Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-05-05
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EvENTs or A WEEK THROUGH.
- - OUT THE STATE.

John Snow, aged sixty-nine years, a
pioneer resident of Minnesota and st.
Paul, is dead.
1t is estimated that 100, 000, 900 feet
Of lumber awaits shipment from Two
Harbors and Duluth. -
E. p. Sanborn of St. Paul has been
elected grand commander of the
Knights Templar of Minnesota.
Fred Foote has been arrested at
Spooner for the murder of Mayor Matt
Cannon Of Spooner in a Beaudette sa-
loon three weeks ago.
Permission to extend the Minneap-
oils Street Railway company's line
into Fort Smelling has been granted
by the war department.
Mrs. William May of Round Prairie,
Todd county, is dead. She had reached
the advanced age of ninety-fv and is
survived by an aged husband.
Henry O'Connor's saloon at St.. Paul
was held up early Saturday morning
and $34 in money, several TASKS of
whisky and some cigars taken.
While searching for ball which
mad rolled into a sewer hole number
of Minneapolis boys found about $500
worth of silks and dress goods.
DIR. M. l.. Hadsel, St. Paul ply.
stefan on trial at Minneapolis on the
charge of having performed a crimi-
nal operation, was found guilty.
There are forty places to be filled
On the St. Paul police force within the
next few days and there are exactly
800 applications for these positions.
Maud Schaible, twenty-five years
DID, a seamstress, attempted suicide
In Rice park at St. Paul by taking car.
bolic acid. She was taken to the city
hospital, where it is said she will re-
cover.
James Lockhard of Proctor a brake
man on the Duluth, Missabe and
Northern road, was thrown from the
top of car upon which he was walk.
Ing near Mesaba Junction and instant.
ly killed.
There were 1O5 cases of smallpox
and two deaths reported to the state
board of health for the week endin.
April "a. One death occurred at
Crookston and one in Victor township
Wright county.
According to report just issued by
the state labor bureau there were 1919
accidents in factories and shops OF
the state during the past quarter In
eighteen instances limbs were lost and
fourteen accidents proved fatal
Paul D. Ferguson, member of the
firm of Gordon & Ferguson, St. Paul
Is dead. He was one of the leading
business men of St. Paul and closely
Identified for number of years with
the manufacturing interests of that
city.
For the first time in her history
Minnesota will face the next fiscal
year, beginning Aug. /, 1905, with a
deficit in the revenue fund of approx
mately $1,O00,00O. There have been
deficits in the past but none so large
rs this
Frank Donald Dean, the four-year
old son of J. w. Dean, is dead at Blue
Earth from an affection that at first
appeared to be spotted fever, but
which later was diagnosed as a case
Of tetanus caused by wounds inflicted
by gamecock.
Washington Watts, aged seventy
one years, one of the first settlers at
the Head of the Lakes, dropped dead
from heart disease at Duluth. He was
q prominent contractor for many years,
but retired few years ago on &C.
count of advanced age.
Captain John 8. Huntsinger is dead
ut Park Rapids at the age of seventy,
seven years. He was among the ear
lest settlers in Park Rapids. When
Hubbard county was organized he was
made register of deeds and held the
Office continuously until 1901.
W1nOna, f1nancier and multi-million-
ARE, considered among the wealthiest
men Of the Northwest, is dead. He
had been i'll for two years. but had
been down in his Office almost every
day attending to his business.
If the expectations of the game and
fish commission are realized about
100000 pike fry and 100000 trout
fry will be planted in the lakes and
streams of Minnesota this summer.
The trout fry have already been Sc.
cured and will be distributed imme.
diately.
Ex-senator J. D. Jones, who recently
returned from winter trip through
the South, is lying at the point of
death in his home at Long Prairie.
Shortly after his return he was
stricken with inflammatory rheuma.
ttsm and little hope is entertained of
his recovery.
Two children of Gilbert Fourier of
the town of Terrebonne, Polk county,
were smothered to death in a straw
stack. Three children were playing
around the stack and set fire to it.
Becoming alarmed at what they had
done the two. youngest crawled into a
hole in the straw and burned to death,
After being out eight hours the Jury
In the case IF Hannah IJ,nd which 10