Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-11-27
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

| NEWS IN MINNESOTA
George n. Merriam, q well known
pioneer citizen Of Minneapolis, is dead.
4 Michael Braun, q resilient of Mime.
Apolis since 1s49, Is dead, aged eighty
years. @=~ =, N js.= go ~. u
Maurice Prince of Minneapolis was
drowned while skating on Lake Min.
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Mrs. Lillian Harrington Of Mime
apolis was robbed Of 1860 which she
placed under her pillow on retiring.
Fire at Minneapolis damaged the
Leonard Paulle show case factory and
other buildings to the extent of 1884,
| 900.
The state board of pardons has re.
fused to grant a parole to Frank H.
Hamilton, who was sentenced to seven
years in prison for the murder OF
Leonard R. Day of Minneapolis.
A masked man entered the rooms of
the Metropole club, Minneapolis, and
forced eight members who were there,
| at the point of a revolver, to empty
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and made his escape.
Alec Lewis, a lumberman, was held
up and robbed half a block from the
central police station in Minneapolis.
Three men did the work and secured a
| gold watch, valued at $40, and about
| 81 in cash.
Harry Penrose, alias Porter, who
was convicted of seduction in the dis
trict court at Fergus Falls, was SEN
fenced to five years at Saltwater,
Judge Searle giving him the highest
penalty allowed by law.
The state dairy and food department
has received word that Minnesota
buttermakers captured the first and
second prizes in the national butter
makers contest which has been held
during the last twelve months at Chi
cago
Senator Clapp last week presented
to the president a delegation of Chip
pewa Indians. The Indians urged the
president to direct the interior DEPART
ment to modify the regulations of the
department regarding the sale Of pine
lands belonging to the Chippewas.
Coroner Williams Of Hennepin coun-
ty has written letter to Governor Van
SAINT urging him to offer a large re-
ward for the capture and conviction OF
the men who robbed and murdered Cot
ton G. Gordon and Leonard Dare on
freight trains coming into Minneapolis.
The Ramsey county grand jury has
returned mo bill" against James W.
Johnson, st. Paul agent of the whisky
trust, who i was charged with embez-
cling $4,000. He claimed the alleged
shortage was due to the method of
, bookkeeping designed to cover re-
| bates.
Edward S. Dampier, prominent
been indicted by the Otter Tail county
grand jury on the charge of forgery in
the first degree, the allegation being
that he altered a deed, changing the
| name OF the grantee after the instru-
ment had been signed.
Willie Burlitt, the fourteen-year-old
! son of Casper Burlitt, living near the
Minnesota river between LIE Sueur and
Henderson, while opening large clam
shells with his knife in order that he
might feed them to pigs, found four
| large pearls and seven small ones
which he sold for $1,100.
The title to a tract of land near
Hibbing, which, it is estimated, con-
tains from $10,000,000 to $4,000, 900
worth of iron ore, is contested in the
| case of F. s. Kosmeri ct al, respond
ents, VS.. Mrs. Katherine Mueller ct al,
appellants, which was argued Friday
In the state supreme court
Salvatore Battalia was murdered at
Minneapolis by unknown parties and
to police Of the Flour City believe
that he was killed by the Malta. Bat
tal1a's body was found near the Frank
lin avenue BRIDGE Twas covered
with clotted blood and twenty-one
stiletto' wounds, made with many
knives, were counted by surgeons i:
Three indictments have been found
against Casper Ernst, the, St. Paul
mortgage broker, one charging for
gerry and two grand larceny. Fearing
that some half crazed victim may at
tempt to take the life Of Ernst none
but the immediate members of his
family and his counsel are now per-
mitted to see him at the Ramsey
county jail.
Mrs. Mary Kovarik of st. Paul, fear.
full of death at her approaching con-
finement, drank carbolic acid and then
gave the poison to her seven-year-old
daughter, Annie, and to her five-year-
old son, Frank. The mother was sent
to the city hospital, where the c.
saeran operation was performed by
the physicians. The infant will live,
| the doctors say, but the mother will
probably die. The two children who
drank the carbolic acid are in a seri.
Gus condition, but will recover.
The annual convention of the South
eastern Minnesota Educational asso~
citation at Winona closed Saturday aft
ernoon after two days session with
the election of the following officers:
President, County Superintendent G.
+. Howard Of Rochester,: secretary
and treasurer, Superintendent w. j.
Mosher of. 7Plainview; members of the
executive committee to act with those
officers, Professor Guy T.. Maxwell Of
the Wniona normal and Miss Ora
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