Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-05-29

0u0TlH 11dTuy VI CaSS county re
ports finding the body Of man in the
creek near Backus. It is believed the
man was slugged, dragged some dis
lance and then thrown in the creek.
State Auditor Iverson is about to
begin an investigation to determine
whether or not the lessees of state
mineral lands on the iron range have
been defrauding the state on royalties
The city council of Brainerd has
formally accepted the offer of Andrew
Carnegie to donate $4,000 for the
erection Of library in that city on
the conditions usually imposed by him
Nicholas Hellner, engineer at the
electric light plant at Brainerd, was
caught in a large belt and one arm
was almost pulled out of it's socket.
internal injuries.
The eighteenth annual encampment
Of the Park Region association G. A.
r., will be held in Bemidji July Fl,
%, % and "a. H. w. Bailey is the de
partment commander and has about
completed the details.
St. Paul has been selected by the
executive committee of the National
Association of State Dairy and Food
Departments and July 21-24 as the
time for the seventh annual conven
ton of the association.
Willie Wilson, six years old, was
Instantly killed at St. Paul by a La
fayette avenue car. The body was
terribly mangled. The lad was stand
ing in the street on the car tracks and
did not notice. the approaching car.
Work has commenced on the build
Ing Of a 200-fOOt dock at Beaver Bay,
twenty-five miles up the shore from
Two Harbors. Heretofore passengers
and merchandise have been trans
ferred from the boats to the shore by
skiffs.
Twenty Height section men employed
by the Great Northern railway in the
Twin Cities are on strike. It is feared
that other section hands will follow
their lead and that a general strike of
the section men of the Twin Cities will
result.
Twin City produce dealers appeared
before the state railroad commission
Thursday to urge action to compel the
Northwestern line to establish a bi-
weekly refrigerator car service on it's
line from the Twin Cities to Water
town, S. D.
Steve King, deputy sheriff of Becker
county, was drowned in Detroit lake
one evening last week while fishing.
Just how the accident occurred is not
| known. King was about forty years
Of age and had resided in Detroit for
many years.
A report of iron discoveries on what
is described as the Western Vermil-
! lion range has reached Duluth The
finds are in the neighborhood of Graves
| lake, north of Deer river and far from
| any known iron deposit in the recog-
| nized iron country.
| Mrs. F. Wiliver, living five miles
| southeast of Jasper, met with a fatal
| accident. Her clothing took fire while
she was at work about the kitchen
| and before the other members of the
| family could reach her she was SO
badly burned that she died few hours
! later.
Arthur MCGEE has been arrested at
St. Cloud charged with completely in
| placing a large quantity of dynamite
on the Great Northern tracks near
Foreston. He is implicated by a con-
fession Of q young man under arrest
at Foreston. MCGEE denies his guilt
and says his accuser is insane.
War upon the bucketshops, 80 far
| as the Minneapolis chamber of com.
| merce Is concerned, is over for the
| present. BY vote Of 100 to 1O7 the
members turned down the proposition
of the board of directors to prohibit
| every trader doing business with or
for members Of any independent ex-
| change.
The southbound train on the Mime
apolis and St. Louis train, while within
| the city limits of New Ulm, struck
and killed John Elder. He was stand
ing on the track and it is supposed the
| strong wind blowing towards the en-
| CINE prevented his hearing the whistle
! At the time of the accident Elder was
| watching some cattle to keep them
off the track.
James McCabe, saloonkeeper at
Walker, got the limit in the United
States court for selling liquor to In
dians. There were four indictments
against him and six counts. He was
| convicted on all of them and Judge
Lochren fined him 5000 on each count
and sentenced him to serve seventy
five days for each count, making a
total of 81 200 fine and fifteen months
imprisonment.
! The secretary of state has received
$2,775 for one incorporation fee. The
Rainy Lake company of Duluth incor
porated with capital stock of S.,
100000, Of which $3,500,000 is pre-
ferred stock at per cent. G. J. Rug
gies of Virginia is president and treas
| urer and Hansen Smith of Duluth is
secretary. The new concern will deal
in logs, lumber and timber lands