Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-18
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Minneapolis Despondent over
money affairs, Hugh Johnson, an aged
painter, hanged himself in his room al
1 426 Thirteenth avenue south.
i Minneapolis body found in the
Mississippi river was identified as that
Of Anton Hendrickson. A letter from
the mans sweetheart was the means
of Identification.
Observation-Disclosures DobsOn caught
an opossum along the river south OF
i Blue Earth. It is rare that these ami
mails stray so far north, but one was
found in this vicinity last summer.
Faribault-The Episcopal church in
i the village Of Dundas was broken into
and the silver communion service, col
Election plate and other valuable arti-
Giles were stolen. There is no clue to
the burglars.
st. James-The st. James Telephone
| company, which was organized last
| year by business men, built seventy
miles of rural lines last season and
thirty miles more are projected for
the coming summer.
! East Grand Forks-Twenty-s: an
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fled already with City Auditor Cor
man for the coming year. 1t is ex-
| pected that at least a dozen more will
DC received before the time limit ex-
pires.
! st. Paul-Ray Sheppard, charged
with the larceny Of horse and buggy
belonging to DR.. w. D. Kelly, pleaded
guilty on information in the district
court before Judge Kelly and was SEN
fenced to the state reformato tory at ST.
Cloud.
Faribault-The eighth annual state
convention of the Catholic Order OF
| Foresters will be held in this city July
II to 10. About 1875 lodges throughout
the state will, be represented, and more
than 200 delegates will be in attend
ance. On July IL parade of the
order will be held.
st. Paul--The state game and fish
commission will ask the legislature for
an appropriation Of about $1,000 for
the purpose of securing a fish" car.
The car is to be specially constructed
for the purpose of transporting fish
from the hatcheries to the different
lakes and streams throughout the
state.
Mankato--A veterinary surgeon dis
covered CHAMBERS on the farm of r. c.
Wollum in Riceland township, and
after a thorough test seven horses
were condemned and killed. These are
the only cases that have been heard Of
| in Freeborn county for several years.
The state pays half the value of the
horses.
Minneapolis-The Minnesota Tide
Insurance company Of this city closed
it's doors. James D. Shearer of a To-
cal law firm was appointed receiver
by State Bank Examiner Schaeffer.
j. N. Barnes, a real estate man, is
president. It is said that his holdings
are so heavy and valuable that credit
ors will be we'll handled.
ST. Paul-Albert Staiger, a pioneer
resident OF Hay Creek. Goodhue coun-
ty. was instantly killed in an accident
at his home. Mr.. Staiger was carry
ing a box of grain down the barn
stairs and lost his balance and fell
head foremost down the stairs He
was found dead by his SON. Law a
few minutes after the accident His
skull was fractured in six places
I st. Paul-StaIe Auditor, S. C. Iver-
son has issued a booklet entitled Great
Opportunities in Minnesota The
booklet contains full information re-
garding the sale Of school and other
state lands during June and July
| Each county is dealt wi h separately
and the booklet is illustrated with
views of farms throughout the state
where the land is to be offered for sale
Duluth-Hans Miettinen, a laborer,
! Who has lived in Yves Duluth for the
! last year, committed suicide by hang
| ing. Miettinen had gone to an empty
house, and entering the garnet had
| fastened one end of q short leather
| strap to the rafter, the other end ha
been noosed about his neck The
mans feet touched the floor of the gar
{ ret and he evidently had strangled to
death.
East Grand Forks-By practically
a unanimous vote the citizens of Eas t
Grand Forks at a massmeeting decid-
ed in favor of entering into a con-
tract with the Grand Forks Gas &
Electric company to supply the city
with electricity, and not to rebuild
the municipal lighting plant at this
time. The municipal lighting plant
was not paying proposition and
many Of the, citizens are opposed to
rebuilding it. 1t was burned down re-
Gently.
| Austin-William Maathie is under
arrest here charged with an attempt to
wreck a Chicago Great Western train.
He attempted to ride on a northbound
train on the blind baggage, but was
discovered by a brakeman and elected.
,er failing in a second attempt he is
said to have placed a rock on the de-
railing switch in such manner that
the switch would not work. The
operator in the switch tower discov-
cred him in the act and an accident
vas averted.
Hibbing-Daniel Previck and Thorn
as Ryan were seriously burned in two
different explosions of gasoline at the
Sellers stripping works. Previck was
severely burned about the face and
hands and probably will not recover.
He was working on a steam shovel
and found a cap on a jerk which he
could not unscrew. Taking can of