Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-11-06
news Of minnesota.
RattIesnake Loose.

RattIesnake Loose.
st. Paul-PasseEgers at the Union
depot were given a bad scare as the
result of the escape of Texas rattle
snake from box in charge of the
Wells Fargo Express company.
The snake was one of six consigned
to E. j. Erickson, Hamline, and had
been shipped from Brownsville, Texas,
Sept. z. According to the officials of
the express company the consignee
refused to accept the snakes, stating
that they had arrived too late for the
purpose for which he wished them,
therefore the snakes have been kept
at the express company's Union depot
office since Sept Z.
During the early hours of the morn
ing one of the larger snakes managed
to get out of the box and crept across
the platform. Several passengers who
were boarding the early morning
trains saw the snake and a panic fol-
lowed.
Finally brakeman on the Great
Northern who had evidently had some
experience in, handling rattlers, picked
up the snake and carried him back to
the box, which has been tightly nailed.
Forgery Charged.
Rochester Charged with series of
bold forgeries, Mrs. Aimee Lloyd, OF
San Francisco, twenty-five years old
and endowed with charming person
atty, is a prisoner in the county jail
Mrs. Lloyd was Miss Sickle before her
marriage and was we'll known here
during her childhood and early girl
hood She is unusually pretty.
Several days ago Mrs. Lloyd came to
Rochester from the West She had
not been in this city for ten years,
and her old friends gave her cordial
welcome.
She made numerous purchases about
town, and it is in connection with
these transactions that it is alleged
the laws were transgressed.
Badly Burned.
Franklin-Mrs. A. J. Olin received
painful burns while cleaning a gasO.
line stove. She was pouring fresh
supply from a fve-gallon can, which
was partly filled, into small vessel,
when the fluid became ignited by CON-
ing in contact with a heated stove,
causing an explosion and setting fire
to Mrs. Olin's dress. Her hair was
singed and her face, hands and other
parts of her body were severely
burned. She ran out of doors and
neighbors helped her to smother the
flames in her clothing. An infant
child was sleeping in a baby carriage
close by, but when the vehicle took
fire the baby was rescued uninjured.
Suicide.
St. Paul-Miss Rachel Goldstein, 14S
State street, returned home with por.
ton of the wedding trousseau she had
purchased during the afternoon, and
saw, thru a window, the body of her
father, Samuel Goldstein, hanging
from rope. She gave the alarm, and
several neighbors broke into the house
and cut down the body. It was
thought that Goldstein was still alive.
A physician was called and pro-
nounced him dead. Coroner A. w.
Miller decided that it was a case of
suicide
Lid Is Tilted.
East Grand Forks-Six affidavits
were mailed to Attorney General
Young to call his attention to the fact
that Mayor John O'Leary has failed to
put the lid on open gambling in East
Grand Forks. The affidavits are
signed by parties who claim to have
gambled in resorts openly conducted.
A communication was served on the
mayor telling him Of the affidavits and
making a demand that he enforce the
law. It is claimed that the mayor
has wholly failed to keep his promise.
Dropped Dead.
Duluth-Charles w. Potter, of 1924
West First street, dropped dead at
Lake avenue and Third street while
marching with the local bodies of the
Ancient Order United Workmen from
their hall to the First Methodist
church to listen to the annual me-
mortal service, this being the thirty.
ninth anniversary of the order. Mr..
Potter was 5 years old, and is sur
vived by a widow and five children
He was a steamfitter by trade.
Suicide in Court.
eapolis-Rather than again
face a prison sentence William Black.
man, 26 years old, 2116 Twenty-second
street south, Minneapolis, a paroled
prisoner from st. Cloud, shot himself
thru the head while standing at the
sergeant's desk at the Central police
station. The ball, 32-caliber, passed
thru his right temple, killing him in
stantly, a portion of the brain oozing
out on the floor.
NEWS NOTES.
Mankato-Bishop Cotter, assisted by
local Jesuit priests, confirmed a class
of more than 800 at St. Peter and
Paul's Catholic church.
OWatonna-A telegraph received
announces the death of Timothy l..
Morehouse at Roseburg, Ore. More
house was killed in a stage coach
accident, death being instantaneous.
Washington-The application of w.
J. Smith, of Eveleth, and others to
organize the First National bank of