Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-05
NEWS IN ! MIN NESOTA
events OF THE WEEK THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.

George H. Cross, aged sixty.nine,
Civil war veteran, is dead at Cannon
Falls:
The state drainage board has award
cd two contracts for bitches in Clay
and Beltrami counties, the total esti
mated cost OF which is $500.
Fire totally destroyed the car shops
and contents of the Duluth and Iror
Range Railroad company at Two Har
bors, entailing loss of about $4,000
Many of the Minneapolis mills are
closed and some Of them are working
At only about half capacity. This is
caused by the light foreign demand
for flour.
David p. Jones, president of the Min.
neapol1s common council, has an
nounced that he will be a candidate
Tor the Republican nomination fol
mayor of that city.
L. E. Howe, farmer living neal
Brooklyn Center, Hennepin county
was stabbed, probably fatally, at his
home by Peter Torlien, farmland
The stabbing was the result of a quar-.
rel over wages.
G. S. Gilbertson, cashier in the Min.
neapolis Office of A. Booth & Co., who
Is reported to be short $1,000 In his
accounts with the firm, was arrested
In Chicago last week and has been
returned to Minneapolis.
Adam Kive, a farmer of New York
Mills, near Wadena, killed his ten
year-old son and then shot himself
The murderer died instantly, but the
boy lived nearly an hour. No cause
Tor the double tragedy is known.
A headon collision between a log
F1ng train and freight train on the
Great Northern at Eagle Bend resulted
IN the loss of twelve cars. Both Ell
gines were badly damaged and all
traffic was delayed fourteen hours.
Two tramps entered the home of a
married woman on the outskirts Of
Elk River, bound and gagged her, com
mitted criminal assault, took some
rings from her fingers and some eat.
ables from the house and escaped.
Peter E. Nelson, a farmer living
three and half miles east of Rock
Creek, was killed while attempting to
cross the track before a southbound
limited train. The horse also was
killed and the carriage entirely de-
molished.
The state supreme court has con-
drmed the action of the district court
of Meeker county in suspending At.
torney John T. Byrnes for two years.
The findings of the lower court were
declared to have been justified by the
testimony.
The Democratic state nominating
convention will meet at Exposition
hall, Minneapolis, Aug. 80. The basis
of representation will be the same as
at the Duluth convention, one delegate
for every $50 votes or major fraction
cast for Bryan in 1900.
Judge c. B. Elliott of Minneapolis
has been proffered and has refused the
position of chief justice of the su-
preme court of the Philippine islands
The position necessftates residence in
Manila the year round and this was
the principal reason for Judge Elliott's
| refusal.
Fire at Mora last week resulted in a
loss OF from 100000 to $4,000 and the
destruction Of full business street,
! composing twelve places of business.
The fire broke out in the S. NJ. Hal
vorson bakery in the center of the
block and spread to adjoining build
ings on either side.
Three masked robbers entered the
saloon of Martin P. Handlay at Min
neapolis and at the point of revolver
compelled the three customers to re-
main quiet while they went through
the till and took $35 in change. Fol-
lowing this they rided the pockets of
the three men and secured 81.
Watson w. Williams, known all over
the state as Colonel" Williams, is
dead at Minneapolis, aged sixty:three
years. Mr.. Williams was one of the
best known newspaper men of the
state, having been connected with Diff
ferent country and city papers during
his forty years servise in that field.
The state game law has been up
held by the supreme court. The cases
decided are those Of William Kerr
and Robert Poole. Both men were
convicted in November, 1903, in the
district court Of Jackson county Of
having in their possession 1000 ducks
and Judge James N. Quinn of Fair
mont impose fines of $4,000 on each.
Edward E. Barry of West Superior,
Wis, a Great Northern engineer who
distinguish himself during the
17incRley fire in 1894, is dead in st.
Paul from heart disease. Barry re-
ceived a gold medal for his bravery
! in saving the lives of hundreds of peo-
pie by running train into the doomed
town in the face OF devouring holo-
caust.
By the terms of a decision received
by the state auditor the secretary Of
the interior holds that the state Of
Minnesota has title to the virginia
silver supposed to be one of the most
valuable beds of iron on the Mesaba
iron range The virginia silver" case
is the most celebrated swamp lan&
case in the history of the state and
has been in litigation since 1894.
! Judge Lochren of the United States
district court has delivered decision
whereby Russell Sage, as assignee in
trust of the Hastings and Dakota Rail-
way company, is required to restore
to the government certain tracts. This
decision is in favor of the settlers
who claim homestead titles to portions
of the land which the railroad COM
pany assumed to hold under it's gen.
eral grant.
The Como park murder mystery at