Little Falls herald., 1903-05-22

Paul Gas company's plant, were Sc
! riously burned in a gas explosion.
D. G. Wells, eighty-seven years Of
age, is dead at Monticello. He. was
one of the pioneers of the state and
had lived in Wright county about fifty,
years. ;
Minnesota educators occupy promi-
,nent position on the programme of
the National Educational association,
which convenes in Boston the week OF
July s.
The Clark-Jackson Lumber company
Of Duluth has secured contract from
the Hines Lumber company of Chi
this season.
William H. Johnson, superintendent
Of the poor during the Ames admins
tration, has been found guilty by
jury Of misapproprtating $50 of Min
neapolis city funds. s-s.
Eighty union quarrymen of Min
neapolis are on strike. = The men are
out for nine-hour day at the same
wages they were receiving under the
ten-hour q day system
w. D. Ellsworth, the defaulting post
master at Eveleth, has been sen
fenced to fifteen months imprisonment
at saltwater and to pay q fine equal
to the defalcation, 37,163.
The Cook County Mining and Land
company has fled articles Of incor-
poration in St. Paul, with capitalizar
tion Of $500,000. The company owns
600 acres Of land In Cook county.
BENJAMIN J. Taylor, pioneer resi-
| ~ G00dhnA 0f III 3e
home in Featherstone of cancer of the
liver. He was born in Ontario, Can,
and was about sixty-flve years old.
John Watt, one of the best known
citizens of Long Prairie, is dead, aged
sixty-one. He represented that dis
trict in the legislature and served his
county as register Of deeds for six
Years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Jaeger, living
on the Pleasant lake road near St.
Cloud, are the parents of triplets. Two
of the newcomers are girls and the
third is lusty boy. All are in per-
feet health.
All drills at work for the Great
Northern road on the Eastern Vermil-
lion have been pulled out. Others are
going in In the same country, how
ever, and work will probably continue
there some time.
General John B. Sanborn has been
elected by the executive council Of
the Minnesota Historical society as
president Of the organization to serve
out the unexpired term OF Alexander
Ramsey, deceased.
Samuel E. Middleton, cashier OF the
| United States treasury under the ad-
ministration Of Abraham Lincoln,
died suddenly at st, Paul last week.
He formerly Was well known bust.
ness man of st. Paul, but recently re-
sided in Duluth.
Rev. =. c.. Clemens Of. the First
Methodist church of Anoka has been
named as presiding elder of the Du-
luth district to succeedpDr. Robert
Forbes of Duluth, who has been elect
ed assistant secretary of the general
Methodist conference.
| The state public examiners de-
partment has authorized the following
state banks to begin business: Os-
trander State bank, capital stock, $10,-
900; Forest Lake State bank, capital
of Moorhead, capital stock, $25,000..
Vernon A. Wright of Fergus Falls
has decided to erect suitable monu-
ment to the memory of his father, the
late George B. Wright, and to this end
purposes to build a commodious gen.
eral hospital in that city. He has Of
fered to donate $4,000 and free site.
The University of Minnesota has
taken first place in the intercollegiate
strength contest, with total of n, 1872.
Columbia is second, with 1852, and
Harvard third. The Gophers also won
the Western basketball championship
land the Western intercollegiate gym
nastic championship.
E. H. Chase farmer. living seven
miles east of SteVartvi1le, was
! drowned, together with his: team,
while trying to ford Root river He
had been to town. and was only about
q mile from his home when the acci-
dent happened. The river is the. high
est that: It ever was at this time Of
! year. .>... -. ..,...,, >: -.
Disgusted with life, which was rem
dered miserable by dysentery con-
tracted five years ago at Macon, Ca,
| while in the service of his country as
q member of the Fifteentha Mime
sofa volunteers, Arthur E. Keller shot
himself at his home in St. Paul and
died at the city hospital several hours
later.
Governor Van SAINT has appointed
the advisory board for the proposed
state sanatorium for consumptives at
Walker, for which the last legislature
appropriated $4,000. The appoint
ments are: DIR. George B., Wesler,
New .Ulm, one year; DR.. A. p William
son, Minneapolis, two years; DR..
James L. Camp, Brainerd, three years;
DR.. George S. Wattam, Warren, four
years.; DR.. H. Longstreet Taylor, st..
Governor Van SAINT has. announced
the appointment OF the state game and
fish commission. B. F. Ward is left
out and in his place is another Fair
mont man, Captain William Bird, who
draws the two-year term. The others
and their terms of Office are: D. w.