Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-06-16
NEWS IN MINNESOTA I
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT TIE STATE.

OUT THE STATE.
Crops are reported in excellent con-
dition.
The Henderson -four mill has been
destroyed by fire.
There were thirty-one deaths from
tuberculosis in Minneapolis during the
Month of May.
According to the census just CON-
pleted the present population of Min
neapolis IL $4,000.
Clyde Crennian, seven years old,
was run over by wagon at st. Paul
Friday and instantly killed.
Earl Maxwell, aged twelve, the old
est son of Mayor Maxwell of Eveleth,
was dragged to death by his pony.
Margaret Garvey, q ten-year-old girl,
died suddenly at Holy Angels acad-
envy, Minneapolis, from a paralytic
stroke.
Harry Laramie and james r. Egan,
accused OF killing Special O@cer Peter
kaverty Of st. Paul, have been held
to the grand jury.
Henry Arlin, forty years old, fell
from a wagon at Brainerd and was
almost instantly killed. He had no
relatives in this country.
Burglars operating in the vicinity
of the state university and in South
Thursday night cleaned
up $1,100 In merchandise and money.
The second division Of the South
western Minnesota G.. A. r. associa-
ton will hold its annual encampment
at Redwood Falls on July IS, 10 and
20.
Nicholas Eckes, on trial at Mime
apolis for the murder Of Fred Roma,
has been acquitted, the jury finding
that he fired the fatal shot in self de-
tense.
John Wfgdahl, prominent farmer
residing near Rothsay, Otter Tail
county, was struck by the Great North
ern westbound flyer and instantly
killed.
George Mahan, colored, on trial at
St. Paul for the killing of his wife, has
been found guilty of murder in the
second degree and sentenced to life
William Brazington, aged thirty,
was instantly killed by falling
three stories down an elevator shaft
at the 1tasca warehouse, Minneapolis.
His neck was broken.
Paul Reynolds pleaded guilty in the
federal court at St. Paul to passing
and having in his possession counter.
felt SO gold pieces and was sentenced
to two years Imprisonment and fine
of $500.
Thomas J. Meighen of Forestville,
Fillmore county, candidate of the Peo-
PIES party for governor in 1902, has
been appointed a member of the state
board of equalization by Governor
johnson.
Minnesota stands twelfth on the list
of states in the number of rural free
delivery routes established. Twelve
hundred routes are in operation in the
state and ia petitions for the service
await action.
The Mankato Peat Fuel company
has been organized with a capital of
.$150,000. The company at once will
erect $4,000 plant and will engage
in the manufacture of peat bricquettes
for use as fuel.
Dreaming that burglar was threat
ening her with a butcher knife Miss
lott 49, VOLTS
from the third story window of her
home and sustained a broken arm, a
broken leg and internal injuries.
Henry Christophel, for nearly fifty
years resident of st Paul, is dead,
aged ninety-three years. Mr.. Chris
tophel resided in New Ulm at the time
of the Indian outbreak in 1862, taking
an active part in the warfare with the
Indians.
Arthur L. Gibson pleaded guilty at
St. Paul to an indictment of larceny in
the second degree. He was charged
with manipulating his accounts as
bookkeeper for the Merchants Nation
al bank in such a manner as to en-
bezzle $40.
The postotf1ce at Crow Wing was
robbed one night last week. Two
masked men held up E. L. Quinn, post
master, and his brother, and secured
1872 and two gold watches. The money
taken belonged to the postoffice and
express company.
A bull moose about two years old
and weighing 1900 pounds dashed
down the hillside into Duluth one
morning last week and fell to the
ground in the East End residence dis
trict. He was unable to rise and ex-
pired two hours later.
Broken down in health because OF
too close application to art study and
discouraged because her illness had
forced her to give up her work Miss
Emma Wolfe. a student at the Mime.
apolis School of Fine Arts, committed
suicide by drinking carbolic acid.
Minnesota is experiencing a wave
of municipal reform. Governor John
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