Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-06-03
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS or THE WEEK THROUGH.
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JEFF O'Connell, aged eighty:two, for
dfty-five years resident of the state,
Is dead at his home in Waverly.
Freeman H. Randall, f1fteen-year-
old Duluth schoolboy, dived fifteen feet
from a bridge and saved the life of a
companion.
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
q well known and prominent resident
Of Minneapolis, is dead at Los An
geles, CAL. after long illness.
Charles Powers of Lanesboro, who
assaulted young girl, pleaded 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, a pioneer resi-
dent of Lake City, is dead, aged eighty
eight years. She was born at Stew
arts Corners, N. Y, and resided in
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
by fire one day last week. A. H. Sher-
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.
Fighting a 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.
An interurban car bound from Min
|neapolfsi *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,
m engineer on one of the engines op-
Grated by the Drake & Stratton com
pany, stripping contractors, at the
Stevenson mine, near Hibbing, was &C
cidentally killed Friday. His engine
collided with another in the pit.
Miss Eloise Reuse 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,
Ill. DR.. Frank S. Whitman, superin-
teodent Of the hos2;tS*, says that
death was due to acute mania, in
duced by starving.
After three years of continued effort
toward the desired standard Of equip
nent and efficiency the Minnesota ma
tiOnal 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.
rIo~o1 81 looI ~ ar
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 a 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 Films of Eveleth to
form cooperative society to take up
land in the Pelican lake region. Their
plan is to get a tract of land where
dxteen quarter sections can be home
headed.
The Iowa and Minnesota Cereal COM
pany of Mason City, a., has concluded
The purchase of line of twenty-five
elevators in Southern Minnesota and
Northern Iowa, making it one of the
largest grain companies in it's terri
tory. Governor Cummins, Senator A.
G. Gale, T. A. Way, State Treasurer
Gilbert and others of prominence in
Iowa politics are interested in the
company.
After floating about the bay at Du-
luth for two weeks the body of AXel
Leonard, bartender, was fished out
of a slip Thursday night. Leonard
was discharged from his brothers en-
ploy on account of drink and shortly
afterward began buying and selling
notes and mortgages. Approximately
5000 in gilt edge notes were found in
his pockets. Death is believed to have
been accidental.
The case of Russell Sage, assignee
for the Hastings and Dakota Railroad
company, VS.. Theodore A. Maxwell has
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