Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
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Hamli1s university has. secured !
permanent endowment OF $3.50, 600. is
Minneapolis bank clearings for the
past year reached . grand total Of
I @72O, 752, 233.57. {. 81 III. ..s U. 81
DR.. J. Stevens, father Of Congress.
man r. G, Stevens Of st. Paul. tie dead
ut Bangor, Me. >:.. +. IL i. 4. IA I.
# Fairmont is to have q packinghouse
with q capacity for killing and curing
100 hogs a.day. 10y -. p. :.
John Wesley Crazy, aged ninety>hve,
4 pioneer resident of Minnesota, is
dead at St. Paul.
The, third annual poultry show of
the Central Minnesota Poultry associa.
ton was held ut Mankato last week..
The business Of the Winona postof.
flee for. 1902 shows an increase. OF
1917 per cent over the previous year.
w. E. Atkins, editor Of the South
Minneapolis Press, is dead. He was
widely known among newspaper men.
Bank clearings in St. Paul last year
show an increase of about IA per cent
over 1901. The figures for 1902 are
1924 ,197, 119.17.
James M. Odds, an engineer on the
Great Northern, was killed in a col
lision of two switch trains in the yards
at Minneapolis.
Peter Grytdahl, aged seventy-five
years, died at Duluth Friday as the
result of freezing his legs very badly
on Christmas night.
. The gross receipts of the St. Paul
postofice for 1902 amounted to $647,-
952.30, against $577 ,69S.85 for the pre-
ceding year, an increase of $97 ,254.25.
During seven months of 1902 1882
cases of smallpox have been reported
to the state health board; during 1899,
275 cases; in 1900, 1871 cases, and in
1901, S,4S5 cases.
During 1902 st. Paul paid more for
fire insurance than ever before. This
is due to increased rates and improved
property. The amount paid for insur-
ance during the year was 100000.
A plant for the manufacture of NAL
leable castings is to be added to the
st. Paul Foundry company's estab-
lishment within the next six weeks.
The enterprise will employ from 800
to $50 men,
Reports from Washington are to the
effect that Congressman Fletcher is
urging the appointment of w. r. Nor
ris, the colored attorney of Minneapo-
lis, as minister to Liberia, a position
that pays $4,000 year.
During 1902 1870 homesteads have
been proved up in Hubbard county.
which adds about 100000 acres OF
good soil to the taxable property OF the
| county. There is practically no more
government land in the county.
It is stated on reliable authority that
the general offices OF the Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic railway will he
moved from Marquette. Mich, to Du-
luth, and that Duluth will become the
executive headquarters of the road.
A. j. hammers, George A. hammers
and John Mccarthy. all of Saltwater,
William O'Brien, st. Paul, and some
Duluth lumbermen have formed syn
dictate to purchase a large tract CT
standing timber in South Carolina.
Edward Larson was run over and
cut in two by freight train in the
Rock Island yards at Albert Lea New
Years afternoon. He was about
twenty-five years of age and was to
have been married later in the day.
Game Agent Fullerton reports the
total receipts of his department for
two years as $1S,272 as against $12,848
for the previous two years. The dis
bursements for the same time were
1922 as against $2,195 for the pre-
vious two years.
Andrew Gustafson, 4 visitor to Min
neapolis, celebrated the arrival of the
OF several years, amounting to $1,12O,
which he claims were stolen from his
pockets by a colored woman whom he
met on the streets.
Leo H. Pleins, the architect for the
department of Dakota, is at work on
the plans for remodeling the buildings
at Fort Smelling. It is his purpose TO
make a complete change in the ap-
pearance of the fort and to dress up
| the old stone barracks and guard
house in modern architectural style.
Former Congressman James N. Cas-
! tie was found dead in the yard Of his
home at Saltwater Friday. Heart
| failure was the cause. MI. Castle Wa:
in the act Of feeding his chickens, O.
which he kept a great many, when
death came. Mr.. Castle was sixtysiE
years of age and had been resident
OF Saltwater since 1862.
| Governor Van SAINT has announced
| that he will retain all of his heads OF
! departments with the exception OF
Fred Schiffmann, oil inspector. Fen.
ton G.. Warner of St. Paul has been
named to succeed Schiffman1.' In the
Minneapolis district George l.. Match
Ian will succeed A: B. Robbins as sur.
veyor of logs and lumber.
| The Bar association of the Fifteenth
district. embracing Aitkin, Grow Wing
Hubbard. Cass, Itasca and Beltrami
counties met at Benidjf Friday and
named committee to present to the
Legislature bill for an additional?
Judge for the district. The association
placed itself on record against division
or the detachment Of any county from
the district.
The suit by which H. Y. Jones
sought to enjoin a transfer OF the con
trolling stock OF the MinneapoG:
! Times from W. E. Haskell and c. Al
| Palmer, former. owners to Robert E