Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-12-15
NEWS IN MINNESOTA.
EVENTS OF Az.wEEk THROUGH
oUTs|THE STATE.


association held a most successful
meeting at Crookston last week.
Minneapolis postal receipts for No.
vember show an increase of 81 per
cent over the same month last year.
Michael Doyle, father of Chief of
Police James G. Doyle of Minneapolis,
is dead in the Mill City, aged seventy
| seven years.
The trial of. Mrs. Stella Brennan of
Minneapolis, charged with having MUIR
| oered her three stepchildren, has been
set FOR Dec. 10.
Joseph schlingerman, for several
terms a member of the city council
and well known citizen of Mankato,
is dead, aged seventy-four year1
Males of voting age constitute 20
per cent of the total population of the
! state, according to the census bureau.
! The population of voting age is 574,-
$50.
Fred Wilde has been indicted at
| Crookston for manslaughter for kill
Ing his father-in-law, John Kisman. at
the Wilde farm, north of that city, last
September
An unknown man Neaped from the
Robert street bridge in St. Paul one
| day last week and was drowned in
the Mississippi before help could
reach him.
| Samuel A. Forest, aged seventy
seven years. one of the pioneers of
| Minnesota and for many years bust
ness man Of St. Paul and Winona, is
dead at St. Paul.
The state OF Minnesota has invested
: in its public schools $22,017,624. an
. Increase Of S1,256,125 over the previ.
Gus year, On these buildings there is
a debt OF $685.
| Vernon Raymond, driver of one of
the water wagons operated by the
| Minneapolis board of education, was
! killed in a collision between his
! wagon and a street car.
, Morris Edelstein, on trial in the
United States district court at St.
Paul on charge Of giving false testi.
mony in connection with his bank
| Turtcy proceedings, has been found
| guilty.
! The WinoCa city council has adopt
ed a resolution prohibiting themselves
from granting liquor licenses for any
more saloons in the city. There are
E0w about fifty saloons within the
city limits
The teu-Svear-o;d daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Beech, farmers re-
siding near Lewiston. Winona county,
fell from a buggy and sustained in.
juries from which she died several
hours later.
! The county commissioners of Bel.
trami county have offered a reward Of
| $500 for the arrest and conviction of
the supposed murderer of John Sulli-
van, who was killed at Blackjack,
Beltrami county, April Z, 1908.
A recent report issued by the state
| superintendent of public instruction
| shows that there are now 4,5?8 school
| libraries in Minnesota, representing a
cost of $i77,216. These libraries have
| been increased 86,214 volumes, or 10
per cent, within the year.
The state drainage board has deter.
mined to lay off the two crews of engi.
neers who are conducting a topograph.
ical survey of the state for drainage
purposes. The appropriation made by
the legislature for this work is prac.
! tically exhausted for this year.
The jury in the case of DR.. T. H.,
| BLY, Of Minneapolis, charged with hav:
ing performed a criminal operation.
brought in a verdict of guilty after
! having been out about thirty minutes.
This was the second trial Of DR.. Bly,
| on the same charge, the first jury hav.
ing disagreed.
! The state railroad commission has
| been notified that the Big Fork and
| Northern extension Of the Minnesota
| and International railroad has been
completed from Northome to Ripple,
| on the Big Fork river, distance of
314 miles, and the commission has
been invited to inspect the line.
railroad accident in which thir.
| teen persons were injured occurred at
| ST. Cloud when Great Northern
freight train ran into one of the
coaches &C A~o;:, Nc. 5 on the North
srn ?aciE road. The accident &C.
CURED A ::2 crossing north of the
! depot. i>a,lv Of the injured were from
St. Paul ard Minneapolis.
Minneapolis is threatened with a
typhoid fever epidemic. 1t is estimated
that there are more than 27O cases OF
typhoid in the city. The cause of the
prevalence of this disease at this time
Is said to he due to the increased sew.
age pollution of the Mississippi river
due to the heavy thaw just previous
| to the present spell of cold weather.
While engaged at thawing out some
dynamite three drill operators work
ing one mile north of Grand Rapids
had narrow escape from death as a
result of an explosion. They are all in
the hospital Hugh McNulty with his
left leg shattered, John Peavey with
his left eye gone and terrible burns
on his face and Tom Benton with his
til. Dat lacerated and body bruised.
| The ore shipping season from Min.
| rncDto iro,, 1,;roc hoo orIod NIL Ar:~