Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-01-11
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st. Paul. Henry Beck falls dead as
the whistle blows to quit work.
Minneapolis Great Northern
will put on train auditors to collect
tickets.
;, Duluth.-Dwight c. Morgan is Sc
lected to value the railroad property
in the state.
st. Paul-The state supreme court
upholds the constitutionality of the in
heritance tax law. H. s:-@
ST. Paul.-The county board will ad-
vertise for bids on $4,000 worth Of
macadam roadway. ..-. 49,.
st. Paul.-The Chicago Great West
ern block system between st. Paul and
South st. Paul is in operation.
St. Paul.-Whether the state dairy
and food department will conduct T.
butter scoring contest this year will
depend upon the interest the butter
makers show In the matter. 49,.
St. Paul-William D. Kirk, presi-
dent of the Capital bank and one Of the
| pioneer business men of the city, died
| suddenly at his home, $50 Summit av-
enue.
:Duluth.-The board of county COM
missioners authorized the appropria
ton of 100000 for the construction Of
a new court house in Duluth for St.
Louis county.
| Winona.-Mayor John A. Litsch and
President Henry Hess of the city coun-
Gil have sent communication to Agent
Fullerton of the game and fish COM
| mission asking for permit to allow
! fishing through the ice in Lake WinOna
! this winter.
Duluth.-The explosion of the boiler
of an engine drawing logging train
on the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winni-
peg railroad, near Virginia caused the
death of one man and the injury of two
others, all members of the train crew
and the only persons aboard the train.
st. Paul.-Fred Sullivan was ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner c. L. Spencer in the federal
building on a charge of passing raised
81 bills. He entered plea Of not gull
ty and he was committed to the county
Jail in default Of $1,000 bail.
Minnea polis.-Fire in the Hirshfeld
wallpaper store at 239 Hennepin ave-
nue. at 2 o'clock in the morning caused
small panic in the Hotel Nico]let,
where the rooms and halls were filed
) with dense, suffocating smoke which
, drove the guests scantily attired to the
lobby below.
nneapolis.-Sheriff ]. w. Dreger,
secretary, has announced that the 1906
annual meeting of the Minnesota Sher-
| ifs association will be held in the
courthouse at st. Paul on Wednesday,
Jan. "a, The business meeting will be
called at p. m. and the annual BAN
quet will be held in the evening.
Winona.-An old man, who refused
to give his name, but said that his
home is now in Wisconsin, called on
Mrs. P. F. Boysen in this city yester-
day and gave her SO which he said
would pay a board bill he jumped thir-
5 ty years ago.
r st. Paul-Supt. A. ]. Smith Of the
2 st. Paul public schools, Probation Of
+ fcer w. Graves and Truant Officer
, James Hurley are formulating a plan
! for an industrial school for the county
r of Ramsey which will be presented
at the next meeting Of the state legis-
o lature for enactment as statute.
Sanborn.-Otto Trap, twelve years
old, living three miles west of here
: was accidentally killed while hunting
r rabbits with two older brothers. The
e gun was accidentally discharged, tn
+ contents taking effect in the victim:
head. He died an hour later.
, st. Peter.-An accident that will
probably result fatally occurred neal
: Norseland yesterday, when Albin Tor.
S geson, aged 13, was shot by younger
+ brother. The bullet lodged in th<
boys stomach, and it is not believed
that he can live.
= st. Paul.-The price Of gas the
q coming year will be $1.05 per thousand
: cubic feet, cents less than the con.
q sumers have been paying this year.
Minneapolis dead body of al
:. unknown baby was found on the ict
l below the steel arch bridge. The cor.
e oner is investigating and hopes to fine
;. out to whom the child belongs.
9 Minnetonka.-A new townsite is thu
\ closing event of year Of unusua
- activity in Lake Minnetonka property
Il The new town will be known as No1tl
> Deephaven and will be situated in tn
e Northome district just east of Robin
o sons bay.
White Bear.-Ben Jarvis and Chas
Void each brought in the hide of :
: large wolf yesterday and received tn
;, wolf bounty of $3.50 from County Au
e ditor Krahmer.
81 st. Peter.-Albin Torgeson, a thir
e teen-year-old boy living in New Swed
. en- township, was fatally wounded thi
q afternoon. A target rifle in the hand
e Of one of his younger brothers wa
s accidentally discharged, the ball strik
!, ing him in the stomach. The boy vii
= die.
~ Bemidji.-Plans are being made TO
: the building Of a large number of cot
t tages the coming summer, and Their
o will be a large number Of summer Wis
itors to the place, which is becomin
well known in the east and south a
u an ideal summer resort ....
). st. Paul.. F. Kelly, 564 Westmin
h ster street, was hurt while working a
q the site Of the auditorium. He wa
, helping in removing one Of the build
ings and while under the house