The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-27
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

Plans are being drawn for the re-
modelling OF the Crookston hall.
Eight new mail routes have been
established in Hennepin county.
There was a gasoline explosion in
the laundry of Charlie Chan, China
man at st. Cloud.
The Catholic church at Farming,
Stearns county, burned. The loss is
$4,000, with 900 insurance.
A wolf invaded the town of War
rem the other day and was killed by a
small boy and a mongrel dog.
The government is seeking tea in
spector for st. Paul to succeed F. F.
Stevens, who resigned in January.
Additional rural service has been
ordered established at Austin, Mower
county, commencing March 2, with
three carriers.
There is reason to believe that the
electric road from this city to Rush
ford or Lanesboro will be constructed
in the spring.
Traffic on the Northwestern road
west was blocked for several hours
by freight wreck on Stockton Hill.
No one was hurt.
Michael Kamotz, car inspector in
the employ of the Omaha, was killed
beneath the wheels of transfer train
at Minneapolis.
News has come that Andrew Car
negie will give $4,000, under the
usual terms to erect a new library
building in Sank Center.
Two boys captured near Hastings
were returned to the state training
school at Red Wing. One of them
had his feet badly frozen.
Nelson Belanger, brakeman for the
Duluth & Iron Range, was killed in
rear end collision at Waldo. He
leaves wife and one child.
Governor Van SAINT appointed Sen
ator A. Grindeland to the place on
the state normal board made vacant
by the death og j. c. Norby.
Fire broke out in the residence OF
j. S. Featherstone at Hastings, com
pletely destroying the building, with
most of it's contents and several hives
of bees.
Andrew Dumas, machine tender
at the Crosby mill, was arrsted while
walking on the roof of the Vendome
hotel, Minneapolis, clad in his under.
clothes.
Warden Wolfer says that John c.
Cameron, recaptured at Cheyenne
Wyo., did not escape from the prison
as alleged, but from the reformatory
at St. Cloud.
Martin Forsen, while loading logs at
Ely was struck on the head with a
long and instantly killed. He was a
native of Sweden, unmarried and
about 25 years of age.
The First Methodist church is plan.
ming a big celebration in April. II
will be held for week and will be
in honor of the fiftieth anniversary OF
Methodism in Red Wing.
A sealskin jacket confscated by
was brought into this country from
Canada without necessary certificates
of origin, may be burned.
The school land north of Two Har.
bors is the Mecca for prospectors al
the present time. This was brought
about by a report that large deposits
of iron ore were found there.
Chester Clegg, who was arrested al
Billings, Mont, and brought back to
Luverne to answer to the charge OF
embezzlement, was bound over to the
grand jury by Justice Reynolds.
If present conditions continue, the
-four mills in Minneapolis, with the
exception of one, will be obliged to dc
all their grinding with steam be.
cause of the lack of water power.
Cole Younger has left Minnesota
He departed rather suddenly over the
Great Western road soon after receiv.
ing telegram that his sister was
seriously ill. His first destination is
Lees Summit.
The Austin high school won the de-
bate with the Spring Valley high
school which was held at Austin. The
decision was two to one. Austin is
now champion of the first district OF
the debating league.
j. c. Chennaux, cousin of Fritz
Chennaux, saloonkeeper at Sixth ano
Exchange streets, st. Paul, has proved
patient of unusual interest to the
house doctors at the City hospital. He
has transposition of the heart anu liv
er. His heart is on the right side, ano
his liver is on the left, the opposite tt
where these organs should be. The
doctors say that Mr.. Chennaux is in
normal condition, and that the
strange condition of things will not
affect his longevity.
At the present rate the state oil in
spection under the new salary act will
pay the expenses of the department
and turn in balance of $4,000 OF
over to the state treasury. Receipts
for the first ten days of February
were turned over to the state treasur
er. They amounted to SLAB, and the
expense for the same period was
$1,192.49, leaving a net balance Of
$265.51.
Angry because his wife refused tc
live with him, Frank Edwards called
at Mrs. Edwards apartments in the
Palace hotel, Minneapolis, while she
was away and poured sulphuric acid
upon her clothoing, completely ruin
ing it.
With the temperature at 16 degrees
below zero, the family of Fred Ger
nenz, clad only in their house gar.
ments, were driven from their home
at 1910 University avenue, ST. Paul
by fire which destroyed their dwell