Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-07-20

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John Brandtjen at st. Paul during the
absence of the family and secured $3.50
In cash and two gold watches valued
1T $110.
s. L. Heeter, assistant superintend-
ont Of city schools and supervisor of
grades at Minneapolis, has been
chosen superintendent of the schools
OF st. Paul.
Cal E. Stone of St. Paul, general
passenger agent of the Great North
ern. has severed his connection with
the company. Mr.. Stone has business
which calls him to the West.
Augustus Hines, who lived near
Rockford, committed suicide by lying
down on the railroad track and letting
the train run over him. jealousy of
his young wife was the cause.
Preston Rowell, employed at the
city gas plant at Red Wing, was hor-
ribly burned by sulphuric acid 1t
ate away the flesh on one foot COM
pletely. He is suffering great agony.
TwentF-two persons from Prague,
this state, are registered at the Pas
teur institute, Chicago, under treat
ment by DR.. Latorio in consequence
OF having been bitten by rabid dog.
While witnessing a ball game at
Jackson Miss Anna Lynn was hit in
the head by foul ball. She was
knocked senseless and lay in a coma
tose condition for twenty-four hours
and then died.
w. D. Washburn, Jr, OF Minneapo-
liz, who has been for two terms repre-.
sentative In the state legislature from
the Forty-flrst district, has declared
himself as a candidate for congress on
the Republican ticket.
The st. Paul trades and labor as
sembly has decided that if proper ar
rangements could be made with the
state fair management the annual La
Dor day exercises of the various
unions will be held at the fair grounds.
Lenus Anderson, eleven years old,
4 son Of F. Anderson of Red Wing,
while sitting on the boom in the bay
watching his older companions take
an evening plunge, lost his balance
and fell into the water and was
drowned.
During severe rain and electrical
storm at Winona lightning struck the
eight-year-old son of Michael Bambe-
mex, formerly oil inspector for that
district. The boy received a severe
shock, but it is not believed that his
condition is serious.
A wild man is roaming through the
woods in the vicinity of Kenyon, Good
hue county, and a large number of
men are securing the country for him.
1t Is believed that he is Albert Wing,
who disappeared some time ago, evil
IDENTIFY having become demented.
Although women cannot vote at the
primary elections there is nothing to
hinder them from being candidates be-
fore the primaries, says Attorney Gen
eral Young in an opinion written in
reply to query from Miss Mary A.
Hanson, superintendent of schools of
Becker county
Minneapolis has record of twenty
three murders since Jan. /, 1905 For
this number Of murders three persons
are now serving sentences at Still
water and two are awaiting trial. Ar
rests have been made in two other
cases, but the suspects have not been
brought to trial.
Postal receipts at St. Paul in June
last aggregated $67,051, as compared
with $6O,72O year ago, a gain OF
$3.50, or 11.34 per cent. The receipts
of the Minneapolis postofsce for June
were $107,2G2, as against $1O1,66O a
year ago, being an increase of $5,542,
or 5.45 per cent.
The report of the condition of state
banks in Minnesota at the close of
business June IS shows that there are
427 banks doing business with total
resources of $77,456,143 Two years
ago at the same time the banks in the
state had total resources of S56,42S,5S4
and there were only 1925 of them.
City Assessor Miner of Minneapolis
has exploded bombshells in the homes
Of hundreds of wealthy families by
Bending out notices arbitrarily increas-
Ing the assessments on their personal
property. AS a result of the assessors
active crusade it is said that the per-
sonal property will be raised at least
S10,O00,000.
Olof Olson, the Blue Earth county
farmer whose neck was broken sew
eral days ago by fall from a wagon,
Is not only doing finely but is now con.
sidered by his physicians as likely to
recover. One of the vertabrae of his
spine was broken and his neck dislo-
Gated. Olson is sixty-five years old
and the proprietorsao a berry farm
In Rapidan. ~
The pardon board ia now the only
hope left for the life Of Henry Prolow,
who shot and killed c. F. Zenke, a
saloonkesper at Goodhue, last Septem-
Der. The supreme court has affirmed
the order OF the Goodhue county court
In sentencing him to death. Prolow's
plea was elf-defense, but the evidence
Indicated that the act was deliberate