Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-03-23
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF a WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

Jacob Born, aged about fifty years,
died in the Blue Earth Jail, where he
had been incarceratel for intoxicatiOn.
The village of Minnesota Lake elect
ed Peter kremer president of the
council for the twenty-third consecu-
tive term.
Sever Sarla, Norwegian, ended his
life by shooting himself in the head at
the Economy hotel in st. Paul. No
motive is known.
The elevator, feed mill and fuel
plant of the Marietta Farmers Ele-
vator company at Marietta have been
destroyed by fire. s,'t
The state timber board has made
arrangements for the pressing of q
number of claims for timber trespass
in the northern part of the state.
Louis Rebstock was drowned in the
Mississippi river opposite South st.
Paul while endeavoring to cross the
river in a boat. The boat was struck
by cake of ice and capsized. NJ
Louis b. Frederick was struck by q
piece of rock from blast at the site
of the Auditorium at St. Paul and died
three hours later at St. Joseph's hos
pital without recovering conscious
ness.
George Hoekem, an employee of the
Minneapolis street railway construc-
ton gang, while riding On workcar
leaned out to spit and his head struck
trolley pole, death resulting in an
hour
Ernest Jam, nineteen years of age,
son of Mr. and Mrs Thomas Jam Of
Two Harbors, was drowned in Lake
Superior of that port as a result of
going out too far on the thin ice while
skating.
An explosion of gasoline caused a
serious fire at Crookston in which Mrs
George Erslline was fatally burned,
Mrs. w. H. Brown was badly injured
and two girls had an exciting escape
through smoke and flames
The supreme court has decided in
the case of A. j. Cummings against
Edwards, Wood & Co. that the gar
nishee law of Minnesota may be ex-
tended to cover moneys in the bank
when a garnishee is secured.
Miss Lucille Way, senior at the
state university, won the first place in
the annual Pillsbury oratorical con-
test. This was the first time in the
history of the university that a girl
won first place in this contest
The arrival of squadron of the
Second cavalry at Fort Smelling has
increased the total number of troops
quartered at the post to 1900. 50 that
1t Is now the second largest garrison
in the United States in numerical
strength.
There is every indication that Min
nesota will make it's usual record of a
1000, 0OO-pound increase in the produc-
ton of butter for 1905. Creamery re-
ports are coming in slowly, but they
furnish every sign that more than
100000 pounds of butter was pro-
duced in Minnesota last year.
A call for the Republican state cen
been issued by Chairman Condo Ham
lin. The committee meeting is for the
purpose of fixing the date and place
for the holding of the Republican
state convention and for the fixing of
the apportionment of delegates for
each county.
John w. Highly, a Minneapolis letter
carrier, must take a vacation of one
day without pay and lose $278 as a
penalty for working overtime at Christ
mas. Even though nc charge was
made for the extra time Highly VIC
lated the rules by working beyond
his time limit and now he must suffer
the consequences.
The largest building permit ever is
sued in Duluth was taken out last
week by the Duluth, Missabe and
Northern Railroad company for the
erection of an ore dock to cost $780,
900. Plans for this improvement were
announced last fall. The new directors
will run parallel to the old dock at
Thirty-sixth avenue west.
w. -. Jelly, Tie assistant attorney
general, who has been examining the
title to the proposed new prison site
at Saltwater, has found some title
clouds and is not yet through with
his investigation. 1t is now known
that legal steps must be taken to
straighten out the chain of title if the
Oak Park location is to be selected.
Michael Auge was found guilty by
a jury in the district court at St. Paul
of assault in the second degree He
was indicted for assault in the first
degree for shooting his wife at White
Bear on Feb. T.. He was also indicted
for shooting at the same time William
B0ughner, a boarder in Mrs. Auge's
house. Both victims have recovered.
st. Paul's first experience with vot-
ing machines has proven an unquali-
fed success. The returns from the
Fourth precinct of the Eighth ward,
where one machine was installed,
were telephoned to headquarters in six
minutes after the polls closed. The
other machine was in the Fourth pre-