Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-01-03
NEWS " MINNESOTA

The Northwestern Harness Makers
association will meet in Minneapoli1,
next year.
The Fosston Wind Stacker company
move to Minneapolis.
The late Senator SeWel1 Of New
Jersey was once resident of st. Paul
He managed the first chartered banh
organized in the state.
At Brainerd the Vanstrum Clothine(
cOmpanys store on Front street wasi
damaged by fire by the explosion of
an alright stove. The loss was $4,000.
The Mckinley monument fund at
Duluth has reached about 81 100 and is
expected to amount to at least 1000.
There has been no organized or syste-
matte giving. 49,.
Patrick Rivers, Sentenced week or
two ago to 20 years at saltwater for
the killing of Thomas Gt:ahagan in
Lake aveuue SALOON, Duluth, hh:c.S see::
taken to prison.
Charles Leete, chief engineer at the
pumping and powerhouse at Winnebar
go City, was caught in the fywheel Of
the compressor pump and both his Iees
were torn OF at the knees.
James O'Neill, we'll known Duluth
contractor and builder, died last week
h Ireland, where he had gone to make
a visit at his old home. He was man
of considerable means and unmarried.
John w. Bodfors, aged 81, committed
suicide by hanging himself to spike
in his shantv about two rods from his
sons the town of Cambridge.
He hv-u a-one and no cause Is as
signed for his act.
Five hundred dollars has been voted
by the village council of Cass Lake to
send delegation to congress to OPP
pose the setting aside Of the reserva-
ton for PARK purposes and to assist In
opening it for settlement.
John M. Roberts OF Minneapolis, the
ex-prfson guard who was convicted two
weeks ago CT conspiring to effect the
escape OF Edward Leland, a long term
convict, was sentenced by Judge Will
Aston to pay a fine Of 5000.
The gas well near Pelican Rapids
continues to burn and the people are
beginning to believe that good thing
has been struck. The pressure is not
great, but the flame extends two feet
from the mouth of twO-inch pipe.
Abe Nelson, an old resident of Tay-
lors Falls, killed his mother, 80 years
of age, Splitting her head open with an
axe. He was weak minded and had
been drinking, but was considered
harmless. He is S. years of age and
was alone with his mother at the time.
~
ommend to the state department that
Consul General Goodnow be appointed
provisional fiscal agent of the United
States with authority to accept the
payments ct the Chinese indemnity
from the dean CT tie diplomatic corps
at Picking.
The business men of Alexandria sent,
Postmaster c. S. Mitchell purse con-
! tanning $130. The note accompanying
it, signed "Committee," said that the
gift was in recognition of the improve
ments made at the postofice and Of
Mr.. Mitchell's loyalty to the interests
| of Alexandria.
Gilbertsop's cigar factory at Cannon
Falls was Quilted by fire Thursday.
The factory was on the second floor
| over johnson & Swanson's merchant
tailoring establishment. The latter's
goods were mostly saved, though In
damaged condition The building was
insured In the Home Insurance COM
pany Of New York.
John E. Dempsey, publisher of The
Record and long we'll known figure in
st. Paul, died as result Of fall from
a fourth story window of the Wash
! burn building on Fifth street. The
body, crushed and bleeding, was taken
to st. Joseph's hospital, but though life
remained the shock was too great and
he died three hours later.
| Charles McNichols, United States
special Indian agent of the interior de-
partment, has arrived at White Earth
from Washington to establish for the
winter a home for the old, sick and
INDECENT Indians belonging to the
White Earth agency. Next summer
the government intends to construct a
permanent building for this purpose.
A joint meeting of the committees
from Cass Lake and Walker was held
at Cass Lake preparatory to the open
ing of the Chippewa Indian reserva~
tion It was decided to secure the CO.
operation of influential commercial
bodies from the Twin Cities and Du-
1uth and to send a delegation to Wash
ington. Committees for these tasks
were selected.
BY the terms of decree foreclosure
the property Of the Duluth Transfer
Railway company will be sold at auc-
ton on Jan. 2. The property comprises
railway tracks, switching yards and
right-of-way from the Union depot to
New Duluth. Captain T. H. Pressnell
has been designated as special master
1n-chancery to conduct the sale and his
Instructions state he is not to consider
any bid less than $500,000. -~..-
In the holiday rush stranger ap.
peared one evening at the o. F. Steiler
butchershop at Albert Lea and asked
to have SIC check cashed, which was
done. The name of J. A. Gustavson, a
well known liveryman, purported to
have been signed, but it proved to be
forgery and the clerk who cashed the
check is out the SO. No arrests have
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