Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-15
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
1vENTe OF THE WEEK THROUGH
OUT the STATE.


Cash wheat has again reached s.
On the Minneapolis market. -
Samuel Jacobs, a pioneer jeweler Of
minneapolis, is dead, aged seventy.
eight.
Niels Rasmussen, an aged and re
dred farmer residing near Alden, com.
Q1tted suicide by hanging.
Smith Devices, a prominent farmer
near Park Rapids, was found dead in
his bed. He was seventy-sdx years
old.
Simon Stevens, who built the first
house In Minneapolis and was one Of
the explorers of the shores of Lake
Mtnnetonka, died at his home In Clear.
water last week.
Mn. Isabel G. Ma1ston, aged sixty.
~, OF Minneapolis, committed suicide
1t Breezy Point, Lake Minnetonka, by
jumping into the 1ahe. No cause for
her act n known.
Charles Franson, aged tweuty.three,
was killed and Herman Gu1branson,
aged twenty-one, probably fatally in.
3ured by the collapse of an elevator
wall at Minneapolis.
Frank Holmes, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Holmes of South saltwater, was
drowned near Utects' soap factory in
the st. Croix river while fishing. He
was thirteen years old.
The Tozar-Nolan sawmill at South
saltwater is closed down because OF
the unsatisfactory condition of the
market for RATED lumber and may not
resume work again this season.
New postoff1ces have been estab.
Hshed at Decoy, Marshall county, and
Wabana, Itasca county. John Izarson
was appointed postmaster at Decoy
and David c. Cochran at Wabana.
B. l.. Freely, for the past ten years
st. Paul manager of the Northwestern
Telephone company, has been named
as superintendent of the company,
with headquarters at Minneapolis.
The westbound passenger train on
the Milwaukee road ran over and
killed Con Guide and hts son and Gus
Guide. his brother, near Wells. Both
the elder Guides were well.to-do farm
0rs, living near Delavan.
Christopher c. Norbeck, who was
committed to Saltwater penitentiary
a. being implicated In the acts Of cor
ruptton In the Minneapolis city govern.
ment charged against the Ames ad.
mlnistratton, has been granted pa
role.
Mrs. w. H. Adamson paid $40 fine
IN the Minneapolis police court for
beating her - husband. The latter, a
well known money lender, has thirty
wounds ON his head alleged to have
been inflicted BY his wife with lamp
chimney >sS'2 s.'z5:
Tbe Aesch Lake and Northern rail.
way, a branch line connecting with
the Northern Pacific and Great North.
ern at Walker IL protecting a new
line around the vert arm Of Leech
lake into the new country south of
Blackjack.
John ODunpell, state commissioner
q labor, whose department has about
completed it's inspection Of factories
Tor 4he: current year, says that the sta.
t1stics, when. conp4led into@ a report,
will show a marked decrease in child
labor in Minnesota.
Despondent because he was unable
to find work John Strom, a bartender,
formerly Of Minneapolis and Omaha,
Jumped into the Mississippi river at
st. Paul. After sinking twice he de-
cided that he would rather live and
struggled back to the bank.
w. B. Douglas, who was defeated in
the Republic can state convention for
. nomination to the supreme bench,
denies the report that he intends to
become a candidate for the Republican
nomination for the district bench in
his home district, the Seventh.
During the visit of q circus to Crook
ston last week the safe In A. Bratrud' g
jewe1ry store was robbed Of over $4,000
In cash and certificates of deposit.
There Is no clue to the robbers Col
Inns Bros and Peterson e. Booth 8
stores also were robbed of about 800
each.
An oversight on the part of Mr. Fal
coner proprietor of laundry at Min
neapolis, saved him $780, Thieves
broke into the store and blew open
the safe only to find $1.05, the proprie-
tor having left $500 he intended to
the laundry room.
WORK train on the Great Northern
railway was wrecked three miles east
OF Morris caused by the spreading of
the rails. Gilbert Pepper, an engine
wiper, was found dead under the
engine. John J. O'Connor, an engi-
neer who was on the locomotive, was
seriously injured and died several
hours later.
The sum of $91,197.61 will be dis
tributed this year to the fire. depart
ments OF Minnesota cities, towns and
villages. This amount is realized from
the 2 per cent tax on the fire insur-
ance premiums paid to insurance COM
pantes tn the state. The money is dis
trtbuted according to the premiums
paid from each city, town and village
Eight Of the largest vessels which
ply the Great Lakes have arrived in