New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-01-10
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st. Paul-Henry Beck falls dead as
the whistle blows to quit work.
Minneapo lis.-The Great Northern
will put on train auditors to collect
tickets.
Duluth.-Dwight G.. Morgan is Sc
lected to value the railroad property
in the state.
| upholds the constitutionality of the in
heritance tax law.
st. Paul.-The county board will ad-
vertise for bids on $4,000 worth OF
macadam roadway.
st. Paul.-The Chicago Great West
ern block system between st. Paul and
South st. Paul is in operation.
st. Paul.-Whether the state dairy
and food department. will conduct a
| butter scoring contest this year will
depend upon the interest the butter
makers show in the matter.
st. Paul-William D. Kirk, presi-
| dent Of the Capital bank and one of the
| pioneer business men of the city, died
| suddenly at his home, $50 Summit av-
enue.
Duluth.-The board of county COM
nlissioners authorized the appropria-
ton of 100000 for the construction Of
a new court house in Duluth for ST.
| Louis county.
| Winona.-Mayor John A. Litsch and
President Henry Hess of the city coun-
Gil have sent a communication to Agent
Fullerton of the game and fish COM
mission asking for permit to allow
| fl G t1rn11 crl, a r oh
this winter.
| Duluth explosion of the boiler
OF an engine drawing a logging train
on the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winni-
peg railroad, near Virginia caused the
death of one man and the injury of two
others, all members of the train crew
and the only persons aboard the train.
st. Paul.-Fred Sullivan was ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner G. L. Spencer in the federal
building on a charge of passing raised
81 bills. He entered plea of not gull
ty and he was committed to the county
jail in default of $1,000 bail
! Minneapolis.-Fire in the Hirshfield
wallpaper store at 239 Hennepin ave-
nue. at 2 o'clock in the morning caused
| a small panic in the Hotel Nicollet
where the rooms and halls were filled
! with dense, suffocating smoke which
drove the guests scantily attired to the
lobby below.
Minneapolis. J. W. Dreger,
[ secretary has announced that the 1906
annual meeting of the Minnesota Sher-
| ifs association will be held in the
| courthouse at st. Paul on Wednesday,
Jan. "a. The business meeting will be
| called at p. m. and the annual BAN
| quet will be held in the evening.
Winona.-An old man, who refused
to give his name. but said that his
home is now in Wisconsin, called on
Mrs. P. F. Boysen in this city yester-
day and gave her So which he said
would pay a board bill he jumped thir-
ty years ago.
st. Paul-Supt A. ]. Smith Of the
st. Paul public schools Probation Of
fcer w. Graves and Truant officer
James Hurley are formulating a plan
for an industrial school for the county
| Of Ramsey which will be presented
at the next meeting of the state legis-
| lature for enactment as a statute
Sanborn.-Otto Trapp, twelve years
| old, living three miles west of here,
was accidentally killed while hunting
rabbits with two older brothers. The
gun was accidentally discharged, the
/! contents taking effect in the victims
head. He died an hour later.
ST. Peter.-An accident that will
probably result fatally occurred near
| Norseland yesterday, when Albin Tor
geson, aged 10, was shot by a younger
! brother. The bullet lodged in the
/ boys stomach, and it is not believed
| that he can live.
ST. Paul.-The price of gas the
coming year will be s1O5 per thousand
cubic feet, cents less than the con-
sumers have been paying this year.
Minnea polis.-The dead body Of an
unknown baby was found on the ice
below the steel arch bridge. The cor
oner is investigating and hopes to find
out to whom the child belongs.
Minnetonka.-A new townsite is the
| closing event of a year of unusual
activity in Lake Minnetonka property.
! The new town will be known as North
Deephaven and will be situated in the
Northome district just east of Robin
sons bay.
White Bear.-Ben Jarvis and Chas.
Void each brought in the hide of a
| large wolf yesterday and received the
wolf bounty of $3.50 from County Au-
! ditOr Krahmer
!! st. Peter.-Albin Torgeson, a thir-
| teen-year-old boy living in New Swed-
en- township, was fatally wounded this
afternoon. A target rifle in the hands
of one of his younger brothers was
accidentally discharged, the ball strik-
ing him in the stomach. The boy will
die.
4 Bemidji-Plans are being made for
the building of a large number of cot
tages the coming summer, and there
will be large number of summer Wis
itors to the place, which is becoming
well known in the east and south as
an ideal summer resort.
! st. Paul. F. Kelly, 564 Westmin-
ster street, was hurt while working at
the site of the auditorium. He was
helping in removing one OF the build
ings and while under the house a
workman drove plank between the
supports and it struck Kelly on the
right side of the head. He was taken