Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
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Minneapolis.-The Great Northern
will put on train auditors to collect
tickets.
Duluth.-Dwight c. Morgan is Sc
lected to value tho railroad property
in the state.
st. Paul.-The state supreme court
upholds the constitutionality of the in
heritance tax law.
St Paul.-The county board will ad-
vertise for bids on $4,000 worth OF
macadam roadway.
st. Paul.-The Chicago Great West
ern block system between st. Paul and
South st. Paul is in operation.
st. Paul.-Whether the state dairy
and food department will conduct a
butter scoring contest this year will
depend upon the interest the butter
makers show in the matter.
st. Paul.-William D. Kirk, presi-
dent OF the Capital bank and one of the
pioneer business men Of the city, died
suddenly at his home, $50 Summit av-
enue.
Duluth.-The board Of county COM
| missioners authorized the appropria-
ton Of 100000 for the construction OF
a. new court house in Duluth for St
Louis county.
Winona.-Mayor John A. Litsch and
! President Henry Hess of the city coun-
! Gil have sent communication to Agent
Fullerton Of the game and fish COM
mission asking for permit to allow
| fishing through the ice in Lake Winona
this winter.
Duluth.-The explosion Of the boiler
Of an engine drawing a logging train
on the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winni-
peg railroad, near Virginia caused the
death of one man and the injury of two
others, all members of the train crew
and the only persons aboard the train.
st. Paul.-Fred Sullivan was ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner c. L. Spencer in the federal
building on charge of passing raised
81 bills He entered a plea of not gull
ty and he was committed to the county
Jail In default of $1,000 bail.
Minneapolis.-Fire in the Hirshfeh
wallpaper store at 239 Hennepin ave-
nue. at o'clock in the morning caused
a small panic in the Hotel Nicollet
where the rooms and halls were filled
with dense, suffocating smoke which
drove the guests scantily attired to the
lobby below.
| nneapolis.-Sheriff J. W. Dreger
| secretary, has announced that the 1906
annual meeting of the Minnesota Sher-
ifs association will be held in the
courthouse at st. Paul on Wednesday,
Jan. "a. The business meeting will be
| called at 2 p. m. and the annual ban
quet will be held in the evening.
Winona.-An old man, who refused
| to give his name. but said that his
home is now in Wisconsin, called on
| Mrs. P. F. Boysen in this city yester-
day and gave her SO which he said
would pay board bill he jumped thir-
ty years ago.
st. Paul.-Supt. A. J. Smith Of the
st. Paul public schools, Probation Of
f1cer w. Graves and Truant Officer
James Hurley are formulating a plan
for an industrial school for the county
Of Ramsey which will be presented
at the next meeting of the state legis-
nature for enactment as a statute
| Sanborn.-Otto Trap, twelve years
old, living three miles west of here,
was accidentally killed while hunting
rabbits with two older brothers. The
gun was accidentally discharged, the
contents taking effect in the victims
head. He died an hour later.
st. Peter.-An accident that will
probably result fatally occurred near
Norseland yesterday, when Albin Tor
geson, aged 13, was shot by a younger
brother. The bullet lodged in the
that he can live.
| St. Paul.-The price Of gas the
coming year will be $1.05 per thousand
cubic feet, cents less than the con-
sumers have been paying this year.
| M1nneap olis.-The dead body Of an
| unknown baby was found on the ice
below the steel arch bridge. The cor
oner is investigating and hopes to find
+ out to whom the child belongs.
| Minnetonka.-A new townsite is the
| closing event Of year Of unusual
activity in Lake Minnetonka property
The new town will be known as North
Deephaven and will be situated in the
N0rthome district just east Of Robin
| sons bay.
White Bear.-Ben Jarvis and Chas.
Void each brought in the hide of a
large wolf yesterday and received the
| wolf bounty of $3.50 from County Au-
| ditor Krahmer.
st. Peter.-Albin Torgeson, a thir-
teen-year-old boy living in New Swed-
en- township, was fatally wounded this
afternoon. A target rifle in the hands
Of one Of his younger brothers was
accidentally discharged, the ball strik-
| ing him in the stomach. The boy will
die.
Bemidji.-Plans are being made for
the building Of a large number OF cot
tages the coming summer, and there
! will be large number of summer Wis
| itors to the place, which is becoming
well known in the east and south as
an ideal summer resort.
st. Paul.. F. Kelly, 564 Westmin-
| ster street, was hurt while working at
| helping in removing one of the build
lngs and while under the house a
! workman drove a plank between the
supports and it struck Kelly on the
| right side of the head. He was taken
to the city hospital by the police.
| Washington.-Congr Stevens
! and Fletcher agreed to take up the
street railroad controversy with the
Fort Smelling officers as soon as they
can fix a date with Assistant Secretary
of War Oliver, before whom the case
is pending.
apolis.-Archibald Gray Of
Sioux City, Iowa, has been promoted
from the position Of assistant general
freight and passenger agent Of the
Great Northern railroad in Sioux City
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