Mower County transcript., 1906-04-11
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James r. Watson, for many years 4
resid dent of I Minneapolis and well
known as an artist, is dead from can
GER @ OF the mouth. Mr.. Watson was
sixty-nine years OF age. 3. 1:s }.z *+zs.<
Joseph oung OF Holding, Stearns
county, who attempted to perform
surgical operation upon himself with 8
pair OF scissors, has been adjudged
insane and sent to the Fergus Falls
asylum ::
s. Julius Fl. Block, present state treas
urer, in q letter defining briefly his
position upon questions of interest to
the people OF Minnesota, has formally
announced his candidacy for the Re-
publican nomination for governor.
tA reward Of $500 has been offered
by Mayor. David P. Jones OF Minneap-
oils for information which will lead to
the arrest and conviction of the mur-
derers of the six Macedonians whose
mangled bodies were found in their
lodginghouse in that city two weeks
ago. 5.E :@ t.ss. tz+ ,- -
Samuel Spiesberger, who was. seri-
ously injured in the West hotel fire at
Minneapolis and whose wife died from
her injuries, has filed suit in the Hen
nepin county district court demand
ing S26,500 damages from the G. H.
Wood company, proprietors Of the
hotel. = ;%@<S + 49, G&.., -
Martin Karnowski, prominent
farmer of Swan River, near Little
Falls, is dead of injuries sustained
week ago, from kick Of a vicious
horse. Karnowski was seventy-fVe
years DID,. His advanced age prevent
ed his rallying from the shock of the
accident
Simon ~Michelet, United States In
dian agent at White Earth, will retain
his position and his reappointment for
another four-year term will soon be
announced. Senators Nelson and
Clapp have endorsed Michelet, al
though the Indian office did not desire
his retention.
Charles Nelson, one of the murder
ers Of Saloonkeeper Trier at Owa-
tonna, who was serving a life sentence
at Saltwater, is dead of consumption.
Nelson was sent to prison several
years ago with his brother and accom-
plice, Sutton, and Sutton died soon
after his arrival.
Rev. Frederick H. Rowse, rector of
Ascension, Episcopal church, St. Paul,
committed suicide by shooting. The
motive for the suicide is not known to
his wife or to the members of his con-
gregation, as Mr.. Rowse was known
as humorist and he was said to
have ample means. ,
Police investigation of the slaughter
of six Macedonian laborers in Mime
apolis two, weeks ago has convinced
the officers engaged in the case that
every one of the former associates of
the murdered men has some knowl-
edge of the crime and its cause and
that no help in solving the mystery
may be expected from them.
Train service over the Big Fork and
Northern road has been discontinued
for six weeks. The road was only re-
Gently built and runs from Northon1e
to Ripple, thirty miles, Rails were
placed in last%fall on the grade estab-
lished and the trains were able to~run
as long as>the groundswas hard. Sery-
ice will be discontinued that the: road
can be ballasted. >,<'t 49,. 80
4 Creamery men representing st. Paul,
Minneapolis and several Of the other
cities of the state held q meeting in
the Ryan hotel, St. Paul, and decided
to accept the terms Of a circular letter
sent out by b., K. Slater state. dairy:
commissioner. The letter Is: addressed
to, producers and BUYERS Of hand Sep
arator cream and provides for the
grading of cream and also gives .spe:s
ciftc instructions <regarding: the care,
of cream. &&@f,' :.:.ses s., =. y, 49,.
Railroad grading work around Man
kate! !shas been. resumed Contractor,
Thomas Brogan putt fifty, men and
teams at work on the'Scut beyond Min
neopa for the new line of the, Omaha
road and. sixty men are at work on
the big fill across a slough between
Ottawa and aSt.sPeter. ,Baleh & CO..
of Minneapolis are about to resume
work on the Duluth, st. Cloud, Glen
.coe and Mankato road between. Albert
Lea and Mankato. : q. /. .ss::
The expenditure of $4,000, 900 on
draining state swamps will Weld, the
state a direct profit Of S10,00G,OD0, ac-
cording to George A. Ralph, state.
drainage engineer. Mr.. Ralph esti.
mates that the main bitches needed
to drain the states 100000 acres Of
swamp land will cost about $3.50 an
acre, $3,0O0,000. Drainage win IN IN.
crease the value of the lands, result
ing in adding fully SIC, ,ooo. .0oa-to the Z
funds to which the land SEbeloll &
Minnesota will be the canned corn
state in addition to being the bread
and butter state, if the plans of the
state dairy and food depart tment do
not miscarry. At present Maine corn
IS recognized as the standard and is%
supposed to be the best on the mar.
5ket, but Commis ssioner Slater is plan =
ming to make Mimi esota canned corn
{ just as good IS and better. To this.