The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-12-21
NEWS in MINI ESG IVA
EVENTS or a WEEK THROUGH.
our THE STATE.

| IS uSdO u HeI uOuS nSaT M6TySDuES
aged ninety-six years. INV
Frank H. Miner. pioneer merchant
Of GAINESVILLE, died suddenly last week
from a stroke Of apoplexy. He was
sixty-nine years Of age.
/, Edward Dawson, tWenty-six years oi
age, switchman, was struck by a
train in the Northern Pacific yards at
st. Paul and instantly killed.
The pearl supply from the clans of
the upper Mississippi river for the
season just closed is away below the
average for a number Of years.
Brakeman Clute Of Omaha freight
train No. 10, westbound, was instantly
killed at LIE Sueur while fixing an air
brake. The cars bumped and crushed
his head. .
Governor Johnson has announced
the reappointment of Frank A. Day
as private secretary and Harvey Grim
mer as executive clerk for the next
two years.
Three.year-old Nora Meyer, daugh-
ter of John Meyer Of st. Wendell,
Stearns county, is dead as the result
of eating sugar coated pills which She
thought was candy.
Ole Nfestad, employed by John Wer-
denberg. contractor, fell from the sew
enth story of the Great Northern gen
eral Office building at st. Paul and
was instantly killed.
Sanford S. Small, for many years:sa
resident Of Minneapolis, was taken ill
suddenly while walking along the
street in that city and died before
medical aid could reach him.
Haakon Johnson, laborer Of Red
Wing, was found dead two miles west
of that city near the Milwaukee tracks
with his skull fractured and legs
broken and bruised about the body
Daniel Dahmans, prominent farmer
of the town of haywood, Benton coun-
ty. committed suicide by taking three
ounces of laudanum. DespOndency
brought on by acute alcoholism vas
the cause of the act. A.
The roadbed of the Minnesota and
International roads extension to Inter
national Falls will be ready for the
steel by the 1st of next July, according
to J. P. Daugherty, whose firm has the
contract for grading the line. s5
The jury in the case Of the state
against Antonio Pucci, the italian who
was charged with killing fellow Ia
borer at Grove City on July 10 last,
brought in a verdict of not guilty.
The trial occurred at Litchffeld.
Three peddlers of stale eggs we're
sentenced at Saltwater to county Jail
terms. C. p. Dopson was fined $5Osor
sixty days in Jail and chose the latter.
Frank Mackey and Thomas McKeSney,
his pals, were sentenced to twenty
days each.
C. M. Olson's clothing store at Man
kato was robbed of 1852 in cash. The
money had been taken in after bank;
ing hours and, following the custom
in that store, was hidden under a pile
Of clothing, as the safe was not con-
sidered burglar proof. 9E
Mrs. Sarah Critchley, eighty-four
years old and resident Of Mankato
for forty.si years, while crossing the
railway tracks on her way from home
to the business section, was struck by
southbound Milwaukee passenger
train and received injuries that are
expected to prove fatal. @,F y -. t@sttr
Word has been received from Con-
gresham J. Adam Bede that the gov
eminent does not approve Of the pro.
posed "cut off" of the Mississippi river
between Aitkin and Pine Knoll, by
which it was hoped to prevent q re-
currence Of the floods which did so
much damage in that neighborhood
last spring. -
AS the result of an examination of
the books of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railway company the
state will be enriched by $26, 291.7
This is the amount found to be due
the state as a gross earnings. tax on
earnings amounting to $685., 1882,
which the examination disclosed had
not been reported to the state for tax
alton purposes. @, e. y.
Secretary E. w. Randall Of the Min
nesota State Agricultural society has
submitted the annual report of the
society to Governor johnson. The re-
port shows that the society closed the
most successful year In its history
with = balance Of $64,s46.69 on hand
after expanding $80,91l.5S for I'm
provements and repairs during the
fiscal year ending Dec. 10, 1906. X
The disastrous fire which swept
away 4 considerable portion Of #the
business section Of Battle Lake a. few
weeks ago has induced that village sta
take steps to prevent the recurrence
OF such calamity and a special etec.
ton has been called b. the council
for Dec. 26 to vote en- the question Of
issuing bonds to the extent Of $4,000
| for the construction of a waterwOrks
system. 81 ID.
An important and decidedly new
step in the history of the Minnesota
national guard was taken last week
| when aresolution was passed BY the
Minnesota National Guard association
| recommending tO the legislature that