Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-09-11

Reuben FRANK, a young farmer re-
siding seven miles south Of Wood
Lake, was killed by lightning while
at work in the field.
\ settlement of the Minneapolis
building trades strike is in sight The
men will go to work pending the de-
cisi0n of a board of arbitration.
The State Association of Postofice
Clerks was formed at St. Paul last
week by 200 delegates representing
fourteen postofices in Minnesota.
Battle Lake will be represented at
the St. Louis fair in live fish ex-
hibit. Three hundred dollars have
been pledged by citizens for this pur~
pose.
Wabasha county won the big end OF
the $1,000 state fair prize for the best
county exhibit. Olmstead county was
second, Houston county third and Da
kota county fourth.
Friday was St. Paul day at the state
fair and was the record-breaking day
of the fair and the record St. Paul day
The total attendance at the close Of
the day was $4,000.
DR.. J. NJ. Walls Of St. Paul was elect
ed president OF the Minnesota Dental
association at the twentieth annual
convention of the association held in
Minneapolis last week.
While on his way to the Minneap-
oils city hospital to see his dying wife
David Fisher, aged seventy-five years,
an inmate of the county poor farm
was killed by street car.
Pensions to the amount of S2,294 ,O0C
were disbursed in Minnesota during
the fiscal year ended June go last
This money was paid to $3.50 SOL
diers, widows and orphans
Johanna Anderson, siXty-two years
old. who has lived the life Of recluse
in St. Paul, was found in the throes
OF death by a reighhor. Death is
thought to be due to want OF nourish-
n,ent.
Ore receipts at Two Ea~bors for the
month Of August were 41,000 tons
and the total for the season 100000
tons. It is expected that the tota!
shipments for the season will amount
to 100000 tons.
The two-year-old child of Herman
Badke of North Rochester fell from
high sidewalk on which it was play
ing and was found short time later
drowned in barrel of water into
which it had fallen.
A severe storm visited a section
north of Mankato last week and for
miles the corn was cut down or she'd
ded by hail, while broken branches
and gravel delayed train service on the
Chicago and Northwestern.
The State bank of Silver Lake, ten
miles east Of Hutchinson, was entered
bv burglars, the safe blown open and
the contents, amounting to $3.50,
taken Thirty dollars in pennies were
left. Five hundred dollars of the plum
der was silver
Burglars attempted to rob the banl.
at Clear Lake Wednesday night They
blew the doors from the vault with
nitroglycerin and broke the co.nbina-
ton from the safe, but left before &C.
ccmplishing their purpose The safe
contained $4,000.
Burglars broke into the store of Rob-
ert McComb, St. Paul, and secured
nine boxes Of cigars, half a gallon of
ice cream and other CONNECTIONS. The
burglars took the booty to a neighbor-
ing grove, consumed the ice cream and
divided the rest.
The Great Northern flyer, west
bound. was wrecked at Evansville
Thursday afternoon, the four rea:
coaches of the train leaving the track
and overturning. The accident was
|, due to the displacement of rail. No
one was seriously injured.
Great Northern special agents have
captured John S3rague, who confessed
to having set fire to box cars in the
Great Northern yards at Crookstcn.
He burned the cars by means OF oil
saturated waste which was taken from
the boxing around the aXles.
The Womens Federation building at
the state fair grounds at Hamline was
burned to the ground Saturday afte:-
noon. The total loss is $4,000. None
CT the surrounding property was il.
jured and nobody was hurt. The IRE
was caused by an explosion Of gasc-
lire.
Permission to run four CT its g
Paul Duluth trains via Carleton anC
Superior has been granted to the
Northern Pacific by the state railroad
and warehouse commission. Two cali
| trains. however. must De run oy wa!
OF the old St. Paul and Duluth line
which lies entirely within Minnesota.
Earl Baw, four years Old, was burne<
to death in the loft OF barn III tn
rear of his home in St. Paul. ne
charred body Of the little fellow, fro7:
which every vestige Of clothing rae
been singed, was found By the fire.
| men when they entered the lott to tig--::;
the fire. It is suncoee1 that he aIi'
dentally started the fire.
The strike of the drivers Of the NJ
sissippi and Rum River Boom cor
pany, inaugurated week ego ma
nra ctically come to close. Many G
the employees have returned to We:
At an Increase OF % cents He, d.
The jam between st. CLOUD and Rc"'
ton is broken and the drive CT :
OGo 900 feet Of less is no" :'a'2'->.
! freely.