Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-09-18
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

A. building.
Joseph Peterson was struck by q
Great Northern train at Fergus Falls
and fatally injured.
Anton Dofng, living near New
Trfer, had his barn and several horses
burned by lightning.
Wing after I lingering illness. She
was a pioneer Of 1857.
BURGERS entered the home of Max
Lossent at Wincna and broke open a
safe, taking $67 in cash and two dia-
mond earrings, the total value being
about 5000.
Joseph Schiller, an employee Of the
500 at Eden Valley, Stearns county, is
dead as result of ptomaine poisoning
He ate salmon that had been left in
an open tin can.
Over five inches of rain fell in the
Twin Cities in the twelve hours end
ing at o'clock Saturday morning.
immense damage was done to streets,
sewers and private property
Vernon A. Wright has completed ar.
rangements for the construction Of 8
general hospital at Fergus Falls In
memory of his father, the late George
3. Wright, founder of Fergus Falls.
Edward Charles Shevlin, a Minna
apolis lumberman, who had been 70
ported insane by Walworth county
(Wis.) physicians, and who demanded
jury trial, has been set free at Ra.
cine, Wis.
The president has promoted John
W. Riddle of Minnesota, now first Sec
rotary of the embassy at st. Peters.
burg, to be consul general and diplo.
matte agent at Cairo, in place of John
G. Long, deceased.
Henry Nicols, a member of the
firm Of Nicols, Dean & Gregg, acct
dentally shot himself in the head with
a revolver at his home in St. Paul
while packing trunk. The bullet en-
tered his head above his right temple,
and death was almost instantaneous.
S. P. Green, farm laborer of
Winnebago, MIMI, was instantly
killed by the accidental discharge of
gun in the hands Of Frank Wilds,
son OF farmer for whom Green was
working near Osnabrokok, N. D. The
shot hit the back of his head.
William H. Eustis, former mayor of
Minneapolis, is to receive splendid
appointment at the hands of President
Roosevelt. He Is to be named a mem
Der Of the board of appraisers at New
York, position which pays some
thing like $500 and whose tenure is
for life.
st. Paul men have decided to erect
at Iron River, a short distance east of
Duluth, factory for the distillation
from Pine and Norway stumps of tar
and turpentine contained therein This
is said to nave profitable possibilities
and the experiment will be tried on a
good-sized scale.
Mistaking bottle of carbolic acid
for a bottle of medicine, John J. Con-
nelly, proprietor of the Capitol restau-
rant, 319 St. Peter street, st. Paul,
took fatal draught at his home, 1913
East Cook street, at 1920 o'clock, as
he was about to retire. He discovered
his error too late and died within half
an hour.
Another find of iron ore has been
made in Section 4-58-15, south of the
Miller mine. The discovery supports
the theory that the ore area of the
Mesaba may be widened on the south,
though there is said to be little hope
of extending it on the north. The ex,
tent Of the ore body has not been
proved as yet.
Frank P. Dufrense will get the con-
tract Tor printing and binding the su.
preme court decisions for another six
year term. He has signified his will
tngness to stand by the terms laid
down in the opinion OF the attorney
0ann~o1 set,
the public as well as to the state at
his price of 81.
Charles F. Leland, president of the
defunct Commercial Banking COM
pany of Duluth, has been indicted by
the grand jury in the district court on
two counts for receiving deposits after
knowing that the bank was insolvent.
Mr.. Leland furnished a bond in the
sum Of $4,000 for his appearance at
the present term of court.
Financial troubles caused the sui
eide Of George Ruprecht, a prominent
Duluth lumberman. He pawned his
watch and spent the money for two
ounces of laudanum. His body was
found i'll the St. Louis hotel by a
chambermaid, who tried to get into
the room to fix it for the day. Mr.
Ruprecht was man Of middle age and
unmarried.
Sam Barta. Italian section hand,
Twenty-Five years old, was killed by
Great Western train in the South
s. Paul yards during the storm Of
Friday evening. His body was found
on the tracks by switchman. The
body was dismembered. Barta lived
In a work car, and a brother and
cousin were members of the same
crew. They will care for the remains.
The rifle shoot between the crack
shots of Minnesota's three regiments
of guardsmen ended in a victory for
the Third regiment team from the
northern part of the state. The vic
torious team will represent Minnesota
in the Interstate shoot against Iowa
and Illinois, Sept. 81. The firing was
all from the 200, 300 and 500-yard dis
tances, and the aggregate scores were
as follows: Third regiment, LIB:
Second regiment, 1901; First regi-
ment, 1855.
Mrs. w. w. Hayward is dead at Min