The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-02-13
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

Inc actual bonded lndeDteQneSS OF
the city of Minneapolis at the present
time is $s,269,0OO. Deducting the funds
in the sinking fund amounting to ST.
767,214.5O the actual debt is $6,5O1,-
1880.
Mrs. w. S. Vent, wife of w. S. Vent,
of Red Wing, was injured in a run
away of the horse which few days
ago injured two persons, one serious
ly.
Andrew Bergstrom, chief engineer
of the water department, of Mime
apolis, was stricken with apopleXy
while sitting at his desk in the Cam
den Place pumping station and died
ten mintes later.
turned over to the state treasurer a
draft for $3,303.S3 from the Minneapo-
lis & ST. Louis.
The local freight on the Preston
branch was wrecked. Five cars and
the caboose were ditched. Traffic was
delayed four hours.
There was falling off in the num-
Der of new cases of smallpox reported
to the state board of health for the
week ending Jan. &c. Only 135 new
cases were reported, as against 1853
for the previous week.
The annual debate between the uni
versities of Minnesota and Wisconsin
will, in all probability, be abandoned
this year, for Wisconsin has made no
effort to carry out it's part of the con-
tract, which was entered into two
years ago.
Governor Van SAINT has made an
other appointment to his military
staff. DR.. A. j. Stone of ST. Paul has
been appointed surgeon general, to
succeed Former Mayor A. A. Ames, of
Minneapolis.
Instead of being obliged to stand
trial for the crime of counterfeiting,
Anton Schroeder, a resident of Maple
Grove, who has been confined in the
county Jail since Dec. II, will be taken
to st. Peter.
Lars X. Fladeqval, an old settler of
Grow Wing county, committed suicide
at Brainerd by shooting himself in
the forehead with revolver. His
brother found his body in the bushes
about two miles from home.
The body of female child was
found lying in an alley at the rear of
no Lawson street, ST. Paul. The body
was partially frozen and had evident
ly been left there during the night.
Hereafter w. l.. Martin will be traf-
fic manager of the 500 line. A circu-
lar has been issued by Gen. Mgr. E.
Pennington to this effects
David Smith, farmer of Sterling
township, near Mankato, was found
dead in bed. There is large wound
OH his head, but as he lived alone
no one knows the circumstances of
his death.
At a special election the electors of
the village of Fertile voted to put in
an electric light plant, to be owned
and operated by the village in connec-
ton with the waterworKs.
Remarkable and apparently perma-
nent increase in business and q
steady rise in the price of it's stock
will result in the 500 line spending
$1,OOO,OOO for betterments and equip
ment during the present year.
Fire was discovered in the frame
building occupied by William Guske
as a residence and barber shop at
Hanska. The building and contents
were completely destroyed. The loss
Is $1,000 partly covered by insurance.
The German Lutherans of Grand
Meadow are negotiating with the
Norwegian Lutherans for their
church building. The Norwegians will
build new church in the north of
the village.
The state pardon board declined to
interfere in the cases of Charles E. L..
Henderson of Duluth and Ole G. OLE
son of Aitkin county, sentenced to
death for murder.
Fire last night destroyed the build
ing, occupied by Remick & Brunnelle's
harness shop at Red Lake Falls. The
loss on the stock is $4,000, also on the
building $500. The department, by
hard work, confined the flames to this
building.
The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha road has just closed the
greatest year in it's history. Unlike
other systems its tlscal year ends with
the calendar year Dec. 81.
United States custom officials at Du-
luth seized a sealskin imported from
Canada, as the owner did not have
credentials to show that the animal
from which the skin was secured had
been lawfully killed. 1t will be sold
at auction.
Gov. Van SAINT received a cablegram
from the American legation in Swe-
den stating that the famine in Nor.
way, Sweden and Finland is more Sc
rious than heretofore reported, and
that relief must be continued until
the next harvest. The message,
was cabled first to C. A. Smith
of Minneapolis.
A. d. Wyman of Austin loaded his
household furniture and foundry ma
chinery and patterns in car on the
Great Western road. Early in the
morning the car and all it's contents
were burned.
The postOffice AFT Dodge Center was