Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-01-06
Minnesota Briefs

Minneapolis. III. A. Tuttle was
elected president and reelected gener-
al manager of the North American
Telegraph company at the annual
meeting held in the general Offices
in Minneapolis
Brainerd. - The trial jury in the
case of Gottfried Peterson, charged
with the murder of James Gallagher,
brought in verdict of manslaughter
in the second degree. The sentence
will be imposed this week.
Notwithstanding that he had mon
ey coming from the government
| Jacob Kariskas, of 924 West First
street, went all the way to Wash.
ington to see President Taft person
ally, leaving his family in a terrible
state of restitution.
Minneapolis.-John Mcleod, presi-
dent of John Mcleod & Co., grain
| dealers in the Chamber of Commerce,
miraculously escaped instant death,
when he was struck by a speeding
| automobile and hurled upon the fender
of street car, 80 feet distant. His
! shoulder and arm are broken, hip bad
ly hurt and probably internally in.
jured. The driver escaped.
New York, N. Y.-The Buffalo and
Susquehanna Iron Company and the
South Buffalo Canal and Dock Com
pany are to be acquired by the Rog-
ers-Brown Iron Company, recently in.
corporated with capital of 5000, 900.
BY this deal the new company will
take over many iron mines In Mich.
igan and Minnesota, and coal mines
and coke ovens in Pennsylvania.
st. Paul.-The last of the old bonds
that were issued by the state in 1858
to encourage the building of railroads
through the state have been paid,
when the state treasurer took up the
last bunch of $141,000 of funding
bonds. The original bond issue of
81 ,659, 900 became due in 1881 and re-
funding bonds We're issued and reis-
sued in 1891. The state has been pay.
ing of few each year by means Of
special tax for that purpose.
Minneapolis. A check for 100
francs for the johnson memorial fund,
drawn by David Edstrom. the Amee'i-
can sculptor resident In Paris, on the
Compton National d'Escompte, was
received. -... -.
White Earth.-Special Agent Arth-
ur NJ. Seckell and w. H. Fowlry, of
the Indian department at Washing
ton, D. c., arrived here to assist in
attorney, Eugene H. Long. who Is here
carrying on an investigation into the
status of mixed and full-bIooded allot-
tees right in the sale and disposition
of their land. Colonel Long and Spe-
cial Agent Church went to Salt Lake
City, Utah, a few days ago. to look
after the cases connected with men,
bers of Indian tribes located in that
state. .. ~
Duluth. The Duluth. Missabe
and Northern road and the Du-
luth and Iron Range roads nave each
placed orders for 1000 new steel ore
cars of so tons capacity each. The
cars are to be delivered May /, 1910,
so that they will be available for de.
delivering ore from the ranges to the
docks of Dululn and Two Harbors the
coming season. Upon the arrival of
the new cars the Missabe road will
have d total of $3.50 ore cars and the
Iron Range road will have $500
Red Wing. - Ruth Mitchell, five
years old, of Lake City, was shot &C.
cidentally by her boy cousin, Ralph
Smith, and her injuries are likely to
prove fatal. An, older brother had
been out rabbit hunting during the
day and coming home at noon he plac
ed the IL gauge gun against the wall
while he got ready for dinner Ralph,
IL years old, saw the gun and in a
playful mood seized it and aimed it
at his little cousin, Ruth, across the
room. The gun was discharged, ter.
ribly mutilating the child's jaw and
tongue and severing the jugular vein.
st. Paul.-The report Of the apprais.
ers of the estate Of Samuel R. Thayer
was filed with the clerk of the dis.
trict court. From it the state will
profit to the extent of $3,299.6 81 in In.
heritance tax The total value Of the
estate is given at s2S3,2s4.52. consist
ing of s11,6O0 in real estate and $271,-
6S4.52 in personal property. After
making provision for the payment Of
few small legacies, the property is
divided between George w. Thayer.
brother; Elizabeth Thayer Beadle, sis
ter, and Phoebe Harriet Beadle and