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The News Briefir Chronicled. John Lindquist, of Moe, committed suicide by hanging. The oldest son of Mr. Scrivens, of Aitken, a lad of 12 years, was fatally kicked by a horse. James McDowel, foreman for Pat Saunders, the Aitken lumberman, was fatally hurt by a tree falling on him. An inventory of the stock of Jacob Steen bauer, the toot and shoe dealer at Winona who assigned recently, showed the assets to be $6,742.70 and the liabilities to be $6,293.56. The fire loss for November in Minneapolis was the heaviest since July, 1888, being about $450,000. There were fifty-nine alarms, making a total of 639 so far this year. Arthur B. Church, an employe of the Commercial bank in Minneapolis, lost $1,300 through a hole in his coat pocket while going to the Citizens' bank. Blanche Wooley, daughter of William B. Wooley, living near Viola, was fatally burned while attempting to start a fire with kerosene. The Percival business block in Argyle. including the post office, was destroyed by fire. The loss was $50,000; insurance light. The receipts from the state prison for November amounted to $1,972.37. The Milwaukee car wheel works have bought a site in St. Paul and will move their works there. Clayton, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Noyes, of Warren, was drowned in the Snake river only a few rods from his home. The receipts of the state insurance office for November, as reported to the state auditor, were $311.06. John Frazer while at work in the pine woods 45 miles east of Fosston had his feet and limbs so badly frozen that it was necessary to amputate both feet. At Dundas F. M. Van Dyke's store building and contents were destroyed by fire. The expenses of the state reform school for November were: Current expense, $5,658.27; building fund, $17,635.52. Edwin E. Holt, a retired Minneapolis merchant, died suddenly at the residence of his son-in-law, Frank B. Felt, in Chicago. A number of farmers in Rice county say that unless some steps are taken to prevent the further spread of wild oats the weed is soon destined to become a great scourge. The German-American national bank was opened for business at Little Falls with H. Thorsen as president, J. D. Anderson cashier and S. A. Siverts as teller. The Walter Wood Harvester Company of Hoosick Falls, N. Y., has de:ided to establish a western factory in St. Paul, and a local company with $2,500,000 capital has been organized to build the new works. The factory will employ 2,500 men. N. C. Grovum, one of the early settlers of Dodge county, died at his son's residence in Kasson at the age of 75 years. William Kahler, an old resident of Northfield, and formerly proprietor of the Cumberland hotel at Cumberland, Wis., has purchased the controlling interest in the Hotel Arlington at Faribault. Business was suspended for a few hours the other day in the office of the Minneapolis telephone exchange, all on account of a little mouse. The fourteen girl operators were treed on top of chairs and desks. Madeline Ullman, a nurse aged 47 years, died at Winona from the effects of an overdose of morphine taken with suicidal intent. James Towhy, a brakeman on the Northern railway, lost a hand by an accident near Perley. J. S. Drew, of Rollingstone. met his death by falling from a hay loft a distance of 12 feet, and striking on the ground. In the United States court at Winona a jury awarded Frank McArtnur $8,000 damages against the Milwaukee & St. Paul railway for physical injuries received at Mazeppa last Decoration day.
