The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-12-14
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS or sA5aWEEk THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE. #

Ivory e. McKusick, a resident of
Saltwater since 1s47, is dead.
! Frank Gunther was seriously injured
!, by an explosion of gas in a well at
Minneapolis ,. ,as~+" 1a 5s1ss II.
Burglars robbed the fur store of
John Mark & Co: of Minneapolis, Sc
curing furs valued at $1,000.
John Clark. aged twenty-three, of
Minneapolis, suffering from :, sore
throat, choked to death while cough
Ing. ~n
The fortieth annual convention Of
the Minnesota State Horticultural So
ciety was held at Minneapolis last
week. etts.,,.s g. .. .,r., .1e~%E &c.. .-
The Winona Law and Order league,
which claims membership of about
1000, has taken steps to secure lid"
for that city. ....
Hans Nelson, car repairer, was
struck and instantly killed by switch
engine at the Spring street crossing
In Minneapolis.
DR.. Edward Murray, founder OF Muir
ray Institutes for inebriates at Min
neapolis, Fargo and Seattle, died sud
denly in Minneapolis.
| Amos Bacon of Wadena has been
sentenced to serve fifteen days in jail
for "overloading, torturing and beat
Ing horse to death"
Ethel Agnes Krause, aged twelve
T. ~
haustion following a severe scalding
she received two weeks ago.
Miss Ida Strucke, twenty-six years
old, is dead at Lester Prairie as the
result of burns received while attempt
Ing to start fire with kerosene.
Henry Murphy, sixty-nine years old,
an inmate Of the Minnesota Soldiers
home, was struck by train near Min
nehaha falls and instantly killed.
Dell Fuller of Lake Crystal has been
sent to the state training school at
Red Wing by the Blue Earth county
court for the theft of an umbrella.
The new flour mill at Bertha that
had been in operation just one month
has been totally destroyed by fire.
The mill was erected at cost of &c.,
600.
Thomas Whelan was struck by a
Northern Pacific engine in the Union
depot yards at St. Paul and died
few hours later in st. Joseph's hos
pital.
Although Minnesota failed to take
hop shin fhia voor II
has taken more prizes than any other
state on cattle at the International
Live Stock show at Chicago.
Peter Glassrud, prominent young
farmer living near Eldred, was in
stantly killed by being struck by a
falling tree while engaged in cutting
cordwood on. the Red river five miles
west of Eldred. ....-"
Thomas. S. Outram, for the last ten
years section director of the weather
bureau Of the Northwest and one Of
the best known weather men in the
United States. is dead at Minneapolis,
aged forty-seven years. '~- i.
The payment of gross earnings
tax by q railroad company exempts it
from an assessment for benefits accru-
ing by reason of, the construction Of a
public ditch, according to decision Of
the state. supreme court. -. .sr
Miss ..~* Christine ,..e Elgeross was
drowned in Solomon lake, near Will
mar, while skating She was in COM
pany with julius Holland and both fell
into the water, but nearby skaters
succeeded IN reaching Holland before :;
he succumbed.
Unless something goes wrong with
the plans an ordinance will be passed
by the st. Paul city council in the near
future limiting the number Of saloons
in st. Paul to 400. There are now 1896
saloons, as compared with 1854 in 1903,
a gain Of forty-one in three years.
Andrew J. Foster, seventy-nine
years of age and pioneer resident of
Minneapolis, is dead at his home near
Minnehaha falls. Mr.. Foster was born
at Cooper. Me-, June 8, 1927. He set
tied at st. Anthony in 1910, but twenty
years later removed to Minnehaha
falls. r tsss..&.'
MOI6ou JOu0S, q uc6AO 4V4 years VI
age, is dead at Minneapolis, where he
had made his home for forty-three
years. Jones was born in Halifax
county, Va, of slave parents, on Aug.
TO-, 1906, and, remained a slave him !
self until the proclamation Of emanci-
patton. !, cl- 49,, r. ....s,,.@H% ID |
The city council, of Fergus Falls has
decided to take steps to acquire the |
waterworks system Of that city by ar I
bitration: The city will appoint one
member, OF a board OF appraisers, the
water company. will choose one and
the. two will select a third, the three
to agree upon the value Of the plant. |
The first annual meeting of the Red
River Valley Immigration and Devel-
opment association at 'Crookston was |
largely attended by delegates from all |
portions OF the valley The session
was devoted entirely to the business
Of the Organization and especially to
the adoption of a constitution and by