Mower County transcript., 1904-12-28
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NEWS TN MIN MES Iali
EVENTS OF a WEEK THRo UoDs.
OUT THE STATE. 49,. ..s. ..s

John Walsh, pioneer of Minneap-
oils, is dead, aged seventy-eight years.
The state. board of control has.
moved into its quarters in the, new
state capitol. a->
Flank McClymont of Anoka was
killed at McReavey's logging camp,
north of Akeley, by q. lodged tree. ',szt ~
Governor Van SAINT has forfnalf
entered the field as; candidate for;
United States senator to: succeed Sen,
ator Clapp. .''''.. -''S, ,,''.:'' i. e.
J. A. McDermott Of Candy has beiesa
appointed state oil Inspector by Cow
ernor.elect j. A.. johnson. Mr. Nc
Dermott is travelling man. ...s.;.
After shooting seven times at John
Capistran at Crookston John Striefs
Ter, q travelling man, was arrested and :
committed to the Fergus Falls, asylum.
/ c. r. Henton, well known con-:
ductor on the Milwaukee road, was.
killed at Kasota while switching:
Five cars and~,a tender@passedr oyer ::
him. &, .an
=, During the year 1904 new buildings
were erected in st. Paul at cost OF
nearly $4,000,000. Eighteen OF the
structures cost more. than $4,000
| each.
Secretary Of State Hanson will ask
the legislature to appropriate s75,0g0
| for the state census of 1905 instead of
| $45,000, which was the cost of the 1896
| census.
A state law making it manslaughter
| in the first degree for hunter TO kill
a man. miStaking him for deer, is
recommended by the state game and
! fish commission. a."
The charred and blackened bones"
| all that is left of the body of John Eel
! lows, the fireman who lost his life in
the Boutell fire at minneapolis Dec. 13.
were found last week. ':'%'- !
| After being out ten hours and ten
! minutes a jury at Two Harbors re-
turned a verdict of murder in the first
degree against o. H. Hammerburg for
the murder of Andrew Blum last Otto-
Der.
! Mrs. Frank Gibbs of Barnesville.
who was shot in the head and thigh
by her husband about q week ago, has
died of her injuries. Gibbs committed
suicide Immediately after shooting his
| wife. .~'
| Major Scott, Indian agent at Leech
/ ltf&hC, VIII UGE1A LAc 4SbulSSASH<
about $4,000 to Indians OF the Red
Lake tribe about Jan. Is. Zach Indian,
including men, women and children,
will get 500. ..
|, John Edwards and Gus BloOmer,
| timber cruisers, have been missing
since Oct 20, and from clues which
they were drowned In Knife lake,
north of Ely.
| Warren H. Williams, railway postal
clerk between Tracy, this state, and
Pierre, S. D., has been arrested al
| ating a registered package sail t.
contain $1,000 49,.
Attorney General Moody has passed
favorably On the request of the, Min
neapois rlil1ers that they be allowed
to mix American and Canadian wheat
in grinding -four under The new draw
back regulations. .%>
| Detective James G.. Doyle, who for
the past eighteen years has been al
most continuously connected with the
Minneapolis police department, has
been appointed superintendent of the
department by Mayorelect Jones'
Wolves are becoming 50 ferocious
along the north shore Of Lake Superior
that the settlers east Of Two Harbors
do not dare to go out into the woods
or even along the packrOads at night
UNLESS several men are In the party, Z.
Word has reached Duluth that Dan
| Cameron, a fur trader, Was murdered
q few: days. ago near ,Asine Center, III
the Rainy River country. by an Indian
! from whom he had just purchased
l3100 worth Df fNrs, The murderer Is
under arrest. <>., a. >4. .,.~ >.
/ The, complete vote Of the state al
the recent election shows that the con-
jStitutionsI amendment for the abolish
ment of the grand jury in the. s!ate
passed. by a. vete: OF. 1s4,s55 yeas TO
52,152 nays. It is. now UP to The leg
islature act.
r.. Fred l.. Ryan Of :I3uIath: has leenn
named. <slgveeyoy general: Of. logs. and
! tlumBer for the Duluth. district by" Gov.
'EerhOf-elect Johnson and f. B. HyberS
(of1>NGonteyideo* *has.:been' selected: for
position Of deputy >isf. the dairy and
lfood department. -: ..-
=, 5Reip0oits' from The st. " Paul health
i department ftli eleven" months
ending Nov: 80 !show::tlat 0f:the" 1,s5'77:
deaths almost 9 per cent were from
unnatural causes. There were. 1876
deaths.fn thfss class, SS Being caused r
by accidents, 40 suicides :2,6* hsnicfaes
7 and Z by poison. : .,::>s -. !: Z i,
! '1neodore .Rooseyelt's plurality IN
! Minnesota is 1S4,4s4, according to re-
turns; complied by tie :state canvass
ing hoard The vote sor@eaah suavtr
follows: r. Republican 216,6S1, Demq-
cratic; 55,ls7.. PEOPLES .2,l0S, Prohibit. :.
ltton:. 8,,263, Public Ownership 1852,
Soc;a1isf ahnr 9Y<:: ~; ~. .5ssi,f:
r. Moore Stephens of@: Mi,lifeapoiss s:
tAfeAf for the Dn}uth Elevator: c0mpany. ;.
lat: Nahcoeh; was caught M the belt pf.
"a gasoline ensiGH. .anA instantly Killed. :
I he apparently 31sed to- Sstsp the ca
.{sthe and hla coat easahksipstAs Hping
! pheai. E3ts neck asA efe bunss cf his
lhoay were. 'praken II, p5eess. - ! Z y. ii,
The .resHass.t: esHas t: tkkxt the. sk<ts, :rexl1;1al
!Irdi.a.:tssiun will ask,sths REX. lsgisz
Fixture for q fuithsr Sppr0pria atiun TO