The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-01
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.

Patrick Kelly, an Olmsted county
pioneer, is dead Of pneumonia at the
age of seventy.nine years.
A. N. Rowe of Donaldson is dead.
Mr. Rowe measured 100 inches around
the waist and weighed $40 pounds.
Frank P. Czech of Holding, Stearns
,ounty, is dead as a result of freezing
both hands to the elbows and both
legs to the knees.
Fredolin Marty, resident OF Min
hesota since 1852, is dead at the age
of seventy-six years at his home in
Woodbury., Washington county.
Fergus Falls is without coal of any
kind. A limited supply of wood can
be secured in the neighborhood, but
the roads are almost impossible.
John Magner, a territorial pioneer
of Nicollet county, is dead, aged sew
enty-six years. Mr.. Magner was born
in Ireland and arrived in Nicollet
county in 1850.
Mrs. Brit Lee, aged ninety-nine
years ten months and fourteen days,
is dead at St. James. She is believed
to have been the oldest resident OF
Watonwan county.
Frank Butterfield Of Windsor, Wis.,,
q switchman for the Minneapolis and
st. Louis road, fell between cars In
the company's yards In Minneapolis
ond v-aa instantly killed
John P. Quirk, on trial at Minneap-
oils for the murder of William A. Dow
ell, newspaper man, was convicted
of manslaughter in the first degree
and recommended to the mercy of the
court.
Earl W. Whitehead, who lost both
legs while employed as brakeman
on the Wisconsin Central, secured a
verdict of $4,000 against the COM
pany in the Ramsey county district
court.
Representative Buchanan has intro
duced bill in the lower house of con-
gress authorizing the construction of a
dam across the Mississippi river be-
tween the counties of Stearns and
Sherburne, in this state.
The cornerstone of the new Roman
Catholic cathedral at St. Paul will be
laid Sunday, June 2, and plans have
been inaugurated for making the event
a notable affair in the history of the
Catholic church in the Northwest.
From $4,000 to $4,000 worth of pearls
were taken from the Cedar river by
Mankato pearl hunters during the
year 1906. Some beautiful pearls were
found, one selling for 500 and an
other for $86. Others ranged in price
up to $50 each.
Workmen who were engaged in
dressing ducks for q Fairmont con-
Germ were astonished to find one with
five legs. One of the extra legs was
fully developed, with a foot that had
been used to some extent by the bird
in running about the barnyard.
Hon. B. r. Langworthy, aged eighty
Brownsville. He was one of the pio-
neers of the state, settling in Mower
county in 1856. He was member of
the house in an early day and helped
to nominate William Window for
United States senator.
State dairymen held their annual
convention at Owatonna last week.
The following officers were elected:
President, Lucien A. Sweet of Fair
mont; vice president, Robert Crick-
meyer of Owatonna; secretary, John
Morley of Owatonna; treasurer, Au-
gust Ahlswede of Jordan.
The total receipts and shipments of
the Duluth-Superior harbor for 1906
were 29,171,221 tons, as compared
with total of 22,676,145 tons in 1905
and 16,617,O17 tons in 1904. The in
crease in freight tonnage over 1905
was 1854 per cent, while the increase
in freight tonnage of 1906 over 1896
was ~. per cent.
Patrick Fallihee, resident of this
state since 1854, is dead at st. Paul.
He was member of the First Mime
sofa volunteer infantry and partici-
pated in every battle in which that
regiment was engaged. Mr.. Falli-
hee was one of the fortyseven who
stood in line at the close of the battle
of Gettysburg. He was seventy-eight
years old.
The Minneapolis city councils COM
mittee on legislation is preparing for
q campaign to secure the passage Of
the bill in the state legislature au
thorizing a 100000 bond issue,
which would enable the city to pur-
chase the plant of the Minneapolis
Gas Light company in 1910 If it should
be desired by the city to purchase the
plant at that time.
According to a decision by Judge
Lochren of the federal court the
Telephone Exchange
company loses its suit to enjoin the
city of St. Charles from preventing it
telephone exchange there.
The court holds that under the legis-
lative act of 1893 cities and villages
have authority to admit or keep out
telephone companies as they NAV de-