Mower County transcript., 1903-09-16

NEWS llI][l y N i M Els 1A
NJ ankato has Just raised a fund ot
~, ,0os,s fof q site for he new X !. nc.
"a. building ss #

AJo5SpAS ASEESlSfSOug Was SLIuchAhDyasla III
Great Northern train at Fergus Falls
Iand tally injured
Anton Dofhng Living, d near New
Tfier, had his barn and several horses
burned urn by lightning. d.
& Fl Mrs. Joseph BatIo is dead at Red
! Wing after Al lingering illness. She
was q apioneer Of 1857
BURGERS entered the home of Max
Loosen at Winona and broke open 80
safe, taking $67 in cash and two #dias
mond earrings, the total value being
about 5000,
Joseph Schiller, an employe 4 Of the
500 at Eden Valley, Stearns county, is
dead as q result Of ptomaine poisoning.
He ate salmon that had been left in
an open tin can.
Over five inches Of rain fell in the
| Twin Cities in the twelve hours end
ing at 8 o'clock Saturday morning.
Immense damage was done to streets,
lseWers and private property.
T Vernon "a. Wright has completed ar
rangements for the construction Of a
general hospital at Fergus Falls in
memory of his father, the late George
B. Wright, founder Of Fergus Falls. u
Edward Charles Sheylin, a Mime
Lapolis &lumberman, who had been re
| (Wis.) physicians, and who demanded
q jury trial, has been set free at Ra-
cine, Wis. f:: .,ss3s5 St4t Il JS.s 55 " 81. +
The president has promoted John
w. Riddle OF Minnesota, now first sec
retary Of the embassy at St. Peters
burg, to be consul general and diplo.
matte agent at Cairo, in place of John
G.. Long deceased Il. ....: y: !. .=sS
/ Henry Nicols, a member of the
| firm Of Nicols, Dean & Gregg, acc1-
ldentally shot himself in the headswith
a revolver at his home in ST.. Paul
while packing q trunk. The bullet en-
tered his head above his right temple,
and death was almost instantaneous.
S.. r: Green, q Il farm laborer% of
fWinnebago, MINI. was instantly
killed by the accidental discharge Of
gun in the hands of Frank Wilds;
| son of a farmer for whom Green was
working near Osnabrokok, N. d. The
shot hit the back of his head.
William H. Eustis, former mayor of
| Minneapolis, is; to receives q splendid
appointment at the hands of President
Roosevelt. He is to be named a mem
| ber of the board of appraisers at New
York., a position which pays some
thing like 81, 800 and: whose tenure is
Tor: life. IA t,.< i. y 49,.
st. Paul men have decided Sto' erect
at Iron River, short distance east Of
Duluth, "a factory for the .distillation
from Pine and Norway stumps of tar
and turpentine contained therein. This
Is said to nave profitable possibilities
and the experiment. will be tried on a
good.sized scale. ..a7: 7 Z :.l.5S5 Si.ls5 l5.:
Mistaking a bottle Of carbolic acid
for a bottle of medicine, John j. Con
lnelly, proprietor of the Capitol restau.
rant, 319 st. Peter street, st. Paul,
took a fatal draught at his home. sl28
East Cook street, at 1890 o clock, as
he was about to retire. He discovered
his error too late and died within half
an hour II ;; :.:s, , i. .e,2 r. i. s5s :5s .5rSt
/ Another find of iron ore has been
made in Section 4-58-15, south of the
Miller mine. The discovery supports
the theory that the ore area of the
Mesaba may be widened on the south.
though there is said to be little hone
OF extending it on the north. The 5ex-
tent of the ore body has not been
proved as yet. &2 s.: "a III G-s4. ~
Frank P. Dufrense will get. the con
tract tor printing and binding the SUI
preme court decisions for another six
year term. He. has signified his WILL
lihgness to stand by the terms laid
down In the opinion of the attorney
general and furnish the volumes to
the public as we'll as to the state at
his price of 81. $: &, ,s ,sts s..gs . III <
Charles r. Leland, president OF the
Edefunct Commercial Banking com
pany of Duluth. has been indicted by
the grand jury In the district court on
two counts for receiving deposits after
knowing that the bank was insolvent.
Mr. Leland furnished bond in: the
sum Of S. 900 for his appearance at
the present term Of court sS3s 5s.4 :s3;,E s1
Financial troubles caused the sui
eide Of George Ruprecht, q prominent
| Duluth lumberman He pawned his
watch and spent the money for two
ounces of laudanum. b His, body was
found in the st. Louis hotel by / "A
chambermaid who tried to get into
the room to. Ak It for the day. $5s, Mr..
Ruprecht was q man Of middle age and
unmarried. I'll 4. ,5s
| Sam Barta, t3llan section hand,
tWenty nine years Old, /, was killed by
La Great Western train In the South
ST. Paul yards during the. storm Of
Friday evening. His body was found
on the tracks BY q swift chman The
body was 5dismembe bered. N Barta lived
in q work cal, and a brother 3 and
Ecousin were members OF III the same
Ecrew. They will care tor the remains.
The rifle shoot between the crack
shots Of Mime esota 5 three regiments
OF guard dsmen ended In a victory for
1.-THE Third regiment team from the
Enorthern part oft the state. The vic:
torious team will represent Minnesota.
| IN the Interstate shoot against Iowa
and Illinois. Sept 2 The firing was
Iallg from the 200 Ii 800 and 60o-yards dis.
Itancess and the aggregate scores were
as follows: Third regiment, 73 !:
Second regiment, n 4, so I First regi-
ment, 81 585.
I syN / Haywa1t Is dead at Min
neapo1is The death of Mrs Hay
ward recalls one of the sad dest ten
lures of the trial and death of Harry
Hayward, who was executed for the
lmurde ders Is OF q Cat therine "a GinRsS several