Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-23
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, ciety.
Dominic Barthel, for fifty years a
resident of st. Paul, is dead, aged
seventy-seven.
!. Cardinal Parocchi, sub-dean of the
! Sacred college and vice chancellor OF
the Roman Catholic church, is dead
at Rome
James Marshall, one of Rock coull.
tvs oldest and most highly esteemed
citizens, is dead at the advanced age
OF seventy-three years.
Ernest Oberg, boy of fourteen, was
shot and instantly killed by the acct.
dental discharge of a gun at his faith
er's home, near Brandon.
In fire in the Minneapolis dye
works Hilda Nelson was fatally in
jured by jumping from window and
three men were slightly hurt in max
ing their escape
In the intercollegiate debate at Chi.
cago between Northwestern university
and the University of Minnesota, the
two men from the Evanston institution
came out victorious.
Miss Barbara Kranick, who commit
ted suicide in Minneapolis last week,
is said to have committed the deed be-
cause she had been swindled out of
: 1925 by clairvoyants.
Judge Brooks. of the Hennepin coun-
ty district court has denied the motion
for a new trial made by ex-Superin-
tendent of Police Ames of Minneapolis.
An appeal will be taken to the supreme
| court.
Charles Gerrish. one of the most
prominent pioneers of Wincna
county. died at his home in St. Charles
last week. He was born in Canterbury,
n. H.. in 1922 and came to Minnesota
in 1855.
President H. B. Perham of the Ma
tiona' Order o. Railway Telegraphers
IS in St. Paul to consult with and d.
rect the committees Of that order
which have demanded more pay and
new rules.
Secretary Hitchcock of the interior
department is considering the ques-
ton of opening to settlement a large
tract of land near Boudette, Beltrani
county. formerly within the Red Lake
reservation.
Emma Rogers. the Chippewa squaw
on trial at Crookston charged with
killing John Fairbanks. was convicted
of manslaughter in the second degree
with a recommendation to the mercy
of the court.
Burglars ransacked the house of
Mrs. Adelaide Anderson of Minneap-
oils, but took nothing but 400 pounds
of hard coal and bottle of perfume,
although valuable jewelry and silver
plate were easily to be had.
Ed Delaney, fifteen years of age, liv-
ing with his parents at Turtle, near
Bemidji, committed suicide by hang
ing himself with clothes line. His
home relations were pleasant and no
cause can be assigned for the act.
The number of iron mines to be
opened in Minnesota for the coming
year will be large. Nearly all are
on the Mesaba range, and most of
those are along the line of the Great
Northern road and tributary to it in
traffic.
Mrs. S. w. Clark and Mrs. George
Branton of Duluth have just learned
they are heirs of a $3O,OOO,O00 estate
ants of jeremiah White, owner of the
vast fortune, who was their great
grandfather.
The state board of health has in
dorsed the action of Dr. H. M. Bracken.
secretary of the board, in asking that
a meeting be held at Washington to
discuss the bubonic plague, and ap-
pointed DR.. Bracken to represent Min
nesota at the conference.
The Minnesota Live Stock Breeders
association held it's annual meeting at
St. Paul last week. The business
transacted was chiefly routine, con-
sisting of the reading of reports and
the election of officers. The officers
OF the association were all reelected.
The Minnesota commission in charge
OF the states exhibit at the st. Louis
exposition met Il St: Paul and organ
lied with the following officers: Pres
1dent. Condo Hamlin; vice president,
J. NJ. Underwood; secretary. Theo
l.. Hayes; general superintendent, c.
S. Mitchell, Alexandria.
Captain Charles C. Whitney, state
expert printer, has resigned from that
position to take effect May 1. A. N.
Dare of Elk River was selected by the
committee as successor of Captain
Whitney. Mr.. Dare is practical
printer and since 1875 has conducted
the Elk River Star-News.
Austin +. Kelly, a we'll known Min
neapOlis real estate dealer. was az
raigned in the Hennipin county dis
trict court last week on three indict-
ments. He is charged with appropriate
Ing to his own. use moneys collected
for his clients. One charge involves
1923. another $1,000 and the third
$422.
United States Indian Agent Simon
Michelet has been instructed that the
amount of $1S,500 due Mile Lac III:
dams as per agreement of Aug. go
1902. has been approved by the depart.
ment and authority has been granted
him to make the said payment to CPS
persons. The per capita payment will
amount to $29.4e.
The Great Northern Flyer from the
coast collided with westbound freight
at the west end of the GAINESVILLE
yards The engine of the freight trail,
was shattered and Engineer Walter
Hudson of Grand Forks had one foot