Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-01-05
NEWS IN MINNESOT
EVENTS OF A WEEK THRoUoH.
OUT THE STATE.

The building permits at st. Paul for
1905 exceeded those Of 1904 BY ST.
100000.
Mrs. J. L. spenard. aged thirty
seven, committed suicide at Duluth
by hanging.
Charles w. Jellison, q well known
resident of Saltwater for more than
fifty years, is dead.
Young women from Minneapolis
school entertained inmates of the
saltwater prison Sunday.
The lumber cut of 1905 for the Min
nsapolis district will be about 10000
900 feet below that Of last year.
Mrs. Josephine Bruski, aged eighty
i've years, dropped dead on the street
at Winona while on her way to church.
Henry Hanke has been elected treas
urer of Hennepin county to serve out
the late Colonel G. w. Johnson's unex-
pired term.
Granville Pearson, one of the pioneer
residents OF Goodhue county, is dead.
He served several terms in the state
legislature and was prominent, par
| ucularly In Swedish circles.
John R. Martin, until two weeks ago
collector for the Minneapolis Milk
company, is under arrest in Chicago
on the charge of embezzling $1,000
from the Minneapolis concern.
Lizzie Stephenson, who was en-
ployed as maid in the women's ward
at ST. Luke's hospital in st. Paul, was
instantly killed while trying to operate
the freight elevator at the hospital
The executive committee of the
American Bar association met at Chi
cago last week and decided to hold
the next annual meeting of the asso-
citation in st. Paul the last week in
August.
Friends of Congressman James A..
Tawney rendered him reception and
banquet ut Winona in appreciation of
his appointment as chairman of the
appropriations committee of the house
Of representatives.
An old man who refused to give his
name but said that his home is now in
wisconsin called on Mrs. p. F.. Boysen
OF Winona last week and gave her So
which he said would pay a board bill
he jumped thirty years ago. = Hj"'
The Northwestern Telephone COM
pany has reported to the state auditor
gross earnings In Minnesota for the
year ending Nov. 30. Of $1,032, 1926.
The company pays 3 per cent tax on
this, amounting to $30,974.77.
At the town of Corliss, Otter Tail
county, little daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Bohlke fell into a pail of
boiling water which the mother had
left on the floor. The child lived for
about three hours after the accident
and suffered untold agony.
The state railroad and warehouse
commission of Minnesota is to begin
4 systematic investigation of all rail-
road companies doing business in Min
nesota with a view to determining
whether any rebates or special favors
of any kind have been granted to ship
pers.
The date for the hanging of William
Williams, the St. Paul murderer, will
not be fixed by Governor Johnson until
after the meeting of the state pardon
board Jan. 9. An appeal is being pre-
pared by Williams attorneys for a
Communication of sentence and this will
be filed with the board shortly.
j. W. & F., T. Peterson, importers
and dealers in blooded stations, To-
Gated near Litchfield, suffered heavy
loss by fire. Their big barn, valued at
81 200, was burned to the ground and
stations valued at $500 we're Gre
mated, together with few cattle, be-.
sides 1000 bushels of grain and sixty
tons of hay.
Leon J. Rafdal, who has been on
trial at Brainerd charged with man
slaughter in the first degree, was
found not guilty by jury. Rafidal
was charged with having caused the
death of +. D. Merrill, an old soldier
Of Todd county, who got into an alter
cation with the defendant in a saloon
Nov. Is over a drink. &fSa &aE.55
Superintendent Frank l.. Randall of
the state reformatory at St. Cloud has
been granted an Indefinite leave of alb
sence by the state board ofvcontrol on
account of a complete nervous break
down which he has suffered. Mr.. Ran
dali has gone to Florida and will be
absent from the state for, several
months until he has recovered his
health. -: 80 -
Livingston Quackenbush, the LIE
Sueur banker who was. convicted re-
Gently of receiving deposits IN his bank
when it was insolyent, applied for a
new trial at lie Sueur Center before
Judge Morrison. The latter denied the
motion and sentenced Quackenbush to
saltwater for four years. The defend
ant gave notice of an appeal to the
supreme court and was released OH
$4,000 bail.
Vim +. Hunt, trainman employed
by the Great Northern road, is dead
at st. Joseph's hospital, St. Paul, from
blood poisoning which resulted from
severe injuries received twelve days
ago in an accident at Barnesville, this
state. The caboose in which Hunt