Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-04
MINNESOTA ITEMS.


ture the next meeting Of the American
Bowling congress.
Duluth. OF the Northern Min
nesota Indians are about to receive
$4,000 as their share of another land
| sale.
st. Peter.-Dates have been selected
for the state Christian Endeavor con-
vention, and it will be held in this city
July ~, Is. II and Is.
st. Cloud.-The local Elks are max
ing extensive arrangements for the
entertainment of the state convention
to be held here June IA and Is.
Buhl-Hilda Jorgren, q Finnish girl,
IL years Of age, daughter of a settler
living IA miles west of here, is reported
lost in the big woods.
Winona.-Fire last night destroyed
the Campbell Brothers granary near
Clyde, with 5000 bushels Of grain. The
loss is $4,000, insurance $1,000.
Ely.--John Johnson has been ar
rested charged with having assaulted
Matthew Gustafson, Finn., in the
rear Of a saloon here.
Duluth.-Ernest Jam, 10 years Of
age. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Jam
Of Two Harbors, was drowned in Lake
Superior off that port, as a result Of
going out too far on the thin ice
Minneapolis.-Mrs. Amelia Benson, a
prisoner at Central station, attempted
suicide in her cell by hanging herself
to one Of the bars with a heavy hand
kerchief.
Minneapolis-The new Minnesota
code, 1t appears, omits mention Of sew
eral counties, among them being Hen
nepin. There seems to have been a
curious error on the part Of some one.
st: Peter.-At its last meeting the
board Of county commissioners issued
instructions to Auditor A. H. Freeman
to procure certified lists of all mort
cages owned by Nicollet county resi-
dents and filed for record in the coun-
ties Of Sibley, Brown, Blue Earth and
LIE Sueur.
St. Paul.-The county commission
ers adopted the report Of the commit
tee on claims allowing Sheriff Miesen
$500 for his expenses in connection
with the execution Of William Williams
on Feb. 13. The sheriff put in a bill
for $772. but the committee considered
this excessive and cut it down to $500.
Mankato.-The fruit growers Of this
section OF the state are to hold a meet
ing in Mankato on the first Monday in
April. for the purpose OF forming a
permanent organization. About thirty
fruit growers In Blue Earth county
are back of the movement. L. z. Smith
Of this city was elected president at
at preliminary meeting.
Pine River.-Falling from an organ
stool. Mrs. r. Thorp. Of Little Falls,
sustained an injury to her spine which
Is very serious and from which she
probably never will entirely recover,
She was playing an organ when the
stool on which she was seated gave
way and she struck the floor very hard.
Minneapolis.-The city Of Minneapo-
lis wins in the action brought in the
district court to invalidate the appro-
priation Of $4,000 made by tho city
council for Minneapolis exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition held in
st. Louis a year ago last summer.
Minneapolis.-It is claimed on good
authority that the Great Northern will
abandon its line between st. Cloud and
Minneapolis on the east side Of the
trains over the Osseo line, turning tho
line on the east side Of the river over
to the Northern Pacific, thus giving
that company double track between
st. Cloud and Minneapolis.
st. Peter:-Fred Zuelsdorf, a car
penter at Henderson, while carrying a
bundle OF shingles along narrow
scalfold twenty feet above the ground,
lost his balance and, to save himself
from falling on his head and shoulders,
Jumped from the support. His prompt
action doubtless saved him a fractured
skull, but in alighting on his feet no
broke the small bones in both his
heels. -,
Duluth.-The state dairy and food
department has clasred with Gordon &
Dilworth, manufacturers Of fruit Jams
and other products, over the question
| OF coal tar dyes. The state chemist
found a red aniline dye in jar OF
| their blackberry jam, and notified the
| retailer that it was illegal. The re-
! taller called on the manufacturer, who
| refused to take the goods off his hands,
and said the state department was
| either mistaken or grating"
Hastings.-Arthur Rude, Edward
Otte and George Lyle, who entered
Hanson Bros store on the night of
March IL, pleaded guilty to burglary
before Judge F. M. Crosby today and
| were sentenced to the state reforma-
tory at st. Cloud.
st. Paul.-Governor Johnson has
been asked by Governor Pardee of CAL
ifornia, president of the National Irri-
I CATION congress. to name fifteen dele
gates from Minnesota to the next meet
ing Of the congress, Sept 3 to 8, at
Boise, Idaho.
| Mabel.-The report that Mrs. W. r.
Sherwood has been in q trance and
saved herself from being buried alive
| by waking at an opportune moment, is
denied by the woman's relatives. Mrs.
Sherwood has been i'll and is now re-
covering.
Pelican Rapids.-At meeting OF the
| Commercial Club G. M. Mills was
elected president, J.. F. Cooking vice.
president, l.. E. Lester secretary and
Charles r. Frazee treasurer. Commit
| tees were appointed to further the in
! terests Of the city and surrounding
country.
! Henning.-Ernest Lindgren, a 500
brakeman OF this place, was thrown
from a box car at Altoona, and had
his arm cut of near the shoulder.
Tho accident, it is thought, will prove
fatal, although he is, still alive.
!. Warren.-After a spirited election.
license carried by twenty. The officers
elected are: Mayor, August Lundgren;
aldermen. G. E. Lundquist. W. d.
Powell. T. N. Lodeon.