Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-09-25

Oct. 1 and the old rate of $11.5O re-
stored.
William Lockwood is having BE-
tween 1000 and 5000 head of sheep
shipped to PipestOne county from
| Great Falls, Mont The stock viii
| come on special train.
A brakeman named Kline was killed
| and two others were seriously injured
by the explosion of boiler on a Du-
luth, Missabe and Northern locomotive
at Birch, small station few miles
north of Duluth.
The State bank of Woodstock was
broken into Thursday night The
| outer door of the safe was blown off
by dynamite, but the burglars failed
to get the inner sdoor open and no
money was secured.
While returning from school little
Alice Child, the seven-year-old daugh-
ter of Samuel R. Child of Minneapolis,
was struck by an eastbound Mime
| apol1s and st. Louis passenger train
and instantly killed.
AS there is but $4,000 cash balance
In the permanent school fund at the
present time an application from Polk
county for loan Of $64, 900 to build
bitches has been turned down by the
state board OF investment.
Attorney General w. B. Douglas has
| received word from G. E. Billiard, CON-
missioner of the Itasca state park,
that a severe wind storm has struck
the park, destroying one-tenth of the
heavy timber in some parts.
While in a. fit Of dependency over
the poor crop prospects, Joseph Ha-
0o1 q 70 twin th~ wi
ing road, about ten miles from Min.
neapolis, committed suicide by hang
ing himself from tree near his home.
Minnesota will probably take ad-
vantage of it's right to have statues
of two of it's leading citizens placed
in the famous statuary hall of the ma
tional capitol at Washington by Sc
lecting for one former Governor
| Alexander Ramsey.
Patrick Furey, the seventeen-year-
| old son Of Patrolman Daniel F'urey of
st. Paul, was instantly killed near the
Burlington freight depot. He fell
from delivery wagon and was
| crushed to the ground by case of
paper which fell upon him.
The motion made by the attorneys
for former Mayor A. A. Ames of Min
neapolis asking permission to renew
| the motion for new trial on account
Of the discovery of new evidence has
been denied by Judge Elliott Of the
Hennepin county district court.
While working in a well on Bertel
Hotties farm four miles south of
Beardsley William Riley was overcome
by gas. Henry Schrader, his en-
ployer, went down after him, and was
| also overcome. BY the time assist
ance arrived both men were dead.
Thousands Of ironworkers in and
| around the Mesaba country are threat
ened with layoff. The steel trust
feet is tied up by the strike of the
| masters and pilots. There is nothing
| left to carry ore and the mines must
| quit work until the strike is over.
Having lived over 1913 years Rev.
John Crapsey, well known st. Paul
Spiritualist, died Friday at his home
| in that city of old age. He had been
failing gradually for two years, but
was able to be about the house and
was not confined to his bed a single
day.
The Minnesota conference of the
Seventh Day Adventists will build an
| agricultural and industrial college
near Minneapolis. The site has been
purchased for $4,S50 and during the
next year an active canvass will be
maintained to raise funds for the col
lege itself
The district grand Jury has made
public indictments against Justice j..
| c. McGilvery of Eveleth and ex-Jus-
tice S. Levke of Hibbing. They are
charged with grand larceny in the
second degree for the alleged withhold
ing of money belonging to the county
which was paid to them in fines.
| The constitutionality of the law re-
! curing plumbers working in St. Paul
[ to take out license was upheld by
Judge Finehout in the municipal court.
The decision was rendered in the case
of Paul Chapel, journeyman plumber
who took the place of one of the strlk-
ing plumbers. Chapel was brought to
St. Paul from another city and had
no state license
St. Paul will fttingly celebrate its
fiftieth anniversary. At meeting OF
fifty representative business men at
the Commercial club Friday evening
a resolution favoring the celebration
was unanimously adopted. 1t IS
! Tanned to COMBINE the observance
with the dedication of the new capitol
and the completion OF the improve.
ments at Fort Smelling.
Former Captain Charles R. Hill OF
Minneapolis, second in command IN
der Superintendent of Police Fred w.
Ames during Mayor Ames' administra-
ton, has been arrested on his farm
near Milton Junction, Wis. It is IN
derstood that the Indictment under
which the arrest was made charges
Hill with having accepted $3.50 from
two women Of the town.
Samples of Minnesota grain, this
years crop, are wanted for exhibition
at st. Louis. The Minnesota commits
sioners request farmers who have
good samples for exhibition ito send
them to c. S. Mitchell, superintendent
OF the states exhibit at St. Paul. The
samples will be taken to st. Louis ana
displayed with the name Of the ~
hibitor in tho agricultural building. -L
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