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NEWS IN MINNESOTA A hail storm north of East Grand Forks destroyed much grain. The assessed valuation of Minneapolis real estate and personal property is $128,677,784. Skunks are believed by the state board of health to be largely responsible for the spread of rabies in Minnesota. Former United States Senator W. D. Washburn is at the head of a new Minneapolis firm which will manufacture a new car coupler. Cephias Carpenter, seventy-one years old, well known to Minnesota pioneers, died suddenly of apoplexy at Deadwood, S. D., last week. John A. Kinder, a Northern Pacific brakeman, was run over by a freight train near North Town junction, Minneapolis, and died shortly afterward. Ex-President Grover Cleveland has been invited to visit Minnesota on a hunting trip in the latter part of October and has signified his willingness to come. Hon. Frank M. Eddy of Glenwood, former congressman from the Seventh district, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination fcr governor. Chris Stroeh, a wealthy farmer residing a few miles northwest of Lu verne, committed suicide by strangling himself with a piece of binding twine. No cause is known for his deed. An unknown man was killed near Emerado, on the Great Northern, by a Larimore and Duluth train. He was evidently a lumberjack who had come from Bemidji and was going to the woods. On complaint of the pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church warrants have been issued for the arrest of all the saloonkeepers in Tracy, six in number, for violating the screen or dinance. After a tempestuous existence of three years the Farmers' Elevator company of Graceville has wound up its affairs. the Northern Grain company of Minneapolis purchasing the elevator and its belongings. Peter McErlane, passenger conductor on the Great Western, had his left leg crushed by the wheels of his train, under which he fell at Hayfield. He died in a St. Paul hospital after the foot was amputated. At St. Paul James Prendergast was instantly killed and Jack Allen and George Stelzer badly shaken up by the collapse of a half dozen supports of the east end of the Third street bridge which they were tearing down. Within two years Minneapolis will be connected with Shakopee and Anoka by electric cars. Within a few years more the lines will extend as far north as St. Cloud. Franchises for part of the line already have been secured. Miss Maud Espy, aged twenty-five years, daughter of Major and Mrs. John Espy of St. Paul, is dead from a hemorrhage of the stomach, brought on by constant vomiting after eating deadly toadstools, believing they were mushrooms. The estate of the late Isaac Staples the millionaire banker and lumberman of Stillwater, is to be divided after eighteen years of litigation. Judge Williston having appointed Austin Jenks J. J. Eichten and R. S. Parker to make a division of the real estate. In the annual election of officers for the Minnesota Soldiers' home two changes were made, M. L. Williams succeeding Fred Straub as quartermas ter and Dr. Charles N. Norred of Minneapolis succeeding Dr. F. E. Bissel as surgeon. The other officers were re elected. The work on the improvement of the streets of Crookston, apart from the laying of the asphalt pavement, has been suspended owing to the labor famine. The price of labor has ad vanced to such a figure as to be prac tically prohibitive for work on grad ing and sewers. Manager McNaughton of the North western Telephone company at St Cloud met sudden death Friday even ing. An electric light wire had crossed with a telephone wire and in attempt ing to remedy the difficulty McNaugh ton cut the wire and got 2,300 volts from an electric wire. He was killed instantly. Insurance Commissioner Dearth will bring action against Peter Ferguson of La Crescent for writing insurance in companies not authorized to do busi ness in Minnesota. Ferguson wrote $6,000 insurance in unlicensed com panies for a woolen mill at La Cres cent. The mill burned and the insurance has not been paid. J. A. Ennis, bookkeeper and cashier for the Loftus-Hubbard Elevator com pany of St. Paul, is missing and an examination of his books by an expert accountant is said to have brought tc light a shortage of $5,400. Ennis had been in the employ of the firm for over three years and enjoyed the full confidence of his employers. The doors of the Farmers and Merchants' bank of Montgomery, a pri vate institution. have been closed. Persons who have investigated the affairs of the institution have found $604 of cash on hand. No trace has been found of the $30,000 to $40,000 of deposits belonging to farmers and business men of the little town. State Auditor Iverson announces.
