The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-24
BRIEF MINNEsoTAlTEMs
Interesting Bits Of News Gathered
From All Portions Of
the State.

Minneapolis-Mrs. Rose Bertha Leo
jumps into Lake Como and is drowned.
st. Paul-Three men are stabbed
during street row and one of them
may die.
st. Paul-Conference committee
urges aldermen to accept auditorium
at once.
ST. Paul-The DruidS celebrate the
fiftieth anniversary of their order in
Minnesota.
ST. Paul-yhe vestry of ST. Paurs
church decides to move to ST. An
thony Hill.
st. Paul-Rue M. Riegel is drowned
while swimming near the Marshall
avenue bridge.
Minneap olis-Three veterans are
stricken by death, one in st. Paul and
two in Minneapolis.
St. Paul-The proposition of three
Northern roads to reduce freight rate
on grain is rejected.
st. Paul-One man is killed and one
is injured by a cave-in in trench
at Seventh and Sibley
Marshall-Virgil B. Seward filed his
affidavit as a candidate for the state
senate from the Seventeenth district.
inneapolis-Joseph Ellis twelve
years old, 1879 West Central avenue.
has his left leg torn off by the wheel
of a furniture van.
eapolis-Mistaking a. fire alarm
box for a messengers call in the Nicol-
I let hotel, a guest called six engine
companies to the building.
Pelican Rapids-A mad dog scare
has resulted from the appearance of
strange canine which came to town
yesterday apparently with a mission
to whip every dog in town.
St. Peter-Rev. George C. Dunlop,
rector of the Church of Holy Com
munion, has received a call from the
Episcopal church at Greenville, Ohio.
1t is not likely he will accept.
Biwabik-Several large forest fires
are burning fiercely west and south Of
this place. Hundreds of acres Of
second growth and thicket have been
burned over and still the flames sweep
on.
Crookston-Word has been received
from Port Arthur that Sheldon w.
Vance, one of Crookston's most in
fuential citizens. has been stricken
with apoplexy and is in very critical
condition.
Biwabik-A. ]. Shea, contractor
engaged in making repairs on the trunk
road and camping near the White Face
river, has sent word to the police here
Oft 10 fn
take his life.
Mankato-H. H. Bennett and L. A..
Hurst, the soil experts sent out by
the secretary of agriculture to make a
study of the soils of Blue Earth coun-
ty, have spent the week in the county,
making their headquarters at Maple
ton.
Crookston-Jolf Anderson pleaded
guilty to charge of raising a check
from $40 to $50 at East Grand Forks.
He was detected by the fact that he
carefully spelled the word "Fifti." He
was sentenced to Saltwater for seven
months.
Eveleth-It is evident that there is
to be hot times in Eveleth politics rela-
tive to the declaration of Mayor Jess
more that he would no sign an ordi-
nance granting a franchise to the Mes
aba Traction company for an inter-
urban railway.
+ Detroit-While riding on construc-
ton gravel train yesterday afternoon
Fay Connell, 11-year- son of Mrs.
w. H. Connell, stepped off a, fiat car Of
sand and was cut in several pieces by
the car wheels. Two boys with him
saw the accident.
st. Battle-Ground has been broken
at University and Pillsbury avenues.
ST. Anthony Park, for the construction
of a piano factory by S. w. Rauden-
bush & Co., which will have the big
gest capacity of any similar plant west
of Milwaukee and Chicago.
Crookston-The board of equaliza-
ton finished the Polk county assess
ments some time ago and County
Auditor Hoffard has finished making
out his report of the assessments. The
report shows more than 100000 in
real estate and personal property as
sessments, of which $2,149,028 is for
personal property and $7,569,360 is for
real estate.
Crookston-Another drowning acct
dent occurred here at the foot Of
Hunter street, when the eleven-year-
old son of John Laramie, an engineer
On the Great Northern railroad, was
drowned in the river. The young boy
was in bathing and it is supposed that
he was seized with cramps, as he wos
drowned before help, could be obtained.
The body was recovered.
st. Paul-Mrs. NJ Schultz, living in
the Walsh block, West Side, caused
considerable excitement in the neigh
borhood by going about the streets
with a lighted lamp in her hand.
Women who had seen the moving light
became frightened and soon the streets
We're filled with people and police Of
ficers. Mrs. Schultz was taken to the
county Jail, as it is feared her mind
is affected.
Mankato-The two-year-old daugh-
ter of Attorney Evan Hughes, presi-
dent of the school board, got hold Of
tablet Of bichlorate of mercury, while
playing in drawer at his residence,
and ate part of it. Although medical
attendance was secured in thirty
minutes the child lies in critical con-
dition, with slender hopes of recovery.
The family had not known that there
was such a tablet in the house, and
the box containing it was not labeled
as containing pOicoO