Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-12
BRIEF MiNNEsoTAITEMs
Interesting Bits Of News Gathered
From All Portions of
the State.

st. Paul-The three Northern roads
make homeseekers' rates daily.
st. Paul-Kermit Roosevelt, son of
the president, visits the city.
Harmony-Preparation are in prog
ress for a harvest festival to be held
here Sept. IA and Is.
st. Paul-Insurance commissioners
propose cutting off renewal commits
sions to salaried officials.
Rochester-Local merchants were the
guests of the st. Paul Manufacturers
and Jobbers' association.
Minneapolis Attorney General
| Young upholds the law making state
railroad commissioners elective.
St. PAULA railroad bridge will make
the West side flats available for man.
ufacturing sites and will develop South
st. Paul.
MISUNDERSTANDING Hausman of this
city has been appointed district deputy
Of the Order Of Elks for the southern
part Of Minnesota.
Vernon Center-While threshing,
Milt Porter had one of his eyes injured
so badly that it had to be removed by
LIT. James or MankatO.
Crookston-The Markham hotel Of
Bemidji. has been purchased by w. S.
Lycan & Co. of this city, the owners
Of the Hotel Crookston.
Pelican Rapids-Fire damaged the
Frazee Office building. Lack of wind
and the efforts of the firemen and citi-
zens saved several other buildings.
Minneapolis Commercial club is
considering the question Of inviting the
next general conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church to meet in this
city in 1908.
Hastings-Dr. and Mrs. E. D. Alli-
/ son were thrown from a buggy last
evening, the former having two ribs
severely bruised.
| Morris-H. W. Stone, ST., for thirty
years a prominent citizen of Morris
and Stevens county, is dead at his
home at Riverside as result Of
, stroke Of apoplexy.
Henning-In a fight in which two
Finlanders participated, Peter Konti's
skull was fractured and he otherwise
was SO numerically beaten that he
) may die Of his injuries.
l Northfield-Rev Fred B. Hill, B. D.,
assistant pastor Of the Central Congre-
gatiOnal church, Providence, r. l., has
7 accepted call to become instructor
!, Of Biblical literature in Carleton COL
lege.
: Crookston-The viewers of Ditch Sc
, in the towns Of keystone and Euclid
: reported favorably on the ditch. 1t is
), to be ten miles long, and the cost is
= estimated at $4,000. Work will be be-
gun on it early next spring.
J. ST. Paul-The movement for an in
dependent labor ticket in Ramsey coun-
ty has been abandoned, and union
9 labor men will be urged to vote for
). candidates who may be Endorsed by the
8 State Federation Of Labor.
9 Winona-The North Western Railway
company is opening new yards in this
4 city. The old lumber yards site OF
the Youmans Bros. & Hodgins COM
pany has been purchased and switch
tracks are being laid there.
Minneapolis far as possible, lei
the decorations remain up until state
a fair week." is the suggestion Of many
l, Minneapolis people, and the plan i:
l. likely to be adopted by many mer
s chants in the down town district.
q Houston-After standing off neigh
Y bors who sought to interfere, Ole Olson
a farmer living near here, turned thu
q rifle with which he had scared thu
- neighbors against himself and blew GU
- his brains. He is said to have beer
. drinking.
Faribault-Mrs. Hogan, a woman
- who resides in the village Of Dundas
and who was slightly demented, wa!
IS struck by west bound freight trail
y yesterday afternoon and Instant.
It killed. She was sitting on the tract
D. and the engineer whistled, but it va
r. too late to stop the train.
"a Beaver-While running to a. fire
q which burned the store and house o
=. A. S. Irish, George Knowles, retire,
: merchant, fell dead from heart failure
Knowles formerly kept the store which
% was destroyed and, on hearing tn
II alarm, rose from his bed ard starte,
e. for the scene. The fire destroyed tn
y store and contents, entailing a heav,
k loss.
t. Crookston-The twenty-five Thou
II sand club is planning to hold a meeting
It in this city in the latter part of Sep
/. TENDER of all the commercial clubs il
m the Red river valley, including Mime
"a sofa and North Dakota, for the purpos
=, Of planning an organized movement TO
- the growth and development of the Re-
% river valley. Invitations will be sen
II to nearly 100 towns.
~ Ebro-The murder theory is rapid
N gaining ground relative to the KILN
n Of the Indian. Frank Wade. near thi
10 village last Saturday. Wade had
er large sum of money few Gays befor
his death and had been engaged in
IF drunken carousal. His clothing ha
r been removed, or rather torn off, an
-. burnt matches were found where tn
. body had evidently been laid on tn
~ rails.
20 Brainerd-A wild animal, suppose
to have been wolf, jumped over
fence alongside road on which Mrs
!, J. c. Congdon and her sister-in-lav
Mrs. Nado, were driving in carriag
and frightened the horse so that
~ ran away Both women were throw,
IS to the ground, but Mrs. Nado escapes
injury Mrs. Congdon had her arm
}; broken, her nose fractured and her tao
badly cut and bruised.
st. Paul-The gasolene launch Bill
q d." owned by w. B. Davidson, one q
the best-known pleasure boats on LAX
Minneto4ka, burned at its dock a