Mower County transcript., 1906-07-04
NEWS. IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

The state meeting Of the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians will be held In
Winona Sept. 1s to 20.
Richard Stack, nine years old. was
drowned in the Mississippi river at
Minneapolis while fishing.
Paul Schultz, thirteen years of are.
was drowned in the Mississippi river
at Minneapolis while bathing.
Roy Peterson, aged seven, was al.
most Instantly killed at MINNEAPOLIS
Dy being run over by heavy lumber
wagon.
During heavy electrical storm the
Norwegian Lutheran. church of South
saltwater was struck by lightning and
destroyed by fire.
Arthur Tibbits, the twelve-year-old
son OF Rev. A. H. Tibbits of MinneaD-
OILS, was drowned in the Mississippi
river while bathing.
Henry Doerr, the twelve-year-old
son of a Mankato cigarmaker, was
drowned in the Minnesota river while
bathing with number of other bows.
The Duluth, Missabe and Northern
road has completed it's line into Hol-
man and is fast pushing toward
Bovey, where it will enter within the
next few days.
Arthur Mcclellan fell into a vat of
boiling water at the Swift Packing
company's plant at South st. Paul
and died few hours later at the st.
Paul city hospital.
The elevator Of Bingham Bros. at
New Ulm was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. The elevator
was valued at $4,000 and the grain
destroyed 1T $4,000.
Plans for the sanatorium for con-
sumptives, which the state will build
At Walker, have been completed by
the architect and bids for construc-
tion will be opened shortly.
Burglars broke into the vault in tho
city clerks Office at Minneapolis and
stole $483.75 in cash. There was more
than 1,200 in the vault, but the rob-
bers overlooked a portion of it.
The German Evangelical Lutheran
synod of Minnesota and other states,
in annual session at Sanborn, this
state, condemned all secret societies
and warned it's members not to Join
them.
Gilbert Webster, one of the early
settlers of Blue Earth county, died
suddenly of heart disease. He was a
member of the Mapleton colony that
located in this state in 1856, coming
from the East.
In the case Of Lawrence Martin VS..
J. J. Mcdonald, for damages from
shot in the back while in the latter's
saloon at Swan River last December,
the jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff of $500.
Mrs. Mary Hanson, thirty-eight
years of age, committed suicide at
Minneapolis by taking poison. The
rash act is believed by her friends to
be due to grief over the death of sev-
eral of her children
The huge water tank on the top Of
five-story wholesale building at Du-
luth gave away and fell to the dock in
the rear, letting loose $4,000 gallons
OF water that flooded the building
from roof to basement.
The dead body of Marvin Losey,
former deputy sheriff of Polk county,
this state, and well known politician
of Populist days, was found in his
room at Seattle, Wash. Death was
caused by inhaling gas.
John Alexander Dowie of Zion City,
ILL.,, is charged by the state dairy and
food commission with attempting to
dodge the Minnesota pure food law by
selling for lard at Winona a compost
tion of tallow and cottonseed oil.
David P. Jones will try for the Re-
publican nomination for the Office OF
mayor of Minneapolis, in which he
has served a portion of one term by
appointment of the city council and is
now serving a complete term by elec-
tion Of the voters
The decision by Attorney General
Moody in favor of the state of Mime
sofa in the swamp land grant matter
Is the cause Of considerable Joy to
Attorney General Young, who has
beer pushing the state claims. The
claims involve 10000 acres, Of which
about 100000 were disputed.
The supreme court has rendered
decision holding that all railroads op-
Grating in tho state must construct
their own bridges without monetary
aid from the locality wherein the
bridge is being erected. The railroad
companies must also maintain safety
devices at all public crossroads and
without compensation.
Emmet Wallace, who has travelled
with shows and museums as "tha
glass eater" was found in serious
condition on the streets of st. Paul
and was taken to the city hospital by
the police The man complained of
stomach troubles, which the physi.
clans at the hospital say is not sur
prising, considering his diet