Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-02-16
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.

Edward McGulpin. a laborer for the
Minneapolis Street Railway company,
was killed by being run over by
street car.
The bill for new federal building
1t Alexandria, to cost $4,000, has been
favorably acted upon by the senate
committee.
H. Helwig, a resident of Locklart.
was so severely frozen in the recent
blizzard that no hope is entertained of
his recovery.
Thomas Johnson, steam engineer
from Duluth, Was shot and killed at
Denver by Policeman Charles Secrest
In quarrel over dice game.
A new high school building costing
$25,ee0 will be erected at Willmar in
the spring and will be pushed to COM
pletion before the fall term begins.
The fund raised for the benefit of
the family of Captain John Berwin,
killed in the West hotel fire at Mime
apo]is, has passed the $4,000 mark.
The thirty~second annual convention
of the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton of Minnesota was held in Austin
last week. Three hundred delegates
were in attendance
Senator Nelson has introduced
bill to reimburse the state Of Mime
sofa i'll the sum Of $4,000 for payment
OF interest On bonds issued in 1852 to
suppress the Sioux outbreak.
Major Joseph P Masterman, aged
thirty seven years, who was with the
Thirteenth Minnesota in the Philip
pines, is dead at Saltwater The i'm
mediate cause Of his death was Brights
disease.
IN q sensational manner Edward
Moore, prominent farmer residing
near lie Sueur Center. committed sui
eide by throwing himself in front OF
freight train, being literally cut in two.
He died instantly.
A small fire in the wholesale dry
goods house Of Finch Young 6 Nc
Conville III st. Paul created a property
loss Of about $4,000, mostly due to the
automatic sprinhling system put into
operation by the fire
That there are more wolves in Polk
county at the present time than ever
before since the organization of the
county is shown by the fact that the
hounties paid by the state for them
have doubled in the last year.
Joseph X. Moore, a veteran Mime
sofa newspaper man. who had lived in
Los Angeles, Cal, since 1895, is dead
in that city. He was private secretary
to the late r. A. McGi1l during his
term as governor from 1887 to 1889.
In one Of the most intense ana pene.
tratlng snow storms OF the season a
sectionhand working for the Great
Northern at Benoit, sunposed to be
john Anderson, was struck and in
stantly killed when hit by snowplow.
Bids viii! be called for in few DAYS
for the extension Of the Dul,lth, Rainy
Lake and Winnipeg road from its pres
ent northern terminus Ashawa, to
Beaudette, On Rainy river where L
will connect with the Canadian North
ern.
The hoileTmakers' strike which has
been IN progress in Duluth and Supe-
r1or for the last two weeks has been
settled by the employers conceding
the demands Of the men for SO cents
an hour. Nearly ESQ jou1neymen and
helpers We're out
Many Of the Mile Laos ChippeWas
have slgnified a willingness to remove
to the White Earth reservation early
in the coming spring and Agent Mich
elet is having lumber manufactured
and hauled preparatory to the build
Ing OF homes for these Indians.
Representative Buchanan has called
the attention OF Indian Commissioner
LeupD to letters to the effect that
members OF the Pillager band Of IN
dians in minnesota are starving. Com
missioner Aeupp has promised to start
al inquiry to ascertain the facts.
Edward @. Fellows, formerly a. fuel
dealer at Minneapolis, has been con-
victed in that city Of grand larceny in
the first degree. The charge against
Fellows was made by F. II. Peavey. &
Co., who alleged that Fellows appru-
priated $4,000 while acting as their
agent
Judge Williston. at Red Wing. has
filed an order denying the motion for
new trial in the case of Henry Pro
low. sentenced TO hang for the murder
of Charles Ze1nke. The case NAV he
carried to the supreme court, but this
depends whether enough money can
tie raised.
A Northern Pacific train, eastboun1.
ran into some cars engaged in dis
tributing cindeis along the right q?
way twelve miles east of F'ereus Fa.'
lyer HansnO. at work Oh enc Of the
cars. fell and WIS ground TO death an
der the wheels, The passengers were
badly shaken Up. bat slninjured.
John H. Kennedy Of MinneapoIis. 4
wealthy retired business man, was in.
stant1y killed at Scranton, pa..
Wednesday by the accidental dis
charge Of a revolver which he had
been cleaning He was a member OF
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