Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-06-02
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE,

samuel A. Stearn, one OF the best
known business men of Minneapolis,
is dead.
Joseph T. Beaumont, pioneer resi-
dent of st. Paul, is dead, aged seventy
eight years.
Herman Gross, young man about
twenty-three years of age, committed
suicide at Long Prairie by shooting.
Elmer Cummings, ten years old,
was drowned while swimming in the
Blue Earth river at Blue Earth City.
Forest fires are reported from sew
eral directions north and west of Du-
luth and much damage already has
been done.
Frank Rogan, foreman for the Swift
Packing company at South st. Paul.
committed suicide by shooting. III
health was the motive.
Between 5000 and 5000 visiting Odd
Fellows are expected In st. Paul the
second week in June for the annual
meeting of the stat grand lodge.
Captain John Martin, one of Mime
sofas pioneers and for more than half
century a prominent citizen of Min
neapo1is, is dead, aged eighty-four
years.
Mrs. Floyd Hall of st. James sus-
tanned terrible injuries by the explo-
sion of can Of kerosene and died
after twelve hours of the most intense
suffering.
Eleven theological students were
graduated from the Red Wing semi
nary last week and will be ordained
by the Hauge synod, Norwegian LII
theran church.
J. O.. Pattee, aged sixty-seven years,
for several years master mechanic of
the Great Northern and the Milwaukee
roads, died at st. Paul as result of a
fall in the cellar of his home.
Anders Jensen, eighty-five years old,
was found dead beside the tracks of
the Milwaukee road seven miles west
OF Albert Lea. Examination disclosed
that he had died from exhaustion.
Rev. Henry w. Simmons, for the
pS@OL S"NAIJ WV JSd4 poSlo1 VI lAS
First Unitarian church of Minneapolis
and one of the best known clergymen
In the United States, is dead in the
Mill City after a lingering illness.
A terrific sand storm ragged at Crook.
ston one day last week, sweeping
down the Red River valley from the
Canadian boundary. Noon was trans.
formed into night and stores and bust
ness houses had to turn on lights.
John D. Hyatt, for twenty-three
years trusted clerk in the Minneap.
oils postoffice, has been arrested by
United States Marshal W. H. Grim.
shaw charged with stealing from the
mails and concealing letters upon his
|person.
Frank Lenich and Frank Longer, &C.
cused OF the murder of Peter Kraco
witch at Eveleth on Easter Sunday
night, have been convicted of man
slaughter in the first degree. Both
were indicted for murder in the first
degree.
There will be special election at
Albert Lea June 6 to pass upon the
proposition of issuing bonds in the
sum of $4,000 to aid the Duluth, ST.
Cloud, Glencoe and Mankato railway
that is now building a line through
Freedom county.
Losses by fire in nearly all the cities
and villages in Minnesota having fire
departments were much less In 1904
than the premiums collected by the
fire insurance companies, according tc
a table being prepared by Insurance
Commissioner O'Brien.
The county commissioners of Brown
county have granted all the requests
of Prosecuting Attorney Childs for
funds, ETC.. with which to prosecute
the third trial of DR.. George R. Koch
accused of killing DR.. L. A. Gebhardt
to be held at Mankato on July 6.
Ground has been broken for the
new Twin City Rapid Transit com
pany's car shops at University and
Smelling avenues, St. Paul. The shops
are to take the place Of the ones now
located in Minneapolis and will be one
Of the largest plants in the Northwest
Otto Keller, a convict received at
Saltwater prison from Houston county
March 3, 1904, to serve five years for
burglary, has confessed, to Warden
Wolfer that about two years ago he
shot fellow tramp in double decked
sheep car on sidetrack at Larimore,
n. D.
A young man named Hendrickson
working for John G. Smith, a farmer
near Warren, has committed suicide
He had attended a social gathering
and because he was refused the com
pany of young girl he walked home
took a revolver, went out in a wheat
field and shot himself through the
heart.
Every company CT the Minnesota ma
ttonal guard passed muster at the an
nual inspection of the guard conducted
I by Lieutenant Colonel William Ger
ZACH. retired, N..o finished his work a
few days ago. Colonel Gerlach says
that the condition of the guard has i'm
proved remarkably in the last twelve
months.
The jury in the case of Michael F.
tO'COnnOr who sued the Minnesota