Mower County transcript., 1906-09-19
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
.EvENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

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= OUT THE STATE.
Logs sufficient to run the Minneapo-
Ills mills until the river freezes are In
sight.
+ Minnesota butter captured first and
second prizes at the South Dakota
state fair last week.
The eighteenth annual convention of
the United States Brewmasters met
ut Minneapolis last week.
The State Agricultural society has
agreed to give the Twin Cities each a
building site on the fair grounds.
The official figures place the attend
ance at the recent state fair at 1885,
263, which is an increase Of 22,209 over
last year.
Colonel H. r. Yolton, the founder of
the Modern Samaritans and the i'm
perial organizer of the order, is dead
at St. Paul.
Martin Peterson, the man who
gained fame by the capture of the
been committed to the insane asylum
at Fergus Falls.
Ralph Hughes, a stranger working
with Castle Bros on a ditching ma
chine north of Ada, was accidentally
struck by the long sweep on the ma
chine and killed.
Automobiles will be given a sub
stantial raise by the state board Of
equalization. The returns show that
the average assessment per automo-
bile is not much over 5000.
Ed Moran of Red Lake Falls lost
his barn, three valuable horses and
eleven tons of hay by fire. 1t is pre-
sumed that some small boys playing
on the premises started the fire.
Unable to secure rails with which
to equip the roadbed the Red River
Lumber company has been forced to
abandon for the present the extension
of it's Mallard branch to Squ2w Lake.
While attempting 70 CROSS the Chi
cago Great Western tracks al Dodge
Center ahead of stock car which was
struck by the car and instantly killed.
Nine times as many divorces were
granted Thursday by Judges Brown
and Brooks in Minneapolis as there
were marriage licenses issued by
Clerk Wiggin of the Office of the clerk
of the district court.
Major w. D. Hale, postmaster at
Minneapolis, wired to Washington last
week for authority to employ extra
men to assist in the distribution Of
the vast pile of campaign literature
that is accommodating in the Minnoap-
oils office.
The o-year-old son of Dan Powers
of OrtOnville was burned to DEATH
The parents were absent and the chill
dren were playing with matches and
the little ones clothes caught fire and
he was burned SO that the flesh fell
from his body. :.
Tom Welsh, farmer living about
three miles south of Red Lake Falls,
killed big black bear which was
roaming on the prairie near his farm
The bear weighed 226 pounds and is
the second one killed in that vicinity
within the last month.
Peter Blar the Minneapolis saloon
keeper whose automobile is said to
have inflicted the injuries which
caused the death of Frank jerome a.
the Minneapolis city hospital about
three weeks ago, has been indicted by
ho
charge Of manslaughter in the second
degree.
3. O. Peterson, one of Red Wings
most progressive business men, is
= dead as result of injuries received
/. several days ago. He was working in
Il the annex of his hardware store and
while removing some wares from a
platform above lost his balance and
fell ten feet, his head striking poW-
Z share
a8 The state railway and warehouse
&co1nmission has issued an order to the
5express companies Of the state to ap-
pear before the commission on Sept
k26 for hearing at which will be dis
scussed the reasonableness of tarifiS
rates and charges for transportation
9of merchandise and all other commodi-
I tiles between stations in Minnesota.
Peter Jensen, forty years old, was
found unconscious on the street ca1
Il tracks at North st. Paul. He was
taken aboard a Saltwater car and
~ hurried tc the St. Paul city hospital
but was dead when he reached that
institution. Jensen. while intovicatsd
lay down on the track and fell asleen
He was hit BY the fender of (. car arc
his skull crushed
Mrs. Knutc Brakke residing Cl 4
farm near Toe hester. h:s d;cd cl
fright. She wls ly:lc: i'll il h~s. VII ~
she saw her EHs' .2rd and son i'm
perilled in 4 rl3arGy acc;d 10y. g
arose and hurried int? tie yard wt.>re
she was overcome Ivy weakness an
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