Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-05-19

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Secretary Shaw has designated Wal.
ter W. Ludlow of Minnesota as acting
clerk of the treasury department., vice
Wallace H. Hills, deceased, and the
appointment later will be made per.
manent.
In the district court at Slayton
Judge Brown sentenced Anton Poh]
to life Imprisonment in the state peni
Tertiary at Saltwater. Pohl had been
convicted OF obtaining carnal knowl
edge of q child.
Ludwig Swanson, q farmer living
near Bronson, was shot by c. c. Reeves
In quarrel. The alleged murderer
was caught and placed under arrest
after an exciting chase in which many
townspeople took part.
John Hedlund, sixteen years old, &C.
eidentally shot and killed himself with
rifle near Osakis, the ball entering
under his chin and coming out at the
back of the head. The lad was get
ting into boat to 60 fishing.
The forty-seventh anniversary of the
admission of Minnesota into the Union
was celebrated at the state capitol, St.
Paul, last week by the Minnesota Ter.
ritor1al Pioneer association. Several
hundred members were present.
The district court grand jury at Du.
luth, touching on the killing of two
men during strike riot at the Burt
mine recently, holds that the men
were engaged in active rioting and
took their lives in their own hands.
E. O.. Fellows, fuel dealer of Min
neapolis, who had charge of the Peavey
interests in the Mill City, was brought
back from Fort Worth, Tex, last week
In charge of an officer. Fellows is
charged with embezzling $4,000 from
the Peavey company.
Skipping rope was the cause of the
death of Clara Beck, the six-year-old
daughter of William Beck of St. Paul.
An autopsy has been held on the child
which showed that death was due to
peritonit1s, caused from wound she
received in the abdomen while Jump
ing rope.
A. Conan Doyle's new book, The
Return of Sherlock Holiness" is under
the ban of the Minnesota state library
commission. The commission has re-
fused to put Mr.. Doyle's latest produc-
ton on the list of books to be placed
In the Libraries Of the public schools
Of the state.
Frank Becoz, an Austrian miner, lost
his life in the second level of Spruce
No. ! mine at Eveleth. A piece of
tagging broke and the ore began to
cave in. Becoz started to Jump, but
his foot became caught and in a few
seconds he was completely buried in
iron ore and smothered to death.
George w. Peavey, the prominent
Minneapolis grain man, was trying a
new auto Friday and as he had neglect
ed to 60 through the formality of at
taching a number to the machine a
Vgilant policeman hauled him before
Municipal Judge Waite, who imposed
q nominal fine of 81 after hearing the
facts in the case.
James Hunter is under arrest at
Foreston and in custody of the sheriff
Of Mile Laos county charged with
criminal carelessness in connection
with the death of his wife and two
children as the result of an explosion
of dynamite in stove oven. Hunter
is Frustrated. The case will be inves.
tgated blythe grand jury.
Complaints that the members of the
Minnesota Farmers exchange, an or
ganization formed in St. Paul two
years ago, have been put on the black.
list by some of the implement dealers
Of Minnesota have been filed with Gov
ernor Johnson. The farmers complain
that the dealers have fo1med an agree
ment not to sell implements to them.
Harvey S. Rogers, a convict in the
state prison at Saltwater, was killed
Friday afternoon while at work in the
binder Irvine plant. While engaged at
cleaning up in shop 3D." where the
Irvine spindles are numerous, Rogers
was caught by belt and hurled
against q machine. His clothing was
seized by the cogs and his body was
mangled after his head had been
crushed.
E. A. Nelson, former state librarian
under the Van SAINT administration, is
ut the head of plan for the construc
ton of new railroad from the vicinity
of st. Vincent, through Kittson, Ro
seau, Beltrami and Itasca counties, tc
the Head of the Lakes. Mr.. Nelson Is
understood to represent syndicate Of
wealthy men who are only awaiting the
development Of public interest along
the line to assure .s....2nas strong support