The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-23
MINNESOTA HAPPENINGS
Short Itesns Showing What has HAD
ponsd Throughout oonAnSs
Of North star Stats.

poned ThrouEhout Oo1n0So
o. North star Stats.
It cost Red Wing IS cents : vote Tor
election judges. S3
Motley may make . city hall out Of
the old skating rink. .zas
A movement is ON foot to establish .
hospital at Pelican Raptda a
The house republican caucus will b
held Jan. 2 in the new capitol
Luck and . good are department.
have save.l St. Paul from big fires
The dairy farms contribute sso, ooo..
600 annually to the wealth Of the state
Judge Greenleaf Clark bequeathed
S25, 900 to the ST. Paul public library.
The young people Of Moorhead arc
agitating the matter Of skating rink.
Holy Rosary, the largest Catholic
church in Minneapolis, is destroyed by
fire.
Bemidji is rejoicing in a reduction OF
little more than per cent in its tax
rate.
Represe NATIVE Cole Of Walker urges
legislation to induce settlement OF The
state.
: Earl Henry Current is elected pres'-
dent of the Minnesota football team
for 1905. ..3-,- fF'
The appointment Of Major Fred h
Wood as adjutant general lis an
nounced. 49,. :.
Anoka county proposes to trade 90"
lumbia Heights for Champlin, in Hen"
nepin county. x
=. The public examiners report shows
q big increase in the deposits in state
and savings banks.
, Michael Goodnicl. special police
man of Minneapolis. was shot In the
leg by a hold-up thug.
Fred Wells, recently from New York
city, committed suicide in Minneapolis
by drinking carbolic acid. a
The First National Bank of Gale
donna, has been authorized to COM
mence business; capital, SIS, 0o0.
Emil Aubrecht, a Minneapolis gro
Ger, attempted to kill his brother.in-
law, Anton Kurke, OF Willow River.
F. w. Eva, chief grain inspector.
makes his annual report He urges q
system OF Office inspection for wheat.
+ George w. Hazelton was appointed
postmaster at Hawick, Kandiyohi
county, vice Erick Erickson, resigned.
The factory OF the Rcd Wing
Furniture company was destroyed by
Gre. The Office building and ware
house were saved.
w. H. Reynolds, a travelling sales
man, met with . remarkable accident
at Duluth. He broke one Of the large
ribs in his left side by coughing:
Magnus NJ. Louis, 80 years old. died
at the Bethesda hospital in. St. Paul
from injuries received in falling from
= load of lumber in South ST. Paul.
Stuart P. Wallace, formau at the
Lakewood cemetery, Minneapolis, met
death in the cemetery pumping station
by inhaling deadly gasoline fumes
At a special election for voting ST.
600 bonds in Bagley, the proposition
carried by - to S. The money will be
used in completing and furnishing the
new school house.
Mayor Fay of Virginia has offered
reward of $500 for information that
will lead to the apprehension and con-
viction of the persons who dynamited
his dwelling recently.
Having taken dose OF morphine
sufficient to kill him, Ed Jones, OF To-
nah, Wis. laid down in his bed at the
Rhine hotel, Minneapolis, and calmly
smoked cigar as he waited for DEATH,
Louis Chrest'a rough looking fellow,
20 years old, was arrested in Mime"
apolis by Patrolman Kannan, on the
charge of passing five dollar gold
pieces.
At Bemidji preparations are being
made for series of ice boat races.
The lake is a splendid sheet for this
sport. and some swift craft are being
built. -
John Zilkowski, night engineer at
the Globe mills, Perham, committed
suicide by shooting himself, while in
at Of dependency. He is survived by
family.
One of the big Minneapolis milling
companies made the statement that In
all -four prod uced for some time past
larger proportion of wheat has been
used. On a grind of 1000, 900 barrels
the excess consumption of wheat over
ordinary ran to 100000 bushels This
was necessary to keep up tho quality
of -four.
The Kenyon Canning company held
its annual meeting and elected
the following directors: President,
O. F. Henkel; vice-president, George
Elcock; secretary. H. E. Bergh;
treasurer, S. A. Bulls and E. Stegner.
The company had very profitable
year, the net profit being about ST.
600 on an investment of $4,000. 5i
The recount in the legislative dis
trict in Winona in which the election
of J.. ]. Pehler, republican,, was con-
-. C;I0rSki 1ornn.