The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-08-04
GOPHER GOSSIP.

follows her sweetheart to the grave.
St. Paul-Mary Matheson, $50
Charles street, nine years old, is
drowned in the river.
Winona-The steamer Clyde, which
was overturned by the gale near Min
neiska, has been raised.
Duluth.-The city's population is
64,946, compared with 5000 in 1900,
an increase of 1877, or 22.6 per cent.
st. Paul.-Henry Blakeley of st.
Paul is appointed general Western
freight agent of the Northern Pa
cific.
Robbinsdale-Olive w. Newell, a
prominent citizen and veteran of the
civil war, died very suddenly at his
home.
Minneapolis. party of newspa-
per men are the guests of the state
on trip to inspect the states re-
sources.
Winona.-At the close of the sum-
mer school session twenty students
will be graduated from the WinoBa
normal school.
ST. Paul.-The record for the coun-
ty morgue for July shows seventeen
cases, the largest in the history of
the institution.
Moorhead.-The meat market of G.
NJ. Huffaker* was entered by burglars
during the night and the cash regis
ter rifed of $3.50.
Hastings.-Foul murder is charged
< ron in
with the body of 1-year-old child
taken from Pickerei lake.
Seattle.-S. G. Fulton, assistant
general freight agent of the North
ern Pacific, will be offered place in
the service of the company at st.
Paul.
Winona.-Union men will abandon
their big parade on Labor day this
year and in place of a demonstration
in the city will have an excursion and
outing
NIinneapolis.-Whil alone in her
home Mrs. Christina Miller, living at
2715 Twenty-sixth avenue south,
dropped dead in the kitchen of her
house.
Minneapolis.-The exodus to secure
cheaper lands is assigned as the rea-
son for a decrease in the population
of some of the Southern Minnesota
counties.
Stillwater.-The population of this
city has increased III since 1900.
The census bureau announced the
1905 count, which is 12,435. In 1909
it was 12.31s. .....
Minneapolis forty days the
river gave up the body of Frank
Eller, the eldest SON of Patrolman
Thomas Eller, who was drowned on
the evening of June 13.
Administrations in the food
devastated district about here have
not been exaggerated and $4,000 will
be needed to tide over the inhabi-
tants until harvest time next year.
uth.-Twenty-eight thousand
four hundred and nineteen tons is
the increase in tonnage of the yes
sells enrolled in the port of Duluth
| this year over that of last season.
Duluth.-Winnipeg won the four
cared race in the regatta here, cross
| ing the line fifteen feet ahead of the
Minnesota four from ST. Paul. Du-
luth was third, considerably in the
rear.
neapolis.-Andrew Nordin was
| buried under a ton of earth while
eXcavating for connection with the
water main at IS University avenue
| southeast in Minneapolis, causing his
death.
New Prague.-The supply building
| of the cooper shop burned. The loss
was about So 900, with no insurance.
| The building was the property of
| the New Prague FIGURING Mill COM
| pany.
Lake City.-William Funke, aged
| 20, well known youth of Wabasha
county, living about nine miles from
| this city, committed suicide by
| shooting himself through the head
| with a revolver.
ST. Paul.--John Lajor, 65 years old,
a colored laborer for the Barber As
phalt company, and living on Wood
bridge street, dropped dead on his
way to work. Apoplexy was the
cause of his death.
Mankato.-Ralph Neuman, the IS
year-old son of Christian Neuman,
died of lockiaw. While working at
the Pay candy factory rod of a
lemon drop machine struck his left
foot, breaking the flesh.
CrooEston-Unless the Crookston
Lumber company appeals to the sG-
preme court Emery Ulseth of this
city will secure the sum of $4,000 for
broken nose, received while en-
| ployed as lumber piler.
| Duluth.--Iron mining men express
mild but genuine surprise that the
state officials should propose to have
| steps taken to increase the royalties
on state properties that are now
under lease to mining companies.
| Winona.-Five thousand tons OF
| wild hay has been lost to the Winona
market because of the continued high
| water this summer This is the con-
| servative estimate of some of the
leading hay dealers in this section
Tyler.-Rev III. J. Peterson, found
er of the Danebod college, and form
erly pastor of the Danish Lutheran
church here, died at his home in
Ruthton after a long and painful
sickness. Rev. Mr.. Peterson was one
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