The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-08-03
BRIEF MINNEsoTAiTEMs
Interesting Bits Of News Gathered
From All Portions Of
the State.

city official holds Office before he is
naturalized.
ST. Paul-Bishop Stariha blesses the
new bells for the chimes at st. Ber-
nard's church.
FIT. Snelling-A young man from
Milwaukee browns in the Minnesota
river near here.
st. Paul-Frank Bergquist, a hotel
proprietor, disappears, and his wife
suspects foul play.
Hamline-The sessions Of the North
western Bible conference begin at the
state fair grounds.
st. Paul-The play in the women's
state tennis tournament begins at the
Town and Country club.
st. Paul-The general committee le-
port that $4,000 more will be needed
to complete the auditorium.
st. Paula runaway team dashes
over three babies, and one of the chill
dren is probably fatally hurt.
Granite Falls-Congressma Andrew
}. Volstead filed for denomination as
congressman for the Seventh district.
Minneapolis-Ral the three-year-
old son Of Max Fauer, 1929 Bryant
avenue north, drowned in Medicine
lake.
Montgomery-At the annual school
meeting D. A. Hanlon and NJ. NJ. Pow
ell were elected to succeed themselves
on the board.
st. Paul-Some interesting matches
are played in the women's state ten
mis- tournament at the Town and
Country club.
ST. Paul-The new auditorium is
lighted up for the first time and is
ready for the saengerfest crowd to-
morrow night.
Blackduck-The Catholic parish is
to build a new church. Bids have
been advertised for and are to be
opened Aug. 1.
st. Paul-Ben Tremble, he avyweight,
went up to Hibbing and Knocked out
Young Mahoney in the sixth round of
fast and furious fight.
Preston-Carl Schwab, Clay coun-
ty (Kan.) farmer, is in Preston after
wife. Schwab advertised for help
for her daughter.
Northfield-Prof. T. J. Fairbank,
head of the department of languages
in Western Illinois state normal school,
has been appointed professor of Latin
In Carleton college.
Crookston-Etaoin Etaoinski, a Fin
lander, tried to do things in the Bar
saloon here and 1t took three police
men to convince him that he ought
to go to the city lookup.
Bemidji-Some of the land owners
in this county are about to go into
sheep raising on an extensive scale
1t Is said that the cut over lands over
there are Just the thing for sheep.
East Grand Forks-The lid is on
permanently here, if the statement of
Chief of Police George Brown is to
be taken at it's face value. Acting
under orders from Mayor O'Leary.
Rushmore-S. B. Bedford filed Sat-
urday for state senator in opposition
to Dan Shell of Worthington, who has
been senator for IA years. Mr.. Bed
ford is banker at Adrian and Rush
more, MINI.
polis-Algot Anderson, %
years old, was caught between two
cars in the Wisconsin Central yards
on Boom island, and was so badly in
jured that he died while on the way
to the hospital.
Perham-The annual meeting Of the
Perham school district was held Sat
urday evening. The treasurer's report
showed nearly $1,000 on hand and all
bills paid. Alex Nelson and P. J..
Fitzpatrick were reelected directors.
Mankato-The real estate assess
ment foots up to $2,62O,S21, and the
personal property assessment to ST.
051, 909, making a total assessed valu-
alton Of $3,672,730, or an increase OF
$231,812 over the total valuation last
year.
Minneapolis-By river from Grand
Rapids, Mimi, to Minneapolis in nine
days. This is the record Of four young
men, who preached two green duck
boats on the shores Of the Mississippi
at Fourth avenue N, after completing
river trip of $50 miles.
st. Paul-Mrs. Mary c. McDonald's
will gives the Trinity Baptist church
a small fortune. The deceased was the
daughter of the late Elisha Jones and
she had always been prominent In
church work and especially in the af-
fairs of the Trinity church of which
she was a member.
neapolis-Suffering from an at
tack of blood poisoning which resulted
from a slight scratch received in a
fight with a drunken prisoner several
days ago, Patrolman John Maloney,
who is attached to the central patrol
wagon, is confined to his house in a
serious condition.
ST. Paul-The Minnesota Mutual
Fire Insurance company has no right
under fits charter to issue non-assess-
able policies either within the state of
Minnesota or outside of It. Insurance
Commissioner c. D. O'Brien today no.
titled the officers Of the company Of
his ruling to this effect.
Grand Forks-Ed Nealy of Red Lake
Falls. Mimi, who recently secured the
franchise for lighting and power at
Grand Forks and East Grand Forks.
was In the city today and stated that
work would begin right away. There
is a large dam at Red Lake Falls with
an 1S-foot head and big pond.
st. Peter-The state board OF con-
troll Is considering 70 for the erection
Of a new nurses dormitory at the state
hospital to cost $4,000.
Mankato-Mrs. Anna N. Weycker