Mower County transcript., 1903-01-21
NEWS IN MINNESO OTA

G. N. Cosgrove has been reelected
president Of the State Agricultural So
ciety ~. .sz- .'...5
Dominic Barthel, for fifty years q
resident Of st. Paul, is dead; aged
Seventy-seven. 50 A. s5z% g: !, Z sss s5s2 q.
Cardinal Parocchi, ub-dean of the
Sacred college and vice chancellor of
the Roman Catholic church, is dead
at Rome.
James Marshall, one of. Rock coun-
tvs Oldest and most highly esteemed
citizens, is dead at the, advanced age
Of seyenty-three years.
Ernest Oberg, boy of fourteen, was
shot and instantly killed by the acci.
dental discharge of gun at his faith.
ers home, near Brandon.
/ In a 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
1926 by clairvoyants. 49,. ....
Judge Brooks of the Henhepin coun-
ty district court has denied the motion
for a new trial made by ex-Superin-
tendent of Police Ames of Minneapolis.
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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
tional Order Of Railway Telegraphers
is in st. Paul to consult with and di-
rect the committees of that order
which have demanded more pay and
new rules.
Secretary Hitchcock of the interior
department is considering the ques-
tion Of opening to settlement large
tract of land near Boudette, Beltramj
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 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: .,,, So.
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. 49, 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. -.'% TT *'H&
Mrs: s. w. Clark and Mrs. George
Branton of Duluth have just learned
they are heirs of a s3o,O0O,o 900 estate
in Wales. They are 1ineal descend
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
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 at st. Paul and organ
ized with the following officers: Pres
ident, Conde Hamlin; vice president,
j. M. Underwood; secretary, Theo
l.. Hayes; general superintendent, G.
S. Mitchell, Alexandria.
Captain Charles c. Whitney, state
expert printer, has resigned from that
position to take effect May /. 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.
.t Austin F. Kelly, a we'll known Min
neapolis real estate dealer, was ar
raigned in the Hennipin county dis
trict court last week on, three indict-
ments. He is charged with appropriat-
ing to his own use moneys collected
for his clients. One charge involves
1923, another $1,000 and thes third
s423. ~. ~ g.. t.: ~.
United States Indian Agent Simon
Michelet has been instructed that the
amount of $18,500 due Mile Lac IN
dians as per agreement of Aug. &c.,
1902, has been approved by the depart,
ment and authority has been granted
him to make the said payment to ,628
persons. The per capita payment will
amount to $29.46. ~: .9"@ &...S+.y
The Great Northern Flyer from the
coast collided with westbound freight
at the west end of the yBarnesville
va r6s The engine Of the freight train