Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-02-19

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AvENTs OF THE8&WEEK.THRouGH
OUT THE STATE.

Governor Van SAINT has removed
Sheriff Torkelson Of Clearwater coun-
ty for malfeasance. r. f s:
Ten gambling houses and five other
resorts went out of business in Be
midi last week as the result Of an
order Of the city council : I'LL 4
Eight persons narrowly escaped
death in clearinghouse fire at Min
neapolis last week. All were more or
less injured, one perhaps fatally.
Henry Downs, Minnesota terri
torial pioneer and for many years
prominent in Minneapolis building
circles, is dead at Long Beach, Cal
Joseph Sykara of Brainerd was
found dead in a room at the Grand
Central hotel, st. Paul, as the result
of gas asphyxiation. 1t is believed he
committed suicide.
The bill ratifying the treaty with
in Minnesota for the cession Of 100000
acres of their land has been passed by
both branches of congress.
Mrs. R. S. White of st. Paul dropped
dead at the midwinter breakfast of the
Minnesota Federation of Women's
clubs in the university armory at Min
neapolis. Death was due to heart dis
ease.
The ST. Paul Union depot estab.
nshed new records last year for tickets
sold, train movements, the number of
passengers handled and the amount
of mail and baggage received, trans
ferred and sent out.
Warden Henry Wolfer has handed
in his resignation as warden of the
state prison. The state board of con.
den Of the North Dakota penitentiary,
to succeed Mr.. Wolfer.
With $4,000 to pay out in premiums
and purses the Minnesota state fair
this year will be far superior to any.
thing of it's kind ever attempted in
the West. There will be $4,000 for
trotters and PAGERS alone.
The Lakefield game law violators
were sentenced by Judge Quinn at
Jackson last week. William Kerr re.
ceived 800 days at Saltwater and Rob.
ert Pool 200 days, or a fine of 100000
in each case. An appeal will be taken.
G.. A. st. Clair of Duluth has made
an important find of iron ore near Bi.
wabik on lands owned in large part by
Lon Merritt and. Frank w. Eaton OF
Duluth. He has proved up 100000
tons Of non-Bessemer ore of choice
quality.
A number of Fergus Falls business
men have organized what will be
known as the Fergus Packing com.
pany, with a capitalization of $4,000.
The erection of a clearinghouse will
begin as soon as possible in the
spring.
A headon collision occurred Thurs.
day afternoon between two freight
trains on the Northern Pacific short
distance east of Clear Lake station.
Both engines we're wrecked, one train
took fire and five loaded cars were de.
stroyed.
The New York Central lines, with
an aggregate mileage of $4,000 miles,
have selected St. Paul as the North.
western passenger headquarters ot
their lines and will open one of the
finest city ticket offices in ST.. Paul
March Is.
Forty-three timber and stone appli
cations and eleven homestead entries
were recorded at the Duluth land
Office Thursday morning at the open.
ing Of the new town in the Northern
Itasca county, twenty-five miles south:
west of International Falls.
Olmsted county farmers assembled
at Rochester last week and organized
a union of the American Society OF
Equity, after speech by Hon. H. B.
Sherman of Indiana. The object is to
control market prices on farm produce
by forming farmers trust.
Miss Lena Underdahl, a. nineteen.
year-old girl employed as a domestic
in a st. Paul clearinghouse, is report.
ed to be heiress to an estate of $780,
900, left by DR.. John Tyler, an uncle,
who died in New York sixteen years
ago. Miss Underdahl is said to be the
sole surviving heir.
H. L. Irving of Wadena county was
reelected president of the Minnesota
Sheriffs' association, in session at St.
Paul. and J. E. Lundgren Of Douglas
county vice president. ', J. w. Dreger
of Hennepin county succeeded P. c.
Justus of Ramsey as secretary and
Mr.. Justus was made treasurer.
Samuel G. Hazard, alias Samuel G.
Hargreave, has been convicted of big
amy at Minneapolis. Hazards case
attracted attention because he was a
distinguished army officer. He was
accused by Viva Kirkpatrick of hav'
ing married DR.: Linda Burfeld after
his marriage, to Miss kirkpatrick.
+. The Northern Pacific and Great
Northern have given notice to the rail.
road and warehouse commission that
they will appeal from the decision of
Judge Kelly Of the Ramsey county dis
trict court upholding the commission 8
distributing rates from Crookston, st.
Cloud, Brainerd, Fergus Falls and
other points on the same basis as from
the Twin Cities. ,:s .:..,e,;.; -. r,
, Three men were killed in a collision
on the Great Northern at Pennock last
week. They were, William H. Hill,
travelling salesman for George r. New.
ell & Co., Minneapolis; Edwin I. Heif'
ner, travelling salesman for the Chal'
lenge Windmill and Feed company,
Minneapolis; c.. G. Hanscombe, travel.
ing salesman for the st. Peter Furni.
ture cOmDany. St. Peter.