Mower County transcript., 1906-12-12
NEWS INrMINNESOTA'
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

Henry Wallros, one of the Oldest
residents of Mankato, is dead, aged
ninety-one.
The ticket sales at the last Mime
sofa state fair amounted to $152, ,541:72,
as against s134,736.S5 in 1905, a gain
Of $17,774S7.
The deposits in Minnesota state
banks have increased from approx
mately s5O,nCo,CUQ in 1904 to over $70,-
C00,0LO in1906
Twelve valuable horses were burned
to death in a fire which destroyed the
stable of the Minneapolis Omnibus and
Transfer company.
Robert G. Hine, former judge of the
municipal court at St. Paul. is dead at
Charleston, S. c., after an intermit-
tent illness of long duration.
Agitation for the division of Polk
county has again been started by Foss-
ton men and petition is being cir
culated asking for the creation of Mel
son county.
S. S. johnson of Iosco township,
Waseca county, claims to have seen
an antelope on his farm and to have
chased it with gun, but was not able
to get close enough to shoot.
Representative McCleary Of Man.
kato is being talked of as a possible
applicant for the position of commits
sioner of the general land Office in the
MI cf ;cc ioI,
William Olson, lad nine years of
age, was almost instantly lifled at
Duluth while coasting. He ran into
street car at a crossing and sustained
injuries that resulted in death in a
few minutes.
Miss Anna Thompson, one Of the
most beautiful and popular young
ladies Of Moorhead, was struck by a
Northern Pacific train in front Of the
Northern Pacific depot in that city and
instantly killed.
After taking quantity of carbolic
acid John Johnson Lang hanged him
self from one of the girders of the via
duct on Nicollet island, Minneapolis.
Dependency over his Wife's illness
was the cause of the suicide.
Judge Searle of St. Cloud has ten
dered his resignation to Governor
Johnson because of i'll health. His
term expires next January and Gov
ernor Johnson has appointed M. D..
Taylor OF st. Cloud, judge-elect, to fill
out the unexpired term.
Hector Mclean, farmland, was
found dead in the stable on the farm
belonging to John Rae near Glyndon.
1t is thought that he was killed by a
kick from a COW The COW was stand
ing oyer him in the stall and the mans
body was severely bruised.
Tom McGinnis and his sister, In
dians. were drowned in the Rainy
river near Laurel while fishing. Their
birch bark canoe was struck by an ice
foe and sank. The floating ice in
the river prevented them from reach
ing shore and both perished.
Frank Veigel one Of the earliest
residents Of Blue Earth county, is
dead at his home in West Mankato.
He was eighty years old. Ee located
on farm in Blue Earth county in
1852, residing there until three years
ago, when he moved into the city
Rev. J. N. Henry of Champlin, a
Civil war veteran and prominent in
G. A. r. circles. is dead, aged eighty.
five. DR.. Henry came to Minnesota in
1872 and settled in Champlin five
years later. He filled the pulpit in the
Methodist church and practiced medi-
cine for twenty-nine years.
Charlie Jims. a Chinese laundryman
of Spring Valley, faces the danger Of
deportation at any time on account of
the loss Of his passport. This and
other valuable papers were stolen from
his laundry one night last week. All
of them were in his pocketbook, which
also contained $3.50 in money.
Little Albert Bower, whose father is
farmer near Lake George, is lying at
St. Anthony hospital, Bemidji, in a
critical condition as the result of swal.
lowing a short lead pencil, including
the brass tip and rubber. The pencil
Is lodged In the right bronchial tube
of the lungs and the possibility of its
| abstraction Is remote.
Mrs. August Niebel, convicted at
Mankato Of having assaulted Paul
Kintze with heavy caster used for
moving stoves, was sentenced to pay
a fine of $50 and costs. When she
handed over the amount she remarked
that kintze had the punishment com
ing and that it was worth all it cost
| to her to give it to him.
Mrs Anna Gocdnow of Akeley was
wounded in the arms and legs with
| fine gunshot the result of putting a
| loaded stic!; OF wood into the stove.
Some one lad been stealing fuel and
by accident on3 Ii the loaded sticks
was thrown into the fire. Mrs. Good
now W.: before tno st 0ve when the
! gunpowder or cc:::rlage exploded and
| how her life was spared is miracle.
| The Mankato Commercial club, by
a unanimUls vote hes most earnestly
requested the senator and three rep
| fat C.f.> LHorth q