Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-04-08
NEWS TN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE. "....


| OUT THE STATE. WI
There Is $1,301 ,014.61 in the state
treasury, according to the monthly re-
| port OF State Treasurer julius H.
Block.
Herman l.. MANI, a pioneer resident
Of Stearns county, aged sixty-fve
years, is dead at his home in New
Paynesville.
All the girls employed in St. Paul
Dlnderles' are now striking. All nego-
cat1ons 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
drowned in Lake Minnetonka while
trying 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. Madison, 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
Glendorado, Benton county, where
boring operations have been under
way for some time.
John Larry, pioneer citizen of Hib-
bling and heavy real estate holder,
dropped dead at Duluth while singing
q song in the presence of number of
friends. Heart disease is given as the
cause of his demise.
Mrs. G. L. Chester has been ap.
pointed chief clerk to the general ad-
vertising 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.
SQuatters 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
had 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.
tons surrounding the death of count,
less thousands of birds about Worth
ington. The birds met their death
during 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 IS 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.
i A verdict has been handed down il
Judge Lewis branch of the Ramsey
county district court awarding Henry
Holland S1S,500 damages against the
II Doll n,
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, spe
cial agent of the Great Northern rail
way, a warrant has been issued fo1
the arrest of Bert belong, station agen
of the Great Northern railway a.
Zion, a community settlement neal
St. Cloud, who, it is asserted in the
complaint, is s74 short in his accounts
The annual meeting of the Finnish
Temperance Brotherhood of America
will be held in Hibbing July 20 to Aug
1. Three thousand delegates from al
parts OF the United States are expect
ed to he in attendance and the body
will be addressed by several promlnen
men including Congressman J. Adam
Bede.
A headon collision occurred between
two freight trains on the milwaukee,
and St. Paul railway at Minnesota
Engineer Dan Lucas Of Minneapoli:
of the northbound train, who stuck tt
his post. was killed. 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 O.
the Great Northern railway from THE
River Falls to the Canadian boundary
/, Articles Of incorporation have beer
filed with the secretary of state an(
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 Rho"e
Island. have been added to the acre
age subject to homestead laws in the
cto+o nf Minnesota This r6Dr0S6ntS