The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-10
BRIEF MiNNEsoTAITEMs
Interesting Bits of News Gathered
From All Portions Of
the State.

st. Paula. C. Close, 407 Dewey
avenue, is ground beneath the trucks
of box car.
Hamline--Many improvements are
being made at the state farm school
during the summer.
Elbow Lake-Ole o. Canestorp filed
for the senate from the Fifty-seventh
district on the Republican ticket.
st. Paul-Mrs. Dora Levecque, 1913
Acker street, fell dead in the butcher
shop of A. L. Cornelius, 7761 MISSISSIPPI
pi street.
Moorhead-The Great Northern
agents say 10000 to $4,000 harvest
hands are needed along that line in
Minnesota and North Dakota.
st. Paul Park-Safe crackers demol-
ished the safe in the postoffice and es-
capped with $3.50 in money and stamps.
The building was badly damaged.
st. Cloud-The dead body Of Joseph
Miller, f1fty-four years old, was found
In the bushes near the home of Andrew
Rub, brother-in-law of the dead man.
Moorhead- Minnie Nelson Of Battle
Lake, Mimi, was struck by Northern
Pacific passenger engine, thrown over
twenty feet and escaped with but a
few bruises.
st. Cloud-John ]. Boobar, librarian
of the house Of representatives at
Washington, will have charge of the
speakers bureau in the Minnesota re-
publican campaign.
st. Paul-St Paul Is assured Of a
Masonic temple which will be a credit
to the Northwest The edifice Is to
cost about 100000. 1t is said 1t will
be one Of the finest in the country.
Heron Lake-Section men found the
near the track three miles south Of
here. Both legs were cut off. He had
been dead several hours when found.
Blackduck-A fatal tragedy took
place at Houpt, a small numbering
town seven miles north of this city
The victim is Archie Campbell, a
young man well known hereabouts.
Mankato-The assessed valuation OF
the city foots up to $3,672,730, gain
of $231,S12 over last year. The real
estate valuation is $2,62O,s21 and the
personal property valuation $1,O51,s00.
st. Cloud-Harold Doane, the little
son of A. D. Doane, was painfully shot
In the hand while playing with a re-
volver, by the accidental discharge of
the weapon. He will recover unless
blood poison sets in.
st. Paul-The report Of public baths
during July shows: Male bathers, 96,-
1856; female, 23,S40; total 1889; re-
ceipts $4,S82.
Rochester-Lillie Predmore, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Predmore OF
Marion, was thrown out of buggy
while driving on Dubuque avenue, and
severely, though not seriously, bruised
and shaken up.
Washington-Civil service examina-
tions will be held at st. Paul, Duluth
and Dakota on Aug. 20 and so to fill
the vacancies in the position Of forest
assistant in the Philippine service.
These places pay $1.400 year.
Morris-The contract for the new
sewer system was let at the regular
council meeting last evening to Tan
ner Brothers of st. Paul for $4,000.
The new system will comprise some
five miles of sanitary sewer and drain
tile.
st. Paul-The state auditors Office
for the first time, became the deposit
tory of federal moneys. B. Fenstead,
postmaster of Little Morals, Mimi, evil
IDENTIFY a new man in office, RENTED
$8.14 to the auditor as the receipts
of his Office for the entire quarter from
April to June 80. The money will
be turned over to the collection de-
partment Of the st. Paul postof1ce.
Adrian-A steam thresher with a
horse and buggy attached, broke
through bridge a mile north of town
and fell into the Kanaranzi river.
Three men were in charge of the ma
chine and all went down. One was
pinioned by the wreck in such a man
ner that it was just possible for him
to hold his head above the water until
a rescuing crew arrived No one was
seriously injured but escape was
miraculous.
Minneapolis-M has rea-
son to be proud of its building figures
for the month of July. 1t was init
mated last week that records would be
broken and this has been verified. 1t
throws all July records in the shade
and, with one exception, is the biggest
month in the history of the city. The
completed records show that the num-
Der of permits issued was Ala with an
aggregate cost of s1,600,S20.
Kandiyohi-While assisting his SON.
in-law, Hans Lewis, in putting up hay.
Eri&x Engvall met with an accident
which resulted in the breaking of his
leg. He was on the hay rake coming
home in the evening, and finding the
road too narrow for the rake drove
up a steep hill. The rake ran on the
horse and the animal kicked, striking
the drivers right leg and smashing it
badly just below the knee. Amputation
may be necessary.
Crookston-This city went wild over
the result Of the election yesterday for
the adoption of new home-rule char
ter. Old and staid citizens, judges, at
torneys, doctors and business men, in
fact, the entire male population of the
city, paraded the streets and cheered
the returns. The charter carried by
overwhelming majorities in every ward
but one, and 70 per cent Of the total
vote cast was in favor of the adop-
ton of the new charter.