel to contain at
least 400 rooms. 1t will be the most
accessible in the city and perhaps the
most spacious.
when Ell Torrance of Minneapolis,
commander-in-chief of the G. A. R.,
heads the parade during the national
encampment in Washington, in Octo-
Der, he will have as a special escort
John A. Rawlins post of Minneapolis,
OF which the commander-in-chief is
member.
The Northern Consolidated Granite
company has been organized at ST.
Cloud by c. S. Benson and others, to
take ia, over several granite quarries.
The capital stock is about $15O,OO0,
and a, complete equipment, something
never had there, will be put in.
An organized gang of log thieves
which has been operating along the
upper Mississippi river for some tins
past, is still plying it's depredations
vigorously, according to the testi-
mony of lumbermen and steamboat
men, and the log owners are at their
wits end as to how to put an end
to the thievery which is becoming
very disagreeable and is source of
considerable loss.
Frank Nelson, aged years, and
George Regain, aged II, were drowned
in the river near South ST. Paul. The
boys were playing on a raft which
they had constructed, and were car
ried from the shore BY the current.
The bodies have not been recovered.
A committee of the recently organ
lied Native Sons of Minnesota asso-
citation has been appointed to make
arrangements for fair-week reunion
of the natives of this state by the
president of the society, P. NJ. Holl.
Some boys of Gilmore attacked
three men who came up from Led
yard, Iowa. The boys were armed
with clubs except one, who carried a
hammer. One man, the section fore
man on the Chicago & North Western
at Ledyard, was pounded into uncon-
seriousness with the hammer.
A special election was held at Mon
ticello and bonds in the sum of $1O,-
900 voted for a system of water
works. The vote was 1875 for to is
against. Bonds for a gas plant also
carried by 1872 to 43. The sum of ST.,
900 was voted for the latter enter
prise.
A mass meeting was held at Win
throp to organize an association to
hold a street fair in September. w.
and F. j. Schisler were chosen COM
hlIOtCC Oll
high class attractions will be secured.
A fast freight and a gravel train
on the Milwaukee railroad collided at
River Junction. Five cars were de-
molished and the locomotive of the
freight train left the track and now
lies bottom upward in the Mississip-
pi river. The engineer and fireman
jumped and escaped injury.
Fire yesterday afternoon did much
damage at the Northern Pacific sta
ton at Crookston. 1t originated dur
ing the absence of the Office force
and the interior of the building was
drenched with water in the effort to
control the flames. The freight de-
partment was cleared of all the mer-
chandise.
The Duluth, Missabe e. Northern
road has ordered three ninety-ton To-
comotives, which will be delivered
about Oct. 1, and six more of the
same size which will be delivered
early next spring.
Harvesting accidents have been
very numerous in the vicinity of
Stewartville. Johnnie Acker, the H.
year-old son of John Acker, living a
few miles northeast of town, got in