Mower County transcript., 1904-04-06
NEWS. IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

Herman l.. MANI, a pioneer resident
Oh Stearns county, aged sixty-five
years, is. dead at his home in New
Paynesville.
All the girls employed in St. Paul
Dlnoerles are now striking. All nego-
tlat1ons between the girls and the en-
ployers are off.
frederick Shalberg, one of the best
known railroad and timber contractors
IN Northern Minnesota, is dead at Du.
luth OF consumption.
John Roline, stonemason, was
crowned IN Lake Minnetonka while
trylng TO drive across on the ice to
Cottagewood from Excelsior.
Edwin Miller, a Minneapolis musi-
clan, became suddenly insane and at
tempted to kill his mother and two
policemen with an axe. He was over
powered before he injured any one.
sylvester B. Mattison, a resident of
Minneapolis since 1871, is dead. Mr..
Mattison was closely identified with
the progress and development of Min
neapolis and did his full share in it's
advancement.
Information reaching St. Cloud Gre
ates belief that oil has been struck
IN paying quantities at the point in
IlendOradO, BENTON county. where
por1ng operations have been under
way for some time
John l4aury, pioneer citizen of Hib-
bling and heavy real estate holder,
dropped dead at Duluth while singing
song in the presence of number of
friends. Heart disease is given as the
canse Of his demise.
Mrs. c. L. Chester has been ap-
pointed chief clerk to the general ad-
vertlslng agent of the Chicago Great
Western railway. Mrs. Chester is the
only woman employed in railroad work
IN st. Paul who has the title of chief
clerk
Sqnatters on land in the vicinity of
Cass Lake will, according to a ruling
by the interior department, probably
be permitted to become settlers by
complying with the homestead act and
taking the necessary steps to perfect
homestead rights.
Eddie 1sner, thirteen years of age
was accidentally killed while playing
with shotgun at his cousins home,
four miles east of Pequot The lad
mad his head close to the end of the
barrel when the shot was discharged
and his head was nearly blown off.
Dr. L. O: Dart, one of the leading
ornithologists of the state, is making a
study of the circumstances and condi-
tions surrounding the death of count
less thousands of birds about Worth
ington. The birds met their death
during a snow storm few weeks ago
Frank Ghelin, living at 521 Cedar
avenue, Minneapolis, was operated
upon for appendicitis in the Swedish
hospital in that city and the physi.
clans found, to their amazement, that
he possesses two appendices This
/ condition is unheard of in medical his.
/ tory.
Of the fifteen buttermakers who re.
ceived over 95 in the second butter
scoring test Of the National Creamery
Buttermakers' association at Chicago
twelve are from Minnesota, according
to a report received by w. W. P Nc
Connell, state dairy and food commits
sioner
A verdict has been handed down in
Judge Lewis branch of the Ramsey
county district court awarding Henry
Holland $18,500 damages against the
Great Northern Railway company for
the loss of leg. He received the in.
juries while in the employ of the rail
way corporation as brakeman.
On complaint of T. J. Britt, a spe
cial agent of the Great Northern rail.
way, a warrant has been issued for
the arrest Of Bert Delong, station agent
of the Great Northern railway at
Zion, community settlement near
St. Cloud, who it is asserted in the
complaint, is $74 short in his accounts
The annual meeting Of the Finnish
Temperance Brotherhood of America
will be held in Hibbing July 29 to Aug
1. Three thousand delegates from all
parts of the United States are expect.
ed to be in attendance and the body
will be addressed by several prominent
men including Congressman J. Adam
Bede.
A headon collision occurred between
two freight trains on the Milwaukee
and st. Paul railway at Minneiska
Engineer Dan Lucas Of Minneapolis
of the northbound train, who stuck to
HIS pOSt, WdS klllSu. HIS fireman,
| Charles Martin, and Engineer Sim Ev.
ans and Fireman Louis Herbert, on the
| other train, jumped and escaped.
The Minnesota and Great Northern
is the name of the corporation which
will build the proposed extension of
the Great Northern railway from Thief
River Falls to the Canadian boundary.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with, the secretary of state and
the first board of directors named are
all officers of the Great Northern.
One million four hundred thousand
acres of land, an area almost twice
as large. as that of the state of Rhode
Island. have been added to the acre
age subject to homestead laws in the
state of Minnesota. Thi:t represents
the work that has just beer completed
by E. L. Warren, chief government
examiner, who has bean acting under
| the provisions of the Morris law:
Svend Olson, who was recently con-
victed at Duluth on the charge of con-
! spring to defraud the government out
of public lands, has been denied new
| trial by United States Judge. Lochren
ond fined SElO Olson was Indicted