The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-01-18
NEWS IN MINNESOTA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH.
OUT THE STATE.


/ Christ Peterson, farmer residing
near Albert Lea, was killed by the
kick Of 4 horse.
E. N. w. Shook, farmer living ten
miles southwest of Preston, was killed
by the limb OF a falling tree.
P. l., Marvin, q switchman employed
by the Omaha road, was killed while
coupling cars in the outskirts of St.
Paul.
Deaths in Minneapolis last year
from all causes numbered 2,825, which
was 35S more than the total figures
for 1905.
Mike England, living at Edna Mills,
was instantly killed by a St. Louis
passenger train at Hopkins while he
was on his way home. =
William Burhite, on trial at Brainerd
charged with manslaughter in shoot
Ing Lewis Killing by mistake for a deer
on Nov. IA, was found not guilty.
James J. Hill has donated So, 1000 to
the endowment fund of Manchester
college at st. Paul On condition that
the endowment be increased to $780,
900.
This years annual hunt at Amboy
0roved to be a success. The trophies
of the chase consisted of 300 cotton
tails. one jackrabbit, one crow and
two owls.
Sam +. Fullerton, executive agent of
the Minnesota game and fish commits
sion, has resigned and Governor John
son has offered the position to Carlos
Avery of Hutchinson.
In an effort to save 81 400, the saw
ines of lifetime, Andrew Peterson, a
farmer eighty-two years old, living
near Caledonia, lost his life in fire
which destroyed his home.
One of the first official acts Of
Mayor J. c. Haynes of Minneapolis
was to issue an order to all saloon
men of the city that their places must
be closed promptly at midnight.
John Cooper, once president of the
Minnesota State Fair association, a
real estate and live stock dealer well
known in Stearns county, is dead at
CAL, where he had gone to
spend the winter with his wife.
Public Examiner P. M. Kerst has re-
signed. Mr.. Kerst will become exam
liner for the Twin Cities banks, a po-
sition but recently created by the
Clearinghouse association and Of
which he will be the first Incumbent.
The Mankato postofice receipts for
1906 were 340,310, gain of more than
$4,000. insuring the placing of the
Office in the. list of first class post
Offices July 1, with an additional clerk
and q raise of 500 in the salaries of
the postmaster and deputy postmas-
ter. VI,
The dead body of liver Iverson, an
old settler OF Redwood county, was
found upon the road between Echo
and his home. 1verson had been in
Echo and started for home late in the
evening. It is supposed he fell from
his wagon and that a wheel passed
over his head.
w. J. Sullivan, who was held re.
sponsible for the death Of Ida Duford,
the young girl who was killed on the
porch of her home at Minneapolis
early New Years morning, was re-
leased from custody, when the grand
jury after investigating the case re-
turned mo bill.'
Representatives Stevens and Fetch
er of St. Paul and Minneapolis, respec-
lively, have notified the house COM
mfttee on ways and means that If any
action is taken at this session on meas
lres proposing the establishment of
additional sub-treasuries they shall in
sist upon the Northwest being recog-
nized.
Mrs. Maria Novack, wife Of Thomas
Novack, living near Holding, Stearns
county, was found dead in the woods
about two miles from her home She
had, it is thought, become lost in the
woods while on the way to visit her
laughter, Mrs. M. Lasoda, who lives
about three miles from the Novack
home, and had become exhausted.
A jury of twelve Winona men has
'emoved the lid from the opera house.
Manager O. F. Burlingame had been
arrested on the charge of having given
Ind permitted show on Sunday even
ng in violation of the law. His at
;orney argued that the spirit of the
aw had not been violated and a jury
If representative citizens within five
minutes after retiring returned a YER
lict of not guilty. ~. -,
The following postmasters have
'een appointed in Minnesota: w. Pc
erson, Atwater; J. G. Hermack, Chat
leld; j. Lohn, Fosston; E. P. le Masu:
iere, Hallock; B. A. Shaver, Kasson; !
l. Glimo, Kenyon; o. A. Wilson, Mc1n, !
osh:: Emma F. Marshall, Red Lake
Talls;; s. G. Johnson Rush City; F.
T. Schlegel Arlington; s. Matson, Brats.|
lam; c., A.. Pearson, Roseau; G. A. Co. il
'orn, Sank Rapids. 49,, g.. I'D
Edwin Bradley, q former mayor;
alderman, county auditor and f1;arshaIs
It Mankato and ioned of the historic
lgures Of the Minnesota valleys 1is3 !
lead at, Mankato, aged seventy seven
During the Sioux Indian outbreak In
1862 Mr.. Bradley was appointed by
General Sibley, who was In charge of