New Ulm review., 1904-09-14
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.

! The Mower county fair has two
thousand entries.
I More than 1900 homeseekers pass
| through ST. Paul.
! The body of Minneapolis man is
found in the river.
Electric storm causes considerable
damage at st. Paul.
A Minneapolis chess player wins
midsummer tournament
A food inspector in Minneapolis is
nearly mobbed by women.
Harold P. Bend wins the golf cham
pionship of the town and Country
club.
Congressman McCleary challenges
H. j. Miller to series of joint de-
bates.
Mrs. Ada Updegraff of St. Paul is
burned severely by the explosion Of
! gasoline.
The state normal board of review
/ grants licenses to ffty-three to teach
/ in Minnesota.
The commissioners expect that the
/ new capitol will be ready for use on
the first Of the year.
| Henry Weingarth of ST. Paul is
/ pounded to unconsciousness by high
/ waymen and robbed of $1OO.
Bemidji has new town pump cap
able of lifting several million gallons
of water in a very short time.
|
A state fair visitor, supposed to be
Oscar Colrud of Rosholt, Wis, is
killed by St. Paul street car.
Extensive improvements are being
made by the Great Northern on it's
tracks, yards and depot at Fosston.
There is a fight on to finish be-
tween the railroads entering Mime
apolis over the question of shipping
charges
A shed filled with grain on the farm
of William Corcoran, near Witoka,
was struck by lightning and was de-
stroyed.
The big financial venture of former
Senator Charles A. Towne and his
toil fields has bursted
Hastings will hold street fair and
carnival on Oct. 5, 6, and 8. The
t. G. Cash Carnival company of St.
Paul will furnish attractions.
/ St. Paul carried off the honors in
the market garden display this year,
defeating the Minneapolis market
gardeners by a score of 500 to SAB.
The rails spread under the weight
of a logging train south of Menahga
| and bad wreck was the result. All
traffic was delayed about eighteen
hours.
Peter Olson, county commissioner
| of Sibley county, lost his barn, two
horses, hay, feed and harness by fire.
The total loss is $4,000; insurance,
81 ,OOO
r. Reiser, brakeman for the Bur-
| lington railway, was mangled to
death under the wheels of a freight
/ train below the fish hatchery, St.
Paul.
while the machine was in motion,
Henry Kahler, thresher near Cot
| tonwood had his arm broken and
scalp cut.
Search is continued without result
for the body of James Mafreagh, who
was killed in the acetylene explo-
sion which wrecked Cass Lake
building.
Inspired by the success of bandits
who prey upon the country folk, a
Minneapolis negress armed herself
| with a revolver and held up Albert
| Anderson, a stranger.
Under instruction from the county
commissioners, the county surveyor
has re-surveyed school district No.
1913 of the town of Plymouth, known
as the Bass Lake school.
Several well-known Minneapolis
merchants reported to the police that
they had been duped by pretty
young woman, who had an unlimited
| supply of counterfeit bills.
While Sam Larson, a Golden Valley
milkman, enjoyed an afternoon nap
| at his home, sneak thieves invaded
the house and separated Sam from a
| roll of bills amounting to $3.50.
Rural free delivery carriers ap-
pointed for Minnesota routes: Court