Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01
BRIEF Mlll]NNEsoTAlTEMs
Interesting Bits of News Gathered
From All Portions of
the State.

st, Paul-Two men employed at the
Orpheum theatr are hurt by falling
scaffold.
| The Northern Pacifcs weekly crop
report shows that conditions through
out the Northwest are favorable.
Duluth-Duluth wins the junior
eight-oar event in the Minnesota
Winnipeg regatta at Tonka bay.
| Cannon Falls-A stranger accused
OF stealing team and wagon from a
farmer near Hastings was arrested
here
Stewartville-Martin Holland, a
| farmer and one Of the old settlers of
this place. dropped dead. He was
about Is
Virginia-Dan Mclean, sixteen
year-old son Of William Mclean of
this city, was drowned in Ely lake,
near Sparta.
Duluth-Esther Olin, by the exer-
| ton Of almost superhuman strength,
yesterday rescued a man and boy from
| death by drowning.
st. Paul-Judge Lewis holds that
the county commissioners may draw
the surplus water Of White Bear lake
into Bald Eagle lake.
st. Paul-The subcommittee Of the
| Good Roads association recommends
| series Of road. improvements to be
| undertaken next year.
Mankato-C. W. Lee has been ar
rested and taken to st. James to an
! swer to the charge Of stealing a double
harness from a Madelia man.
eapolis-During the G. A. r.
encampment the board Of park COM
missioners will turn over the Parade
at Loring Park to the veterans.
Mankato-Much grain has been lev
eled by recent storms, but it is thought.
that most of it will come up again.
The outlook is considered excellent.
st. Cloud-Joseph Huber, aged is,
was drowned in the Mississippi river
near Watab last evening while BATH
ing. His home was near Grand Rap
ids, Wis.
Crookston-The decomposed body of
a man was found floating in Red
Lake river, northwest Of Crookston,
and an investigation showed that
death was due to drowning.
Wfnona-Unfavorab conditi ons
must be sudden and marked If they
are to seriously affect the crops in
the territory including Southern Min
nesota and South Dakota this year.
Chisholn1-1t is announced that the
new trolley line Of the Northern Trac-
ton company between Chisholm and
Hibbing will be in operation by Oct.
10. Work on the line began last week.
Eveleth-Victor Argatone, shift boss
at the Mountain Iron milling pit, was
gradually crushed to death in an ore
mill while his fellow workers stood
by unable to do anything to save his
life.
Mankato-The county board has
awarded the contract for putting in
$1,000 concrete wagon bridge over
Minneopa creek, just above the falls.
This will be in the new state park
when it is established.
Delano-By a collision between the
buggy in which they were riding and
an automobile, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Tomn1tz met with a serious accident.
both being thrown from the buggy and
Mrs. Tomnitz quite badly hurt.
Cannon Falls-Mrs. J. c. Applegate
entertained twelve members of Josiah
Edison chapter, D. A. r. Of Mortified,
and six from Charter Oak chapter,
Farfbault, in honor of the first ami
versary Of Josiah Edison chapter.
Aurora-Fire at midnight threat
ened for a time the destruction Of the
entire village, but, heroic efforts on the
part of citizens wins organized a
bucket brigade confined the flames to
one building, which was destroyed.
Lindstrom-Because he was sus-
pected of setting a fire which destroyed
ditching machine Of the North
Branch Ditching company, faatt
Smekofski, Polander, committed sal
eide by hanging himself on nhy
fork
Winona-Secretary II. H. BraoSen
of the state board Of health visited the
hog ranch here which has caused so
much trouble lately, and says it is per-
fectly sanitary and properly conducted.
Health Officer Reyes says it is not a.
nuisance.
Zumbrota- Arrangements have been
made for the celebration Of the fiftieth
anniversary Of the settlement of Zum-
brota, which will be held on Sept, 10
In connection with the annual street
fair of the Goodhue County Agricul-
tural society.
Worthington-He nry Kunze, a
young farmer residing near this CITY,
has disappeared, and the police are
unable to secure any trace of his
whereabouts beyond the fact that he
purchased a ticket over the Omaha
for Sioux City.
St. Paul-Mrs. Mike GRADER notified
the police that her pet dog had sud-
denly gone mad and was terrorizing
the neighborhood. An officer at once
departed for the scene and sent a. bull
let through the dogs head before any
damage had been done.
ST. Paul-secretary M. L. Hutchins,
VINO has been twenty years in the work
OF the relief society, made report at
the semi-annual meeting yesterday
which showed that while the city's
population has increased the pauper
population has not increased.
Little Falls--There is >an egg famine
throughout the towns in this section
Of the state, said to be the result of an
apparent effort on the part Of the big
Chicago packing houses to corner the
egg market in an endeavor to force
up the price so that people will again
be compelled to eat meat.
Minneapolis-With a bank account
In various local saving institutions
amounting to nearly $4,000, Henry
Paegel eked out an apparently pre-
carious existence as peddler for 10
years only to die at the City hospital
an object of charity and to be buried
at the expense of the community.
stillwater-The orders for binder