Mower County transcript., 1904-03-23
NEWS IN MIN \ ]. ], | 1 N.ElSOTA 4, s
EVENTS OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

Fire destroyed a block of buildings
In the business district of Red Lake
Falls. - .A. s< tt5z ~ 4. F.
! August Schmidt, a charity boarder
at the Bethel, st. Paul, became violent
ly insane from drinking too much
water. --.t ,rls..s, :: = T.. .z .tG -. =,
| Fred Walin's saloon at st. Louis
Park was held up and robbed by two
masked men, who obtained $50 and
escaped. :. ,S.t.,@->-~,, X ~ t1t
will Carlton, a Civil war veteran,
was killed while riding on the bumpers
Of a train going to Minneapolis from
Howard Lake, '- Z:
r. Former Mayor A. A. Ames of Min
neapolis has been granted a pension OF
| $12 q month for disabilities incurred
during the Civil war.
Gustaf Dahn, twenty-three years old,
was instantly killed by being wound
about shaft in the Kapiska saw mill,
east of lie Sueur He is the second
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the applications of c. ]. Lof-
gren, G. f. Peterson, c.. NJ. Sprague
and others to organize the First Ma
tional bank of FELTON, with capital of
$25.000.
The Gladstone hotel. at Gladstone,
a suburb of St. Paul, was totally de-
stroyed by fire early Friday morning.
About thirty guests were in the hotel
when the fire started and all lost their
clothing.
Tob D of Two To nh
was accidentally shot and instantly
killed near lumber camp at Silver
Creek. A set gun for deer which had
been placed near spring was dis"
charged. blowing EngstrOm's head of.
For the third time Duluth jury has
failed to determine whether Charles
F. Leland was guilty Of receiving de-
posits in his bank when he knew it
was insolvent. This last jury retired
Friday at noon and was out just one
half hour less than a full twenty-four
hours.
Samuel C. Hazard, convicted of
bigamy at Minneapolis and sentenced
to the penitentiary for two years, has
been denied a new trial and will have
to 60 to the penitentiary unless he is
able to secure bond for his release
until the supreme court passes upon
the question.
Blood slowly oozing from slight
wound in the tongue, that medical sci
ence seemed unable to heal, caused the
death of tw0year-Old L1nnis Cestreich
Of Duluth more than week after the
baby fell and inflicted the cut as re.
suit of tho tongue coming in contact
with the teeth.
Thirty-one settlers in Cass county,
residing near Backus, a few miles
south of Walker, have been made de-
PENDANTS in a suit begun by the Pine
Tree Lumber company, in which it, is
charged that combine has been
formed to- trespass on the company'a q
land and cut and sell timber. =" "
With a sloaded revolver. pointed at
his head By man. who demanded the
contents ofsthe cash drawer President
C.. II Freeman Of the Security Ma
tional bank of Albert Lea walked to, a
drawer staining a 44.eahbre revol-
yer and, suddenly covering the would
be robber, placed him under arrest.
The school enrolment of the Mime.
apolis public schools for the first time
has touched the 100000 mark. The fig
ure was reached by the enrolment
of 261 during March. There are now
enrolled in the schools 20,456 girls and
1879 boys. There are still 304 pupils
on half sessions because Of crowded
conditions.
Adam Klyne, aged eighty-three, a
former wealthy resident of st. Paul
died Friday at the home of the Little
Sisters of the Poor in that city. He
was born in Ireland and came to Amer
lea in 1S49. He went to Vancouver
and became the owner of valuable coal
mines, but subsequently lost his money
through speculations.
S. E. Atkins and C. S. Brown of the
state auditors office have returned to
state, where they selected $4,000 acres
of federal land. This land is given to
the state in exchange for some of the
Indian lands wrongfully decided to the
state and is located in Cook, Lake, St.
Louis and Itasca counties.
Colonel Harrison White of Luverne
has been elected department comman
der of the G. A. r. The other officers
elected are: l.. o. Merriam, Mime
apolis, senior vice commander; George
A. Whitney, Wadena, junior vice com
mander; DR.. Chester G. Higbee, St
Paul, medical director; Rev. DAME
| A. TaWney, st. Paul, chaplain.
Ben Rooney, for many years freight
conductor on the Winona and Western
road, now portion of the Great West
| ern system, was murdered at For
Smith, Ark, Friday. Rooney was {
passenger conductor on the For
Smith and Western road and while
passing through his train opened ont
of the closet doors. A man was inside
and he shot Rooney, killing him.
Six of the most prominent physi
clans in Minneapolis have signed :
voluntary statement and forwarded il
to the women of the Improvement
league who are making a fight fol
pure water in the schools, saying tha
the city water at present is not fit tt
! drink and cannot be made so. "State
ments 10 the contrary are false ant
misleading" says this statement.
It is asserted that the eighty gtrl,
out on strike at the Robitshek, Franz
E Keller garment factory at Mime