New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18
GOPHER GOSSIP.

St. Paul-The 1905 tax rate for ST.
Paul is 30.61 mills
St. Paul.-Claus johnson was found
hanging in the loft of a barn.
Ft. Snelling.-Fort Smelling has been
designated as a depot for recruits.
st. Paul-The school enrolment in
creases 433, making the total 24,623.
Bemidji.-Great scarcity of woods
men is reported here: extensive log
ging operations planned.
eapolis.-Dairy and Food Com
missioner Slater urges the passage of
national pure food law
st. Paul.-Charles Joy drops dead
from heart failure during a fire in his
garage on Minnesota street.
Hamline-Hamline university de-
feats the River Falls [Wis.) normal
school football team so to 0.
ST. Paul.-Thomas W. Lawson asks
Gov johnson to serve on a committee
to reform life insurance companies.
Hastings.-Albert P. Kimm is the
new secretary of the Hastings Com
mercial club. w. c. King is steward.
st. Paul.. ]. Henry is elected third
vice president of the International
Brotherhood of Railroad Blacksmiths
and Helpers
Minnea polis.-For the first time in
many years all the flour mills of Min
neapolis are running to their capacity
day and night
st. Paul.-Judge Van Devanter holds
that the paper trust witnesses cannot
appeal from the order directing them
to answer questions.
Bemidji.-Six persons Save been
sent to the state penitentiary from
Beltrami county as result of the last
term of the district court.
Moorhead. - The report of City
Treasurer Beck for the month ending
September 80 shows the cash balance
On hand to be $39,654.79.
Stephen.-The barn and granary OF
Frank Campbell five miles west of
town, was destroyed by fire. The
origin is unknown. No insurance .%>
st. Paul-E. W. Stark was named
by Gov. Johnson to succeed Judge c.
A. Holt, probate judge of Chisago
county. Mr.. Stark is a Republican.
Minneapolis.-The five rural free de-
livery routes going out from Mime
apolis did less business the past three
months than at any time during the
year.
Wayzeta.-The cottage of c. L.
Stewart, West Thirty second street
and Spring Beach, was totally Destroy
ed by fire, entailing a loss to the house
and furniture of about $4,000.
OWatonna.-The special election for
the purpose of authorizing an issue of
$4,000 bonds to be used in the con-
struction of a new city and fire hall
resulted in favor of the bonds.-323 to
20S
st. Cloud-After forty long years
the lost townsite patent of Clearwater
has been discovered in an old soapbox
among a lot of waste paper, and was
in excellent condition.
Minneapolis. - Twenty women of
North Minneapolis held the head of a
valuable horse above the swift waters
of Bassett's creek yesterday. while the
police and fire departments were rae
ing to the rescue.
Duluth.-With no other witnesses
than a vicious dog, two men, James
CAVITY, timber cruiser, and Gus Lahti,
a homesteader, fought duel to the
death Saturday afternoon at Taber,
seventeen miles north of Hibbing.
Madelia.-An extra freight on the
Omaha road was wrecked just east of
the bridge about one mile west Of here.
Fourteen cars were thrown into the
ditch, most Of which were loaded with
grain.
st. Paul-Another wreck of much
smaller proportions occurred between
a cattle train of the Chicago Great
Western and a passenger engine of the
Minneapolis & St. Louis, just one block
from the scene of the disastrous wreck
between the 500 and Great Western.
Mankato.-The contract for the re-
pair and change of the main entrance
to the Mankato normal was awarded
to 7. B. Nelson & Co. Of this city. Pres
ldent Eastman resigned as purchasing
agent Of the five schools, and Superin-
tendent J. w. Olson was elected in his
place.
Wayzeta.-J. W. Olson, state super
intendent, received a letter from citi-
zens of Minnetonka Beach, on the
north shore of Lake Minnetonka, COM
planning that there are nearly thirty
children in the suburb who are out of
school because there is no school room
for them.
La. Crescent.-The slipping Of new
wagon tongue from the neckyoke re-
suited in the instant death of Peter
TOllefsOn, farmer residing near the
Black Hammer church, and perhaps
fatal injury to his wife. In the run
away which followed the accident, Toll
lefson was hurled to the ground and
his neck was broken.
AGa.-Olaus Gaarder was probably
fatally burned in a fire on his farm
in Waukon. While attempting to light
his pipe Mr.. Gaarder accidentally set
fire to a straw stack, and the flames
famed by a high wind. spread to five
other stacks. In a desperate effort to
extinguish the flames Gaarder was ter
ribly burned. All of his clothing, ex-
cept his hat and shoes, fell from him
in ashes.
Minneapo lis.-Harry Laramie and
James E. Egan charged with killing
Peter E. Raverty, May 3, 1905, were
| indicted for murder in the first degree
| by the Ramsey county grand jury.
PickWick.-The heir to large es-
tate, for whom Washington attorneys