Mower County transcript., 1904-09-28
NEWS I'm MINNESO
EVENTS = e: = .E OF THE,WEEk ! y tI.'I THRouaH !
@ OUT THE STATE.

EVENTS ' = $. OF THE,WIEEk TnRouah. i
OUT THE STATE. %..
Charles P. Brown, aged seventy-one,
q well known st. Paul lawyer, is dead.
Mrs. J. D. Stanton, aged seventy-six
years; pioneer resident OF Blue Earth,
is dead. i, s.: ..e:s.s.s5 g.. ~. .e.rt,: ,
The state w. C. T. U. met at Roches.
ter last week. About $50 delegates
were in attendance. as;
David P. Jones has beer nominated
for. mayor by Minneapolis Republicans
James c.. Haynes is the Democratic
nominee. E5'Er%>r'S ; -. Z :!
- The large barn on the farm of Nick
erson* Bros. near Elk River was struck
by lightning and burned to the ground.
The loss will be more than $1O,000.
Attorney General Donahower has
decided that 'prestde dential electors must
pay the regular state filing fee of $50
into the hands of the secretary OF
state. :, ,5 j, -. :, .,,,.w
4 Gilbert s. Gilbertson, formerly cash
Ter for Booth & Co. at Minneapolis,
pleaded guilty to the charge of embez-
cling $4,000 and was remanded for
sentence. .~
- Former Governor David NJ. Clough
of Minnesota has been declared bank
rupt at Everett, Wash. Oct. 4 has
been fixed as the date for a. meeting
of his creditors.
Giles Peake, merchant of Eagle
Bend, was found dead in the basement
of his store, having apparently COM
mitted suicide by drowning himself
in tub of watef:. .t.u
Thomas F. Hurley, cashier and a
heavy shareholder in the Security
bank of Minneapolis, is dead after an
illness of several months. He was
widely known throughout the North.
west. ..- :.
The main building of the state uni
versity, Minneapolis, was totally de.
stroyed by fire Saturday morning.
The building was the oldest of the
present group. The loss is estimated
at $125,000.
Judge Lovely, Republican, has &C.
cepted the nomination for the state
supreme bench rendered him by the
Democratic party. His reasons for so
doing are extensively set forth in his
letter. OF acceptance. .
Benjamin. Nodell, a student at the
state school of agriculture, was killed
in a runaway on his fathers farm at
Richfield. When the accident occurred
Nodell was engaged in hauling wood
for an engine used in threshing.
: A number of representative Popu-
lists assembled at Minneapolis Friday
night. Victor E. Lawson of Willmar
nate state ticket, but eleven candi:
dates for Populist electors were
named. ..>..
Robbers entered the postoffice build
ing at De Graft by breaking open tn
front door. The safe, containing a
the money and. the greater part of tn
stamps, was left untouched, but every
thing that was left outside was stolen,
including large supply of postal
cards. -"
Returns received from nearly all OF
the Legislative districts in Minnesota
show that former members were,ssuc.
cessful in most of the districts where
there were contests and it is probable
that the next legislature will be made
up largely of men who were in the
last house.
Joseph Smith, sheriff of LIE Sueur
county, has been convicted of assault
with intent to commit a statutory of.
Tense. The jury in the case, which
grew out of an attack upon the wife
of friend by the official during the
absence of the husband, was out fif
teen hours.
+ Seventy-five million feet of state
timber will be offered for sale Oct. 20
by State Auditor Iverson, the state
tim ber board having completed all ar.
rangements for the auction sale. All
of the tracts which are to be offered
for sale on this occasion are in Cook,
st. Louis, Aitkin and other counties
adjoining on the north.
The state dairy and food commits
siOner has issued call to Minnesota
buttermakers to compete in the fourth
monthly butter scoring contest which
is to take place at St. Louis in con.
nection with the worlds fair Oct 10
to Is. Minnesota buttermakers have
already won the three previous con-
tests. All entries must be in before
Oct. 7.
A bolt of lightning struck the store
and apartment building at 418 Central
avenue in West Duluth during an elec-
trio storm and severely injured Mrs.
Leo Hamlin, who lived on the second
floor. Unconsciousness and temporary
paralysis of the body resulted. Her
condition is serious. A babe in her
arms at the time of the accident es-
capped injury
Suspected of completely in the muir
der of Henry Fashant, resident of
Annandale, whose body was found .ly-
ing on the 500 tracks near there two
weeks ago, Ole Larson and Joseph
Knitle, both residents of Minneapolis,
have been arrested on warrants charg-
ing them with murder in the first de-
gree. The evidence against the men
is purely circumstantial.
At 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon
Miss Cora Benson and Lieutenant Nels
Olson of the Minneapolis fire depart
ment were married at the city hos
pital. Five hours later Olson died and
his bride was a widow. Olson was
dying of typhoid fever at the time of