Mower County transcript., 1904-10-05
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EVENTS oF THE ! WEEK THRou an
OUT THE STATE.
8.5 Rev. Charles Holmes, for thirteen
years rector Of the Ascension Episco-
pal church, st, Paul, is dead.
The home Of Charles S. Pillsbury at
Minneapolis was robbed of $1,000 In
jewelry while the family was at dinner.
I Fire at Long Prairie Friday de-.
ntroyed the postof1ce and all the mail,
as we'll as other pfoper ~, 1va1ued III all
at $16,0 000. ~. ~ ~ ss 81 'ttisses aEt1 !.
Charles Turin, ageds dtwentg,seven
years, laborer on the new Masonic
building at Duluth, fell from the roof
and was killed. II 2s<yasz ss &::'-- -, -
Three million bushels Of wheat will
pass through Duluth from the state of
Washington and 60 down the lakes on
boats before the close ssof navigation.
Charles S. Bartram of st. Paul was
elected grand chancellor :. Of the
Knights of Pythias Of Minnesota at
the annual convention at Minneapolis.
;. j. Coyle, an, aged travelling man
from. Buffalo, N. Y; was found dead in
his room. at a, hotel in Eveleth. He
had a large sum of money in his pos
session. ..: ."..~ '., =
:. Peter. Wildt, formerly assistant sec-
,retary of state. of Minnesota is dead
at: Copenhagen. He was a native Of
Denmark and resided thirty years in
America. :: E.5s B. ',1t,-. 49, = ~
{ Martin, Christiansop,. employed on
the steamer Irene as fireman., was
drowned at Aitkin while trying to
climb from the lower to the upper deck
of the boat. .,:ss; --,H.' - Z
i Charles A. Morey of Winona, presi:
dent of the state normal board and
one of the original members OF the
board Of control, died suddenly of apo
plexy last week. e, = 81
One of the largest lumber sales of
the season has been made by the Vir-
ginia Lumber company of Duluth Of
100000 feet of Norway pine to be
shipped to Chicago.
: Halver j. Daley, register Of deeds OF
Lac qui Parle county, is dead of ap-
tpendicitfs. He was forty-four years
old and had, been nominated for a sec
'ond term as register.
=: A rear end collision of two Great
Northern stock trains in the yards at
,Osakis resulted in the serious. injury
of the fireman of stock extra No. 523
and the killing of thirty cattle.
p John J. Lawler, father of Rev. Father
Lawler, pastor of the cathedral. in St.
Paul. died suddenly at Rochester of
heart failure. He was a pioneer Of
Olmsted county, having resided there
since 1854.
8 The Minneapolis water board has
recommended to the city council that
the question of spending $1,0O0,0O0 for
the installation of a sand filtration
plant be submitted to the voters at the
coming general election.
4 The farmers of Lac qui Parle county
have organized telephone company
under the name Of the Farmers Mu-
tual Telephone company. They have
made :arrangeme for connections
with the Madison exchange.
A trio of Japanese civil engineers
are ;visiting the Mesaba range towns
and d*are making a thorough inspection
OF the mines with view to adopting
In their own country anything that
may appeal to them as superior to
their methods.
Daring sneak thieves, working while
the family was at supper, raided the
upper floors of the residence of E. N.
Saunders, president of the Northwest
ern Fuel company, and made their
escape with jewels and silver plate
said to be worth more than $4,000.
. During a rain storm lightning struck
a barn on the E. H. Ostrander farm
two miles south of Alden. One child
Immediately was killed, two others Sc
riously burned and the hired man was.
scorched in the face. They had gone
into the barn for shelter from the rain.
Edward D. Mcdonald Of Proctor, who
is in charge of the entire pumping
equipment of the Mesaba road, met
with a terrible death at Iron Junction.
He was inspecting a pump when he
was caught by the f1ywheel, whirled
around several times and dashed to
the floor. He died in few hours.
An autopsy performed upon the body
of Mrs. Jennie, Holt of Minneapolis,
wife of Stephen Holt, who died few
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woman's death was due to starvation.
This is thought to have been caused
by an acute case Of melanchOlia She
was unable to force herself to eat.
M. Silver, living at 571 Sixth avenue
north, reported to the Minneapolis po.
lice that somebody had stolen his
lawn. Being; pressed for more intel
ligent explanation it turned out that
Silvers yard, which had been newly
sodded, had the green covering re.
moved in the dead hour of the night.
5>>The state entomologist has discoy.
cred in shipment of Carolina poplars
from New York state the beetle known
as the adler and willow green, intro.
duced from England some years ago.
He says every means should be taken
BY nurserymen and others interested
to stamp out this before it gains "a
foothold. " - & I j: r;Gi:==l> :.'x$.. ~
: b. Brandt of Rochester, has sold all
his household goods, stock and farm
machinery .at public auction having
been notified that he is heir to a large
estate in Norway. An uncle: has just
died, leaving him "a farm and tourist
hotel near the mountains which sep
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