Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
NEWS TN M [ NNESOTA.
EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.


{ Retail jewelers. Of Minnesota have i
formed an organization. i. IE553* /
Thomas Watson, Great Northern 4
fireman living in Minneapolis, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself.
@ F. G. Irwin of Belle Plaine has been
reelected chief high ranger of the
Minnesota high court Of Foresters.
c. F. Mcdonald of the st. Cloud
Times has been elected president of
the Minnesota Editorial association.
Gebhard & Roth, we'll known bust
ness men of Lamberton and dealers
in implements, have filed a petition in
bankruptcy.
The first annual meeting of the Min
nesota Municipal and Commercial
league was held in St. Paul last week.
The attendance was large.
The Millers and Manufacturers In
surance company of Minneapolis has
been forced to suspend business on
account Of losses incurred by the Bal
timore fire.
Fire in the Printers Exchange build
ing at Minneapolis, a six-stOry struc-
ture, gutted the entire interior and in
ficted a loss which will foot up to
over $15O,000.
Kearny & Co. have sold the Detroit
roller mill TO the Blaisdell Milling
company of Minneapolis. It is pro-
posed to increase its capacity to $50
barrels a day.
A lighted lantern dropped on the
floor in the establishment of the Fran
els & Mead company, wholesale furni-
ture dealers, St. Anthony Park, caused
a loss of 100000.
w. w. P. Mcconnell, state dairy
and food commissioner, says that the
recent cold snap has decreased the
production Of milk in Minnesota at
least 25 per cent.
Jacob r. Staley, g night clerk at the
Clarendon hotel, St. Paul, was found
dead in his apartments in the hotel
It was either case Of suicide or an
overdose of a drug to ward off in
sOmnia.
Mrs. Anna Drake, aged twenty-five,
committed suicide at Minneapolis by
drinking laudanum. She drank the
poison on retiring and was found dead
by the side Of her husband in the
| morning.
Frank B. Semple, vice president Of
the firm of Janney, Semple, Hill (,
Co. OF Minneapolis, is dead at Camden,
N. c. Mr.. Semple had been i'll for
several years and went South for the
benefit of his health
Abraham Rudolph, resident of An
nandale since 1876, is dead. He was
lightweight years of age, a Mason
forty-siX years, an Odd Fellow fifty
one years and a member of the Meth
odist church forty-four years.
After many years of agitation the
river front at Red Wing is to assume
an appearance in keeping with the re-
mainder of the city. During the COM
ing summer between 100000 and s40,
600 will be expended on stations and
the parking Of the leyee.
Minneapolis public schools are now
within eighty-six of a total enrolment
of 10000. The figures of the February
admissions swell the total enrolment
to 29,9l4. The number of pupils ad-
mitted to the public schools in the
month was 1 1925, most of them in the
primary classes.
That the East Side of Minneapolis
is in the clutches Of an epidemic of
city health officials and at a special
decided to cut off the water supply in
the schools of the East Side until the
conditions are improved.
Senator Nelson has introduced bill
granting the state of Minnesota 10000
acres of land to be used for forestry
experimental purposes. 1t is provided
that the selections shall be made by
the state through it's land commission
er and that no land shall be available
for this purpose that has been with
drawn or reserved.
A cry of Fire started a panic in
the Grand theater, st. Paul, one night
last week and for a few moments
there were wild scenes enacted in the
darkened house. The turning on of
the lights and the music of the Or
chestra quieted the audience and,
aside from few women fainting,
there were 10 serious results.
Rev. Thomas G.. Sykes, pastor of the
Arlington Hill Presbyterian church,
St. Paul, has been elected state presi-
dent of the Minnesota Christian En-
deavor union to fill the vacancy caused
by former President William H. Med
lars removal from Alexandria, Minn.,
to York, Neb. There are more than
500 Endeavor, societies in Minnesota.
Officials of the state labor bureau
are of the opinion that some of the
mining companies in the northern part
Of the state are violating the law
which requires them to report all ac-
cidents to the state labor bureau and
the department has begun an investi-
cation with a view to bringing suits if
there is sufficient evidence to secure
| convictions.
President Northrop of the state uni
versity has again warned the students
not to drink any Minneapolis city wa.
ter unless it has been boiled. This
is the third time within two weeks
that he has given the students this
warning and it is evident that he is
fearful that. the epidemic of typhoid
fever in Southeast Minneapolis may
spread to the university. .Ea.4
Concealed in the dark recesses of a
lumber pile Pietro Givotti of Mime
apolis shot and mortally wounded