The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-06
MINNESOTA NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered in the
Gopher State

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st. Paul. Minnesota Retail Hard
| ware Dealers association holds annual
convention here.
Duluth. State of Minnesota
gets double on the ore taken by min
ing company which trespassed on
state property.
Little Falls.-The regular meeting
of the Morrison County Teachers
association was held at the high
school in this city.
st. Paul.-Annual report of state
labor department shows that 993 chill
dren under sixteen years of age were
employed in Minnesota during 1905.
Glencoe.-The new cooperative
creamery was burned. One separator
and churn and 1900 pounds of butter
were saved. Loss, 5000; partly in
sured.
Moorhead.-Earl Wragg and Jacob
Veneer, two young boys, have been
arrested on the charge of stealing
bottles from the Northern Pacific
depot.
Langdon.-The rural letter carriers
of Mcleod county held meeting in
the Hibernian hall at Glencoe, and
organized with eighteen charter
members.
Minneapolis Born July %, 1905;
died Feb. "a, 1908. This tells the re-
markable span of life enjoyed by Mrs.
Maria Gross, who passed away, an in
mate at the Minnesota Soldiers home.
Hastings. attendants at the
state asylum entertained at dancing
party given in the auditorium. There
were about twenty couple in atten-
dance, including several from out Of
the city.
Swanville.-The Commercial club
met and elected the following officers
for ensuing year: President, @. P.
Eastman; vice president, William
Stems; secretary, ]. J. McRae; urea
surer, Albert Kind.
st. Paul.-John Brown Of Fergus
Falls was found dead in his room at
the Bethel hotel, Wabasha street.
The remains were removed to the
morgue, pending an investigation by
Coroner A. w. Miller.
Cass Lake.-The Great Northern
eastbound passenger train No. So, was
derailed near Bena. Several passen-
gers were slightly injured. Mrs. Wise,
wife of @. HI. Wise, train dispatcher
at Two Harbors, was among the in
jured.
Lake City.-The Minnesota and the
Wisconsin game and fish authorities
have agreed to consider the middle
of the Mississippi river and of Lake
Pepin as the boundary line between
| the two states, SO far as the enforce
ment of the fish laws are concerned.
Little Falls.-R. D. Muser, repre-
enting himself, Mr.. Weyerhauser
and the Pine Tree Lumber company,
has donated $500 now, and has promi-
sed 500 more at some later date to-
ward the erection of an opera house,
the project for which is being vigor-
ously pushed.
Winona.-Capt. James Mo Caffery
of the police department., who was SO
badly beaten while making an arrest
| about a month ago, was held up again
by a man whom he was arresting, and
at the point of revolver he was com.
PEELED to let the fellow go.
Duluth.-From present prospects
the entire Lake Superior region will
not ship as much ore this year as did
the Mesaba range alone last year.
The consumers of ore are holding off
making purchases of ore for the sea-
son of 1908.
Randall.-On account of number
of cases of scarlet fever the school has
been closed and public gatherings
have been forbidden to be held until
further notice. For this reason the
Farmers club held no meeting nor
were any religious services conducted
on Sunday.
Little Falls.-Marvin Boucher,
youth, was arrested on a charge Of
robbing an aged farmer by the name
of Blair, of $152, on Jan. II, appeared
before Justice Gaudet and a agree
ment to return the amount of money
taken from Blair and to pay all costs,
he was discharged from custody.
Minneapolis. = Jules Murry's big
production, SAT YALE" will be. seen
at the Bijou Opera House. the week
of M arch s. Fresh and vibrant, it
swings along through its three acts
with a jollity, and large, vigorous,
expressive, whole-souled college spirit
that inhabits none but a genuine play
of college life. 1t is play well
worth seeing, and is one OF the notable
bookings of the Bijou's season.
Minneapolis. : Standing before
large crowd of people, in front Of
Woodman hall, Cedar and Second and
One-half street, Lena Anderson ex-
claimed "Goodby, old world, you've
been cruel to me-" and pressed
bottle of carbolic acid to her lips.
Before bystanders could interfere she
had swallowed nearly all of the con.
tents, and moment later fell to the
pavement writhing with pain.