Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-07-07

1orty-nVe years.
Fred Rudhsrg Of Dassel committed
suicide In . rear room Of his depart
ment store. He used carbolic acid.
He was man Of large business inter-
ests and was wealthy.
The census enumerators at Mankato
have completed their work and it is
believed that city's population will be
shown to be about 1900, 4 substantial
gain over i've years ago.
David P. Lyman, one OF tho earliest
pioneers Of Washington county, is
dead. He was the eighth in the line
Of descent from Richard Lyman, Esq,
who came from England in 1881.
Thomas Cummings. on trial at st.
Paul On the charge Of a criminal as
sault upon Mrs. Sarah Gordon. has
been found guilty. He was sentenced
to fiftesn years. Imprisonment in the
state prison.
Employees Of the Minneapolis saw
mills to the number Of more than 1000
have been thrown out of work by the
high water In the river and the mill
owners are suffering great inconveni-
onco and lo6s.
MfS. Grace AdaAson committed sui
ef6e at Minneapolis by swallowing q
drug and jumping into the Mississippi
river. Dependency due to the serious
illness Of her husband was the cause
Of the Woman's act.
William Adamson Of Minneapolis,
whose hopeless illness II supposed to
have been the cause of his wifes SEN
sational suicide In that city on Wednes.
day evening, died at st. Mary's hos
pital Thursday morning.
Mrs. Carl Malmberg, living on a
farm four miles northwest of Renville,
committed suicide by hanging. The
deceased was about seventy-five years
Of age. 1t is thought the cause of the
rash not was undue religious excite
0ent.
Anton H. Tax, who was elected
mayor Of Osads last spring, is dead
from hemorrhage Of the brain. He
was i'll but q few hours. Mr.. Tax was
thirty eight years Of age and was one
Of the most popular business men OF
that section.
Swan Anderson, an aged farmer re.
siding near st. Hilaire, Polk county,
has been sent to Chicago for treatment
for rabies, unmistakeable signs of
which he has shown as the result of
q bite from a mad dog, received sew
eral days ago.
The big logginE CAMPS Of the R. E.
White company 1T Kelliher have been
destroyed by fire, together with the
clothing. bedding, money and personal
effects of $50 men. Shots fired by a
drunken woodsman are supposed to
have ignited the buildings.
Another iron ore district, which, it
IL thought, may prove profitable, has
been discovered in Northern Mime
sofa. This is located in Cass county
about thirty miles southwest of Grand
Rapids and it is believed to be an ex-
tension Of the Mssaba range.
The best methods of draining the
hundreds Of thousands of acres of
swamp lands in the northern part of
the state will be discussed at a meet
ing Of the Minnesota Drainage league,
which will be held at Crookston on
Aug. I: The orSanfxations of the
league, which was begun q few weeks
ago, will be perfected.
krs. Chris sDobmeier Of st. Paul
accidentally shot her six-year-old
daughter On retirinE"M Mr. Dobmeier
left q loaded revolver on the kitchen
table and his wife, not moving it was
losdsd, picked It up and, pointing It at
her little daughter pulled the trigger.
The bullet struck the child in the ab,
domen, fatally in1uring her. The
nothsr 10 prestrated with grief.
The Representatives Of the Duluth,
0t. Cloud, Glencoe and Mankato Rail-
way company, who have been in Al
bert La for i few weeks securing the
right ofoway for the line, have about
completed the work and farmers have
mostly b@en paid, except in cases
who're condemnation proceedings have
EbSen necessary. The grading has been
commenced and will be pushed as
1aptdly adSpossible, r. !.
! i'Mary at lta the woman burglar
caught recently while rifling a desk ID
the Highland Il, Park Presbyterian
church 1T Minneapolis, pleaded guilty
and Mas saentenced to ninety days in
the workhouse, sentence being sus
pended tor = / year.. Later she was
spirited away by the police to the
House Of the Good Shepherd in Sc
Paul. When brought into court the
woman was attired In a neat brow1ni
suit and was heavily yelled. The pa:
fce took good care to help her conceal
her identity, for she was brought into
the room through the judges cham
q q md Wass out Tho aalal
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