The Ely miner., 1906-06-15
BRIEF MINNEsoTAITEMs
Interesting Bits Of News Gathered
From All Portions Of
the State.

st. Paul-The st. Thomas college
st. Paul-The park board will have
deficit Of $1,000 in its Improvement
fund
Minneapolis-Fire damaged the roof
of the boiler room at the Northwestern
hospital
crop report notes generally favorable
conditions.
st. Paul-The auctioneer drops dead
at the opening sale held in the new live
stock pavilion.
ST. Paul-Mrs. A. A. White, 644 Sum-
nit avenue, is probably fatally injured
during runaway.
st. Paul-The ST. Thomas college
Alumni association holds its annual
meeting and banquet.
Ada-Peter Steen of Fossum was
found dead by the roadside. His BIZ
cycle was by his side.
Aurora-Frank Kechovar, a young
Austrian miner, was killed in the skip
pit of the Mohawk mine.
st. Peter-An appropriation of $1,000
is to be made by the city council to
remodel and rebuild the fire station.
st. Paul-It is estimated by railroad
men that 1900 to 1,500 women came to
the city last week on account Of the
biennial.
st. Paul-Lightning came near taking
the lives of the entire family of Peter
D. Hughes, 2S01 Pleasant avenue, when
his house was struck.
Sparta-The trustees of the township
Of Missabe Mountain have employed an
architect to draw up plans for the erec-
ton of an $4,000 town hall.
Duluth-Joseph Miner, a miner en-
ployeG at the Cincinnati mine, near
Biwabik was burned to death, and his
companion, Anthony Grimick, had
narrow escape.
Minneapolis-A. B. Mailen was taken
to the city hospital suffering from
bullet wound in his right breast. The
right lung is pierced and it is feared
that he cannot recover.
Ada-Peter Steen of Fossum was
found dead by the roadside. His BIZ
cycle was by his side, but it was not
ascertained whether death was caused
by fall or by disease.
Minneapolis-James S. Lane, who at
in the city council, died suddenly while
walking in the yard at his home 625
Eighth avenue southeast.
Mendota-A landslide has wiped out
part of the road into st. Paul, near the
Happy Hollow bridge. A strip of the
road has slipped into gully and it will
take $4,000 to repair the damage.
st. Paul-Governor Johnson offered a
reward of $500 for the capture of Harry
Spencer, the st. Paul restaurant man,
who recently shot his wife in the
streets of Minneapolis and escaped
st. Paul-The state treasurer re-
ceived from the board of control $l4,-
265.21 for twine receipts at the state
prison during the last month and ST.
9S8.19 for other receipts at the prison.
North Branch-Thomas H. Horton
filed with the secretary of state for the
nomination for representative from the
Forty fifth district, composed of Isan-
ii, Anoka, Mile Laos and Sherburne
counties
apolis-Beaufort Brey, years
old, son of William Brey, 1901 Sheri-
udH avenue IN, was uTOWHeU Ill lUc
cellar of a vacant house at 1880 Sheri-
dan avenue N while playing with an
older friend.
South ST. Paul-The new sale pavil-
ion at the Union stock yards was
opened. 1t will open for visitors at 10
o'clock and the sale will start at 1
o'clock The building recently was
completed at a cost of $4,000.
Winona-At meeting of Winona
Commercial Travellers the delegates
who will attend the convention, to be
held in Albert Lea this week, were in
structed to work to secure the conven-
tion of the order for 1907 for Winona.
st. Paul-E. T. Young, attorney gen.
eral, commenced suit against the Du-
luth & Northern road for $3,906.66, and
against the. Minnesota & Northern Wis
consin road for $3,557.91. These suits
are to collect the 1905 gross earnings
tax at 4 per cent.
Manufacturer. S. F. Kerfoot corre-
spending secretary of the Minnesota
conference claimants endowment fund
Of the Methodist Episcopal church, has
succeeded in raising $4,000 of the $780,
600 that he was commissioned by the
last conference to raise.
Mankato-The fame of Mankatos
model fire station has become more
than state wide. Mayor Taylor has
just received a letter from the chief
of the San Jose, Cal, department in
which he asks that plans and specifica-
tions of the building be sent there.
st. Peter-One of the most important
Scandinavian festivals to be held In
this part of the state this summer will
take place in st. Peter June 80, when
the Swedish Y. NJ. c.. A. chorus, un-
der the leadership of Hugo Lindquist
of Stockholm, one of the greatest mu-
sicians of Europe, will appear in the
auditorium at Gustavus Adolphus COL
lege.
st. Cloud-If the Carnegie hero COM
mission has any spare medals it might
do worse than send one of them to
William Christie, who plunged headlong
into a swirling eddy of the Mississippi
and rescued twelve-year- old Albert Ley
from drowning Had it not been for
the fact that another man came to his
assistance Christie also would have lost
his life.
Rushford-Marshal O'Connors OF
Houston arrested man whom he con-
siders either criminal or a lunatic.