Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-10-06
NEWS IN MINNEsO TA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT the STATE. I

OUT THE STATE.
Minneapolis courts granted twenty
divorces in one day last week.
John L. Grunn, one OF the leading
merchants and a pioneer citizen Of
Pipestone, is dead.
George B. Warner, for nifty years i
lesident Of Spring Valley, 10 dead,
bged seventy-eisht. F'>
The Twin City Rapid Transit com
pany has inaugurated street car serv.
Ice to Lake Minnetonka.
Gertrude Butler, 4 domestic. was
drowned in cistern in the basement
h the old iKittson home 1T st. Paul.
The United Norwegian church has
decided to erect $500, 900 hospital in
Minneapolis. The Institution Will be
Aon-sectarian.
Percy Loutit, the seven.year-old son
Df Mr.. and Mrs. James H.. Loutit Of
Minneapolis, was instantly killed by
eavein Of sandpit.
Fred Foote, who confessed to the
killing OF Matt Cannon at Beaudette
May 9, 1905, has been sentenced to
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
Albert Scheffer, some years ago
prominent in Republican political cir
eles and at one time one Of the fore
most fnanciers in st. Paul, is dead.
+ Two inmates of the st. Cloud re.
eormatory escaped last week. The
men used red pepper to throw the re-
formatory b'oodhounds of their trail.
A project is on foot to divide Nor.
nan county, forming new county of
the sixteen townships in the reserva-
lion, which at present belong to Nor
nan county.
The year-old son Of Eli Gambold,
whose home il on farm near Lake
Volney, six miles southwest of Mont
gomery, fell into = tub Of water and
VAS drowned.
The Great Northern road 10 plan
ming extensive improvements at Min.
neapolis in the way of shops and ter
minals. Four million dollars, it IL
Baid, will be expended.
This; year has been IN exception to
The general rule 30 far a. forest fires
are concerned, not one fire of any con-
sequence occurring in the state during
the summer and early FALL,
Mary AeMahoa, seventeen years
I'D, attempted suicide at Minneapolis
by taking carbolic acid because, her
mother would not let her 20 to the
theeter. She YIN probably recover.
The state board Of eqsalisation win
attempt to tax the Standard OH com
pany, the international Harv6stef COM
pany, the beef corporations and other
trusts doing business in Minnesota on
franchise basis.
Professor William Robertson, who
has been teacher Of physics at the
Minnesota agricultural farm since
1883, has gone to Crookston, where he
has been made superintendent, Of the
experiment sub-station.
John Glirsner, while working beside
separator near Echo, was caught in
the blower belt and was revo1ved rap
Idly around with the shafting. His
clothing was stripped OF and ho re-
ceived serious cut in the head.
Three state timber trespass cases
were settled by the state timber board
ut meeting last week. The cases
were settled at double the damage as
provided by law, minus what the CON-
panies had already paid into the treas
ury.
Three small boys, Wallace, aged
eight, and Oliver, aged six, sons of P.
G. Jacobson, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank, and Halver Jarshaw, aged
six, son of Guile Jarshaw, were seri-
ously injured in a runaway at Mad
ison.
At the charter election held at. Be-
midi the question of taking out city
charter was carried in favor of the
act by vote of 321 to 204. The first
election will be held on Nov. and the
city government will be organized on
Nov. IA.
About fifty people occupying rooms
were chased into the street in their
night clothes by fire that started in
the basement of the building shortly
after midnight. No one was injured
In the mad rush for safety.
The reports Of bloody fights in con-
nection with the cane rush at the
state university last week have
aroused u1lfavorable comment from
the governor. Something is wrong, he
says. The fights, he declares, are bru-
talizing and the faculty is negligent II
nothing worse. .xs \, !.
Two, freight trains On the Great
Northern road collided headon five
miles east Of Litchfleld. Two men
were hurt, one having his leg broken