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November 5 .- Efforts by the A. R. U. to bring about another strike on the Great Northern are meeting with little success.
November 14 .- Edwin Capple, who came to Stearns county in 1857, first taking a claim near Rockville, afterwards removing to this city which continued to be his home, died suddenly yesterday of heart disease.
November 19 .- A bold attempt at train robbery was made on the Great Northern last night. After Conductor Graceson's train, due here at 10:20, had left Clear Lake a man crawled over the tender and pointing a revolver in the face of the engi- neer commanded him to stop the train, which was done. The fireman was com- pelled to dismount and accompany another robber to the rear of the express car and uncouple it from the rest of the train. The fireman was then escorted at the point of a revolver back to the engine, which with the express went ahead two or three miles, when it was stopped and the express car entered by the robbers. While they were at work and before anything of value was secured a Northern Pacific freight came up and the two men fled. The passenger cars were brought to the station an hour later.
Married, at New Paynesville, November 19, Sarah Francis Helmer to Frederick G. Nehring.
December 14 .- When Mrs. Theresia Steinbauer, whose death occurred yester- day at the age of 82 years, came to St. Cloud there were but four houses in the place. Her husband was accidentally shot
and killed some thirty years ago, and she has raised her family of seven children by her own efforts.
December 16 .- J. B. Rice, superintendent of the St. Cloud and Fergus Falls division of the Great Northern, is succeeded by F. H. Britton. Mr. Rice is the oldest railway official in point of service in the state of Minnesota. Superintendent Britton has been superintendent of the Manitoba divi- sion.
December 28 .- Foley Bros. & Guthrie, of this city and St. Paul, and Bean & Mc- Clure, of Stillwater have closed the pur- chase of a tract of white pine land in the Mille Lacs lake country, having 200,000,- 000 feet of the choicest white pine to be found in the state.
1896.
January 10 .- Samuel C. Gilman, civil en- gineer and prospector, eldest son of ex- Lieutenant Governor C. A. Gilman, died this morning at his home in this city, aged thirty-six years.
February 4 .- Wm. E. Lee has resigned as superintendent of the St. Cloud reforma- tory.
March 4 .- W. H. Houlton, of Elk River, has been elected by the board of man- agers to succeed W. E. Lee as superinten- dent of the reformatory.
March 7 .- The death of General Henry Z. Mitchell, who came to St. Cloud in 1856, occurred at his home in this city, last night, in the 80th year of his age.
March 25 .- P. J. Seberger, for many years principal of the Franklin school, has resigned to take the business management of Ignatius Donnelly's Peoples' party paper, the Representative, and will also furnish articles for its columns over his own sig- nature.
April 1 .- The snow storm which began early yesterday morning continued during the day, with a blizzard accompaniment, which blockaded trains and made street travel nearly impossible. There were no sessions of the city schools today, as neither pupils nor teachers were able to reach the buildings.
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April 24 .- The office of Division Super- intendent Britton of the Great Northern will be removed tonight to Melrose, where with his clerks he will take possession of
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the new office building. The dispatchers' " office will be removed Sunday night.
May 14 .- A large and enthusiastic meet- ing of the Central Minnesota Immigration convention began today, the sessions to continue through tomorrow. The court house is crowded to its capacity. Among the speakers are E. W. Randall, secretary of the State Fair Association; Theodore L. Schurmeier, president of the North- western Immigration Association; O. C. Gregg, superintendent State Farmers' In- stitutes: P. G. Groat, secretary Minnesota State Immigration Association; Prof. Thos. Shaw, Experimental Farm, State Univer- sity; Moses Folsom, immigration agent for the Great Northern Railway; M. D. Grover, general solicitor of the Great Northern, and Samuel Hill, president of the Eastern Minnesota Railway.
May 20 .- D. J. Hanscom, one of the pio- neers of Stearns county and the first Amer- ican to settle in the town of Eden Lake, where he resided since 1859, with the ex- ception of the time spent in the army from 1861 to 1864, died at his home at Eden Lake May 11.
