The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-02-02
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Saints signs Buck Connors az drst
baseman.
st. Paul.-Two men are hurt, pos
sibly fatally, By an explosion on the
auditorium site.
neapolis.-Preliminar arrange
ments for the state bowling tourna-
ment are completed.
st. Paul.-The Schiller monument at
Como park will be designed by Prof.
Dessler of Munish, a sculptor of wide
reputation and acknowledged ability.
Faribault-A company has been or
ganized for the purpose of taking over
the assets of the defunct Theobald
Mercantile company, and bid has
been made to the trustee.
st. Paul.-Louis Mccormack, small
boy was seriously hurt while coaSting
on the Canada street hill, and had to
be taken home to 205 Mount Airy
street by the police.
st. Cloud.-A committee, represen-
tative of the German citizens, has
asked Mayor John N. Bensen to run
again for mayor at the April election.
Two Harbors.-Through a notice
that appeared in a newspaper pub
lished in Sweden, Mrs. P. G. Peter
son Of this town has fallen heir to
$4,000 left her by the death of a long
lost brother.
st. Cloud.-George Schlenner of
Richmond, Stearns county, was found
dead in the livery barn of Hoffman
& Molitor. The body was stretched
out at full length in stall and had
been badly battered by the hoofs Of
the horses
Observation-Disclosures H c. Miller
has been notified that competitive
examination to select mail carriers for
the free city delivery to be established
here May 1, will be held at the high
school Feb. II. Carl H. Miller has
been named as temporary secretary Of
the civil service board, and will have
charge of the tests. 1t is expected
there will be many applicants.
st. Cioud.-The village of Brooten
in Stearns county cannot engage any
longer in the flour business. Judge
Searle of the district court has made
permanent the injunction sought by
l.. l.. Nerlein, owner of the flour mill
at that place, and which has been
fought for several years through the
district and supreme courts.
st. Peter.-This town is crowding
Duluth for wild animal honors. Early
last evening full grown wild cat was
shot and killed we'll inside the city
limits. 1t was brought down by Pat
rick Martin, who lives in the outskirts
of st. Peter. and his experience was
somewhat exciting.
Virginia.-In a cave-in Of quicksand
at the Lincoln mine, which has been
timbered up. Polka Nichni, miner,
was buried twenty feet deep from
o'clock in the evening until 6 O'clock
in the morning, and then was res
cued alive.
Minneapolis.-Carl Arthur Johnson.
a Minneapolis railroad man, is now
under arrest at Charleston, S. c.,
charged with the murder of Charles
o. Bader at the Falls hotel, Dec. %.
st. Paul.-Thomas Burns, $40 East
Ninth street, was crushed between
wagon wheel and the walls of the new
G. Sommers building at Sixth and
Rosabel streets. His right ankle was
fractured. He was taken to Bethesda
hospital.
Winona.-Definite plans are an
nounced for the big summer school.
to be held in the Winona normal school
building next summer, and in which
seven counties in the southeastern
part of the state will join. These coun-
ties are Houston, Fillmore, Mower,
Dodge, Olmsted, Winona and Goodhue.
w. Kaoss, coroner for Clay county,
was notified yesterday by telephone
from Comstock that a farm laborer,
working on the farm of l.. Burnett
son, about two and a half miles south
west of Comstock, Mimi, had COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself.
Mankato.-The annual report of
Chief of Police Donahue for the year
1905, submitted to the council last
night, shows the number of arrests
to have been 1879, an increase of TWEEN
ty-six over the previous year. The
number of lodges was 730 an increase
of sixty three. The amount of fines
and fees collected was $1,015.13.
Observation-Disclosures dealers in furs
and pelts have thus far this season
bought LOO mink skins. valued at
$4,000! $4,000 muskrat skins, valued at
$11,250; 1,500 skunk hides, valued at
$2,250; and 400 raccoon skins, valued
at $780, making total of $16,400 paid
to trappers. This is still quite an in
dustry in this vicinity.
North Mankato.-W. E. Stewart has
been elected village treasurer of North
Mankato to succeed the late Thomas
Taylor whose sudden death occurred
a few days ago.
Cass Lake.-Dr. P. D. Winship of
Park Rapids has been successful in
securing from the Great Northern
promise to transport, free of charge,
a carload of rock phosphate to be
used as a fertilizer on the farms in
this part of the state.
st. Paul.--State officials feel certain
that the Minnesota railroads are not
going to contest the payment of the
per cent gross earnings tax. The
Omaha which is paying in $4,000 in
stallments. has already paid in $4,000
more than it paid on the 8 per cent
basis last year.
ST. PauL-Suffering from melan-
cholia. Mrs Emma Fuller, Gil st. Peter
street, hanged herself by silk shawl
to gas jet in her bathroom and slow
ly strangled herself to death. Her
body was discovered by Samuel
Fetsch, relative of the wonlan.
Minneapolis.-The number of Metz
ger heirs residing in Minneapolis is in