Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-07
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

WOItll MILLS, d. pIOulluSuI vOuuS udu
Of South Minneapolis, was drowned
at Helena, Mont
T. c. La Pierre, Jockey and horse
trainer, was probably fatally hurt by
being thrown from a racing rig at st.
Paul.
Mahlon A. Green, Lightweight years
Of age, one of the three local veterans
Of the Mexican war, is dead in Min
neapolis,
The army worm threatens Becker
county, especially the vicinity of Audo-
bon. 1t is little brown worm, about
! half an inch long.
Harry Belden of Minneapolis de-
feated his brother, George, in the
finals for the tennis championship of
Minnesota at st. Paul.
The strike of the freight handlers
at Duluth has been settled and the
men, 900 in number, reported for work
at the merchandise boats.
c. T. Bosch, malster and barley mer-
chant of Davenport, Ia, paid $4,000,
the record price for membership in the
Minneapolis chamber of commerce.
Mrs. Ole Gounderson, residing on
farm near Bald Eagle lake, was prob
ably fatally injured by being struck by
Northern Pacific train at St. Paul.
Frank A. Jerome, who was run down
on the street in Minneapolis on Mon
day morning by an automobile driven
by Peter Blar, died Tuesday from his
injuries.
Charles D. Harsin, aged forty-four,
landscape gardner, dropped dead at
the Brunswick cafe on Hennepin ave-
nue., Minneapolis, just after ordering
| his dinner.
Nick Berzovich, an Austrian, was
smothered to death while loading sand
and gravel at St. Mary's lake, three
miles from Eveleth A ten-foot bank
caved on him.
Fire in the Stronge- Warner building
at Seventh and Minnesota streets, St.
Paul, almost completely ruined the two
lower floors and basement and caused
| loss of about $145,000.
Nine miles southeast of Crookston,
Ed Frank, c. w. Ellinger, M. Miller
| and Al Jensen succeeded in killing a
35O-pound black bear after wild
chase of five or six miles.
The plant of the American Can com.
pany, the Heinz Pickle company and
| a small two-story frame fiat building
were wiped out by flames at St. Paul.
The total loss is S350,000.
The railroads operating in Southern
Minnesota have been forced to meet
the reduction in grain rates made by
the roads operating in Northern Min
! nesota The reductions take effect
Sept. l.
At the special city election at Pair
mont $4,000 in bonds was voted for
improving the water and light plants
! and putting in sewers and erecting a
building for city officials and fire de-
paItment.
Nfnety-flve babies died in Minnea-
apolis in August. According to the
! records of the health department,
from 20 to Is per cent of the children
summer diseases of infants.
The report of the treasurer shows a
| total cash balance on hand Of $1,724,-
! 544.83 at the close of the month. The
receipts from the state prison twine
| sales are expected in November. They
are said to be over $1,000,O00.
| Former Attorney General Henry W.
Childs, man prominent in Minnesota
public affairs for a quarter of CEN
fury, passed away at Cobb's hospital.
Minneapolis, at ffty-seven years OF
age. Death was due to appendicitis.
Building permits for work aggregat-
ing 81, 139. 4S0 in estimated cost were
issued in Minneapolis in August. This
is the largest business of any August
in the city's history and the figures
for that month last year were only
$6S4,445.
| Fred Wheelock, fourteen years old,
son of A. T. Wheelock, of Bemidji &C.
cidentally shot himself with shotgun
while with party of boy companions
| camping a few miles south of that
| Guy. OSdIu WdS observation-disclosures. OAO
side of his head was torn wide open.
Typewriting and stenography will
be introduced in the high schools of
Minneapolis as part of the commercial
course. At meeting of the board of
education it was decided to purchase
twenty-five typewriters for use in the
four high schools. A system of stenog-
raphy was adopted some time ago.
Two eighty-year-old residents at
the Hennepin county poor farm en-
gagged in fight, and Charles Schulan-
der, who is blind, may die from his
injuries. Schulander's antagonist was
James O'Connor, who has long carried
the title Of Fighting Jimmy" and who
won a complete victory in this battle.
! Complete figures from the summer
training schools give the total enroll
ment of the schools at $685. for the
summer of 1906. The average daily
attendance was considerably less. The
| total eYnenditure for the summer