New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-01-09
BRIEF MINNESOTA ITEMS.

uiI1S anniversary at their nome ueiS
on New Years day.
Battle Lake-At a special election
held today the village Of Battle Lake
voted $4,000 bonds to buy an acetylene
lighting plant and waterworks system
for the village.
ST. Paula blaze at 2:30 yesterday
afternoon in a Christmas tree at the
home of r. A. Alexander, S61s Park
place, called out the f1renen. The
to the extent OF 500.
Grand Meadow-Peter NJ Kerst,
public examiner, today authorized the
Exchange State Bank to begin busi-
ness. The new bank has $4,000 cap
ital and succeeds the Exchange bank,
a private institution.
Minneapolis-Crime is decreasing in
Minneapolis, the county jail people say.
They base their opinion on the fact
hind the bars this year. III 1905 there
were 529 entries on the Jail lists.
st. Paul-Benny Gates, alias Tim
Kelley, colored was arrested by the
police. He is charged with smashins
the show window Of C. E. Danneberg's
fur store, rs East Fifth street, Dec.
5, and making away with a lot of furs.
st. Paul-W. e. Williams, $50 North
Seventh street, was struck by a switch
engine in the Milwaukee yards at the
South Side junction, early today, and
painfully injured. He was thrown to
one side Of the track and his leg was
fractured.
Eveleth-Matt MAXI, a Finn employ
ed as laborer by the Drake & STRAIT
ton company in stripping operations at
the Fayal mine, was instantly killed
by a stone which was blown from
blast 500 feet away from where MAXI
was working.
st. Paul-GeOrge Brooks Young, a
former associate justice Of the state
supreme court, died Sunday afternoon
at his home, 324 Summit avenue The
end came suddenly in consequence OF
a severe cold contracted on a trip to
New York a week ago.
st. Paul-Master Theodore, Miss
Irene and Miss Alice, the triplets born
to Mrs. Frank Blachowski, 469 Topping
street, Oct. %, passed their first Christ
mas engrossed in the occupation of alb
sorbing nourishment and in sleeping.
ST. Paul-Judge Hallam filed de-
cision in the case of the state against
the Twin City Telephone company,
holding that the payment by the COM
pany of its per cent gross earnings
tax exempts it from any other form
of taxation on real estate used in it's
business.
Virginia-Wiiliam Rantz, a brake
man on the Duluth, Rainy Lake &
Winnipeg road, is dead as a result of
injuries received in making his first
trip on the road. Rantz, who was
twenty-four years old, came here a
short time ago and secured a position
as brakeman.
Fort Snelling-Gen A. w. Greeley,
acting commander of the department of
Dakota, has RENTED the unexpired
portion OF the sentence of Loren w
Fort Smelling on an eighteen month
sentence for desertion He had served
about tWo-thirds of the sentence.
st. Paul-St. Paul had an exceptional
year in 1906 so far as building opera
tons are concerned. In fact, it was
record year with the largest aggregate
since the boom period back in the
eighties. The building permits for
1906 aggregate SCOOPS an increase
of sS09,223 over the figures in 1905
Minneapolis-Sev men and wo-
men living in apartments over the Gus
tom laundry, on Sixth street south,
narrowly escaped being suffocated late
the other evening as a result of fire
that did about $500 damage to the laun-
dry property. Luckily all were rescued
before completely overcome by the
dense smoke that filled their rooms
Minneapolis-The aggregate cost OF
the buildings this year is S9,452, 800,
which is more than half million
ahead Of the magnificent record made
last year. These figures include only
do not cover the plumbing, heating and
electrical permits, which will probably
run over s1,000,000.
Faribault-A pure food law inspector
made visit to this city, and as a re-
suit of testing articles Of food and
drink in the various grocery stores and
saloons he caused the arrest of five
saloonkeepers and two grocerymen.
One saloonkeeper was fined $40 and
the fines Of the others were from SIS
down. They were found with adulter-
ated whisky on tap and for sale The
fines of the grocers were not so large.
3 international Falls-Determined that
this city shall not follow the example
of other towns which during their
mushroom growth have become hot
beds OF vice and crime, and believing
that the saloon is largely responsible
for such conditions, the city council
has passed an ordinance limiting the
number of saloons to ten until the city
shall have passed the 1000 population
mark
Mankato-F. w. Johnson, quarter
master general on the governors staff,
was given a surprise at his home at
New Ulm when number of his friends
gathered unannounced. Gen. Joseph