Mower County transcript., 1903-12-30
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE. Il
/ Magnus A., lHagseth, a: prominent
farmer was killed in a runaway acci-
dent at Fergus Falls. .,...>s .~-@,.=.#.
Thomas w. McArdle, fifty years a
resident OF st. Paul, is dead from pa
ralysis with which he was suddenly
stricken. = ~,r q .~.,,
Alice, tho four.year-old daughter of
Jacob Anderson OF st. Paul, fell down
the cellar steps Of her homo and broke
her neck. ,}'7' S''>'''' STs'':.. g. : &.:
Mrs. Myra Jane williams, on trial
at Brainerd charged with killing her:
child, has been found guilty Of murder
in the first degree. : -
( Emil Constans, nineteen years old,
committed suicide at ST.. Paul He
had been out ,of work for some time
a1d was Respondent.
While "snaking" log down a hill
side near New Ulm Alvin Dietz slipped
and fell before the log, which passed
over him, crushing out his life.
Sleepy Eye will hereafter be known
as the city of Sleepy Eye, a new char
ter having been carried at a special
election, by a majority of Is votes.
Fire caused by an electric light wire
caused loss of s225,O00 to the Wall
blom Furniture company, St. Paul,
and neighboring buildings and firms.
George NJ Tousley of LIE Sueur and
seven members Of his fsmilysf and
guests were poisoned with chicken pie
which they ate at family reunion. All
will recover
Governor Van SAINT has fixed
Wednesday. Feb. 10, as the date for
the execution of Charles and Henry
Nelson, convicted in the Steele county
district court Of the murder of Henry
Krier, saloonkeeper. ''
Pinned under mass Of wreckage
Frank Knowles, brakeman, was
burned to crisp as the result of a
rear-end collision near Elk River be-
tween Pacific Express train No. 3 and
freight train on the Northern Pacific
road.
It Is announced by Minnesota mem
bers Of congress that Joseph J. Nc
Cardy, formerly city comptroller OF
st. Paul, practically has been.yagreed
upon as the successor Of Henry A.
Castle ia the office OF auditor for the
pcstoff1ce department.
Tina Nelson a sister OF the lads
sentenced to hang for the murder of
Henry Krier at Owatonna,, and Anna
Nelson. their sister-in.law, were found
guilty of shoplifting at Minneapolis.
The women have no money and will
serve a workhonse sentence. ~>.:=
On New Years day Minnesota's IS
state debt will be less than 81 100O,OO
for the first time since 1891, when
|, 81 $4,000 funding: bonds: were issued.
The debt is now 81 S1,059,000 and on New
Years the state treasurer will pay off
$10o,000, reducing the amount to $685.
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ri Infamed by jealousy and :, mad.
dened by drink Gust Kuhn, Minneap4
oils dredge worker shot and seriously
wouzlded his landlady, Mrs. Ida John.
son, and, thinking her dead, almost
severed his. head from his body with
a knife and fired two shots into his
BRAIN @J>7
- With 1898 miles of new track Min
nesota stands tenth in a list of forty
three states and territories in railway
building In 1903. Twelve lines con.
tribute to the mileage in the state,
but the figures shown do not include
the large amount of second track laid
during the year.
Officials of the state auditors de.
partment estimate that the tax on
gross earnings of railroads for the
year ending Dec. 81, 1903, will be
$2.250 900, which is $327,63334 more
than year ago and $590,675.12 more
than in 1901. The tax will be due
early in February.
Commissioner Richards Of the gen.
eral land Office has announced his
awards under the sealed bids received
for timber on the ceded Chippewa In.
dian lands in the state Of Minnesota
in the vicinity of Cass Lake, the sale
for which was held several weeks ago.
The total amount covered by the &C.
cepted bids is 81 ,432,732. =.
Patrick Fl. Carney, the oldest engi.
1eer on the Northern Pacific, having
been in the service for thirty-two
years, twenty-five years Of which time
was on the run of Numbers 5 and 6,
between Brafnerd and St. Paul, is dead
at his home in .Brainerd. He was one
Of the most notable men in the his.
tory Of railroad service In the state.
The state supreme court has filed a
decision Affirming the, findings of the
lower court iii the big land case of E..
s. Kosmerls ct all against, Katrina
Mueller ct al. This action originated
In Duluth and concerned the owner.
ship of rich mineral lands in the Me.
saba range. The: lower court decided
in favor of Kosmerl and the supreme
court upholds THIS decision. J.. a., - r
Fire which destroyed half a block
OF buildings at Hoffman and threat.
ened to razes the town caused damage
to the amount aof $75,O0e.H5 The fire
started in L. l.. Breen's general store,
it is supposed, from an .overheated
l'stove!S A. high wind caused the fire to
spread and several ether buildings ON
| the same side Of the street were