The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-02-08
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE. .


Weed Munro, a prominent Mime
apoiis attorney, Is dead.
Charles A. Anderson. a we'll known
painter of Clarktield. Is dead from the
effects of drinking wood alcohol by
mistake.
+ B. Van Hoesen. president OF the
First National bank Of Alexandria and
prominent for forty years in the life
Of that section. is dead.
| Carl Finstad died at hts home In
| Frontenac from blood poisoning re-
Eultins from the cutting OF a corn. He
was seventy years OF age.
| Salaries OF I'll teachers in the graded
schools Of Minneapolis will be in
creased IS per month, according to
action taken by the board OF educa'
ton.
Na-1'ah- We. Gah-Bo~, chief OF the
! Cass Lake Indians, Is dead ut the mis-
sion near Cass Lake. His death had
been expected for some time. He was
seventy years OF age.
Governor John A. Johp son has an.
! nounced the appointment: of Robert
! Hornah Of Fergus Falls as member
| Of the state game and fish commits
sion to succeed Henry G. Smith.
Fire at Dexter village, about eight
cen miles east of Austin, destroyed
the fine double brick block belonging
| to Medberry Bros, general merchants
The aggregate loss is estimated to be
| $4,000.
Mrs. Hilda Axlund, Balaton Uyon
county, milliner and dressmaker, has
been convicted and sentenced to six
months imprisonment in the county
Jail for conducting a blind pig In con-
nection with her establishment.
The total amount of water used in
St. Paul during 1906 was $780, 41, ass
gallons, or 10,225,470 gallons daily, a
daily increase Of 322,77S gallons over
that of 1905. The daily increase over
four years ago was 2,158,991 gallons.
The charter commission OF Roches-
ter has accepted petition signed by
per cent of the city's voters to rec
ommend that the liquor license be
raised from $500 to $1,000. The mat
ter will be decided at the spring elec-
ton.
The Minneapolis Bridge and Con-
struction company has begun work on
the steel shaft No. of the Genoa
mine near Sparta and expects to have
1t completed in the next month. This
will be the first steel shaft in mines
OF the Sparta district.
The officials of the Duluth, Rainy
Lake and Winnipeg road and the CON-
mittees representing the conductors,
trainmen, firemen and engineers have
reached an agreement in the forma-
ton of wage scale. The men have
secured more pay and less hours.
At the last public meeting Of the
Olmsted County Medical society 1t
was decided to appoint committee
OF women to visit the farms of the
dairymen who furnish the city's milk.
DR.. Crewe, the president Of the So
ciety, has made the appointments.
DIR. Thomas J. Gray, formerly pres
ident of the St. Cloud normal school
and a practicing physician in Mime
apolis for several years, is dead at
Tonopah, New, Of typhoid pneumonia.
He was well known In both medical
and educational circles of the state.
United States District Attorney
Haupt has filed a suit In the United
States circuit court at St. Paul against
the Northern Pacific railroad to re-
cover penalties In the sum of $1,000
for violating the federal statutes in
regard to caring for interstate ship.
ments of live stock.
Rochester business men have organ
lied a crusade against cigarettes and
there promises to be some interesting
developments. Over 100 of the city's
prominent business firms have signed
their names to resolution agreeing
not to knowingly employ any person
that smokes cigarettes.
Mrs Margaret Kelly is dead at the
home of her son at Thief River Falls,
Her husband, Patrick Kelly, died two
days previously at their home at
Stewartvi]le. Olmsted county. They
were pioneer settlers of Olmsted
county and they passed away each
unconscious of the death of the other.
Captain James G. McGrew of St.
Paul, minnesota pioneer and a prom
inent character in some of the stirring
affairs Of Minnesota territorial days,
is dead at st. Anthony Park at the
age OF seventy-three years. Captain
McGrew was born near Dayton. O.. In
1898 and came to Minnesota territory
In 1854.
That there are valuable iron depos-
its on the Black river in Northern
Minnesota appears to be verified.
Claimholders in that section are ex.
tremely enthusiastic over the richness
of the ore and say that district before
long will compete with the Mesaba
range for the distinction of being the
greatest iron producing country in the
world.