Mower County transcript., 1904-05-18
NEWS N INNESOTA
EVENTS or THE WEEK THROUGH.
!. OUT THE STATE. 4


Il st. Paul's semi-centennial celebra-
ton may be postponed until after Oct. 1. 3
: Alfred Tandy, an Englishman nine
teen years. old, suicided by shooting
himself in the head at Spring Park.
Christ Nelson, a Minneapolis saloon
keeper, was held up by three masked
men at his place of business. The
highwaymen secured $50.
Members of the Loyal Legion to the
number of more than 100 banqueted
ut Minneapolis and elected R.. M. New
port OF st. Paul commander.
E. j. Lien, q resident of st. Vincent,
Ktttsen county, has been appointed
assistant state librarian to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of w. S.
Allen. - ~ ::
-: Henry NJ Knox, for many years a.
resident of st. Paul, is dead at Wash
tngton, aged seventy-four years. At
one time he was public examiner Of
Minnesota.
! An Omaha dispatch announces the
death in that city,, at the age of sew
enty-four years, of Andrew D. Bal
jcombe, who was a conspicuous figure
in the early political history of Wi
mona county and Minnesota.
c. L. Carlson, well-to-do business
man of Minneapolis, killed himself in
a fit of despondency caused by the re-
cent death of his wife. He leaves
seven orphans, ranging from year
and half to fifteen years of age.
William Lockwood, the sixth men,
Der of his family to succumb and the
ninth victim of the contagion traced to
the Lockwood funeral at Minneapolis
Easter Sunday, is dead of smallpox at
the quarantine hospital in that city.
The strike of saloonkeepers at Chat
field for reduction of license from
$1,000 to $3.50 is settled. The city
council failing TO reduce the license
| three of the keepers could stand the
pressure no longer and have opened
their places.
The restaurant belonging to John
Ziegle at Rochester was destroyed by
| fire Thursday and the head waitress,
Emma Domdyi, lost her life by being
burned. She made her escape once,
| but went back into the building to get
! some clothing.
Salaries of postmasters in Minnesota
have been ordered increased as fol-
| lows, to take effect July 1: Farming
ton, $1,000 to $1,000; Hopkins, $500
| to $1,S00; Lamberton, $1,000 to $1,000;
| Grand Rapids, 91,700 to $1,000; Ken
yon, $1,000 to $1,400.
Thomas Harrison Green, a former
| resident of Minneapolis, died Thurs
day in Los Angeles, CAL, at the age of
| sixty-four. He was born in Bellville.
| ILL.,, coming to Minneapolis in 1860 and
serving in the Third Minnesota regi-
ment during the Civil war.
All the sawmills at the head of Lake
| Superior, ten at Duluth, one at Su-
perior and fifteen at various interior
| points tributary to this city, are in
full operation and giving direct en-
| ployment to 5000 men. Their cut of
| lumber for the season will be less than
In any year for six or seven.
Minneapolis may be on the eve of
| another big strike Of the building
trades. Friday the union men en-
ployed by G. r. Haglin walked out and
1t is said that unless the employers
take the matter up with the trades and
labor assembly general tieup of all
the work in the city may result.
Work has been commenced on tho
new pumpkin syrup plant to be built
| at Clearwater. The plant will cost
$25,000 and will COVE employment to
forty men. It's daily capacity will be.
twenty-five tons of pumpkins, from
which 800 gallons of syrup will be
made, and the pumpkin pulp is con-
tracted for by Wisconsin paper mill.
John G. Smith, an old resident of
Kanabec county, was found dead upon
the banks of Knife river near Mora
Mr.. Smith went fishing and, not return
ing, a searching party was sent to
look for him. He was a victim OF
heart disease and it is supposed that
| during a seizure he fell from the dam
into the rapid water and was drowned.
The annual meeting of the Mime
sofa Territorial Pioneers association
at the state fair grounds last week
elected the following officers for the
year: President, E. w. Durant, Still
water; vice presidents, John B. Cooper
of st. Cloud, J. E. Bell of Minneapolis;
secretary, George H. Hazard, ST.
Paul; treasurer, e. e. Hughson, Mime
apolis.
Moorhead, Fergus Falls, Crookston.
St. Cloud and Brainerd are to enjoy
the same distributing rates on mer-
chandise as apply out of the Twin Cit
les. The Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific roads have withdrawn
their appeal from the order of the state
railroad and warehouse commission Of
Oct. H. 1900, and will put the rates
into effect in a few days.
Owing to conflict of date with the
sale of the Chippewa Indian lands at
Crookston, Mimi, on June Is, Commis
sioner Richards of the general land
office has directed that the sale of the
Red Lake reservation lands at Thief
River Falls begin June 20 instead Of
the date originally fixed. The register
and receiver of the Crookston land
Office will be at both openings to ex-
pedite the work. 80 -'I~
Bishop Edsall of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Minnesota has
sent CIT an. order to all the clergymel
in a:9 diocesn which is intended to pre-
vent any evasion Of the canon Of the
church,, which recognizes adultery
only as a proper ground for divorce