The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-10-05
BRIEF MINNESOTA ITEMS.

st. Paul-Th3 Modern WoCdmen OF
Arlington Hills will cracl a lodge hail.
st. Paul-The osteopaths hold their
sixth annual state convention in st.
Paul.
equalization will raise the valuation on
farms.
st. Paul-Capt. Anundson, the arctic
explorer, will be In st. Paul next
month.
st. Paul-The w. c.. Il. y. STATE con-
vention closes with diamond medal
oratorical contest.
Duluth-The state board of equaliza-
ton raises the assessed valuation of
ore lands to $72,0OO,O00.
st. Paul-The bowlers make prelim-
mary plans for going after the 1908
American Bowling congress.
Sank Center-Frank Hewitt Of
Grove Lake is dead. He was one Of
the old settlers, having located there
in 1867.
st. Paul-Dr. T. E. v. Appleby has
filed another appeal in the state SUI
preme court in the matter Of the con-
test of his wife's will.
Emerson-Early in the morning
sixty guests of the Strathcone hotel
just escaped death by the destruction
of the big three-story building by fire.
Duluth-With a capital stock of
$4,000 the Milinokett Steamship
Company of Duluth filed articles Of
incorporation in the Office of the reg
lister of deeds.
Cannon Falls-Preparation are in
progress for a popular entertainment
in connection with the Cannon Fails
to be held Oct. II.
st. Paul-Seventeen boys, whose
ages range from ten to fifteen, were
arrested by the Margaret street police
on a charge of discharging firearms
within the city limits.
Minneapolis-D. P. Jones' majority
over U. G. Williams in their primary
election contest for the mayoralty
nomination in Minneapolis was just
S99 votes, according to the official dg-
ures given out.
Lake City-Charles Erickson, a la
borer believed to have been dement,
ed, committed suicide by cutting his
throat and opening the arteries of his
wrist with an old jackknife.
eapolis-American citizenship
has suddenly increased in value in the
eyes of many aliens in Minneapolis,
to judge from the records of the Office
of the clerk of the United States dis
trict court for the last three days.
nneapolis-Harry Gruber, a clerk
employed by Augustus Berg, grocer at
peared with 1910 of his employers
money.
nneapolis-Sylvester G. Brown
may have received the democratic
for senator in the thirty-ninth district.
He did not file his affidavit of candi-
dacy, but some one in the Ninth ward
gave him one vote and as there were
no other candidates he appears to be
nominated.
Faribault-John Peterson, connected
with the Waterville Furniture factory,
will establish a factory in this city to
employ forty to fifty hands, if the citi-
zens will give a bonus of $4,000.
Minneapolis-The residence Of Bis
hop S. c. Edsall, 2642 Portland ave-
nue., Minneapolis, was broken into
early in the morning. The burglars
removed a screen at a rear window
and ransacked several rooms, but
found nothing that struck their fancy.
There Is no clue to their identity.
Minneapolis-O. D. Fort and wife Of
Hankinson, N. D., left Minneapolis
hn fo, Do
midji forgetting to take with them
Mrs. Forts hustle. The hustle was of
no great value in itself, but both Mrs.
Fort and her husband felt it's loss
keenly and realized that no other bus
tie that they could buy in the depart
ment stores at Bemidji or at any of the
stations along the road would do them
as well, for this one contained the
family bank roll of $3.50.
Elk River-Hans Fredrickson, eigh-
ty-one years old, who lived with his
wife on a farm near Santiago, was
found dead on his knees by the side
of his bed. Around his neck was a
rope, the other end of which was tied
to an overhead beam.
Minneapolis-Wh sitting on the
Melby, 473S Beard avenue south, was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed. Her face was badly burned,
her neck and collar bones broken, and
three ribs directly over the heart were
fractured.
Minneapolis-It is estimated that 1t
will be necessary for the county to
raise s4,6S9.4S9 by taxation to maintain
expenses for 1907.
st. Cloud-An 18-months- old babe
had an almost miraculous escape from
death by lightning which struck the
home of w. N. Zins. The bolt entered
the gable Of the house and, following
the wall on the inside, ran down into
the sleeping apartments. 1t tore the
frame from a picture hanging on the
wall, and then struck the wall within
two feet of where the baby's cot rest
ed. The infant, however, was I'M
harmed and slumbered peacefully dur
Ing the storm.
Hibbing- Charles Hill was killed in
the stone quarries near here by being
struck with a stray bullet The man
was working at large piece of rock
when Suddenly he was Spap 70 70 IIia