Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-04-21
NEWS IN MINNEsOT,[ i,
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE,

JO1u AlCOTus an early pioneer OF
Washington county, is dead at his
home near Saltwater, aged sixty-seven
years.
William F. Miron, for twenty-five
years a resident Of st. Paul, well
known both as q musician and a
eurler. is dead.
George Lucke, aged twenty-five,
committed suicide at Minneapolis by
drinking carbolic acid. Lucke gave
no reason for the crime
Mrs. Carrie S. Dibble of Duluth was
elected state oracle of the Royal
Neighbors of America at a meeting Of
the Minnesota camp in Minneapolis.
Lars Arsolud, farmland about
nifty years Of age, was struck by an
Omaha passenger train between WAL
than and Hayfleld and instantly
killed.
Henry Heck, prisoner in the coun-
ty jail at Long Prairie, committed
from Staples on the charge of high
way robbery, has escaped from the
lookup.
Julius Kicke of Turtle Lake.
charged with threatening to kill his
family, committed suicide by drinking
carbolic acid rather than fall into the
sherif!'s hands.
After vainly trying to cut his throat
with a razor Seivert Anderson, aged
about sixty years, hanged himself in
q shanty in Minneapolis. He had been
drinking heavily.
Charles H. Allen, who says that he
was formerly commercial agent in
Minneapolis for the Chicago and East
ern Illinois road, has been arrested at
Duluth on charge of forgery.
Two masked men held up saloon
1t Minneapolis and got away with
$55. After finishing their work they
took drink of whisky and politely
babe the bartender good night
The weekly report of smallpox cases
In the state shows that there were
eighty-one new cases of smallpox last
week, Of which thirty-nine are in the
town of Watkins, Meeker county.
The ninth annual convention of the
Northern Minnesota Teachers asso-
citation was held at St. Cloud last
week with about seventy-five promi-
nent educators from all over the north
ern portion of the state in attendance.
The large barn of John Kramer of
Cleveland township, LIE Sueur county,
was destroyed by fire, together with
thirteen horses. twenty-six hogs, twen-
ty tons of hay and 1000 bushels OF
oats. The barn was the largest in the
county.
William T. Moore, pioneer attor-
ney Of st. Paul, is dead as the result
OF burn received on one of his
hands several weeks ago. Blood poi
soning set in and recovery was doubt
full from the start because Of his adj
vanced age.
David Green was cut to pieces by
m Omaha switch engine at the CON-
pany's yards in East St. Paul. Green,
who was employed as a carpenter in
the carshops, had stepped out Of one
of the buildings to go across the
tracks when he was run down by the
engine.
Two indictments, each charging
murder in the first degree against
Edward Gottschalk, have been re-
turned by the Ramsey county grand
jury. Gottschalk is indicted for the
murder of Christian H. Schindel-
decker and the murder Of Joseph
Hartmann.
Bankruptcy statistics of the assets
and liabilities of the Coe Commission
company have been filed in the Unit
ed States district court at Minneap-
oils. The total liabilities are placed
at $226,628.45 and the assets at ST..
812.05, or trifle over 20 per cent OF
the liabilities.
Teachers at South St. Paul will
have to endure the odor from the
slaughter houses twenty-four hours
instead of five as heretofore. A rule
has been passed by the South St. Paul
board of education that the teachers
would have to reside in the city if
they wished to hold their jobs
Charles S. and John S. Pillsbury @;
Minneapolis have rendered to Ply.
mouth church $4,000 for the erection
of new house for the Bethel settle
ment work, the intention being that
this gift shall be memorial to the
late Charles A. and Mary A. Pills
bury, the parents Of the donors
F.. X. Slater, state dairy and food
commissioner, has issued a general
report of the progress made in the
investigation Of the milk supply OF
the state. He states that since the
was commenced several
weeks ago 4,l06 samples have been
collected and Of these 643 were ille-
gal
Judge Cray, at Mankato has decid-
ed that Philip Liesch, publisher Of the
Brown County Journal at New Ulm,
is in contempt of court because he
published a certain article in the
Koch case and imposed a fine of $3.50.
Notice Of appeal was given and the
court granted stay Of proceedings
until May s.
Alleging thai graft, favoritism and
v>rc IF