Mower County transcript., 1905-10-25
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Eric stromstedt, IS st. Paul black.
smith, is dead from a fracture Of the
skull sreceiVed in a street car accident.
Mrs. Celestine Parent, whose hus-
band founded the town Of Parent, Ben
ton county is dead at st. Cloud at the
| age efsei ighty.tW years.
For the first time since the estab-
|iishment5 Of the state board :off control
the rule Of secrecy in receiving bids
and placing of contracts has been aboI
ished 81 @.t6 =fs fB sTss* 5S5$s
Pi1lsbury "A mill in Minneapolis
turned out 5,267 barrels Of flour in
twenty.four hours recently, breaking
the worlds record for one days grind
ing of flour in one mill. '*
Louis W. Hill, vice president of the
Great Northern road, was arrested at
Duluth for exceeding the speed limit
in his automobile. He pleaded guilty
and was fined so and costs. q
The contract for the erection of the
new live stock pavilion at the state
fair grounds has been let to Pike G.
Cook of 4 Minneapolis. The contract
price for the building is $4,000: =
Three hundred delegates from all
over the United States and Canada at
tended the thirteenth annual conven.
tion of the National Association of
Spiritualists at Minneapolis last week.
John Smith, who was convicted at
Anoka on a charge of manslaughter
for killing Fred Matthews, has been
sentenced to the St. Cloud reformatory
for not less than seven nor more than
twenty years. -, II,
James Mcpherson, one Of the Oldest
settlers in Clay county, died at his
home in the township of eGlyndon. He
came to Minnesota thirty-three years
ago and for thirty-one years he lived
On the same farm. *::s{ l.:&a:.
The project of building an electric
road from Winonas south has again
been revived. Itsis proposed to run
the road to Mason City, Ia, passing
through Preston, Lane boro and a
number of other thriving inland towns.
While attempting to cross the Mil
Waukee tracks at Minneapolis when
returning home from school segie
Carlson, ten years old, was instantly
killed by a switch engine and her
older sister, Mary, was slightly injured
J. G. Ewing, night operator for the
Milwaukee road at Hopkins, was
slugged by an unknown 'assailant at II
O'CLOCK Friday night. He was Lett on
the. floor in an unconscious condition
The robber secured SIS in cash and a
revolver.
William E. Bechtel, former president
of the Northwestern National Life In,
surance company of Minneapolis, has
been sued by his wife, Carrie a. Bech.
tel,g for a divorce. Cruel and inhuman
treatment and nonsupport are the
charges preferred. - -
I A verdict of $4,000 has been recov-
cred lin the Ramsey county district
court by Miss Clara Raasch* I'M he:
damage suit against the Elite Laun 1r,,'
company and George NJ Carter. Mis-:
Raasch lost the fingers of the right
hand while working in the laundry.
Nick Smith, on trial at Anosa On a
charge of stabbing Fred Matthews,
was found guilty of manslaughtcr in
the first degree. The testimony in the
case showed that the two men were in
a saloon where they had been drink
ing and that they quarreled and fought
Mrs. J. L. Washburn' of Duluth has
been elected president of the Mime
sofa Federation of Women's Clubs The
other officers elected were: Mrs. C.
E. Conant, Wells, recording secretary;
Mrs. c. L. Atwood, St. Cloud, auditor;
Mrs. Fl. N. McKusick, Stillwater, his.
torian. .-s.--
< County Auditor Weaver of Blue
Earth county has received a check
from the county board of Brown coun-
ty for $S,5S1, this being in full pay
ment for the. expenses of sthe second
and third trials of Dr. George r. Koch
of New Ulm on the charge of murder
ing Dr.sL. A. Gebhardt.
Rollarity Nedelke of st. Louis was
instantly killed by. passenger: train
while walking on. the railroad track
between st. Cloud and Clear Lake.
His father was walking with him and
was witness of the accident. They
had been working at Black Duck and
were making their way home to St.
Ysouis. II, -. j.
w. c: Arons, the "bonesetter,,o who
operated in Hudson and Superior, Wis,
entered plea of guilty to charges of
bigamy and grand larceny before
Judge Spooner at Aitkin, this state,
and was sentenced to six years in
Saltwater, five years being the limit
on the first count and one year was
added for the other. -
| Stringent methods to prevent the
spread OF tuberculosis have been de-
termined, upon by the state board of
health. A circular letter will be issued
to the county school superintendent
instructing the members not to hire a
| teacher affected with tuberculosis nor
/ to permit a child suffering from the
disease to attend school. ) d.
The state auditor figures that the
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