Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-07-18
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| ~daStlngS-Peler.G ergen was struck
by an engine! =. of. the owl train, but
| escaped with slight injury.
ST.. Paul-About $4,000 is realized
for the cathedral fund through the
picnic at the: fair grounds. .''
Fairbault-The silver wedding Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Murphy was cele-
brated at their home last evening. :.
st. Paul-Fifty three of the candi-
dates for state dental licenses passed
the examination held at the state uni
versity.
| Minneapolis man assumes role of
peacemaker between quarreling father
and son ands r. shot dead; youth is
! arrested 49,
st. Paul-The state will receive Sis
! for the damage done to the state CAP
ftol In the fire in the historical So
| ciety's rooms. 81.
| Harmony-Old Settlers Day, cele-
brated here, was red letter dav for
Harmony. Fully 1000 strangers were
In the village.
Winona-The Ancient Order ,of Hi
bernians Of Minnesota will hold its
biennial convention in Winoua on
Sept, 1S, 10 and 20.
Observation-Disclosures Groffa, a pioneer
resident, a laborer, committed suicide
tonight by shooting, after having been
| on a spree for some time.
Melrose-The residence of J. S. Lam
dis a Great Northern conductor, was
struck by lightning and materially
damaged. Fortunately no one was In
jured.
i
st. Paul-Private Lester Brakeman
| of Company F, Twenty eighth infan-
try, who had his leg cut off by a street
car, died at the military hospital at
Fort Smelling.
st. Paul-The body of a boy floating
In the river under the Marshall ave-
nue. bridge was seen by pedestrians,
who FASTENED to the bank of the river
and secured the body.
st. Paul-Isadore Nattleson, thirteen
years Of age, living with his parents at
1886 Rice street, was run down and
painfully hurt at Central avenue and
Wabasha street by an automobile.
acknowledgements Halvor
STEVENSON of the ninth district has
filed his affidavit as republican
candidate for denomination. He sent
his check and affidavit from Washing
ton.
st. Paul-The water board decided
to make formal complaint to the
state board Of health concerning resi-
dents around White Bear and Bald
Eagle lakes running sewage into the
lakes.
White Bear-Jacob Morgan, aged
sixty-f1ve, living over Fred Turner's
saloon last evening got up in his sleep,
walked down the hall and fell down.
stairs. He broke his neck and died
instantly.
Moorhead-Charles Groffa, a pioneer
resident Of Moorhead, committed sui
eide last night by shooting. No cause
Is known for the act. Groffa has been
an active member of the Moorhead fire
department. for several years and was
well known.
st. Cloud Martin Branley, found
murdered at Bemidji, was an old Ben
ton county boy, the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Branley, both dead.
Relatives live here, and Branley left
home early in the spring to work in
logging camps.
Belle Plaine--Local capital will in
stall an electric lighting plant for the
borough Of Belle PLANE. The COM
pany will be incorporated with a cap
ital stock Of $4,000. Subscriptions for
stock are being received rapidly and
construction will soon begin.
st. .Paul-Mrs. Julia Zelnski, 1916
East Seventh street, fell dead while
eating breakfast with her family. Cor
oner A. w. Miller investigated the
case and decided that death resulted
from heart trouble, with which Mrs.
Zelnski had long been a. sufferer.
Observation-Disclosures c. Hart, who
attempted wholesale murder at the
Pipestone Indian training school on
Friday morning, took his own life
early today by hanging himself in his
cell at the county Jail, where he was
confined pending an examination for
insanity.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mangan, a
young man employed by J. E. Delaney,
living three miles west of Rosemount,
suffered a fracture Of his right leg
above the ankle while wrestling with
a friend Of his. The injured man was
taken to st. Joseph's hospital in st.
Paul for treatment.
st. Paul-The body of Lester Will
son, COS South Robert street, who was
drowned in the Mississippi river, was
found near the fish hatchery by two,
fishermen. DR.. r.. j. Maloney made
an investigation and had the body re-
moved to the morgue, where it was
identified by a son.
While bathing in the MIN
nesota river James Bannon, a. liberty
patient at the ST. Peter insane hospi-
tai, was caught by a swift current and
carried beyond his depth. He drowned
before assistance could reach him.
His home was in Currie, Mimi, and
he was committed to the asylum in
April, 1905.
East Grand Forks-The coroner's
Jury which held an inquest over the
body Of Albert Bergstad, who was
found dead on the railroad tracks yes
terday morning, returned verdict
that he came to his death in manner
unknown to the jury. There were so
many suspicious circumstances point
Ing toward foul play that the general
opinion Is that the man was assaulted
and left on the: track in an unconscious
condition, afterward being struck by
the train. .*
Minneapolis-The Russell M i'll r
Milling Company Of North Dakota will
!: begin construction work in the course
Of the present month upon a new flour
mill in Southeast Minneapolis.
owatonna-J R. Morley, representa-
tive in the legislature from this dis
trict, has announced his candidacy for
reelection on the Republican ticket.
Mr. Morley has served three terms I'm
the lower house.