Mower County transcript., 1904-07-20
N E WS In Ne NNESOTA
EVENTS OF. THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

elSHt.
Nlels Rasmussen, an aged and re-
tlred farmer residing near Alden, com
mltted suicide by hanging.
Smith Devices, a prominent farmer
near Park Rapids, was found dead in
his bed. He was seventy-six years
Old
Simon Stevens. who built the first
house in Minneapolis and was one OF
the explorers OF the shores of Lake
Minnetonka, died at his homo in Clear
water last week.
Mrs. Isabel c. N2rston, cscd sixty
six, of Minneapolis, committed suicide
at Breezy Point, Lake Minnetonka, by
jumping into the lake. No cause for
her act is known
Charles F'ranson, aged twenty-three,
was killed and Herman Gu!bcanson,
aged twenty-one, probably fatally in
jured by the collapse of an elevator
wall at Minneapolis
Frank Holmes, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Holmes of South Saltwater, was
drowned near Utects' soap factory in
the st. Croix river while fishing. He
was thirteen years old.
The Tozar-Nolan sawn,ill ct South
saltwater is closed down because OF
the unsatisfactory condition Of the
market for RATED lumber and may not
resume work again this season.
New postofhces have. been estab-
ished at Decoy, Marshall county, and
Wabana, ltasca county. John larson
was appointed postmaster at Decoy
and David c. Cochran at Wabana.
E. l.. Freely, for the past ten years
st. Paul manager of the Northwestern
Telephone company, has been named
as superintendent of the company,
with headquarters at Minneapolis.
The westbound passenger train on
the Milwaukee road ran over and
killed Con Clude and his son and Gus
Clude. his brother, near Wells Both
the elder Cludes were well-to-do farm
ers, living near Delavan.
Christopher c. Norbeck, who was
committed to Saltwater penitentiary
as being implicated in the acts of cor
ruption in the Minneapolis city govern
ment charged against the Ames ad-
mlnlstration, has been granted a pa
role.
Mrs. w. H. Adamson paid $40 fine
in the Minneapolis police court for
beating her husband. The latter, a
we'll known money lender, has thirty
wounds on his head alleged to have
been inflicted by his wife with a lamp
chimney.
The Leech Lake and Northern rail-
way, i branch line connecting with
the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern at Walker, is projecting a new
line around the west arm of Leech
lake into the new country south of
Blackjack.
John O'Donnell, state commissioners
OF labor, whose department has about
completed it's inspection of factories
for the current year, says that the sta
tistlcs, when compiled into a report,
will show marked decrease in child
labor in Minnesota.
DespOndent because he was unable
to find work John Strom, a bartender
formerly of Minneapolis and Omaha,
jumped into the Mississippi river at
st. Paul. After sinking twice he de-
cided that he would rather live and
struggled back to the bank.
w. B. Douglas, who was defeated in
the Republican state convention for
a nomination to the supreme banch,
denies the report that ne intends to
become candidate for the Republic an
nomination for the district bench in
his home district, the Seventh.
During the visit of circus to Crook
ston last week the safe in A. Bratrul s
jewelry store was robbed of over $4,000
in cash and certificates of deposit
There is no clue to the robbers Col
Inns Bros and Peterson & Booth s
stores also were robbed of about S100
each
An oversight on the part of Mr.. Fal-
coner, proprietor of a laundry at Min
neapolis, saved him $500 Thieves
broke into the store and blew open
the safe only to find $1.O5, the prop"ie-
tor having left $500 he intended to
put under lock and key on table in
the laundry room.
A work train on the Great Northern
railway was wrecked three miles east
OF Morris caused by the spreading Of
the rails. Gilbert Pepper, an engine
wiper, was found dead under the
engine. John j. O'Connor, an en5i-
neer who was on the locomotive X as
seriously injured and died seye. al
hours later.
The sum of 91,137.51 will be dis
tributed this year to the FIRE depart
ments of Minnesota cities, towns and
villages This an,ornt is realize. :.o:l
the ? per ce:lt tax OH the d:c iI3'::!-
ance premiums paid TO insurance com
panies In the state. The money is dis-
tributed according to the premiums
paid from each city, row?l a.:' Zji:a::'o.
Eight OF the largest ve35e:s VIII: i
ply the Great Lakes have arrived in
the Duluth harbor within the pas
Weel., laden with coal, s:,,i 2 :i:s::3 Ter
of other heavy ca:goes are ezrecE 81
| within the next few days. Record
breaking shipments of coal have been
! coming in during the past thirty days
and it is expected that wit hin another
| month full supply for the winter will
be on hand.
Two men held up the barkeeper in
Mil]er's saloon at New Prague and Sc
| cured between 800 and $500 from the
cash drawer. The men entered the sa-
loon during the evening when the bar