Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-01-06
NEWS LIN MINNHSlyTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

Prairie has been destroyed by fire. All
the occupants of the building escaped.
The Hallock roller mills, owned by
Joseph Sugden, have been DESTROYED
by fire. The loss is estim..t ted at
$4,000.
| Edward LanctOt, aged seventy-four
years, is dead at Crookston of old age
He was the oldest resident in the Red
River valley.
| BY the narrow margin Of one vote
the state supreme court has fled an
opinion holding the so-called anti-fu-
sion law invalid.
William Gould, Justice of the peace
at Rose Town, Ramsey county, IS
I dead. He had been totally palalyze :
during the last six weeks.
Dewey Squircs, aged twenty-five, a
resident of Minneapolis and a era ILL
ate OF the University Of Minnesota. has
been killed in the Belle mine at Bulue,
Mont.
Matthews Lutheran church, New YORK.
city, for Twenty-Five years, is DEAL
Before removing to that synod he was
president of the Minnesota synod at
st. Paul.
The state pardon board has granted
a full and complete pardon to Norman
King, former police captain of Mill
neapolis, who was sentenced to the
state prison on the charge Of being an
accessory to a felony.
The postoaice at Beaver Creek was
broken into and robbed. The robbers
took $1,000 in stamps. They also
robbed the depot till and slot machine,
but got only few pennies.
W. H. Jones, manager of the Chi
cago office of the Washburn- Crosby
company, wholesale -four dealers o.
Minneapolis, died at Chicago Thurs
day from injuries sustained in a fail
over a 5anister in his home.
Governor Van SAINT has appoint eli
|CapLain Charles c.. Whitney OF MAJ
lshall member of the board of tr1:s-
tees of the Minnesota Soldiers home
in the place Of William P. Huntington,
who rendered his resignation.
Eugene Bowler, car inspector at
the Minnesota Transfer company, fell
down a flight of stairs into the base
iment OF the Transit House at Midway,
between the Twin Cities, f>actuTinG
his skull. He died Immediately.
The body of an unknown man was
found at Freeman On the Northern
lPacif1c track. Both arms and legs
were cut Off and the face was mutt
lated beyond recognition. It is SUP
|posed ne was hit or fell from a train.
Henry ]. CHASER, we'll known in both
st. Paul and Minneapolis, (ied in the
latter city Friday morning from in
|juries received by him in the crowd
in
lapOlis on the night OF the Lind-Pete.-
son debate
The Minnesota Educational associa-
ton, in session at St. Paul, elecle,.
the following officers: President,
|school; recording secretary, n IS Fan
ME Giles, Austin; treasurer, c. L.
Payne, Stewartsville.
F. G.. Winston, late Democratic can
didate for lieutenant governor, Id:
been appointed surveyor senv'al .;
logs and lumber for the Minncapo]i.
district. W. W. Williams of Mirnea. j.
oils, union printer, has been ap-
pointed labor commissioner.
Miss Anna Olson, residing near Mon.
IteVideO, persisted in last weeks biz
}zard In attempting to reach the barn
she lost her way and a searching
party found her body buried in ?
snoWdrift over d mile from her home.
She lived with her aged parents.
Foley, Larsen G Stewart, St. Paul
contractors, have received a contract
for rock work that is to be done OF:
the Canadian Pacific railway between
Winnipeg and Fort William in con-
nection with the double tracking OF
the road. The contract involves sew
eral million dollars.
The Northern Pacific railroad has
won it's suit in the Ramsey county dis
trict court il which the state sued to
collect $28,293 taxes for 1903 and S.
S39 penalty. In handing. down his de-
cision Judge Kelly sustains the con
tention Of the counsel for the railroad
that the tax is offset by credits which
are not taxable.
The Minneapolis city council, OF
whichDavid p. Jones, the mayor-elect,
has been a member and president io1
several years, is held responsible 10y
the cororer's jury for the recent dis
aster when six men were killed in the
collapse of the Croker hotel. which
was crushed by the falling OF the walls
of the Peck building, burned a week
before
With view to establishing an ideal
Minnesota summer resort United;
States Senator Moses E. Clapp, JUS
tice E. A. Jaggard of the state SUI
preme court, William Henry Eustis OF
Minneapolis and score of others have
just organized the Pokegama Tuxedo
association. The new resort is on the
Duluth Short Line, sixty-miles from
Minneapolis.
Professor H. C. Carel of the STATE
university created sensation at a.
inquest in Albert Lea over the Doc.
of Annund J. Boon, a farmer Wis,
lived about nine miles from that city
when he declared he had found suiA.-
cient poison in the remains to kill ha .
a dozen men. Boon died on Dec. 10.
1908, and the analysis was made a.:
days after death. Arrests are e..
pected.
| The state Of Minnesota is to Et
asked to surrender the property nov
occupied by the Old state capitol. Tn.
heirs OF Charles Bazllle, who in 1ov
gave to the territory of Minnesota i.
trust the ground on which the 0.
capitol is situated, have decided
make claim for the PROPERTY on t..