Mower County transcript., 1903-12-02
NEWS In M ESOTA

Anderson, of Boyd is dead as the
result OF falling in tub of hot water.
At Taylors Falls Edward Kattenberg
was nearly killed and his hotel badly
wrecked by the explosion of the acety-
lene.s gas plant. .,..-s@. H
Footpads held up J. G.. Mckinley in
Minneapolis, "slugging" him and rob-
bing him of 40 cents, the only money
he had with him.
James N. Coe, one of the most wide
~ known pioneers of Olmstead coun-
ty, is dead, He had resided in that
county since 1856. So 81
Miss Nellie Wilson of lie Sueur,
daughter of Mrs. w. E. Wilson, a we'll
known and highly respected young
lady, is dead of consumption
Queen Lohr and wife and a small
child were chloroformed while asleep
at their home On a farm about eight
miles from Graceville and $3.50 in cash
stolen.
Burglars went through the residence
Of John d. Hammond, Minneapolis,
Thanksgiving evening. They pried up
rear window and secured $500 worth
of jewelry.
Charles G. Rapp veteran merchant
OF st. Hilliare, postmaster of the vii
lage and representative of Red Lake
county in the state legislature elected
in 1900, is dead
Burglars secured $3.50 at John Ian
kis' confectionery store, Minneapolis,
early Saturday morning They over
looked $4,000 in the safe. rifling only
the cash drawer.
At meeting of the directors of the
Western Golf association at Chicago
the Northland Golf club of Duluth has
been elected mem 5er The member
ship is now fifty-eight
A saw mill to have a capacity of
$4,000 feet of lumber a Gay and also
equipped to manufacture shingles will
be built on the harbor front, at Grand
Marais, in Cook county.
Another indictment has been re.
turned against Casper Ernst, the St.
Paul financier, by the grand jury. This
fourth Indictment against the banker
charges forgery in the second degree.
The Great Northern coast flyer was
wrecked at Donnelly one night last
week. The mail car, containing all
Westbound paper mail, was burned and
the mail clerk and his helper were
slightly injured
Two new towns have been located
on the ranges this fall. The latest is
named Green Rock and it is twenty
two miles north of Hibbing The
other, Aurora by name, is on the Du-
luth and Iron Range.
LEndQuist Bros hardware store at
Willmar was robbed, entrance being
gained by cutting a hole in a rear
door and unlocking from the inside.
Knives. rtvolvers and razors to the
value of sl52 were stolen.
The business men and farmers about
Plainview have subscribed $4,000 for
stock in a canning factory A site
has been secured, the contract for the
building let and work has been begun
toward the erection of the plant.
B. D. White, inspector in the state
dairy and food department, will resign
his position to accept the position OF
general superintendent for big New
York butter firm. Mr. White is the
most eminent dairy authority in the
West
While trying to initiate her mother,
who was singeing a leg Of the Thanks
giving turkey little Millie Jones, the
six-year-old daughter of Walter +.
Jones of St. Paul, set fire to her cloth
ing and sustained burns from which
she died.
w. w. Wright, proprietor of the ho-
tel at Swan River, on the Great North
ern, was fatally injured by falling un-
der the wheels of the passenger train
from the west at Grand Rapids while
trying to board it for Swan River
Junction.
The negro Scott, indicted for rob-
berry, assault and burglary at Monte
videO, has been convicted and SEN
fenced to thirty years in the peniten-
tiary. Scott attacked and nearly
killed Miss Olson last summer and was
almost lynched in consequence.
Seven months ago the city of De-
troit purchased the electric light
plant, which had been owned by pri-
vate persons. The report of the light
and water commission, which has con-
troll of the plant, shows net earnings
for these seven months of over 1920,
Heavy orders for flour for Japan
have been received at Minneapolis.
Recent orders recorded are 5000 sacks
for firm in Yokohama and $500 bar
rels for Kobe, There have been other
big sales and the sudden increase in
the export business to Japan has been
startling.
After carrying the carcass of a
moose through the forest for seven
miles and loading it on boat Attor-
ney General Douelas who had been
hunting with ]. l.. Helm of St. Paul in
Cook county, arrived in Duluth from
Grand Marias only to find that his
prize had been stolen en- route. No
trace of the thieves could be found.
AS a result of the burning of
Thomas saloon al nc ,rdinghouse at
Cower Thomas r oa'' pilot on the
steamer Dad ~>''~-r- -os burned to
?nat' 7'' ',''s<l- +, - ">~ts. asleep in
the builfir Il. .l,.;2,3s Isl y escaped crema-
tion. Franz Thar - g ,nlster. was
seriously BIZ: c!f=a ',out the face Three
other occupants Of the place are miss