Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-25
BRIEF MlNNESoTAiTEMs
Interesting Bits Of News Gathered
From All Portions Of
the State.

Mer1den-H. J. Rosenau wins first
place in the states monthly butter
scoring contest.
ST. Paul-s. L. Heeter of Minne-
apolis is elected superintendent of the
st. Paul schools.
Duluth-A. L. Craig is made general
passenger agent of the Great Northern
Steamship company.
Minneapolis-Some roads favor ex-
tending low rate privileges for side
trips during G. A. r. encampment
White Bear-The Yacht club holds
trial races, but is unable to decide on
a boat for the Minnetonka series.
Bemidji-Benn1Iji and Blackduck
people are trying to arrange for a
county fair to be held this season.
st. Paul-The cathedral committee
buys the property east of Summit ave-
nue. and facing the new cathedral site.
Minneapolis Trenham, as
sitant dairy and food commissioner,
says the national pure food law is
farce.
Owatonna-A horse belonging to C.
Lang has been missing for several
days and it is supposed the animal
was stolen.
Crookston-The Northern Pacific's
weekly crop report shows that the
clear, warm weather is blessing to
the farmers.
st. Paul-Gov. Johnson says the in
ternational committee will try to wrest
the control of the Insurance companies
from Wall street.
Grand Rapids-Andrew Swanson,
son Of Swan Swanson OF Princeton,
was drowned in the laks at Bovey
while swimming.
Stillwater-Reuben Grant dropped
dead from heart disease while walking
in the yard Of his home at supper
time. He was go years old.
Minneapolis-Fred McNabb, 16 years
old, who ran away from his home in
Chicago, was arrested by the police
and locked up at Central station.
Minneapolis-No evidence to convict
could be obtained against the s. G..
Palmer company in police court on
| charge of selling adulterated maple
sugar.
Foley-School house No. 20, Gilman
ton, was destroyed by fire. The cause
is unknown; loss $500, with $4O0 in
surance. It is believed to be the work
of a frebug.
Euclid-Fire destroyed the farm
house belonging to Alfred Vonderbeck,
well-to-do farmer living near here,
only the piano and few articles of
furniture being saved.
Minneapolis-Fire nearly destroyed
the old street-car barns at Dupont
avenue S and Twenty-eighth street,
and caused the death of seventeen
horses that were kept there.
Perham-Adam Gerber of Perlnam,
who was employed in a railroad gang,
was killed by passenger train near
Wadena. The body was horribly
mangled. How the accident occurred
is not known.
Wadena-Elmer Ham, II years old,
an adopted son of Charles Ham,
farmer living three miles north of
Verndale, fell off a westbound North
ern Pacific passenger train, one mile
east of Wadena.
Moorhead-Work will be begun at
once on a sewerage system which the
city council has just let the contract
The city advertised for bids four times
and finally let the contract to James
Kennedy for $4,000.
Mankato-Vernon Center township
has taken an advanced step in road
Improvement by adopting a plan that
is followed in Illinois, The water
along the highways is being removed
by means Of drain thing.
Mime apolis-Joseph Metto, IA years
Of age, was given an indeterlninate
sentence to the state reformatory by
Judge John Day Smith. Meta was
found guilty of breaking into a box
car in one Of the local railroad yards.
Brainerd-Two former residents of
Brainerd have struck it rich in
placer mine in Alaska. They are Oscar
G. Foster, a former merchant, and
George Boucher. formerly boiler
maker in the Northern Pacific shops in
this city.
hington-Authority has been
granted for the organization Of the
Scandia-American National Bank Of
Ada, Mimi, capital $4,000. G. r.
jacob, J. H. McNicol, Ole H. Bang, E.
Arneson and L. o. Liptad are named
as incorporates.
st. Paul-The state board Of health
reelected it's old officers to serve for
another year. DR.. Henry Hutchinson
Of st. Paul, president; DR.. W. H.
Rowe Of st. James, vice president; DR..
H. M. Bracken of st. Paul, secretary
and executive officer.
Kasson-After considering the many
complaints Of citizens as to the clos
ing of the saloons, Mayor Anderson
has ordered strict compliance to the
law. Hereafter they must close
promptly at IL o'clock and not open
for any purpose on Sunday.
Turtle Lake-Thomas Haywood, a
homesteader near here, sustained seri-
GUS injuries in desperate battle with
a large eagle which had attacked
calf. Haywood saw the eagle descend
into the clearing where the calf was
grazing and attempted to carry it
away. He rushed at the big bird with
a club and the eagle at once left the
calf and attacked Haywood.
Hibbing-After being chased for
gereili, who after having shot to death
Bastlo Romano, a young Italian, and
dangerously wounded another italian
In a saloon at Eveleth on July 4, made
his escape from a mob of pursuers,
from Hibbing.
Owatonna-Mrs. r. G. Nelsco and
mother, Mrs. Head, and Mrs. Hail and
three small children were seriously in
jured by being thrown from a car
riage. 1T is not known as yet how
serious the injuries to Mrs. Head may