Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13
NEWS in Ne mn ESQ "a
EVENTS OF THE MEEK.THRouGH
1 OUT THE STATE.


EVENTS OF THE WEEK .THRou
/. OUT THE STATE.
& Governor Van SAINT has fixed Friday
April 20, as Arbor day. @
William 7. Donaldson, aged seventy
nine, a pioneer resident Of ST. Paul, IS
I dead. s3 s... s. ! ss5s
Twenty-nine deaths from typhoid
fever occurred in Minneapolis during
March. @ ..1.I a. .s.52 .s%... n
James b. Gilman, resident Of Min
neapolis since 1854, Is dead, aged sev
enty-three years. KS sl !. sss4
Colonel Monfort, president Of the
Windsor Hotel company, St. Paul, is
dead after ten days illness. %
{. Charles Fancher, the lone man
band" blew out his brains with a shot.
gun at Lake City while despondent
from illness. ,S "a : sz..'S=: =E: - @@=-
According Ito the census bureau the
population Of Minneapolis at, the end
OF 1903 was .214,112, of St. Paul IT,.
03s and Of Duluth 57,397.
The four-year-old daughter of John
Hardwood, farmer residing neal
Spring Valley, was burned to- death
while playing with companions at a
bonfire. .:5,g $780, a. -
The safe in the meat market OF
Ernest Young at Minneapolis was
blown open by burglars, who entered
the. building by cutting out a window.
They secured $3.50. = "7Jsts, T., t.
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More than 200 lawyers from all parts
Of the state were present at the open
ing session of the supreme court. The
calendar was called and the 207 cases
were set for argument: ~ - =
| Professor Frederick E. Beckman,
who for several years has been in
charge of the Spanish department at
the state university, has handed in his
resignation to the faculty.
Members of the bench and bar of
Minnesota held a banquet in Minneap-
oils last week.. r. c., Springer of st.
Paul was elected president Of the state
association for the ensuing year. 80
Water in the Crow Wing river along
the northern boundary of. Morrison
county is ten feet above low water
stage: Seven bridges at Pillager, Syl-
van, Motley and Staples have gone
out. .""~t:. ~ "A: Ts i :! ! ! -. ~
y Active work has been started on
the improvements being made at Fort
Smelling. Nearly $50 men are now en-
ployed and the contra ctors will in
crease the number as the weather i'm
proves. stvs.17 =, ! i sss;::4s "A z::ga .n,a
5.33 Governor Van SAINT has been peti-
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to use his influence in having certain
sentiments applicable to the@old set
tiers and, their deeds engraved on some
Gconspicuousspart Of thetnew state cap
.itol .:@:z:s' 1s ., =, =: ::>i = ,
+: AS a result sof a fight: over ,a$woman
In a room in the rear: Of sC.: WI Swan
sons saloon; st: Paul, three: men were
cut, one ss5prob ablys fatally by John
Strong, a. .colored porter, who is ac-
cused Of starting the trouble by in
sulting the woman. .-tly.,{. -
s. II. CD sJprgensons Of y Forest City, la,
who passed through Minneapolis last
week on his way to buy "a farm near
Lisbon, N. D., reported to, the police
that he had been robbed of LOO by
pickpockets while in the act of step
ping aboard a train at the Union depot.
William G. Masters of Mankato, who
was appointed to position in the pos
tai service in; the Philippines on the
+ recommendation Of Representative Nc
Cleary, has been promoted to be as
sistant director of posts for the entire
archipelago at a salary of $4,000 a
year.
In a fight on the University campus
at Minneapolis between. the members
of the Shakopean Literary society and
four rival organizations D. C.. Dow, a
leader of the ShakOpeans, was stabbed
by one of the. members of the other
associations. The knife wound is not
dangerous. -.
A big opening. of agricultural lands
on Minnesota Indian reservations will
occur within sixty days, All lands
classed as agricultural on the Leech
Lake, White Oak Point and Winni:
bigoshish reservations will be thrown
ton, which is now being prepared.
The state normal board, by ..unani-
NOUS vote. elected Professor Guy e.
Maxwell, who for the past four years
has been superintendent Of the train
ing department OF the Winonaz normal
school, to be president Of that institu-
tion to succeed DR. J. F. Millspaugh,
who has resigned to become the presi-
dent of the Los Angeles (Cal.) normal
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State Auditor S. G. Iverson, through
the state legal department, plans to
bring prosecutions against some of the
lumbermen in the northern part of the
state for trespassing: on state lands.
Attorney General WI. Donahower is
Investigating several cases in Itasca
county, and il there is sufficient evil
dence criminal actions will be COM
menced. -: ::{{.s:.. = =
Miss Alix Mueller, formerly a st.
Paul newspaper woman, fluent
writer and the author of q book in
which was embodied the histories of