Little Falls herald., 1904-01-29
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5 The Northern Pacific and BurlinE.
ton city ticket offices at st. Paul have
been consolidated. 81 ". s5z. .5,5z
Henry e. Ladd. a well known reai
estate man and pioneer resident Of
Minneapolis, Il dead. .F { :. 1=-5.
T. Marvin Van. Bushrk; q pioneer OK.
plorer on the Mesaba iron range. Is
dead ct Eyeleth Of cancer Of the Stom.
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= The president has sent 10 the senate
the nomination Of Neil p. Farwell of
Minnesota % assistant paynaste1 OF
the navy. =. ~ r. ~
The 81. Paul branch Of tho Salvation
Army plans to establish II 81, Paul q
so-called Industrial homo consisting of
. lodginehouse Tor mea and / second
hand store:
John 0omeroo. a&ed sixteen years,
ls under arrest at Duluth for forgery.
He is aocrsed Of raising 4 postal order
OF 20 to 80. He formerly resided with
his parents in Pine City. 80.
tuberculosis viii bs added to the
list Of diseases to be reported to the
Duluth board Of health. The list now
includes diphtheria, scarlet fever,
smallpox and typhoid fever.
Safeblowers drilled twelve holes in
the safe of F. H. Peterson E. Co. of
Minneapolis and drew out the combina-
t1on, but were frightened away before
they had an opportunity to open the
safe.
A delegation Of Indians from Sisse-
ton reservation called at the state cap
itol Thursday to urge the governor to
aid them in securing $4,000, 900 claimed
under the famous Traverse des Sioux
treaty.
The thtrtieth annual state conven-
tion of the Young Mems Christian as
sociation of Minnesota will be held at
Rochester Feb. 4 to Z, beginning
Thursday evening and closing Sunday
evening.
The potato growers of Moorhead and
vicinity have organized for mutual
protection. The plan will include in
spection of potatoes shipped out and
the issuance of certificates guarantee
ing quality.
Michael ~Casby, aged twenty mine, a
switchman in the employ of the Bur-
lington road, was fatally injured in the
lower Union depot yards at st. Paul
and sdied at st. Joseph's hospital an
hour after the accident.
julius Baumgartner, well-to-do
farmer residing near Austin, was
caught In a power saving machine
and thrown with great violence against
barrel. His skull was crushed and
he died in short time.
Medical Inspector F. e. Haynes of
the Minneapolis health department in
his annual report warns the public
that kissing is q dangerous pastime
and one of the chief causes OF the
spreading of diphtheria.
James O'Leary, forty years old. an
employe of the North Star Mating
company of Minneapolis, fell from a
scaffolding in the building q distance
Of thirty feet, crushing his, skull and
dying shortly afterward: ....--.e -. j.,
James Walters, alias r. L. Stafford
has been arrested at Minneapolis and
$4,000 worth of stolen diamonds re-
covered. Part Of tho loot was stolen
from tho Baroness Helena Radzikwele
at the Colonial hotel, San Francisco.
three weeks ago.
The following winners Of the Janu-
ary butter contest Of the state dairy
and food department have been an
ncunced: First, H. J. R0senau, Meri
den. Steele county. score 81; second
N. @. Koespell. Rdgeway, Winona
county, 961k:, third. F. w. Steinke
Comfrey, Brown county. 96A,
A new brand Of bunco game is be-
ing worked in St. Paul and thus far
those behind the plan Of operations
have escaped detection. Bogus tele
grams are being presented to citizens
in various parts Of tho city and In
each case the victim h called ON to
pay from Is cent to 81 charges.
Reports of lumber production in 1908
received by the state forestry board
show that the Duluth district and the
district above Minneapolis are the only
two sections in the entire Northern
pine field, covering Minnesota, Wiscon:
sin and Michigan, in which the 1908
output of pine lumber eQualed the out.
put in 1902.
After a two hours fight with lynx
and a wildcat, in which his only weap-
on of defense was a woodman's axe,
James Finnigan, a cruiser in the woods
near Hibbing, dropped exhausted to
the ground ard would have been frozen
to death but for timely rescue by a
comrade. Finnigan killed the wildcat
and the lynx by swinging blows with
the axe.
Veterinarians and farmers of St.
Louis, Rock and Faribault counties
have reported to the state live stock
sanitary board outbreaks Of cerebro
spinal meningitis among horses, cattle,
sheep and hogs. So far the outbreaks
have not been very serious, but mas
much as the disease is infectious and
generally fatal extra precaution is be-
ing taken by the. farmers whose ami
mails are affected. y
Commissioner Richards of the gen.
eral land office has rendered decision
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