Mower County transcript., 1907-03-06

Mrs. Margaret Lotus Of Winona
has, been committed to the asylum for
the insane at Rochester because Of a
mental condition brought about by
loss OF sleep following the extraction
Of some teeth. >=sss
Matthew G. Norton, millionaire
lumberman, has announced q gift to
the Winona General Hospital associa-
tion Of $4,000 In New York city
bonds running for fifty years and
bearing per cent interest.
| Charles F. Swanander. nineteen
years OF age, employed as helper at
the Northern Pacific roundhouse at
Gladstone. had his life squeezed out
by being caught between an engine
and the wall Of the helroundhouse
Woolen manufacture, new indus
try In the Northwest, Is to be intro
duced in Minneapolis with the erec-
tiont Of plant by the American Ker-
sey company. The plant will have
capacity Of. 100000 yards a year.
The -Bemidji Electric Light and
Power company has let q contract for
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power in the Mississippi river eight
miles east of that city, which will op.
crate manufacturing plants in Bemidjl.
At the city election at Moorhead
S65 votes were cast. The race for
mayor was very one sided, F.. Wheeler,
the business mems candidate receiv.
Ing $50 votes and A.. j. Rustad, the
/ "a
votes Ill
Chris Hansen, who was struck on
the head by highwaymen while ne
was walking through the Milwaukee
railroad yards at Minneapolis several
nights ago, is in a critical condition in
the city hospital and probably will not
recover.
After an exceptionally hot cam
paign Mayor A. A. Carter of Bemidji
was defeated for reelection by John
Pogue. head of the Reform" party.
The vote for mayor stood $50 to 223, a
ratio. which was closely followed
throughout the ticket.
Clyde King, who. recently was con-
vfcted at Minneapolis of having COM
mitted murder in the second degree in
the killing of his brcther-in-law, Elias
Jobes, at Osseo, on Christmas eve,
has been sentenced to Imprisonment
IN the state prison for life. .
A. w. Layman Of Duluth, special
agent for the general land office at
Washington, has made q seizure Of a
quantity of logs on the Mississippi
river about twelve miles southwest
Of Bemidii The logs had been cut
from stand OF Norway and white
pine on a fraudulent homestead near
Bootleg lake.
Mayor Haynes has attached his sig
nature to the ordinance requiring the
Minneapolis Street Railway company
to furnish six street car rides for
quarter. In returning the signed or
dinance to the council Mayor Haynes
accompanied it with a special message
recommending further action along
the same line. 5ste
I Rev. Edwin NJ Moore is dead Of old
age at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
DR.. Gaugh of Granada. He was nearly
ninety years old. He was a 3Presby-
terian minister until 1891, when he
retired Oh account of his health. He
had held charges in the states of New
York, Chic and Missouri and was pas
tor Of the Third Presbyterian church
at Chicago.
D. Il. Wellman, an old and widely
known pioneer, is dead at his home in
the town of Hobart, Otter Tail county.
Mr.. Wellman was a prominent mem
Der of the G. a. R. and served as cap
tain Of Company |, Fourth Minnesota,
during the Civil war. He was a fre-
luent contributor to the columns Of
Twin City papers and his articles on
crops were widely read.
After hearing many witnesses Judge.
Kingsley at Albert Lea ordered the
| proposed Judicial ditch No. for Free
born county. 1t Is said that 1S, 900.
acres will be more or less affected by
| the ditch, much Of which land is now
worthless except to furnish sloughs
| for aquatic fowl. The cost Of the Inn.
proyement Is estimated ct 800, 900
land the benefits are estimated at
twice that amount.
Ftfty.six murder prosecutt ttons In the
last two years fs the record made by
tAfinnesota 10 shoN "a by the county at..
|t6fneys. reports listed 81 the b1annial
Irsrort 0f tho aaforns 9ensrlE fOlnca.
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