The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-07-31
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.
The annual encampment of sta


buildings carrying a loss of $4,000.
Rev. and Mrs. John Harper of Min
neapolis, recently celebrated their
golden wedding.
The st. Paul armory board of con-
struction is advertising for bids for
the new armory.
The Medical building of the state
university was damaged by fire to the
extent of about $4,000.
Tuesday, Sept. 1, will be Minneap-
oils day at the state fair and Thurs
day, Sept. 4, st. Pauls day.
John Schneider, aged 16, was
drowned in the river at ST. Peter, less
than ten feet from the shore.
Caleb w. Olin was appointed post
master at Homebrook, Cass county,
vice Stephen Wood, resigned.
Lieut.. John n. Currie, Manila, P. l.,
came all the way to Minneapolis to
be fitted out with an artificial leg.
At Foxhome, Joseph Hoffman COM
mitted suicide on the Northern Pacific
station platform there by taking NOR
phine.
p. V. Collins, publisher of The
Northwestern Agriculturist, was elect
ed president of the National Editorial
association.
Carleton College, Mortified, has en-
gagged j. Arthur Baird Carthage, ILL.,,
to train the football players of that
institution for this fall.
Mimi, visiting with Henry Wilson, liv-
ing near Stewart, was drowned while
in bathing in Lake Preston.
The state board of control in session
at the prison granted sixteen paroles
and two discharges, the largest num-
Der ever granted in any one month.
Preliminary steps have been taken
by the merchants of the village of
New Auburn, for the establishment of
a state bank with a capital of $4,000.
Percy Bonebrake, boy aged eight
years, was thrown under a wagon in
a runaway at Little Falls, and instant
ly killed, his skull being crushed by a
wheel.
The Minnesota Iron Company is now
operating eleven large mines imme-
diately surrounding the village of
Hibbing and is preparing to open a
twelfth.
Thirteen horses were burned to
death, eleven wagons destroyed and a
barn badly damaged in fire which
broke out in the rear of Regain Bros.
bakery in Minneapolis.
Clyde Richards, IS years old, iIer-
riam Park, died at his home of lock-
jaw. He shot himself in the hand
with toy pistol on July 4th, and te-
tanus developed shortly afterwards.
Rural carriers have been appointed
in Minnesota as follows: Princeton,
Henry Meyer, Agnes Meyer, George E.
Bockover, Bertha Bockover; Madelia,
William Cisney, Alexander S. Cisney,
Thomas Lawry, Minneapolis, and j.
j. Hill, st. Paul, now virtually own
all the thick vein coal lands in South
ern Illinois. Mr.. Lowry has just ac-
CURED about 10000 acres adjoining
the 10000.
Andrew Carnegie has donated an
additional $4,000 to the library board
of Saltwater for the purpose of COM
pleting the construction of the Car
negie public library.
The school election at Mankato, re.
suited in the election of Rev. Geo. III
Davis, Mrs. B. d. Smith, Thos. j. Jones
and T. r. Coughlan. The North Man
L. 80, al
son, w. S. Albrant and VIM. Page.
County poorhouses in the northern
part of the state were the first benef-
Charles of the new game law, which re-
quires all confiscated game to be Civ
en- to charitable institutions, instead
of being sold at auction. Several
moose were recently confscated and
given for the use of inmates of the
county poor farms.
The annual reunions of the regi.
ments of the Grand Army of the Re.
public will be held on Sept. 2. The
headquarters for the Fifth, Sixth
Eighth and Tenth regiments will be
at the state capitol.s The Third regi.
ment will meet in Minneapolis.
The plans for the improvements al
Fort Smelling, to be put under way
this summer, have been completed al
the war department, and full data on
the subject will be forwarded to the
authorities in st. Paul this week.
Extensive track improvements are
in progress on the Duluth line of the
Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha, intended to place the road in
position to meet possible reductions
in the present st. Paul-Duluth SEIZED.
ules.
The state board of investment has
approved an application for $4,000
loan from Crow Wing county and a
loan of $4,000 to Brookpark, Pine
county.
George E. Griffith of Des Moines
Iowa, came to ST. Paul in search OF
his son; H. o. Griffith, and learned
that his body had been buried in For.
est cemetery three weeks ago.
The state game and fish commission
has just prosecuted a man of Grand
Rapids, for dynamiting black bass
The commission is keeping close
watch for violators of the law in this
direction and heavy fines are i'm