Mower County transcript., 1904-06-01
NEWS In MINNESO
EVENTS OF THE5WEEK THROUGH.
3 ouT#THE STATE.

is dead at his home in Wayerly.
Freeman H. Randall, a sfifteen-year-
old Duluth schoolboy, dived fifteen feet
{ from a bridge and saved the life of a
companion 5@-S@z T
Leonard Peterson, ten years old,
fell fifty feet from building in course
of construction at Minneapolis and
may die of his injuries.
Marsh P. Hawkins, for many years
! well known and prominent resident
Of Minneapolis, is dead at Los An
ge;es, CAL. after long illness.
Charles Powers of Lanesboro, who
| assaulted a young girl, plea1e guilty
in the district court at Preston and
goes to Saltwater for fifteen years.
Frank r. Holmquist of st. Paul fell
from a wagon while attempting to
climb to the seat and the wheels pass
ing over his head crushed his skull.
Paul Darrenberger, the seven-year-
,, old son of Gebhard Darrenberger, &C.
cidentally killed himself at LIE Sueur
while playing with loaded shotgun.
Mrs. Drury Cogswell, pioneer resi-
dent of Lake City, is dead, aged eighty
eight years. She was born at Stew
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Lake City about fifty years.
The st. Paul branch of the Cigar
| Dealers Association of America has
decided to put it's own copyright
brands OF smoking and chewing to-
| baccO on the market to compete with
! the ''trust" goods.
! Guests of the fashionable Berkeley
hotel at Minneapolis were routed out
by fire one day last week. A. H. Sher-
man, an invalid, was rescued with
some difficulty and it is feared the
| shock and exposure may result seri-
ously.
Mrs. G. Gesce, living south Of lie
! Sueur Center, was accidentally shot
by the hired man on the place, who
! was shooting at cat. The charge
| from the gun went through a building
and lodged in her hip. She is in a
critical condition.
Lighting fire with kerosene is not
an unnecessary exposure to obvious
| risk of injury or obvious danger, pro-
vided the person has good reason to
| believe that there is no fire in the
| stove, according to a decision of the
| state supreme court.
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| neapolis for St. Paul was struck by a
| train at railroad crossing. The car
was hurled completely from the tracks
| and turned over. Andrew Jackson of
Roscoe, S. D., was killed and several
| other passengers were injured.
Wallace E. Smith, aged fifty years.
| an engineer on one of the engines op.
| Grated by the Drake & Stratton com.
! pany, stripping contractors, at the
! Stevenson mine, near Hibbing, was ac
cidentally killed Friday. His engine
collided with another in the pit.
Miss Eloise Reusse of St. Paul, who
| became insane at Chicago while I'M
dergoing the ordeal of the so called
"sunworshipping FAST" is dead in the
| state hospital for the insane at Elgin,
III. DR.. Frank S. Whitman, superin.
tendent of the hospital, says that
death was due to acute mania, in
duced by starving.
| After three years of continued effort
| toward the desired standard Of equip.
! n'ent and efficiency the Minnesota ra.
| tionai guard has received recognition
| from the war department as being
| Sufficiently armed, uniformed and
equipped for active duty in the field
| according to the requirements applied
| to the regular army.
H. D. Howell is dead at Aitkin as a
| result of quarrel with L. w. Daniels,
who, it is charged, struck him blow
behind the ear, telling him to the
ground, where his head came in con
tact with the pavement and resulted
| in injuries to which his death was
| ascribed. The quarrel was contin.
uation of dispute between the chill
dren of the two men.
Dull times on the Mesaba iron range,
! due to the lake strike, seem likely to
! cause movement Of population into
| the homestead section of st. Louis
| county. The latest development is the
plan of certain Firms of Eveleth to
| form cooperative society to take up
| land in the Pelican lake region. Their
! plan is to get tract of land where
! sixteen quarter sections can be home
steaded
| The Iowa and Minnesota Cereal com
pany Of Mason City, Ia. has concluded
! the purchase Of g line of twenty-five
| elevators in Southern Minnesota and
! Northern Iowa, making it one Of the
| largest grain companies in its terri
tory. Governor Cummins, Senator A.
, G. Gale, T. 4. Way, State Treasurer
! Gilbert end others CT prominence in
{ Iowa politics arc interested in the
j company.
! After floating about ;.le bay at Du-
! 'luth for two week: 'he body CT AXel
, Leonard, bartender. was fiehec out
; Of g slip Thrrs;~'ay night Leonard
was DISCHARGED: f.":l Iic; brothers. en-
rl0C On sccHrn* or dirk ard shortly
; afterward began !H:yiog. and selling
notes and NOR So a.. c-2<i1nately
sn0A in gilt c'icc r0to~ ere sc>,:,id in
his pockets. Death Is ?;c:i=Tod to have
hccn accitie:t2l.
Tie case Of Russell Sage. assignee
fer the Hastings and Dakota Railroad
con:ralv. w. Ti?7r 'c,a 4. Maxwell has
heon 70~!-~+o'7 - no c---7~~.>,a rO,l1t Of
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Hastings an I,"I,; r*t railway in Min
nesota. OF which it is claimed that
there should originally have been
922,1S2 acres. Maxwell claimed under
a homestead entry and his contention
was sustained by the Minnesota state