Mower County transcript., 1904-08-10

Cities as a recruiting station for the
United States army in the record of
enlistments during the past three
months.
The Tri-State Telephone company
announces a 25 per cent cut in the
rates charged by the old lines for long
distance service from Winona to the
Twin Cities.
is being done along the Northern, Min
nesota border. The claim is that a
systematic scheme of bringing goods
across the border near Rainy lake has
been unearthed.
The strike of the strippers at the
F'ayal mines at Eveleth for a raise
from $1.60 to $1.75 a day has spread
to the surface laborers. Six hundred
men are now out.
While in pursuit of man who had
insulted several small girls Sunday at
Minneapolis, Police Officer Mike Law
renee was shot by the fleeing man and
seriously wounded.
John B. Gillespie, for ten years as
sistant secretary of the State Fair as
sociation and state deputy of the An
cient Order of United Workmen, is
deao at Hamline of appendicitis.
DR.. A. A: Ames, formerly mayor of
Minneapolis and who has been tried
for completely in the alleged municipal
scandal OF few years ago, has filed
as Republican congressional candi-
date from that district.
John Benolken, the ten-year-old son
Of Charles Benolken, lost his hold on
q 1orrio1r OF -,
Minneapolis Friday, fell into pool of
water in the quarry and was drowned
before assistance could reach him.
A petition has been filed with the
United States district court by the
creditors of the Bohn Manufacturing
company OF st. Paul to have the COM
pany declared bankrupt. The petition
states that the firm has debts amount
ing to $4,000.
Counterfeit dollars of excellent
make and such accuracy OF design as
to battle the most expert bank clerks
have been flooding Minneapolis for the
past two weeks and the tellers have
been working overtime picking out the
spurious coin from the genuine.
Private Edward Devices of Company
A, TWenty-frst infantry, was instant.
ly killed by fall OF forty feet from
the approach to the Fort Smelling
bridge to the rocks below 1t is thought
that he had gone to sleep on the stone
railing which guards the approach.
Bessie Dahl, aged one year, a daugh.
ter of E. j. Dahl of Minneapolis, die,
late Thursday from the effects of ea,.
ing four pills containing strychnine.
The child was left alone at home TO-
few minutes and found the box of
pills. Death occurred within an hour.
Smallpox has nearly died out in
Minnesota, according to the weekly re.
port of DR.. H. NJ. Bracken, secretary
of the state board of health. The num-
ber of new cases in the state in the
week ending Aug. l was only six, the
smallest number for one week in sew.
eral years.
A triple drowning occurred in the
treacherous Blue Earth river about
three miles from Good Thunder. Wins
low Paul, aged fourteen years; Clar.
ence Paul, aged ten, and Frank Noun
tain, aged ten, sons of we'll known
farmers, while swimming got beyond
their depth and all perished.
Ivanhoe won out in the county seat
election in Lincoln county by 68 votes
over the required IS per cent of the
votes cast. Ivanhoe received 1911
votes to 94S votes for Lake Benton.
SThis is the heaviest vote cast in the
history OF Lincoln county, being $50
more than was cast in the county seat
election OF 1901.
Robbers entered the residence of NJ.
Rasmussen, a wealthy farmer living
in the town OF Prior, Big Stone county,
and, after beating the old man over
the head with a pump handle until he
was insensible, secured $4,000 in gold
and currency which was in a tin box
secreted under the Old mans bed. The
robbers made their escape.
Greater in size and architecture than
any building at present belonging to
the university new main building
for the State Agricultural school will
be built at cost OF 100000. Plans are
now being drawn by the architect of
the state board OF control The con-
tract will be let in a month or two
and the foundation laid this fall in or.
der that most c. tho wo!l- NAV he DOM
next Veal.
The farmers north and west Of
Wheaton are planning upon building
railroad to unite with the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul about four
miles north of that city, making
Wheaton division point and extend.
Ing straight west through Crawford
and Veblin. 1t is estimated that $780,
900 will be needed and already shares
have been purchased to the amount of
$4,000. They hope to complete the
road in time to move this years wheat
crop. = 49,
The supreme court has decided the
d1sbarment cases of Colonel William
Dodge and Vernon NJ Dodge fayorably
to the defendants. Justice Douglas
dlssented. The court holds that. in
such serious charge as was present
ed, the evidence should be conclusive
to establish conviction and thinks
that the evidence in this case was not
conclusive. Justice Douglas, dissent.
ing, thinks that the evidence clearly
proves the defendants guilty Of fraud
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