Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-10-09
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

ItOQ was 0elQ Al ~AusCn last week.
Rev. Edwin 8. Bunce, said to be the
Oldest Methodist minister in the state,
died at his home in Minneapolis last
week at the. age OF eighty-f1ve. :.
The state w. C. r. U. convention at
W1nona came to close with dia-
mond medal contest. Bessie MacKeon
Of Minneapolis won the medal. -.
The farm residence of Mic Rossler
near st. Joseph, Stearns county, was
burned and an eight-months-old child
OF the family was burned to death.
At St. Paul Margaret Richter, two
and one-half years old. obtained a bot
tie containing strychnine and drank
the contents, dying in less than three
hours.
James Mcdonald, sixteen-year-old
son Of Michael Mcdonald of South
Park, was drowned in the Mississippi
river as result of the overturning of
a canoe.
The most severe electrical storm of
the year passed over st. Paul Friday
night. The rainfall was exceptionally
heavy, the government record showing
two inches.
The opening gun in the guberna'
torial contest was fired at Cokato last
week by Frank NJ. Eddy, who an
nounced his candidacy and outlined
his platform.
E. H. johnson, one of Kensington's
Oldest and most prominent citizens, is
dead. He was postmaster for thirteen
years and had occupied many other
positions Of trust.
Alice Pauer, eight months old, died
at the St. Paul city hospital last week
as the result Of peanut shell which
was swallowed and lodged in the
windpfpe three weeks ago.
William Leubftz, a farmer living
north Of Perham, died in his carriage
on the way to that city, He was suffer
ing from cancer and his family were
taking him to the hospital tor an
operation.
death at Eagle Lake recently, took
the law into his own hands and
hanged himself in the county Jail at
Mankato, using twisted sheet for
that purpose.
Mrs. Vet Borders, her daughter,
Alice Hurd, aged eighteen, who was
married short time ago, and two lit
tie girls Of Mrs. Borders, we're drowned
near Brainerd Friday night while at
tempting to ford a stream.
Harry Jacobs, seventeen years old,
was almost instantly killed by an in
terurban car at St. Paul Thursday.
He was crossing the tracks on BIZ
cycle and. in attempting to dodge one
car was struck bv another.
Oscar Osborn and James Holmes,
painters employed in decorating the
agricultural hall at the state fair
grounds, Hamline, fell sixty feet from
scaffold to the cement floor and
both were probably fatally hurt
There are twenty cases Of typhoid
fever in the city of Crookston and the
malady is on the increase. While
there have been no fatalities the
health officers are on the lookout and
every effort will be put forth to stamp
out the disease.
Despite the strike which recently
tied up the feet Of the United States
Steel corporation shipments of iron
ore from the head of Lake Superior
UP to Oct. show an increase of many
thousand tons over those Of the CORE.
spending time last year.. =
The state law providing, that every
tourneyman plumber must have q per.
NIT from the state before he can work
at his trade in cities .sof more than
10000 Inhabitants has been declared
constitutional by Judge Kelly In the
Ramsey county district court.
Fred NJ Van Duzee, managing editor
Of the Winona Evening Republican
and Herald, is dead. Mr.. Van Duzee
was one Of the best known newspa'
per men In the state and was the rep
resentative Of Twin City papers in
Washington for several years.
John Thompson is dead at Albert
Lea just three weeks after the death
| Of his wife. He was almost eighty
years Of age and had nvea there
| about a quarter Of a century. Mr.
Thompson represented Waseca county
| in the state legislature two terms.
The state board Of equalization has
| completed the eQualizing of personal
| property assessments, after adding
during the entire session approximate
ly $12.275,000 to the assessed valua
ton as returned by the counties, max
ing a total valuation Of $156,275, 900.
Duluth was visited by a terrific
storm Saturday evening which die
considerable damage in the way Of
blowing off the roofs Of houses in the
west end and in West Duluth. The
harbor, where a number of boats were
at anchor suffered, many boats being
driven violently against docks.
Two sons of Stephen Mates of St
Cloud, aged nine and twelve, were
! killed Saturday afternoon. They were
! playing under string of fiat cars
when other cars we're backed down up
on them. The head of one was sever
ed and leg of the other was cut off
Both were dead when found by mel
returning from work at the car shops
l. McMichael, who has been divi
sion superintendent of the Western
Union 18th jurisdiction over Mime
sofa. the Dakotas and other North
western states for the last twenty
two years, has resigned to accept the
position of general manager Of the
Great Northwestern Telegraph com
| nanv Of Canada with headouarters Al