The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-14
MINNESOTA NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered In the
Conner State


I st. Paul.-Dr. Robinson says there
| are no fraternities in the st. Paul high
schools.
| Granite Falls.-This place will be
! the storm center today in the speaker
ship contest.
| ders a banquet to the players on the
football team.
st. Paul-Mrs. ]. P. Horrigan takes
corrosive sublimate in mistake for
headache tablets.
| Minneapolis.-The legislature prob
ably will amend the laws relating to
capital punishment.
| Minneapolis.-Su Olson presents
| figures to show the advance of higher
| education in Minnesota
| st. Paul.-The problem of legislative
reapportionment is becoming a factor
in the speakership contest.
Mankato.-The state normal school
closed for a weeks vacation, the fall
term having been concluded
Minneapolis.-Mi heads the
| list of prize winners at the interna-
tional live stock show in Chicago.
st. Paula fire breaks out at the
home of Matt Clark, and during the
| excitement Mrs. Clark's diamonds dis
| appear
Bertha-Berthas new flour mill,
| that had been in operation just one
month, was totally destroyed by fire
| at midnight.
Brainerd.-A session Of the state
| farmers institute was held here. It
was well attended, over 125 farmers
being present.
Duluth.-The work of surveying the
| line for the new electric railroad which
is to connect several of the range
towns will begin soon.
Winona.-The members of the First
district group Of the Minnesota Bank
ers' Association will meet in annual
convention at Lyle on Tuesday, May
81.
Winona.-The '1id" must go on in
Winona. This is the statement made
by the local law and order league,
which claims a membership Of about
one thousand.
st. Paul.-W. Henderson, 956 Hague
avenue, was blown several feet by the
explosion of his automobile yesterday
| morning and painfully bruised. His
| eye brows were burned and he was
for few minutes overcome by the
| shock.
Fosston.-Two young men, ThOrald-
son and Johnson, said to be members
of charivari party, are on trial here
for disorderly conduct and malicious
destruction Of property as result Of
alleged fun INDUCED in in the coun-
try near here.
Cloquet.-The townsite at Brcokston,
on the Great Northern near here, was
passed upon by government officials
on Oct. IL, and a receipt issued Nov.
10. Within sixty days title will pass
| to the company and lots will be placed
on the market.
Minneapolis.-C. G.. Burnharn, who,
until three years ago, was in the gen.
eral freight department of the Great
Northern, has been appointed assist
ant to Darius Miller, first vice presi-
| dent of the Burlington, with headquar-
tiers at Chicago.
st. Paul.-Gov and Mrs. John A.
Johnson returned home from New York
in time to eat their Thanksgiving din
ner in st. Paul. Gov. Johnson left
| about ten days ago to recuperate in
| the East after the strenuous campaign,
The visit to New York was purely
for recreation.
Moorhead.-Nick Fobeck was struck
by a Northern Pacific train near Dill
worth He was brought to the OAR
row hospital in this city but never
regained consciousness. He had been
in this community for some time, but
! was a native of Poland, where he
leaves wife and family.
Duluth-S Bouse, a homesteader
living near Bassett, is missing and is
believed to have been another victim
| of the heavy snowstorm of two weeks
ago. A searching party has thoro-
ughly secured the woods in the vicinity
of his cabin, but have found no trace
of the missing man.
Duluth.-During the last week the
old rumors of an electric line between
| Duluth and the Twin Cities have again
| been current. There was a mysterious
visitor in the city the early part Of
| last week, who, 1t is said. is interested
| in the construction Of such a road, but
he refused to say anything for publi-
cation.
Duluth.-Rather than have drastic
measures adopted by the city admin
istration, which was being harassed by
those in favor of tight "lid" for Du-
luth saloons, the Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Association has issued instruc-
lions that all saloons must close at
midnight, and remain closed on Sun
day until noon
Bemidji.-Little Albert Bower. whose
father is a farmer near Lake George,
! is lying at the st. Anthony hospital
in a critical condition as the result of
swallowing short lead pencil, includ-
| ing 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.
st. Paul.-The months figures from
the building inspectors office show
that the excellent building record this
year is not falling off and is running
ahead of November for last year. The
gain last month is $16,551 over the
corresponding month of 1905. The
permits issued last month amounted
to $5S6,7S0, while the aggregate for
last year amounted to $570,249.
Faribault-While skating on the
narrows at Union lake, the two sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Parsons, living
in the town of Forest, Austin and
| Ernest aged fourteen and twelve Yea re