Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-03-27
NEWS IN MIN ESOTA,


John Summers, one of the pionee,
citizens of st. Paul, died suddenly il,
that city last week. -.
Henry Dwelle, wealthy lumbermar
OF Lake City, dropped dead of apoplexy
at Chattanooga, Tenn.
! 1t is reported that there Is a strong
probability that Cass Lake is to have
United States land office.
Since San. County Treasurer
Whipple OF St. Louis county has paid
out $533.42 as wolf bounties.
Several cases of what has been
called Cuban itch" have developed at
Garden City. Physicians believe j:
is smallpox.
Michael Doran, president Of the St.
Fanl water board and a we'll known
c;;p .taiist, is seriously i'll at his Sum-
NIT avenue home.
c. w. Hackett, one of the most
prominent business men of St. Paul,
died at his home in that city after an
illness of three years.
At a meeting of the Polk county bar
Judge R. J. Montague of Crookston
was endorsed for additional judge of,
the Fourteenth judicial district.
Harry G. Barrows, who has been as
sistant state oil inspector for three
terms. is dead at Minneapolis. Iyo
was i'll about six months with tuber.
culosis.
The stockholders of the First Ma
tional bank of Minneapolis have voted
unanimously to increase the capital
stock of the bank from 81 100000 to
100000.
Toilet Jorgenson, a well known
farmer of Mound Prairie, Houston
county, was found dead on his farm,
having been crushed to death by
large tree.
George G. Stevens, head of the bank
Ing house of Stevens Robertson & Co.
OF Rushford, is dead. He was eighty.
four years of age and had resided in
Rushford since 1856.
Bert Ronk has been arrested On a
warrant charging him with the killing
of Charles Eberline, a we'll known
farmer of Faribault county, whoeo
body was found in a boat in Walnut
lake.
The Metropolitan theater at Roches.
ter has been damaged by fire to the
extent OF $4,000 to $4,000 The Noble
company, which was playing in the
house, lost property valued at from
$1,000 to $500.
The c0rOner's inquest held over the
remains of John Kildeer, killed in
shooting scrape at the Commercial sa-
loon at Two Harbors with John Roach,
brought in verdict Of killing in self
defense. Roach has been released.
Ole G. Olson was hanged in the jail
at Aitkin at l:50 o'clock Friday morn
ing for the murder of his daughter last
October. He met his fate unflinch-
ingly and died expressing his faith in
Gods forgiveness for his terrible
crime.
Patrolman Joseph Pugleasa of St.
Paul was shot three times while
attempting to stop disturbance be-
tween hotel proprietor and a gang
of Italian laborers. None of the wounds
is considered serious and he is ex-
pected to recover.
The railroad and warehouse COM
mission is in receipt of an opinion
from the attorney general to the effect
that original contracts between rail-
roads and shippers are to be reckoned
in figuring gross earnings instead of
Frank w. Bell of Elkton, charged
with manslaughter, was found not
guilty in his trial at Austin after the
jury had been out three hours. This
is his second trial on the same charge
At the first trial he was convicted, but
his attorneys secured new trial.
Maynzinahwaush, one of the oldest
chiefs and grand medicine seers of
the Chippewas, died at the old peo-
pies home at White Earth, aged
eighty seven years. A week before
he died he called Rev. Father Alloy.
siTs and embraced the Roman Cath
ole faith.
1t is reported at Duluth that Chi
cago firm has a contract for construct
ing railroad from Grand Marais to
the Gun11int iron district in Northwest
ern Cook county A number of mining
and timber companies with apparent
strong backing are becoming active
in Northern Cook and Lake counties.
AS the result of collision between
freight and passenger train in the
yards at GAINESVILLE Jan. IA, the Great
Northern Railway company is made
the defendant in two personal damage
suits commenced in the Ramsey coun
ty district court in which the plain
tiffs seek to recover an aggregate of
100000.
John Whitaker of Sandstone walked
half mile from his mill to his home
with a piece of scantling three feet
long sticking through his side. The
scantling was thrown against cir
cular saw and hurled back against
him, the end striking him above the
third rib and piercing his side, with.
out fatal results.
The Winona city council is in re-
ceipt of rather novel claim from
Jacob Walz, butcher, whose store
was entered and his cash register re-
moved. Mr.. Walz has presented bill
to the city for $125. the value of the
register, stating that if the city pro.
vided proper police protection the
burglary would not have taken place.
John Brooks, who pleaded guilty at
Duluth to having failed to provide
fer his wife and family, was sentenced
to one year at saltwater at hard labor.