Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-09-21
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
events OF A WEEK THRouQHt
OUT TIE erATK.

Logs sufficient TO run the Minneano-
fis mills until the river freezes are IN
sight.
Minnesota butter captured first and
second prizes at the South Dakota
state fair last week.
The eighteenth annual convention of
the United States Brewmastsrs met
at Minneapolis last week.
The State Agricultural society has
agreed to give the Twin Cities each a
building site on the fair grounds.
The official figures place the attend
ance at the recent state fair at 1885,
263, which is an Increase Of "a 800 over
last year.
Colonel H. r. Yolton, the founder of
the Modern Samaritans and thu I'M
Derfal organizer of the order, is dead
ut 81. Paul.
Martin Peterson, tho man who
gained fame by the capture OF tho
Ufen wild man some time a&o. has
been committed to the insane ASYLUM
a Fergus Falls.
Ralph Hughes, a stranger WORKING
with Castle Bros. on q ditch1u1 ma,
chine north Of Ada, was accidental1v
st1ueA by the long sweep on the ma.
chine and killed.
Automobiles will be given a sub
stant1al raise by the state board of
equalization. The returns show that
the average assessment per automo-
o11e h not much over $20O.
Ed Moran Of Red Lake Falls Inst
his barn, three valuable horses and
eleven tons of hay by flre. Il is pre-
sumed that some small boys playing
on the premises started the fire,
Unable to secure rails with which
70 equip the roadbed the Red River
Lumber company has been forced to
abandon for the present the extension
OK 1ts Mallard branch to Squaw Lake.
While attempting to Cross the Chi
cago Great Western tracks at Dpdpe
Center ahead Of stock car which was
being shifted Harvey q. Mathney wAs
struck by the car and instantly killed.
Nine times as many divorces wpne
granted Thursday by Judges Brown
and Brooks tn Minneapolis az there
we're marriage licenses issued by
Clerk W1ggfn of the Office Of the clSrh
Oh tho district court.
Major W. D. Hale, postmaatey at
Minneapolis, wired to Washington last
weeh fo1 authority to employ extra
men to assist in the distribution OF
the vast pile Of campaign literature
that is accommodating in the Minneap-
oils Office.
The two-year-old son Of Dan Powers
OF Ortonyille was burned to DEATH
The parents were absent and the chil
dren were playing with matches and
the little ones clothes caught IRE and
he was burned so that the flesh fell
from his body.
Tom Welsh, farmer living about
three miles south of Red Lake Falls,
killed big black bear which was
roaming on the prairie near his farm
The bear weighed 2S6 pounds and is
the second one killed In that vicinity
within the last month.
Peter Blar, the Minneapolis saloon
keeper whose automobile is said to
have Inflicted the injuries which
caused the death of Frank Jerome at
the Minneapolis city hospital about
three weeks ago, has been indicted by
the Hennepin county grand jury on a
charge OF manslaughter In tho second
degree.
= o. Peterson, ono OF Red Wings
most progressive business men, is
dead as a result of injuries received
several days ago. He was working tn
the annex OF hts hardware store and
while removing some wares from a
platform above lost his balance and
TELL ten feet, his head striking a plow-
share.
The state railway and warehouse
commission has issued an order to the
express companies Of the state to ap-
pear before the commission on Sept,
70 Tor hearing at which will be dts
cussed the reasonableness of tariffs,
rates and charges for transportation
OF merchandise and all other commodf>
ties between stations In Minnesota.
Peter Jensen, forty years old, was
found unconscious on the street car
tracks at North st. Paul. He was
taken aboard a Saltwater car and
hurried to the st. Paul city hospital.
put was dead when he reached that
institution. Jensen, while intoxicated.
lay down on the track and fell asleep.
He was bit by the fender Of a car and
his skull crushed.
Mrs. Knute Brake, residing on a
farm near Rochester, has died of
fright. She was lying i'll in bed when
she saw her husband and son i'm
perilled in a runaway accident. She
arose and hurried into the yard, where
she was overcome by weakness and
tainted. She was revived by mem
bers of her family but within fifteen
minutes died from shock.
John A. Ryan, hotel inspector under
the law passed by the legislature of
1906, Is up against it, Judging from the