Mower County transcript., 1904-10-12
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
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James Cleary, seventy-fve years OF
age, one of the pioneers Of st. Paul, is
dead. 49, g" ~: &%-< 'sT@$7|. S@HsF
8 n. M. Anderson, an old settler of
kanabec county, was killed in a run
away. s.sYS, -
Roger Little. aged eight years, was
run down and killed by an Omaha pas
senger train at st. Paul.
Hart N. Cook, formerly chief of the,
st. Paul fire department, has been ap-
pointed chief of the Red Wing fire de-
partment.
Lyle Reinke,\ six years old, was
thrown under the wheels of a wood
cart in Minneapolis and his life
crushed out. ....4
Patrick E. Murphy, a we'll known
resident sof st. Paul, died suddenly
from an apoplectic stroke while sitting
in his buggy.
The postofflce at Adams, Mower
county, was entered by robbers, the
safe blown open and $365 in stamps
and $92 in money taken.
A spectacular fire started by light
ming destroyed the sash and door fac
tory of the Simonson Bros Manufac-
turing company, Minneapolis.
Nicholas Hendy, st. Paul's first and
Oldest mail carrier, is dead, aged eighty
years. He was in active service up
to within few days of his death.
A seven-story building, absolutely
dreproof, hSYing 800 rooms and all the
appointments of a first class hotel, will
replace the present Nicollet hotel at
Minneapolis.
Drowned in eight inches of water
while unconscious from a fall is the
presumed fate of Fred Prescott, an
employe at the International stock
farm at Savage.
The valuation of real and personal
property, as returned by the county
boards of equalization, were raised by
the state board of equalization more
than $21,914,522 this year.
Four Cinnamon are under arrest at
Minneapolis with the prospect of a
term in the penitentiary before them.
They are charged with having mis-
treated a girl thirteen years of age.
The Drake &, Stratton company,
which has numerous and extensive
mine stripping contracts on the Me
saba range, has advanced the wages
of its men from $1.60 to s1.75 day.
Norman DeGroodt, the eighteen
year-old son of Oscar DeGroodt of Ex-
celsior, was shot and instantly killed
by the accidental discharge of his
shotgun on Lake Minnetonka Satur-
day afternoon.
Superintendent John R. Brown of
the Morris Indian school has reported
that thirty-six cases of typhoid fever
have broken out among the Indian
pupils there He is unable to explain
the cause of the contagion
Nick Eckes, an Osseo saloonkeeper,
shot Fred Roma, a telephone company
lineman, and Roma died later at st.
Marys hospital in Minneapolis. Eckes
went to Minneapolis and surrendered
himself to the sheriff. He claims self
defense.
Upon the recommendation of Secre-
tary of the Interior Hitchcock the
president has signed an order restor-
ing to the Cass Lake land district GER
tain lands which we're transferred to
the Duluth district by executive order
of May 29, 1903.
The joint Twin City exhibit has been
awarded the grand prize as being the
best organized and most complete for
the amount Of money expended of any
shown at the st. Louis worlds fair.
The exhibit is one of the features of
the model city at the fair.
Mitchell Mousseau, assistant super
intendent Of the Twin City Rapid Tran
sit company, died very suddenly at
Minneapolis, death being due to- heart
failure. Mr.. MOusseau was one of the
oldest employees OF the company, hav-
ing been in it's service since it's forma-
ton in 1875.
The state supreme court has 'sus-
tanned the contention Of the Demo-
cratic state committee that the secre-
tary of state had no right to refuse TO
place on the official ballot the name
Of Judge Calvin L. Brown of Morris
with the words Republican-Democra
after his name.
The coming biennial report of the
state dairy and food department Will
show a great increase in butter prOdUc-
ton in Minnesota. The last report
showed about 60,000,00Q pounds pro-
duced in 1901, but this amount has i'll
creased to 72.000,O00 pounds for 1913.
The number of dairies has greatly il
creased.
Eighteen prizes were awarded to
Minnesota for the states educational
exhibit at the worlds fair. Besides
capturing the grand prize in the ele-
mentary educational division a gold
medal for the secondary division Of
the exhibit, eight other gold medals
and like number of silver medals
fell to the Gopher State.
Minneapolis expends more per capita
for school maintenance than any other
city in the country with the single ex-
ception of Boston, which has long had
the reputation of being the chief edu-
cational center of the United States;
and at the same time Minneapolis
spends less for police maintenance
than any other city of it's size.
The Congregationalists of the state
have elected the following officers:
Moderator, Dean w. S. Pattee of Min
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