Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-26
NEWS IN MINNESOTA

events OF THE WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.
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George G. Foster, a we'll known turf.
nan and trainer Of race horses, is dead
1T St. Paul,
Captain William w. Murphy, who
led the posse that captured the Young.
or brothers, is dead at Madelia.
Howard Condor. aged fifteen, was
Killed at Minneapolis by falling sew
enty feet from the top Of an oil tank
The body Of Mrs. Jessie Schriner of
Minneapolis was found In thirty feet
OF water at Lake Harriet. She had
committed suicide.
Representative N. w. Benson. a
member of the last Minnesota house
OF representatives and 4 prominent
banker, is dead at Clinton.
Valentine Hengel, Winona mail
carrier, Is dead after an illness of one
week az a result of having a tooth
pulled, causing blood poisoning.
Wolves have become so numerous
and destructive on some Of the farms
near Rochester that a reward of IS
for each wolf has been offered in addi-
ton to- the usual bounty.
Andrew E: Boon, a merchant of Fer
gus Falls and brother Of ex-Congress-
man Boon, was found dead in the out
skirts OF that city. His buggy had up
net and his neck was broken.
Because his partner, John Strand,
wanted to eat meals in their restau-
rant without paying for them John
Thornverg has petit1oned the Mime
apo1ts district court for the appoint
ment of receiver to wind up the
partnership.
Mr.. and Mrs. BENJAMIN Hillmer. both
over seventy years of age, were found
dead in their home at MINNEAPOLIS
Thursday afternoon. 1t is believed
that Mrs. Hillmer died from natural
causes and the shock of her death
had fatal effect upon her husband.
Thomas H. Shevltn, the millionaire
lumberman Of Minneapolis has won
the suit brought by his brother, Edwin
c., to have the transfer of certain
stocks set aside on the ground that
the transaction was made under mis-
representations and fraud on the part
Of Thomas H.
While preparing for the funeral OF
Miss Anna Larson, who dropped dead
at Rush City the previous day, the
mother, Mrs. L. A. Larson, fell down a
hight Of stairs, breaking her neck, and
dying instantly. Mrs. Larson was
sixty years old and leaves family of
Grown children.
Jacob Hoffman, a St. Paul balloon
lst, was drowned in Lake Alice, Fer
gus Falls, Thursday night. He made
. balloon ascension and on coming
down in the. parachute fell into the
lake. He became entangled in the
weeds and drowned before assistance
could reach him.
The Home Protective league has be-
gun war on saloons in Minneapolis,
having caused the arrest of proprie.
| tors of ten saloons on the charge OF
violating the state law requiring sa,
looms to be closed Sundays and also
| accuses those under arrest with con.
Quoting winerooms
The dead body of an unknown man
was found beside the Northern Pacific
track about mile east of st. Cloud
| He had been shot in the corner of the
left eye with a bullet of large caliber
and the position of the body when
found seemed to indicate that he had
been shot and thrown from a train.
DR.. A. J. Lambert of Des Moines
Ia, has, during the past week, been
examining the north shore of Lake
Superior, between Duluth and Port
Arthur, with view to selecting a. site
Tor a combination summer hotel and
sanitarium. A company of prominent
Iowa physicians is behind the project
No further move Will be taken to
save William Chounard, sentenced to
be hung on Aug. 80 at Walker for the
murder of his wife at Cass Lake last
winter. Attorney A. T. Larson, who
appeared for Chounard on the trial
states that he has gone over the rec.
ord carefully and has found no error
and that so far as he Is concerned nc
appeal will be taken.
The steering wheel of the steam
frgate Minnesota, which has been
shipped from Washington to the State
Historical society, will be mounted in
q conspicuous place in the new capitol
The frtgate was dismantled several
years ago and at the last session OF
congress a bin was passed making
the Minnesota Historical society the
custodian Of the wheel.
The body Of Miss Aagot Dahl, who
together with her father, disappeared
from their claim near During in April
has been found by Tom Dooher, a
neighbor, while making hay The
body was found in a brush heap a
mile and half from her claim and in
q badly decomposed condition, which
would indicate that the remains had
been there since the mysterious disap
pearance five months ago.
The members Of the Minnesota stat
ute revision commission are rushing
work on the new code so that it will
be ready for the next legislature. The
document will be a complete revision
of all state statutes and will be pre-
sented to the legislature in the form
Of bill. If the bill is passed the laws
of the state will be embraced in a sin
gle code instead of in thousands O:
conflicting, interlapping and incom.
plete statutes.
A strange freak of lightning is re-