Mower County transcript., 1904-09-14
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

OUT THE STATE.
The Milwaukee may build cutoff
from Mankato to Granite Falls.
Burglars looted the residence of
George l.. Nye, St. Paul, and secured
booty valued at $500.
Margaret Harget, the five-year-old
daughter OF Joseph F. Harget, was ia
tally burned at bonfire in Mfnneapo-
lis and died in great agony.
A man who escaped from the
Rochester asylum was drowned in the
Minnesota river at Shakopee. He was
identified as J. S. Maple of St. Paul.
Commissioner G. 8. Mitchell, who
has been superintendent of the Min
nesota exhibit at ST.. Louis, has re-
signed. He will be succeeded by s.
George Stevens of Duluth.
A handsome and well dressed young
woman, with plentiful supply Of
counterfeit bills, is said to have duped
prominent merchants of Minneapolis
to the extent of several hundred dol
lars.
Mrs. Sara Stevens, one of the vet
eran actresses Of the American stage,
died at st. Paul last week. She was
member of the "Way Down East"
company playing at the Metropolitan
theater.
According to the most reliable re-
ports the potato crop in Chisago coun-
ty will be less than rs per cent of the
average yield, owing to blight, which
wrought such havoc with the tubers
last year.
Mrs. Jane Buxton is dead at her,
home in Minneapolis at the advanced
age of 106. Mrs. Buxton was one of
the early pioneers of that city, having
spent more than half her long life in
Minneapolis.
From reports received of the prog.
ress on the new 500 line road to Win
nipeg it is expected that the line will
be completed and through train serv-
ice started between st. Paul and Win
nipeg by Nov. /.
Mrs. Lorenzo E.. Palmerston of st.
Paul committed suicide by taking two
ounces of carbolic acid. The direct
cause Of the act is attributed to a
quarrel with her husband Immediately
preceding the deed.
Jacob Gran of Minneapolis shot his
wife with rife, inf1icting serious
wound, and afterward turned the
weapon upon himself. He died few
hours later and his wife is at the city
hospital in serious condition.
MIs. W. W. King, a bride Of four
months, committed suicide at her
home in Minneapolis by drinking car
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herself with fork at the supper table.
No motive is known for the suicide.
st. Pauls semi-centennial will be
held at an early date in October and
promises to be one of the biggest cele-
brations ever held in that city. All
committees have been appointed and
they are hard at work preparing all
the necessary features for the Occa.
sion.
Thomas Lowry announces that he
will give the city of Minneapolis a
tract Of land upon which to build a
hltering plant free Of charge. The
liberation plant has been recommend
ed by the pure water commission as a
solution Of the drinking water prob
lem in Minneapolis.
Express No. on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul struck an extra
freight at Montevideo, wrecking both
| engines and tenders and the mail car.
Jumping from the engine. Gus Buck
land, tramp riding on the blind bag
gage, was also killed.
Herman Otto, farmer living about
four miles east Of Montrose, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed during an electrical storm while
building a wire fence near his resi-
dence. His son, standing near, was
| also shocked and was unconscious for
about fifteen minutes, but recovered.
AS result of eating mushrooms
| which he picked himself and which
were cooked in his home Rev. William
Francis, assistant pastor of the First
Baptist church of Minneapolis, is dead
and three members of his family are
slowly recovering from severe illness
as a result of partaking Of the same
dish.
Frank A. Day of Fairmont has been
named chairman and NJ F. Kain of St.
Paul secretary of the state Democratic
committee. Former Congressman O.
1i. l1o11 VI IeSu w lug Was uduSu "
fill the vacancy on the ticket caused
by the declination of John Lind to
make the canvass for the supreme
bench.
Joseph Woodberry, "Hole-in- the.
Day. head chief of the Chippewas Of
Minnesota, is dead at White Earth,
aged forty eight years. He was twice
married and leaves widow and four
children. His oldest son, Clarence
Woodberry living in San Francisco,
will fall heir to the title and chief.
tainship.
Judge Lewis of the Ramsey county
district court has denied a new trial
to Russell Sage in a suit brought
against him by G. M. Rand, wherein
Rand recovered $500 verdict. Rand
alleged that he cared for 100000 acres
of Hastings and Dakota railroad lands
n1aced in truSt with Saae The auit