Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-07-28
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE,


Minnesota druggists, in convention
at Duluth, elected G. H. HUM of Min
neapolis president
Gustave Brackelsberg, a pioneer set
tier and an old soldier, is dead at his
farm three miles west of Madelia.
The body of Henry Knoch was found
In the Mississippi river at South Park.
It is thought he committed suicide.
Andrew Nordin was buried under a
ton of earth while excavating for a
connection with the water main in
Minneapolis.
Rev. H. J. Peterson, founder of the
Danebod college and formerly pastor
of the Danish Lutheran church at
Tyler, is dead at RutAton.
George Sherlock, assistant cashier
Of the Merchants National bank of
eauk Center, was drowned while bath
Ing In Sank lake. He was twenty-five
years old.
J. P. Morrow, 4 prominent Duluth
attorney, was killed and T. A. Ru-
brecht, a wealthy lumberman, serious
~ injured in an automobile accident
1T Superior, Wis.
J. A. LIE Beuf, confidential book
keeper for Dubeau Bros. of Minneap-
oils, wholesale dealers In tropical
fruits, has been arrested charged with
the embezzlement of upwards of $4,000
from his employers.
Final Official census figures place
the population of Minneapolis at 261,-
ga. This is gain of 1926 since the
federal census Of 1900. The gain is
the greatest Of any fve-year period in
the history Of the city.
The Jefferson club Of Chicago has
extended an invitation to Governor
Johnson to respond to 4 toast at fare
we'll banquet to be rendered w. J.
Bryan on Sept. Is. Mr.. Bryan leaves
On the next day for Europe.
Daniel M. Robbins, one Of the plo-
assrs of Ramsey county, was stricken
with acute heart failure superinduced
BY excessive heat and died at his homo
In st. Paul. Mr.. Robbins was seventy
three years old and millionaire.
Alfred Buck, former cashier Of tho
xapleton State bank, was recently
arrested At the isle of. Fines under the
name Of w. J. McGregor On the charge
q dedication and viii be brought to
Havana for e1tradition to the United
States.
!, Rev. o. A.. III. solem, . prominent
md we'll known Lutheran clergyman,
pleaded guilty at Ada to misconduct
toward married women In his parish
and was sentenced to one year and
three months in the state prison At
hard labor.
The i've government reservoirs 1T
the headwaters OF tho Mississippi river
held nearly 10000, 100000 cubic feet
Of water on June 30. This is an in
crease Of nearly $4,000, oo0, 900 cubic
feet over the amount in storage on
June 80. 1904.
Because she had had him sent to
the Minneapolis workhouse for rob-
bing her Gus Drexler, upon his re-
lease, shot Mrs. Frank Albrecht Of
that city and then killed himself by
poison. The woman's injuries are be-
lieved to be fatal.
Rev. J. S. Morgan, pastor of the
Christian church in Litchfield, was
drowned in Laue lake. He was alone
on the lake in a punt boat. It is sup
posed the heat caused him to attempt
to take off his coat and that he lost
his balance and fell into the water.
Farmers living in the township of
Leslie, Todd county, are making COM
plants of the ravages Of wolves
among their sheep One night recent
" Frank Moore lost thirty.hve sheep
in this way. An organized effort viii
be made to exterminate the wolves.
F. D. Mcintyre, a farmer near
Wheaton, met death through acciden-
tai poisoning. Not feeling well he
took a large dose of morphine, afro
phine and aconite, which had been pre-.
scribed for rheumatism, believing it
to be something for stomach trouble.
The census returns indicate that the
population of Blue Earth county has
decreased 1895, as compared with five
years ago, when 1t was 32,2e3. The
growth of the city of Mankato during
this period has been 397, so that the
county outside of the city has lost
1,423.
Theodore Primeau of st. Paul, eight
cen years old, has been held to the
grand jury on the charge of assault.
It is asserted that he attempted to
prevent his companion, Jacob Salute,
from saving himself from drowning
after he, Pr1meau, had pushed him
into the river.
Josephine Smith, one-year-old daugh-
ter of John Smith of South st. Paul,
died from drinking kerosene oil. The
mother had just filed some lamps and
placed the can on the floor nearby.
The child managed to imbibe a large
quantity Of the fluid and died after
four hours Of intense agony.
Benjamin S. Cook, aged seventy-two
years, former Democratic state central
and congressional committeeman, ex-
mayor of Owatonna and one of the
most prominent men politically in
co,,tbarp Minneoo%a committed c,i.