Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-10-21
NEWS IN 1NNESOTA
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The bank at Vining, Otter Tail coun.
II, was entered by burglars, the site
blown open and $500 in cash secured. =.
=. The postodice At Bennettv1lle, Ait
KIN county, vas robbedsof about SO
worth Of stamps and the same amount
h money. '-.~--7 -
James Jackson Of Minneapolis, in
sane from excessive use Of liquor,
stabbed himself sixteen times. He
will probably recover.
John T. Putnam. head bookkeeper
for Seabury & Co. at st. Paul, shot
himself through the heart. No reason
for the suicide is known.
A report has reached Duluth that
Alexander Mc1nnis, Joe Morrissette
and John Parent have been drowned
In Pine lake, north Of Tower.
William Witte, aged sixty-dve, a
resident Of Brownton, committed sui
eide by jumping from the bridge over
Minnehaha creek near Minneapolis.
The Catholics of Minneapolis intend
to erect 100000 pro-cathedral in
keeping with the importance OF the
city and it's large Catholic population.
A telegram has been received at
Minneapolis announcing that a Mill
City company has received the highest
award for -four at the St. Louis worlds
fair.
The suit of c. A. Lind, brakeman,
against the 500 road for personal in
juries, was settled at St. Paul for
$4,000 and dismissed. Lind sued for
$4,000.
on the charge of holding up the Ash
more club, a gambling house, and
shooting Officer James Nolan twice,
has been found guilty.
Minnesota has captured the mining
grand prize at st. Louis for collective
mining exhibit, besides receiving two
gold and four silver medals for special
points of merit in the mining exhibit
Mrs. Bridget Connors, who keeps a
clearinghouse at Winona, captured a
burglar in her house and, with the help
of her young son, held him until the
police arrived and took the man to the
station.
Nels Anderson, a switchman, was
ground to atoms while at work in the
Omaha yards at East St. Paul. The
unfortunate man fell between two cars
which he was in the act of switching
and was instantly killed.
B. w. Scammon, young inventor Of
Minneapolis, and his wife fell fifty feet
while giving demonstration of a
fire escape at the Germania Life In
surance company's building at st. Paul
and died several hours later
The commissioner Of the. general
land Office has issued an order direct
ing that the 100000 acres Of unsold
lands of the Red Lake Indian reserva-
ton be placed on sale Immediately un-
der homestead entry at 81 per acre.
Dependency over the death of her
mother is thought to be responsible for
the suicide at Minneapolis of Miss Min
ME Schneider, aged nineteen years,
who was found lifeless in her room
with an empty carbolic acid bottle at
her side.
The state normal school board will
ask the Minnesota legislature for ap-
preparations aggregating $350,000 for
the support of the state normal schools
for the two years beginning Aug. l.,
1905, about $4,000 more than was
asked two years ago.
On account of the feeling against
Cinnamon growing out of the arrest of
four of their number on most serious
charge and the consequent loss OF
trade and reputation many of the Min
neapolis Celestials will quit that town
and seek more congenial climes.
Edwin P. Welles, the millionaire
treasurer of the Brainerd Lumber COM
pany, was found dead in bed at Min
neapolis. His death was doubtless due
to an affection of the heart from which
he was known to have suffered. Mr..
Welles was sixty-fve years of age.
guard on the Northern Pacific rail-
road, was almost instantly killed by
the accidental discharge of his revol-
was in charge Of a shipment of $780,,
600 from Portland, Ore, to st. Paul.
The postoftice at Wabasha was en-
tered by burglars and the safe blown
open. Eight hundred dollars worth OF
2-cent stamps, registered packages,
$500 in cash, a 1851 check, thirty
watches and other valuable jewelry,
all contained in the safe, were taken.
County Attorney Loud made mo-
ton of nolle prosequi before Judge
Spooner at Bemidji in the case Of Paul
Fourier, who was charged by the
grand jury with the killing of N. O..
Dahl and daughter last April. The mo-
ton was granted and Fourier was
released.
Miss Katherine Lubey, the young
woman who was shot three times In
the face by James Gaffney Of Golden
Valley several weeks ago as the result
of lovers quarrel and the refusal of
a marriage proposal died Thursday
morning at the Swedish hospital, Min
neapolis.
The fine Catholic church at Freeport,
Stearns county, has been completely
destroyed by fire. The building was
completed five years ago at a cost Of
$4,000. The origin of the fire Is a
mystery and nothing was saved of the
church or the furnishings. The build