Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-12-01
NEWS II ( TN OLA
EVENTS OF a WEEK THRouosi
oUT4THE STATE.

G 8: g. Pierce, well known in business
and real estate CIRCLES ii st. Paul. il
dead.
Frank Johnson, engineer on the 500
railroad. Was instantly killed Ct Min
reapolis By being run over BY his own
engine. .s .,..,5 s=s5s55.
Miss Mamie Jordan Of Mahnomsn.
near Ada, while out hunting squirrels,
shot herself in the right Lei. She viii
recover. @4s s:i IL Y &
I Robert Brown, . fireman in the en-.
.ploy Of the Omaha railway, was in
stantly killed BY > switch engine at
st. Paul. .z;s,. ~. 81. Il, 5. .r. # ~ (!
The Red Wing Gas and Electric com.
pany has sold it, entire plant ana sys.
tenn to . syndicate Of capitalists from
Detroit, Mich. -.
The, bodies, Of Allen Fagley and
Philip Dodson, st. Paul young men
drowned In Lake Elmo Oct, Is, have
been recovered f@Fs y =
Governor johnson has refused to
grant the use of the old capitol TOR q
public dance: The request was made
by st. Paul 9. A. n. post.
Figures givssal out BY TIC state cen.
sus bureau show that the Swsdes. pre-
dominate IN Minneapolis by over TO-.
900, while In st. Paul the Germans lead
BY over 10000. ~ ~.-...:. .
Lectures by distinguished educators
will be features at the forty.third an.
nuaf convention of the MinnNeota Edu-
cational association, to be held In st.
Paul Dec. ~ to 20.
The, grand. lodge ohicers of the
Knights Of Pythias of Minnesota are
making determined effort to in.
crease the membership to 10000 in
this state by Dec. 1.
Women living at Riverside Park,
Minneapolis, have reported to the DO
nce that they had seen q large log
floating down the river with the body
Of man dashed to 1t.
Joseph Gardner, sentenced to life
imprisonment for the killing of Will.
lam Garrison, homesteader in Itasca
county, has been granted a new trial
by the supreme court.
Colonel F. R. Well, formerly pro
prietor of the Merchants and Ryan
hotels at st. Paul, was seriously in,
jured In runaway. Unless compli-
cations set in his recovery is expected.
David Ball Parsons, Jr., of Mime
apolis was brutally murdered by In
dams at his ranch cabin at Metlate-
yucca, Mex, Nov. II. Parsons was
th1rty-two years Of age and a graduate
of Yale.
c. F.. Fallstrom was literally torn to
pieces In the controversial conduit Of
the St. Paul city railway ON Selby hill.
His body was found wedged In between
the tracks of the counterweight and
the cable.
The Security National bank Of AL
bert Lea, capitalized at $4,000, has
decided to go into liquidation after be-
ing In business three years. There
are still three banks doing business
In that city.
Florence Beach, three years old, was
burned to death In her home 1T Min.
neapolis while playing with the kitchen
dre. Her mother was absent at. Q
neighbours, leaving Florence and her
dve-year-old sister alone.
The Barnet & Record company of
Minneapolis Is the successful bidder
for the construction Of the new No. 4
ore dock for the Duluth, Missabe and
Northern at Duluth. The dock and up.
proaches will cost about $1,000, o00.
Attorney General Young has applied
tor receiver for the State Mutual
Fire Insurance company of st. Paul.
The application for a receiver is made
~ TIA result Of: Inaneameee Commds.
sioner O'Brien's' investigation Of the
resources and liabilities Of the con.
GERM -
John Vossland entered =. plea Of
guilty In the, federal court. at, Wineaa
70 the charge Of having taken a letter
from the rural free delivery box OF
Otto sslke near La Crescent. His plea
tor clemency was that he wanted to
see what his sweetheart had written
to Selke, who was his rival. Judge
Morris sentenced him to pay a fine Of
go.
One out, of every: seven cases han
died by the Minneapolis Associated
Charities during the month Of October
was that Of q woman deserted by her
husband. The, average number Of such
eases usually runs about one in every
sixteen. so it is readily apparent that
for some unaccountable reason Mime
apolis women are being deserted by
the Wholesale. -, -
A report of DR.. Bracken, secretary
Of the state board of health, shows that
last year 2,127 deaths of the 1864 In
the state were caused by consumption.
In 1903 there were 1896 out of II, 403
In other words IL per cent of the
deaths last year were from consump-
ton and 1912 per cent in 1909 In
1905 1858 out Of 15,41s died Of con.
sumption, or II per cent.
Stockholders in the, Minnesota and
Montana Cattle company, organized by
prominent Northern MinnasOta hnsi.