Mower County transcript., 1903-03-11
NEWS IN ;,,,'TA


NEWS in IA
The United Sixties Steel corporation
is negotiating for more Northern Min
nesota iron prz,pertfiias Z. 5.zsz@,s. S..zs
Three hundred persons attended the
South Central Minnesota Teachers
convention .atS Albert Lea last week.
Arrangements are in progress at
W1nona for the establishment of a
building trades union to take in all
the unionn sSs g
The United States Steel corporation
will spend $54a.961S:in extending it's
ore >do!cks at Duluth ~ and for shop i'm
provements there. ~.< =
Inc annual meeting of the Mime
sofa State Bar association will be
held on Friday afternoon, April Z, at
the capitol, st. Paul.
Authority has been granted for the
conversion of the State bank of Bloom
Ing Priarie into the First National
bank with a capital of $4,000.
The Mankato city council has EN-
ployed w. J. Crap of Minneapolis to
prepare plans and specifications for a
municipal lighting plant to cost s40.-
600. ~ 'O'
The rush for mineral leases on the
Highland range, which 10 expected to
turn out to be a second Mesaha: con-
t1nues: The number issued since Jan.
20 is 326.
According to the report OF the state
board of health there were 1,318 deaths
In Minnesota during January, an in
crease OF 268 deaths over the CORE
spending month OF 1902.
The Minneapolis and st. Louis Rail-
way company is preparing to build
seventeen-stan' rp1ndhouse at Albert
Lea to accommodate it's own locomo-
tlves, as well as those of the Illinois
Central and the Iowa Central,
A mineral explorer who returned to
Duluth from the Highland range says
one drill has arrived to operate on the
MCLEOD homestead. and that five are
expected. He says the range is being
covered by explorers on snowshoes.
The main part of the pavilioan at
Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, was totally
destroyed by fire Friday evening. The
north wing and the float are still stand
ing, but the other portions of the, pa
Vlllon are burned to the waters edge
Walter A. Scott, general manager of
the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha railroad and president Of
the st. Paul Union Depot company, is
dead at st. Paul. Intestinal trouble
OF a cancerous nature caused his
death. so ,,;5:.~:..
There came near being a lynching
at Hibbing one day last week. John
Hon was arrested charged with an at
tempted criminal assault upon q four
year-old girl. Three hundred men as
sumed threatening attitude outside
the Jail, but were induced to disperse.
William Mundt, farmer from
0&ackoer, Ia, was robbed of $3.50 in
currency on the Great Northern flyer
tnst outside Of Minneapolis. The rob
hers also secured draft OF $50 on a
Sumner, Ia., bank, and q certificate of
deposit of $1,000 issued by: the same
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6. w. II. Merriam, director. of the cen.
sala; has accepted the first vice presi.
dency of the International Mercantile
agency. the newest rival OF Dun's and
Bradstreet,s. His. home. has been in
ak. Paul. but he viii soon remove his
fasnily to New York and remain there
permanently.
The QuodenaW Development CON-
pAny Of Duluth claims to have discov-
cred beds OF bituminous coal in Ait
kin county and the first coal mineral
contract ever issued by the state of
Minnesota was secured from the state
auditor Friday by representatives of
the Duluth corporation.
The st. Paul city legal department
settled claims amounting to $23O, 900
for IS 400 during 1902. OF this. amount
81 $50 was paid in: compromise with
out litigation and $3.50 was paid on
judgments In the courts. The amount
paid was but 3 per cent Of the amount
asked for in complaints. -:>
Representative McCleary has for
warded to Andrew Carnegie the &C.
ceptance OF the city officials Of Fair
mont OF the latter's offer to build a
library at that place. Carnegie offered
| $4,000 to Fairmont, the city to pro.
vide q site and: appropriate $1,000 a
year for. the maintenance. :
Under the apportionment of cash for
immediate Improvement for plant Of
the, Steel coropration Duluth is to- get
about &1,000,000: in ore docks and rail.
way enlargement. The Immense bet
terments continually being made in
mines; ETC., are not included, as they
are charged direct to Operating ex-
penses.~ =: 81 *5a ~
Ole G. Olson of2Aitkin, convicted Of
the murder of<his daughter, who was
to be hanged Friday morning, was
granted a reprieve of two~weeks by
Governor: Van SAINT and the probabili:
ties. ties are: now that he will escape hang
Ing, either by having bis sentence
COMMITTED to imprisohment for life
or being consigned to-a state insane
asylum. ~ 4. z15.s..5 ~ ~ -
The state drainage board has fled
q statement generating George Ralph
of Crooksston, engineer of the board,
OF charges preferred against him. by
the public examiner The discrepan-
cies in. his accounts are charged up to
.. careless bookkeeping !. Several indict-
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