The Tomahawk., 1903-09-03
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

Frank Glenkowiec, was killed by q
Northern Pacific train in Northeast
Minneapolis
The attorney general holds that
coroners cannot collect fees for need
less inquests.
The contract for the addition to the
Bemidji school building was not let, as
the bids were all considered too high.
G. J. McNaughton, of the North
western Telephone company, was in
Btantly killed at st. Clond by live
wire.
The opera-house at Fertile is under
going through overhauling both in
side and out. Electric lights will also
be put in.
James Fitzgerald, who is said to
make business of stealing bicycles
and then selling them was arrested at
Winona.
President James J. Hill Of the Great
Northern had another grandchild in
the arrival of daughter at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George T. Slade.
The body of Robert Jackson was
found by men engaged in removing
the debris from the scene of the tre
at the Bassett house, Minneapolis.
Thieves entered the Hibbing bowling
alley clubrooms and robbed the differ
ent slot machines of $40 in cash. En-
trance was effected by prying open
rear window.
On complaint of the pastor OF the
M. E. church at Tracy, warrants were
issued for the arrest of all the saloon
keepers in that city for violating the
screen ordinance.
The Bethel of st. Paul has opened
its new quarters in the old Grand
Opera House block The building has
been remodeled and will be run on the
Mills hotel plan.
The little three-year-old daughter of
Arvid Larson near Morris was run over
by a binder. One leg was cut off and
the other mangled.
Harry Benson, who was sent to the
reformatory at St. Cloud from St. Paul
in 1902 for burglary, made his escape
and has not been found.
The Hewitt Wrightstown Telephone
company reelected the following Off
GERS: President, j. E. Stitzel, vice presi-
dent, A. A. Burch; secretary, B. Aldrich;
treasurer, E. w. Smith.
The largest passenger engines in the
Northwest are now in service on the
Omaha road between the Twin Cities
and Chicago. They are u feet long
and weigh 1000 pounds.
Work is moving along rapidly on the
new rifle range at Lakeview and every
thing will be in readiness for the COM
mencement of preliminary firing in the
state rifle contest on Sept. z.
With one arm projected through a
grab iron on the end of a box car, the
lifeless body of Millard Flint hung in
full view of railroad men in the Mil
waukee yards in Minneapolis.
Clerks in the st. Paul wholesale dis
trict want a half day off on Saturday,
and are circulating a petition among
their bosses asking that o'clock be
the closing hour for that day. :.
Mike Dellis, ten years old and resid-
ing with his parents at Phalen Creek,
was shot IN the mouth by his cousin,
Elmer Bennett, boy of the same age,
while playing with a small rifle.
j. C. Franksen, a wellknown build
ing contractor of Mankato, was almost
instantly killed by falling through the
top floor of the new malt house and
striking the first floor, 90 feet below.
Ernest Fournier left camp on Eve
lake to come to town to make some
purchases. The canoe in which he
started was found bottom up in the
lake and itis supposed he was drowned.
Work has been commenced on the re-
building of the plant of the Winona
Railway and Light company at an out
Law of close to 100000. The new en-.
closed arcs for lighting the city are to
be ready Oct. i.
Gov. s. r. Van SAINT denied the appli-
cation of the county attorney of Polk
county for requisition on the gov
ernor of North Dakota for the return
of Nathaniel Whalen, who is charged
with non-support.
Prof. George FL. Alden has resigned
his position as professor of history and
political science at Carleton college,
and will accept the chair of European
history at the State University of
Washington. at Seattle.
The seventh annual reunion of the
Tenth Minnesota Veteran Volunteer
association will be held Sept 2, at 10:3O
a. M, in room 16 at the state capitol.
A regimental banquet will be served
after the business meeting.
A man was found dead near the Chi
cago Great Western tracks at Hampton
station. He had been struck by
train and his skull was crushed. He
was a harvest hand, supposed to be
John Lynch, of Dubuque, Ia.
The state of Minnesota formally
decided $4,000 acres of land in Crow
Wing, Morrison and Todd counties to
the Northern Pacific. The land is for
the most part already settled and has
been sold by the railway company.
The police and the officers of the hui