The Irish standard., 1903-01-17
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

farmer, was arraigned before Commits
sioner Spencer, charged with having
destroyed rural route postal box.
Charles Moore, the 7-year-old son
! of III. r. Moore, ran into coal wagon
while coasting at Owatonna and frac-
tured his skull.
Ole Oleson, of Dwight, N. D., single
and 25 years old. was struck by the
| incoming Larimore train at Breclin-
| ridge and instantly killed.
The Nortz-IIartman company of St.
Paul, which is to engage in the lum-
Der business, filed articles of incorpor-
alton.
Bemidii has new Jail which is un-
derstood to be cosy and comfortable
structure and the place in all prob
| ability will be we'll patronized.
James Scott. the colored porch
climber arrested in st. Paul last sum-
mer for entering the room of John
j. Shea, a travelling man, at the Wind
sor hotel, and stealing 500 in cash,
pleaded guilty in the Ramsey county
district court.
Great Western gross earnings for
December increased $7,957.9S, being
! $61S.G94.6I, as compared with $780,
1860 in December. 1901.
The Rock Island has established
| railroad postotlicc between Minneapo-
| lis and Albert Lea. which has been
called the Minneapolis & Albert Lea.
The Northern Express company re-
ported to the police yesterday that
three packages of clothing We're sto-
len from one of their wagons on the
streets of Minneapolis.
| State Treasurer Block reports the
states debt al the close of business
Dec. 81. at s.. .2s34,ooO This is made up
of funding bonds OF S1.659.OOO issued
in 1892, of which $525.0OO have been
paid and $1,134,ooO outstanding.
Frederick BanholZcr, formerly
wcll-known contractor of ST. Paul, fell
dead on Warsaw street, st. Paul. He
had gone from his home at 600 Stew
art avenue to barber shop, when
seized with an apoplctic stroke and
died in the street.
The daily press reports from Mlaca,
Mimi, that +. Cundy, postmaster ut
Onamia, had left for parts unknown,
is unfoundcd, as letters received here
go to show. Mr.. Cundy is on a bust
ness trip to the Pacific coast and has
! been in direct communication with
friends since his departure.
Dwight Bushnell, proprietor of Il
livery stable at ass Selby avenue, st.
Paul, was found dead in his bed. lie
had been in good health. lie was 6s
years old, and came to St. Paul from
Northficld four years ago. Death was
due to cardiac paralysis.
The Hirsch Clothing company Of
Winona has adopted n plan whereby
employees are permitted to share in
the profits of the business, the papers
now being prepared for the formal in
corporation of a stock company with
a capital of 100000.
The state capitol commission has
issued S1.5O0,O0O i'm certificates of in
debtedncss of which 100000 have
been paid. leaving an unpaid balance
Of s1,9oO,OoO.
Former Congressman James ~ Cas-
tie was found dead i'm the yard of his
home in Saltwater. Heart failure was
the cause. The body was found by
his nephew. Mr.. Castle was in the act
of feeding his chickens, of which he
kept a great many, when death came.
y wreck was caused in the yards
of the Great Western road at Red
Wing. by two freight trains crashing
together. Some cars We're smashed,
Il large quantity of stoncware broken,
and various other damage done. No
body was injured.
Rev. C. o. Lindcll, while driving to
Goodine to hold services, frozc his
hands severely. His horse stuck fast
in the snow and could be made to go
no further. Mr.. Lindcll proceeded on
Ii, {x,1
| is recovering.
| Peter Wilson, employed in Jameson
e. Havener's feed mill. st. Paul,
caught his left hand in the corn ma
chine and the member was amputatcd.
lie was removed to st. Joseph's hos
pita}.
Railway mail service along the Rock
Island road in Steele and Frceborn
counties will be improved tomorrow
with the aid of two additional clerks
who have been assigned to mail cars
on this line.
The Farmers Mutual Insurance
! company of Redwood Falls, held its
annual meeting. The directors elect
ed William Steele presidents; Leo. Al
termatt, vice president; A. d. Stewart.
4 secretary and treasurer.
A man worked Il forged check for
$4,000 through the First National
bank of Duluth. 1t was presented by
n stranger. but the signature Of
James Walsh. boolkccper for the Du-
luth, Virginia e. Rainy Lake road,
seemed all right. The check turned
out to be a forgery. A Pinkerton de-
! tective is pursuing n man eastward
through the copper country.
Rather than serve another term in
Saltwater prison, Frank G. Wescott,
who was arrested on the charge of
passing spurious checks by Detective
Rhoades and Derrick of the South
Side station, yesterday afternoon, all
but accomplished his self-destruction
before the police found bottle of
carbolic acid hidden on his person.
VIM. r. Estees, selected by Presi-
dent, Roosevelt as United States con-
sui at Antigua, West Indies, lives at
Madelia, Mimi. and was proprietor Of
the Madelia Messenger.
Gov. Van SAINT announced the ap-
| pointment of three members of the
commission to arrange for the exhib-
It's of Minnesota at the St. Louis ex-
position. The three named are r. L.
, Hays of Minneapolis, ]. M. Underwood
of Lake City and Condo Hamlin of St.
Paul.
The state editorial convention will
! be held in the Commercial club room
in St. Paul Feb. 10 and 20. w. +.
Agncw will read a paper on 'rhe
Need of Concerted Business Action"
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