Willmar tribune., 1904-08-03
ROUND ABOUT THE STAIR

Neston Heinonen, 16-year-old son
of Mike Heinonen, of Detroit, was
drowned in Bass Lake Sunday.
Joseph Wernland, sixteen years old,
residing at GAS Lawson street, St.
Paul, was drowned at Lake Phalen.
Fred N. Dickson of St. Paul sue
ceeds Charles w. Somerby of Mime
apolis as first assistant attorney
general.
While swimming with two compan-
ions in the Mississippi river near dam
No. 2, Ellsworth johnson was
drowned.
The proposition to issue $4,000 ad-
ditional village bonds at Perham for
the extension of waterworks was lost
by one vote.
At the meeting of the Dakota coun-
ty commissioners tax levy amount
ing to $34,940 for the ensuing year
was adopted.
More than 800 delegates to the
eighth convention of the Ladies'
Catholic Benevolent Association ar
rived in ST.. Paul.
A sneak thief entered the store Of
HOLDEN & Thompson at Blackduck
and carried off lot of guns and 9TH
er valuable hardware.
A crew of men is endeavoring to
remove the accumulation of sand and
debris at the dams near Dresbach, as
it fmpedes navigation.
Joseph Higgins, years old, living
at Minneapolis, had two of his fingers
cut of by a switch engine in the
Great Northern yards.
The farmers of the township OF
Traverse, Nicollet county, have
formed an organization and will here.
after do their own threshing.
Samuel Silver, of st. Paul, twelve
years Of Age, was stabbed by boy
playmate. He was taken to Bethes-
da hospital. It is feared that he will
die.
A spark from a gasoline engine
started fire which destroyed the
residence of E. S. Bardwell, one mile
south of Excelsior, entailing loss of
$1,000.
The village council Of Kasson has
let the contract for the extension OF
the village water mains to w. I. Gray
& Co. of Minneapolis. Consideration,
$3,357.
Gov. Van SAINT has authorized the
offer Of reward of $500 for informa-
ton concerning the whereabouts of
N. o. Dahl of Crookston and his
daughter.
The attempt to prevent the paving
of four of the principal streets of
Mankato with asphalt has failed,
Judge Gray dismissing the injunction
proceedings.
The 2-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross Russell, of Saltwater, died very
suddenly of phosphorous poisoning,
caused by eating the heads off from
parlor matches.
Clement Martin of Willow City, N.
d., kidnapped his little s-year-old
daughter from the home of her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz
Lehman Of Tracy.
A. M. Lindsay and w. S. McGregor
of the Minneapolis Dry Goods COM
pany expect to start on an automo-
bile tour to Rochester, N. Y, Mr..
Lindsay's former home.
Owen Mulgrew, a special watchman
employed by the Great Northern
Railway Company, was found dead
under the Rice street bridge over the
company's tracks, st. Paul.
Rev. John E. Dallam, of Minneapo-
lis, has passed the physical exam
ination and is now a regularly COM
missioned chaplain in the army. Ho
has not yet been assigned.
According to the deductions made
from the number Of names In the
new city directory, which will be is
sued next month, Minneapolis has a
population of 275,0o0 persons.
A box of crappies from Bald Eagle
lake consigned to a St. Paul dealer,
was seized at the depot yesterday by
the game warden. The law forbids
the sale of fish caught In the lakes in
this county.
Harry Nelson, a 17-year-old lad, Hv.
ing on a farm near Forest Lake, was
arrested and taken to the Saltwater
county Jail, charged with double
attempt at wrecking Northern Pa
cific train.
With a bundle Of bank checks in
his pockets, II. A. Gowdy, who is be.
Heved by the police to have passed a
number of forged checks in Mime
apolis, was arrested by Detectives
Stavlo and Morrissey.
Articles Of incorporation have been
fled by the Foreston Mercantile and
Live Stock Company, of Foreston,
Mile Laos county, and by the John
son Mercantile Company, of Grand
Marais, Cook county.
Crookston sportsmen are organ
izing for tho protection of feathered
game from illegal killing. There has
been great deal Of complaint in that
section Of tho violation Of the game
laws by pot hunters.
M. N. Rodgers. president of the
Carpenters union. has been nomfnat-
ed for mayor by the socialist Mime
apolis convention. It was q mass
gathering in Holcomb's hall, attend.
ed by about ESQ.
Tho ladies Of Bemidji have been
very successful in their library work,
and it is believed that Mr.. Carnegie
will reward their industry, by donat-
ing to the city one of those libraries
Of his.
Theodore liable and friend were 90
riously injured at Faribault in IN 90
cident caused by their horse becom'
ing frightened by an automobile.
The June recei3ts from state instb
tutions have been turned over by the
board Of control to the state treas