The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-15
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.

Edward Vanish will, 1t Is said, be
appointed postmaster at St. Paul tC
succeed the late General M. D. Flower
Frank p. Nantz of Minneapolis has
been appointed collector of revenue OF
Porto Rico, with headquarters at San
Juan. "
Thomas Lowry. the Minneapolis
traction magnate, has donated $4,000
to the Lombard Universalist college at
Galesburg, Ill.
An epidemic of grip prevails at
Mankato. Court officials are on the
sick list and the regular term has
been postponed for two weeks.
Ira H. Shattuck, for sixteen years
associated with the late Colonel Wood
and A. e. Zonne as part owner in the
Nicollet hotel Of Minneapolis, is dead.
Mrs. John Barnard of Blue Earth is
dead, aged eighty years. Her hus-
band was an itinerant Methodist
preacher in Minnesota in pioneer
days.
DR.. Louis Dwight Shipman of Min
neapolis, a specialist on diseases of
the throat. is dead of malignant diph-
iberia, which he had contracted from
one of his patients.
Mrs. Harry Footner of Mankato
was badly burned while shaking down
the ashes in a coal stove. The coffee
pot on the stove was overturned, the
hot contents running over her head
and shoulders.
A Syrian peddler of unknown name
was burned to death in the village jail
at Mckinley, where he was confined
for disorderly conduct. Only the
mans headless and charred trunk
was found in the ruins.
While repairing the track of the
Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad in
Fritsche's ravine, two miles north of
New Ulm, Charles Brandt, the Sec
ton foreman, met his death by being
struck by southbound freight train.
G. R. Lord of Wells has the cham.
pion COW of that locality. He kept a
record Of her achievements the past
year and finds that she gave $3.50
pounds Of milk, with fat test Of 4.20
per cent. The milk was sold and
brought $3.50.
Because the concerns engaged in
granite polishing at St. Cloud cannot
profitably quarry and polish the stone
a movement is on foot to organize a
company with q capital Of 100000
which will take entire charge of the
quarrying of the stone.
Rex Clay, a brakeman on the Chi
cago. Milwaukee and St. Paul road,
was awarded $4,000 damages by
jury at Austin for personal injuries.
Clay's back was broken and he has
lain helpless since the accident, which
occurred at Lyle, this state, In Decem'
Der. 1905.
As 4 result Of the determined move
ment towards securing cheaper street
car fares the Minneapolis city council
has passed an ordinance requiring the
street railway company to sell six
tickets for rs cents, each of which is
to be good for one ride. This applies
only to those lines within the Mime
apolis city limits.
Frank P. Noyes, thirty-six years old.
a switchman in the employ Of the
Northern Pacific road, was killed at
Duluth last week. He threw switch
for train and, stepping backward,
got in the way of another train and
was run down. Both legs and one
arm were severed and he died without
recovering consciousness.
Touston Heggerson, twenty-five
years old, is dead at Red Wing after
an illness of several months. Nine
years ago he was accidentally shot by
the discharge of revolver held by a
companion. The bullet lodged near
the heart and was never extracted.
His heart had troubled him ever since
and death was due to that cause.
Progress on the preliminary work
of the Minneapolis, Rochester and Du-
luth Traction company's route is so
rapid that early operation of the elec-
trio line from Minneapolis to Dubuque
is strong probability. 1t Is reported
at the head offices in Minneapolis that
100 miles of right of way have been
secured, leaving only fifty-six to be
obtained. Twenty-six men are now at
work on the remainder Of the line.
Ray w. Jones. former lieutenant
governor Of Minnesota, will leave Min
neapolis soon to go to the Pacific
coast with the intention Of making
his home there permanently. Mr..
Jones has lived In Minneapolis for
thirty years and for a greater part OF
that time has taken an active Interest
in the politics of the state. He will
engage in business in the Canadian
Northwest, with headquarters at Van
c0uver.
Mayor Ward Of Fairmont, backed
by the city council, is getting after the
bucketshops at that place. The coun-
Gil has passed a resolution directing
the city attorney to draw up an or
dinance imposing license fee of $500
month upon every bucketshop that
does business in Fairmont. A reso-
1,,t;oo uoc o1cc naesa6 calling nnOn