Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06

for the Republican gubernatorial nomi-
nation.
Certificates have been issued by the
controller of the currency authorizing
the Peoples National bank Of Long
Prairie, capital $4,000, and the First
National bank of Ulen, Mimi, capital
$4,000, to begin business.
Julius Moersch, inspector in the
state labor bureau, is seeking appoint
ment on the Panama canal commits
sion. This commission will consist of
seven. Mr.; Moersch spent three years
in Panama and is familiar with condi-
tions there
The Great Northern road is planning
a number Of extensions of track to
mines en- the. Mesaba range for next
year. Among the improvements which
have been ordered is a line to the
Frantz mine at Buhl and to- the Yates
mr." at lucknow.
T7i.e b:o.,e cut in the Arlington 40
tel the leading ho~telry cf Brainerd,
at 6 o'clock Friday morning and before
the flar::o0 are: subIuod $50 ,000sworth
of pre- :erty went UP in smoke. There
were: scme thirty. guests in the house
at the time but all escaped safely
Notwithstanding the many predic-
tfons that the Mile Laos Indians
could never be removed to the White
Earth reservation without a regiment
of soldiers about twenty-five have
moved there and more are ready to do
so as soon as provision can be made
for them.
|, The most destructive fire that
Wheaton has ever had wiped out the
Sorenson & Mork hardware and fur
niture store. the Footprints newspa-
per plant. Cory's law Office, the Carl.
son building and millinery establish
ment and the First State bank. The
loss is about $40,000
A man who looked like a laborer and
said his name was John Donohoe and
his occupation none applied at the
Duluth police station for lodging. To
the amazement of the police they dis
covered in his clothes certificate of
deposit for $4,000 on the American
Exchange bank of Duluth.
According to figures prepared by the
register and receiver of the Duluth
land office $4,000 acres of public lands
were entered at that office under tim
Der and homestead applications dur
Ing the calendar year just ended. The
estimated receipts for the year aggre-
gated $46e,475.72, which is very near
the amount totaled in 1902.
A panic was narrowly averted at
Hokah one evening last week when
the floor of the opera house gave way
under the weight Of an audience of
about 400. When the floor sank the
cooler heads urged the people to walk
out quietly and in doing so no one was
injured, although several women be-
came excited and few tainted.
Three burglaries were committed in
lie Sueur one night last week. The
railroad Toulouse was broken into
and number of bars and other tools
we're taken. Entrance was effected
Franz & Duerrenberger by boring
through the back doors and from the
former $40 was taken, the latter losing
smaller sum.
J. F. Jacobson of Lac qui Parle
county, for many years leader of the
Republican party on the. floor of the
lower house of the legislature, has
been appointed member of the state
board of control, to succeed Chairman
James A: Martin, who has resigned
in order to manage Justice L. w. Col
Inns campaign for, the Republican
nomination for governor.
State Food Inspector J. G. Fowler
has procured warrants for the arrest
of four Mankato grocers on the charge
of selling compound: of salisylic acid
for unfermented grape juice. One ap-.
peared in court and paid his fine, SIS
and costs, and the others are expected
to do so within Cay cr two. :: The:
grocers. did rot know the injurious
character of the goods they we're SELL
ing. - :~"; ''-..~,'cc
There was a decrease Of, 100000
barrels in the -four output of the, Min
neapolis mills for 1903: as compared
with 1909 according to the; figures
published in the current issue Of the
Northwestern Miller The years out
put is given as 1854, 900, as compared
with 1920 ,105 in the preceding year.
The Miller says that the strike In the
mills in October is responsible for the
shrinkage, as the mills lost about 7S0O,-
900 barrels by the diff 6culty. .s..%
Loren W. Collins, associate justice
I of the supreme court, has rendered his
resignation to take effect on March 81
in order that he may devote his time
to the contest for the Republican nom
nation for governor. Wallace B. Doug
las, attorney general and a candidate
for the supreme bench, has been ap-
pointed to succeed Justice Collins. w.
J. Donahower, assistant attorney gen
/ eral and q candi date for the nomina-
SStion for attorney general has been
}r'amed to succeed MI. Dough