Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-02-22

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dog on Christmas day.
The eleventh annual convention of
he retail grocers was held at Duluth
last week. Red Wing was selected as
the next meeting place.
Dan Regan, switchman, was killed
at St. Paul by being struck by a
freight engine as he was throwing a
switch for an incoming train.
Duluth mining brokers have decided
to organize a mining exchange. The
membership will be limited to 200 and
the cost of membership will be $4,000
or $4,000 each.
Olmsted county is becoming infest-
ed with wolves. Reports are coming
in from the towns around Rochester to
the effect that the animals are becom-
ing alarming in number.
Anton kleir is dead at Albany,
Stearns county, at the age of more
than 100 years. He is said to have
been at the time of his death the old
est living survivor of the Mexican war;
Calvin Wagner, an inspector for
the St. Paul Gas and Electric COM
pany, employed in the gas department
of the company, was asphyxiated
while at work in one of the company's
manho!es.
Fire at Sacred Heart destroyed the
only hotel there, also Joe Dieter's
saloon and the bucketshop operated
by the Wisconsin Grain company. The
total loss is about $4,000 on buildings
and fixtures, partly insured.
AS the result of an outbreak Of
scarlet fever at Tower the school
board has, on the petition Of many
parents, closed the schools for a week
and the police have been instructed
to keep the children off the streets.
Despite the fact that the animal
had on one of the muzzles approved
by the Minneapolis police department
rabid dog managed to bite Stephen
G. Miller of that city. Mr.. Miller has
left for Chicago to take the Pasteur
cure.
During minstrel show at the opera
house at Crookston square of plaster
fell from the ceiling, knocking Mrs.
Zeb Lusian unconscious. The acct
dent almost caused a panic among the
audience, but as soon as the excite
ment had subsidized the show contin-
ued.
The body of John G. Lies, a prom
1nent citizen and merchant of Shake
pee, was found lying alongside the
Omaha railway tracks about one mile
west of that city. He is supposed to
have taken tie wrong train by mis-
take and to have jumped off instead Of
riding to the next station.
In order to give the state more time
to make preparation on it's arguments
the injunction proceedings regarding
the commodity rates promulgated by
the railroad and warehouse commits
sion, which were scheduled to come up
before Judge William Lochren in the
United States district court at St. Paul
last week, have been postponed until
March Is.
The state game and fish commits
sion met at St. Paul last week and
reorganized, electing o. J. Johnson
president, J. H. Grill first vice pres
ident, Robert H. Hanna secretary and
Carlos Avery executive agent. S. +.
Fullerton, retiring executive agent,
was elected to the position of superin-
tendent Of fisheries, an office created
by the last legislature.
After making a thorough investiga-
ton into the deaths of Mrs. Caroline
Hanson and her fve-year-old son, AL
fred Hanson, who were shot while
asleep at the family residence near
Tansen, Clay county, the coroner's
jury returned a verdict declaring that
the father and husband, Stephen Han
son, committed the crime while in
sane, but that he is criminally respon-
sible.
Charles Faber, proprietor of the
Grand Pacific hotel at Perham and
one of the most widely known citi-
zens of Otter Tail county, is dead. Mr.
Faber's death was due to blood poison
ing, resulting from pairing a corn
The knife cut little too deep and
gangrene set in in the wound. It was
found necessary to amputate the leg
at the knee, but this proved ineffec-
tive and death followed.
The primaries for the Mankato city
election, which will be held on April
2, were held in that city last week and
there were many hot contests, both
on the Republican and Democratic
tickets. DR.. J. w. Andrews, candi-
date for mayor on the Republican
ticket, had no opposition and received
$50 votes. Charles E. Taylor Dem.),
present mayor and candidate for re-
nomination, defeated DR.. J. A. Hiel-
scher by 1875 votes.
Gross earnings Of the Twin CITY
Rapid Transit company for 1906
showed an increase of 1851 per cent
and net earnings an increase of 14.37
per cent over the preceding year. The
passenger earnings of the company
for the entire system, embracing the