Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-09-01
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF a. WEEK '1hRoUoh.
OUT THE STATE,

Mill City. ..r=ms,. 81 =
More than $500, 900 will 10 spent Nv
the city sof Minneapo1fsH the
year 1906 for 5 new paving, sewers,
curbs and other streetsimpTTovemsnts.
Joseph spiska, aged thirty.eixht,
was run over and killed whilS At
tempting to board 4 train ON tho MIL
waukee road q the yards at.f ninnslap-
ens.& 4 J, 4. e.. IL IL. = J ;:
John Landau. foreman Of 4 crew Of
laborers. 1T work near the east end of
the Tenth avenue bridge 1T Minueap-
oils, was killed by the collapse OF a
derrick ,,.....
DR.. George R. Koch, The New ulm
dentist who was acquitted after three
trials of . charge Of killing Dr.. L. A.
oebhardt, has located permanently in
Minneapolis.
Frank A. Johnston. the bachelor can
1tal1st OF Winona, who has been a
familiar figure on the streets OF that
city for a number OF years, is dead,
aged seventy years.
Minnesota's population is 1,979,304,
according to the official census figures
announced by George F. Wright, su-
pervisor of the census. This is a gain
Of 22S,410 since 1900.
County Auditor Weaver of Blue
Earth county has forwarded to Brown
county the expense account of the
third Koch trial, which foots up, ex-
elusive of attorney hire, to $4,654.5o.
The date for opening of bids for the
purchase of timber on tho White
Earth Indian reservation in this state
has been changed from Sept. 3 to Oct.
: to give more time to bidders for
inspection.
Victor Sperra, a prominent farmer
living three miles south of Good Thun-
der, was found dead in bed. Death
was due to heart trouble. He was
hfty-nine years old and had lived in
Blue Earth county for thirty years.
Excitement prevails in Lockhart
over the discovery Of what appears to
be crude oil floating ON pools Of water.
Az some coal has been found along
the banks Of the wild Rice river it 10
not unlikely that oil will be discovered
in paying quantities.
Labor Commissioner Williams 70.
port on child labor is but the opening
gun in 4 crusade against that class of
labor. AS soon as school begins an
active campaign will be waged, espe-
cially in st. Paul. where the increase
In child labor Ia a1armfn1
The state census bureau has an
nounced the SCI classification for Hen
nepin county and it shows 166,5a5
males to 1921 females, the total
population being 292,Soe. Ramsey
county has 110,022 males to 96,307
females, a total Of 206,330. :,
William Johnson and John Giroux,
both young men, we're shot by B. Con-
molly, proprietor of q saloon at St.
Paul, while making an alleged at
tempt to burglarize the saloon. john
son was shot In the calf of the leg
and Giroux was shot in the leg.
The bureau Of plant industry of the
department of agriculture has EN-.
ployed E. M. Freeman of the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota to devote his entire
time to the study of rusts Of the
cereal crops and grasses. Mr.. Free
man will have his headquarters In
Washington.
George Roberts of Milwaukee lies
ut St. Luke's hospital in Duluth with
fractured skull, the blow being in
f11cted by two highwaymen, who at
tackled him on a lonely street. He
will probably die. There is no clue
to his assailants, who made off after
robbing him.
. Alvin w. Stowell, postmaster at
Lake Alice, has been arrested on the
charge of padding cancellations and
falslfying returns. At his hearing at
Walker bonds we're fixed at $1,000, in
default of which he was taken to the
St. Louis county Jail to await trial
next January
The secretary of the interior has
ordered the withdrawal from entry Of
all the unappropriated public land in
eleven townships in Northern Mime
sofa. The withdrawal is made In the
interest of forest reserve, which is
to be created Immediately north of
the Lake Superior reserve
The Northwestern League of Munfc-
Qualities will convene in Minneapolis
on Sept. 26, q and 20, when from 300
to 500 city officials from all over the
Northwest will convene and discuss
taxation, sewage, street lighting, paw
Ing and the score or more kindred
subjects of general interest among
their number.
Ole Moen, prominent and wealthy
farmer of the eastern end of Polk
county, was found a half mile south
of his farmhouse in grove, his body
blackened and life departed. The case
Is mystery to the authorities and it
has not been determined whether foul
play, accident or suicide is RESPONSE
bic for the mans death.
A financial statement just issued by
the state auditor as to tax collections
for the past fiscal year shows that
the state is carrying on it's books
balance of s1,SS0,83S.37 under the
head of unpaid taxes. The unpaid
taxes are personal, as the delinquent