Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-07
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
:. OUT THE STATE.

OUT THE STATE. n
Rev. Charles Holmes, for thirteen
years rector Of the Ascension Episco-
pal church, st. Paul, is dead. .-...,5
The home Of Charles 8. Pillsbury 1T
Minneapolis was robbed Of $1,000 in
5ewelry while the family was at dinner.
Fire At Long Prairie Friday de-
otroyed the postodace and ell the mail,
as well as other property, valued in ali
at $4,000.
Charles Turin. aged twenty.seven
years, laborer on the new Masonic
building at Duluth, fell from the roof
and was killed.
Three million bushe}e Of wheat will
pass through Duluth from the :state Of
washington and 60 down the lakes on
boats before the close Of navigation.
Charles S. Bartram Of st. Panl was
elected grand chancellor Of the
Knights Of Pythias Of Minnesota at
the annual convention at Minneapolis.
J. Coyle, an aged travelling man
from Buffalo, N. Y, WAS found dead in
his room at q hotel In Bveleth. He
had a large sum Of money In his pos
session.
Peter Wildt, formerly assistant Sec
rotary Of state Of Minnesota, is dead
at Copenhagen. He was a native Of
Denmark and resided thirty years in
America.
Martin Christensen, employed on
the steamer Irene as fireman, was
! drowned at Aitkin while trying to
climb from the lower to the upper deck
of the boat.
Charles A. Morey of Winona, presi-
dent of the state normal board and
! one Of the original members of the
board Of control, died suddenly of apo
plexy last week.
One of the largest lumber sales of
the season has been made by the Vir
ginia Lumber company of Duluth of
100000 feet Of Norway pine to be
shipped to Chicago.
Halver J. Daley, register of deeds of
Lac qui Parle county, is dead of ap-
pendicitis. He was forty-four years
old and had been nominated for a Sec
ond term as register.
A rear end collision of two Great
Northern stock trains in the yards at
Osakis resulted in the serious injury
of the fireman of stock extra No. 523
and the killing of thirty cattle.
John J. Lawler, father of Rev. Father
1awler, pastor Of the cathedral in St.
Paul, died suddenly at Rochester of
! heart failure. He was pioneer of
! Olmsted county, having resided there
since 1854.
The Minneapolis water board has
recommended to the city council that
{; the question of spending $1,000,O00 for
! the installation of sand filtration
plant be submitted to the voters at the
coming general election.
The farmers of Lac qui Parle county
have organized a telephone company
under the name of the Farmers Mu-
tual Telephone company. They have
made arrangements for connections
! with the Madison exchange.
A trio of Japanese civil engineers
are visiting the Mesaba range towns
and are making thorough inspection
of the mines with view to adopting
: In their own country anything that
may appeal to them as superior to
their methods.
Daring sneak thieves, working while
the family was at supper, raided the
; upper floors of the residence of E. N.
Saunders, president of the Northwest
i ern Fuel company, and made their
escape with jewels and silver plate
: said to be worth more than $4,000.
During rain storm lightning struck
: barn on the E. H. Ostrander farm
Immediately was killed, two others Sc
I RI hI,r
scorched in the face. They had gone
into the barn for shelter from the rain.
! Edward d. Mcdonald of Proctor, who
! Is in charge of the entire pumping
equipment of the Mesaba road, met
with a terrible death at Iron Junction.
! He was inspecting pump when he
was caught by the fywheel, whirlel
around several times and dashed to
the aoOr. F:e died in few hours.
! An autopsy performed upon the body
of Mrs. Jennie Holt of Minneapolis,
wife Of Stechen Holt, who died few
days ago, revealed the fact that the
woman's death was due to starvation.
This is thought to have been caused
! by an acute case of melancholia She
was unable to force herself to eat.
NJ. Silver, living at ST. Sixth avenue
north, reported to the Minneapolis po-
lice that somebody had stolen his
lawn. Being pressed for more intel
ligent explanation it turned out that
| Silver's yard, which had been newly
sodded, had the green covering re-
moved in the dead hour Of the night.
The state entomologist has discov-
cred in shipment of Carolina poplars
from New York state the beetle known
as the adler and willow green, intro
duced from England some years ago.
| He says every means should be taken
by nurserymen and others interested
to stamp out this before it gains a
f0othold.
B. Brandt of Rochester has sold all
his household goods, stock and farm
machinery at public auction, having
been notified that he is heir to a large