Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-05
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS or THE WEEK THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.

ed two contracts for bitches in Clay
ana BeItrami counties, the total es1i
mated cost Of which is $500.
Fire totally destroyed the car shops
and contents Of the Duluth and lro,
Range Railroad company at Two Ha:'
bors entailing a loss Of about $50 600
Many OF the Minneapolis mills are
closed and some Of them are workir&
at only about half capacity. This j.
caused by the light foreign deman
for -four.
David P. Jones, president of the Min
neapolis common council has a..
nounced that he will be a canditlat.
for the Republican nomination tc:
mayor Of that city.
i. +. Howe, farmer living ncu
Brooklyn Center, Iiennepin coun1>
was stabbed, probably fatally, at hi
home by Peter Torlien. a farmhan;;
The stabbing was the result Of a Uu1i
rel over wages.
&. 5. GllbertsOn, cashier in the Mir
neapOls Ofhce OF "A. Booth 4 Co., Wh,
is reported TO be short ST .n0U in ui>
accounts with the firm, was arrest,
IN Chicago last week and has y,.. !
returned to Minneapolis.
Adam Kive, d farmer of New W.:
Mills, near Na1vna. killed his t, ;.
year-Oll son and then ~tlut hilu~, .
The murderer died INSTANTLY. h,:, g.
boy lived nearly an .lOuG. so tn3.
{or the double lraet"}y is known.
"A bttt!un collision ut1"ttn d +
g1ng train un:' :, light 1ii:n IN =!
Great Mort i:,'II. 1T I,a-.' E':':lI r,.~:,
In tho less OF Twelve "uI~ i}ra
g1nes were badly h1M:>'-'t %.
traffic was ';n!aN,"i fourteen hoA'~.
Two frun:,'~ r?.tr1t.l H. ::.'i.. Il
married V'!n2r IN h. u:,:~,,i>...:
ELK River h':nni lE<l -nC:ruii H.. -
mltted criminal assault. took &c.,
rings from her tcn.1rrs ana SOM" 49,
ablos from the }lNusv ana oS;-aln''
Peter L. Nelson, q ia:r:vi 44i;::ii::.-
three and 4 half miles east 81 Roc, :
Creek, was killed Whit. aCtr,nptin4 :.
cross the track before a >Du,hhonn.
limited train The hors, also Wa
killed and the carriage entil ely g.
molishel
The state supreme court has con
frmed the action of the district cOui1
OF Neeker county in suSpenling At
torney John T. Bvrnes for TWO years
The findings of the lower c1urt were
declared to have been justified by tn,
testimony.
The Democratic state nominating
convention will meet at Exposition
hall, Minneapolis, Aug. 80. The basis
of representation will be the same a:
at the Duluth convention, one delegate
Tor every $50 votes or major Fraction
cast for Bryan in 1900
Judge C. B. Elliott OF MinneapOli:
has been proffered and has refused the
position Of chief justice of the su
preme court of the Philippine islands
The position necessitates residence ir
Manila the year round and this was
the principal reason for Judge Elliott s
REFUSAL
Fire at Mora last week resulted in q
loss of from $50, 900 to $4,000 and the
destruction Of full business street
composing twelve places OF business
The fire broke ont in the S. NJ. Hal
vorson bakery in the center of TIE
block and spread to adjoining build
1ngs on either side.
Three masked robbers entered the
saloon Of Martin P. Hanllay at Min
neapOlis and at the point Of revolver
compelled the three customers to re-
main quiet While they went through
the Till and took S35 in change Fo:
lowing this they rifed the pockets OF
the three men and secured 81.
Watson w. Williams, known all owe,
the state as "Colonel' Williams, il
dead at Minneapolis, aged sixty-thre-
years. Mr.. Williams was one of 1hr
best known newspaper men OF the
state, having been connected with diff
ferent country and city papers during
his forty years servise in that field.
The state game law has been up
held by the supreme court. The cases
decided are those OF William Kerr
and Robert Poole. Both men We're
convicted in November, 1903, in tn
district court OF Jackson county of
having in their possession 1000 ducks
and Judge James Y. Quinn Of Fair
mont impOst fines of s2u,uUu on each.
Edward E. Barry OF West Superior,
Wis, a Great Northern engineer who
distinguish himself during the
Hinckley fire in 1854, is dead in St.
Paul from heart disease. Barry re'-
ceived a :%old medal for his bravery
IN saving the lives ii ;?uH:,reds OF !Def.
pie by running 4 vain into the doom e,
town in the falc CT a GevOUTing hoo.
causl.
By the terms of q decision received
by the state auditor the secretary O.;
the interior holds that the state O.,
Minnesota has title to the "Nirg;::;:;!
silver supposed to he one Of the HOS;
valuable BEES of iron on the Me~a;';'
iron range. Tine "Eirsinla silver" c.,
is the most celebrated swamp Ian
case III the history OF the state an;
has been in litigation since 1924.
Judge LOchren Of the United States
district count mas delivered a decision
whereby Russell Sage. as assignee in
trust OF the Hastings and Dakota Rail
way company, is required 10 restc, =
to the government certain tracts. This
decision is in favor OF The settlers
who claim homestead titles to portions
of the land which the railroad corr
pany assumed 10 hold under its GEL
eral grant
The Como park murder mystery al
St. Paul has been solved. james
Bowe, who VAS thought TO have beer.
stabbed to Cea,l: i: James Phillips.
is under arrest at Minis apHlls as a
vaoran, and has confessed that in &