Point DouglasThe two story stone
residence of Louis Hanson here was
gutted by a fire that originated in the
attic from an unknown cause. Loss
$2,000. The building, an old landmark,
attracted attention of passengers on
vessels plying the Mississippi.
MankatoJesse Majewski and Will
iam Walters of Sleepy Eye were se
verely injured when an automobile
hearse which they were riding was
struck by a passenger train. Majew
ski suffered a fractured leg and other
cuts and bruises Walters is believed
to have sustained severe internal in
juries.
BrainerdJudge W. S. McClenahan
of the district court is hearing the case
brought by Mrs Quirk, daughter of
the late H. C. Akeley, against T.
Walker, of Minneapolis, requesting an
accounting in the matter of negotia
tions and .deals between her father
and Mr. Walker, starting in the early
'80s and continuing until his death.
I DuluthFor the second time in his
tory Daniel de Greysolon, Sieur Du
Lhut, landed on the uncharted shores
of the Head of the Lakes, established
friendship with the Ojibway Indians,
and wrote the first page in the history
of the Zenith City. The occasion was
the North Star festival and Golden Ju
bilee anniversary of the city of Duluth
staged fifty years after the city re
ceived its charter.
CrookstonThe Minnesota Electri
cal Distribution company, with head
quarters here, is setting the poles for
the third rural power and light line
out of this city. This line, the long
i est and most extensive yet undertaken,
is designed to serve a large number of
farmers as well as a number of the vil
lages between Crookston and Argyle
In Marshall county, which will be the
terminus for the present at least.
