Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-30
NEWS % In MINNESOT
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OF st. Paul to fill the pulpit.
Governor Van SAINT and the members
OF the state commission inspected Min.
nesota's site at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition grounds last week.
Gustave Malmquist, a foreman in the
employ OF the St. Paul street railway.
was killed by being crushed between
two cars while making a coupling.
There are 153 cases Of smallpox re-
ported in the state for the week ending
Jan. 10, or little more than half as
many as there were for the preceding
week.
W. G. Dallas, a travelling man re-
sizing at Franklin, Pa, died at the res
ldence of his brother-in-law in St. Paul
as the result of the extraction of two
front teeth,
There are now 484 students at the
state agricultural school. This is 43
more than last year. The attendance
has increased so per cent in the last
three years.
A town to be called Pittsburg has
been plated at the head of Rice lake,
on the line of the Duluth, Virginia and
lsalny Lake road, some twelve miles
north Of Virginia.
Albert Green, a farmer of Wrenshall
has been convicted of perjury in the
district court at Duluth for having
sworn falsely to the clerk of court WHIT n
ne applied for license to wed.
Nels Anderson, laborer, formerly an
inmate of the Rochester insane asylum,
committed suicide late Thursday in
st. Paul. He was in constant fear
OF being sent back to the asylum
At special election held in Moor
mead for the purpose of granting a
franchise to a street railway company
to operate in this city, the measure
carried by an overwhelming majority
Senator Clapp, from the senate CON-
mlttee On Indian affairs. has reported
the bill carrying into effect the agree
ment for the cession of lands belonging
to the Red Lake Indian reservation in
Minnesota.
Michael Cosgrove of Melrose. aged
seventy-three, an old veteran and
member of the G. A. r., fell from the
top of the stairway in his dwelling
house. His skull was fractured and he
died instantly.
At the annual meeting last week the
board Of managers for the state fair
voted to ask the legislature for $780,
600 for an amphitheater at the fair
grounds and $4,000 for a manufac-
lures building.
Forty-ive signatures have been Sc.
cured at Redwood Falls to paper
pledging the signers to join militia
company to be organized in that city.
The intention is to apply for admis.
sion to the national guard.
Thomas Wilson. St. Paul; A: E.
Rice, Willmar: William M. Liggett,
Benson. and Elmer E. Adams, Fergus
Falls, the four regents of the univer-
sity whose terms expire this month,
have been reappointed by Governor
Van SAINT.
The state treasurer has received
from the Northwestern Telephone Ex-
change company check for $25, 002. go,
being the per cent gross earnings
taxes on the business of the company
for 1902. In 1901 the company paid
tax of $23,332.
Mrs. Jennie Ward, wife of a mer-
chant of Buffalo, this state, while suf-
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mind. jumped from the second story
window of St. Joseph hospital. St.
Paul, and sustained injuries which
later caused her death.
Joseph Finn of st. Paul, brakeman
ION the Chicago Great Western road,
fell under freight train at Minneapo-
lis Thursday night and had both legs
cut off below the knee. He was taken to
the Swedish hospital where he died at
4 o'clock Friday morning.
A murder has resulted from saloon
brawl at Hibbing a few days ago.
Mike Mournin and John Witlets quar-
relied and the former shot the latter
with revolver Witlets died several
days later and Mournin is in custody
to await the action of the grand jury.
W. Fl. H. Day, prominent Minneap-
oils lumberman. was killed in a wreck
on the Great Western at South Free
port, ILL.,, last week. Several other
We'll knoWl business men of Minneapo-
lis were bruised or scalded by the es-
Gaping steam. None Of these were Sc
rionsly injured.
Experienced iron men have pur-
chased interests in property at High
land, where iron ore was first discOv-
cred last fall, and the outlook seems
very good for new range. A low
grade ore mas been found at depth
of six feet, and it is expected will be
much better deeper down.
The Fillsbury- Washburn Milling
company has received cable order
from Manila for the immediate ship
ment to the metropolis of the Philip
pines of 1000 barrels of flour. This
order is the first that has ever been re-
ce;ved in Minneapolis for -four to be
shipped direct to the new possessions.
Michael Mackey, charged with sec
ond degree murder, was acquitted by
Jury in the district court at Duluth.
His victim was Charles Riley, with
whom he quarreled in saloon at CHS
holm, Dec 22 Riley was known as
desperate character. and at the trial
it was brought out that he frequently
had made threats to kill Mackey.
st meeting of stockmen residing
along the lines of the 500 and Great