Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-01-22
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Angered at her reproaches for Ills;
drunkenness Louis Burke 81 MINI 5Ll1
oils shot and seriously wounded his
wife -s.. ..
] Joseph II. Martin;- former president
OF the Minneapolis chamber of com
merce and one Of it's present board of
directors, zig dead, aged sixty: years.
# George w. Reese, for thirty-eight
years resident of st. Paul, is dead.
Mr.. Reese was sixty-four years old
and had been in poor health for: three
years. :55@z ~, @S "@5:Ds
{ A rear-end collision on the Northern
Pacific occurred at Elk River between
the local freight and passenger train
No. 5. The caboose was almost torn
to pieces, but no one was hurt. I
The handsome clubhouse of the
Mfnnetonka club, located on anTisland
in st. Louis bay, Lake Minnetonka,
burned to- the ground early Thursday
evening, causing loss OF $25,O00.}
Mrs. J. G. Pope, wife of .promi-
nent attorney of Mora, committed sui
eide by drowning. Long suffering from
nervousness and insomnia led the I'M
fortunate woman to take her life.
w. W. P. Mcconnell, state dairy and
food commissioner, has been reap
pointed by Governor Van SAINT as "a
member Of the state live stock sani-
tary board for the full term OF five
years. . - =
During the past three months 1856
cattle have been, tested for tubercu-
losis and 176 killed, according to the
report Of DIR. s. M. Fl. Ward, secretary
of the state live stock and sanitary
board. 's' T
Nathaniel w. King Of Minneapolis,
sentenced to the state penitentiary
for three years in connection with the
municipal scandals in that city, has
been denied pardon by the state
board of pardons.
The Crookston city council has &C
copied the terms of Carnegie's library
offer and advertised for bids for a
site. The building will ,be erected
next year and will cost $12,500. The
city furnishes $3.50 per year for it's
support. #
The Interstate elevator at Evans
vile, filled with wheat, was totally
destroyed by fire. The Minneapolis
and Northern elevator was also set on
fire but was saved. Waste saturated
with kerosene gave abundant evidence
that both fires were set.
Freight rates established by the rail:
road and warehouse commission for
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern roads, applicable to Crooks
ton, Fergus Falls, st. Cloud and Moor
head, have been upheld by Judge Kelly
of the Ramsey county district court.
William Sutton, serving life SEN
tence at the saltwater penitentiary
for self-confessed completely in the
murder of Henry H. Krier at. Owa-
tonna, is in a desperate condition
physically and mentally and it is be.
ieved that he cannot live but short
time.
c. N. Cosgrove of LIE Sueur has been
elected president :of the Minnesota
State Agricultural society for the third
time. B. F. Nelson of Minneapolis,
formerly first vice president, was
elected second vice president, and
Chester r. Smith OF St. Paul was
made first vice president. =:
A. Delacy Wood, who bears the dis
tinction of having founded more news
papers than any man in the country
andtwho has made Minnesota his home
for more than a third Of a century,
has completed arrangements for start
ing the Progress at Scan1on. Accord
ing to Mr.: Wood this will make his
thirty-ninth paper. - :,
Jene Cain, a colored trapper living
six miles north of the village Of Little
Forks, near Bemidji,, was killed by
wolves last week. His body WIS com.
pletely destroyed by the hungry ami
mails. His jawbone, shoes and part Of
his clothing were found near the spot.
Cain was well known In the northern
section Of the state.
Three switchmen employed by the
Northern Pacific road at Minneapolis
have been ARRESTED by detectives upon
warrants charging them with grand
larceny from freight cars. For the
past five years the Northern Pacific
cars have been robbed systematically
and the police believe they have
broken up the gang by the arrest OF
the three men.
Bankers, land men, real estate deal.
ers and merchants Of Crookston have
perfected a charter and bylaws for an
organization to be known as the
Crookston immigration and Advertise.
ment Bureau. The objects Of the ,bu.
reau are to advertise the valley, and
Crookston and to encourage settle
ment by procuring cheap railway rates
for homeseekers.
The dispute between the Minneap'
oils building contractors and the build
ing laborers, which has been pending
since last summer, has been settled
The arbitrator refused the contention
Of the 1aborers for q ninehour day al
cents an hour and said in unmis.
takeable terms that there should be nc
discrimination in the employment OF
union and nontlnion men. ,.u a.. a..
The running Of electric trolley carr
throughout the length and breadth d
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