Mower County transcript., 1903-06-24
NEWS Il MIN NES( ()T'A


NEWS in Mo NESO VIA
Red Wing will celebrate Its semi
centennial l IA Septembe
4 81. Paul plumb ers areSon d strike Tor.
ans Increase in wages from 81 to So
Bens Richard son Of 'Winona has sold
pearl he found in Mississippi
river clam for s13o. ! q.
Iss Miss Ida Hawker of Mapleton sew
'enteen years Of age, was severely
I pufned Ell 3Dy an plosion Of an incubator
lamp lamp She SAheScannot live. s.s
l 1lllam Weber, aged sixteen wears. s
fell into It the river just below the power.
mouse at Tenth avenue south. Mime
5apolis, and was drowned. 81 .s:
b. Joseph Kohler, who shot and killed
|,Ionn 1EI. kart at ST.. Paul on the night Of
| May s, has been acquitted by jury.
Sl)runkenness l-'1' " K q les was his defense.
l@ A. Ballard, carpenter, was in
stantly killed BY falling from the sec
| #ond8 sttoor of 8 house sin st. Paul and
Istri.king asrl.E upon his head in the base
lment .sI .s3s S1
timing struck John Humon's ele.
vator at Window and burned it, to-
lgether with several thousand bushels
of grain. The loss is from S1O 900 to
$4,000. Il. Ss s.$5z
Arguments on molten for a new
trial IN the case of former Mayor A.
! A Ames Of Minneapolis have 0G been;
about completed. Il The case probably
will vii be heard about July 10. q s. 8 at
Fred Roedig accidentally lost his
life in the Minnesota river while at.
tempting to cross It on foot at q point
some twenty miles north Of Mankato.
The body has been recovered.
The state dairy and food department
has learned that some Of the preserved
Strawberries" and 1.raspberries'' sold
| IN Minnesota are mixtures Of timothy
seed, broom corn, glucose and sugar.
The convention of -four and cereal
! employees at Minneapolis adopted a
resolution demanding in peremptory
terms that the United States promptly
enter into reciprocal trade relations
with other nations t M
State Auditor Iverson announces
that sixteen of the eighty-two counties
have submitted statements of taxes
l collected from March 1 to June 1.
The reports show an increase of about
I*13 per cent over last year. S. /,
e While attempting to rescue com.
panlon from drowning Abner Cameron,
\ ! an engineer, twenty-six years old, lost
i his life near West Duluth. Humphrey
Jones, who belonged to Cameron's
party was fishing in a boat, which
capslZed. r.. u $@.
Tine Ho1te, a domestic in the EN-,
ploy Of P. Peterson =: Of Appleton
i poured kerosene oil on the fire to
make it burn faster. The Oil caught
fire, the can exploded and she was SO
badly burned about the face and body
/ she cannot live a. 6. Is sS %f >fzs.s23
!. The Hotel Winona at Winona was
visited by fire at a nearly hour Fri
day morning. The fire was located in
the laundry and before it was discov.
1 cred the corridors were filled with
smoke. When the guests were aroused
a panic resulted, but fortunately nc
Il one was injured. * S@55. s$ &
The Minnesota State Medical society
has elected the following officers: DR.
4 Charles Green, st. Paul, president;
Y DR.. Charles Hi ], Pine Island, first
vice president; Dr. jeanette McLaren
st. Paul, second vice president; !; DR.
John B. Darling, st. Paul, third vice
president; DR.. Thomas McDavitt, sec
retary. " @>e G,.z E 4 .s.s@s5s. 5.'5s 5.ss
t=. Two persons were drowned in Min
neapolis Thursday One was Albert
McGee,s an iron molder, aged twenty:
one years. He was bathing in the
river at Twentieth avenue north when
he met his death. The other was Os
car Mevobun, lad ten years old He
was drowned while bathing in Min
nehaha creek. 3s. ez II # <5EE55Sss
The members of the Crookston fire
department have sent in their resig
| nations, to take effect on July /, when
they will disband. /, The, trouble grew
out Of the efforts Of the city council
to purchase new combination chem
ical and hose wagon. The department
wanted one kind, but the city pur
chased another.
Labor Commissioner John O'Donnel
lis planning to put inspectors in the
Twin Cities to ascertain how many
firms are employing children unde1
sixteen years of age from whom they
have not secured and placed on fill
certificates of permission signed by
the superinte Of schools or by {
person authorized by him.
Crazed with liquor and unable K
secure more two Indians attached tt
the Grand Portage reservation dranl
six bottles Of bone liniment which
they knew to contain alcohol, and arr
dead. Both of the red men suffered
untold agony for several hours. Tht
]; medicine was SO strong that it de
stroyed their stomachs and a portion
4 of the intestines.
William Koernke well known
farmer living near Mission Lake
i north Of Brainerd committed suicid,
Thursday morning He first slashet
his throat with a razor and then sho