June 1 .- D. H. Spicer, who came to St. Cloud in 1855, living for some time after- wards at Rockville, died suddenly today at his home in this city, from a stroke of apoplexy, aged 66 years.
June 5 .- Stearns county has lost another of its old settlers, Barney Witchen, who came to St. Augusta in 1856 and died last evening of heart disease, aged 70 years.
June 11 .- The marriage of Miss Eugenia L. Crosby, of Wykoff, to Dr. P. M. Magnus- son, of the faculty of the St. Cloud Normal school, took place at that village today. Another Normal wedding took place at Minneapolis last evening, when Alice M. Jacobs was married to Pitt P. Colgrove. Both couples will make their home in St. Cloud.
June 24 .- Married, at Buffalo, this date, Etta Carrick to Arthur C. Cooper, of St. Cloud.
June 29 .- The Catholic church at St. Jo- seph celebrated today its twenty-fifth an- niversary, with a silver jubilee. Father Lutger, the pastor, read a short history of the parish from the time of the building of the church. The present edifice, which is of stone, 66x150 feet, was built by Father
Cornelius, O. S. B., the first mass in it being served June 29, 1871.
July 7 .- A crew of men will begin at once rebuilding the telegraph line of the Great Northern from St. Cloud to Fergus Falls. The present line was built fifteen or sixteen years ago.
July 15 .- The marriage of Sadie C. Pons- ford, of Clearwater, to George E. Hanscom, of Eden Lake, took place today.
July 20 .- Bartholemew Pirz, of Eden Lake, county commissioner for that dis- trict and for many years chairman of the board, died yesterday, aged 77 years. He was one of the old settlers of the county.
August 7 .- Sebastian Reichert, who came to St. Cloud in 1857, soon afterwards establishing a bakery which he thereafter managed continuously, died at his home in this city August 6, in the 70th year of his age. He had served two terms as alder- man and was a member of the board of public works at the time of his death.
August 24 .- Wesley Carter & Co.'s new flouring mill has been finished and is very complete in every respect. It is three stories above a 12-foot basement, and has a daily capacity of 150 barrels of flour.
September 17 .- John Rassier, who set- tled on a farm in the town of St. Wendel in 1857, died there yesterday, aged 73 years.
September 19 .- The death of Bishop Martin Marty, O. S. B., of the Catholic diocese of St. Cloud, which occurred sud- denly this forenoon, cast a pall of gloom over the entire city. The cause of his death was heart failure. He was born at Schwyz, Switzerland, January 12, 1834, and was installed bishop of St. Cloud March 12, 1895. He was held in high esteem by all of our citizens, Protestants and Cath- clics alike.
September 28 .- The remains of Warren W. Wright, who for many years was ticket agent at the St. Cloud station and who died Thursday at his home in Duluth, were brought here Saturday for burial.
October 21 .- The German Catholic so- cieties of Minnesota, whose sessions in this city began yesterday, had an enor- mous parade today, fully three thousand delegates being in line, with eight bands. The meetings have been very successful. At the election today L. J. Wieber, of St.
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Cloud, was chosen vice-president. The convention will close tomorrow.
November 10 .- Stearns county has now fourteen creameries, located at Avon, Mel- rose, Richmond, Cold Spring, Spring Hill, New Paynesville, St. Joseph, Albany, Bel- grade, Kimball Prairie, Brooten, George- ville, Sauk Centre, New Munich.
November 18 .- The Cold Spring mill has been bought of Mrs. H. C. Waite by Foley Bros., the consideration being $10,000.
November 24 .- Charles Jones, who was one of the first managers of the St. Cloud telephone exchange, and who was born and raised in St. Cloud, died yesterday in Chicago, aged 38 years.
November 25 .- The marriage of Miss Mattie Adamson, of St. Paul, to Dr. J. C. Boehm, of St. Cloud, takes place this even- ing at the home of the bride's parents.
December 5 .- Mrs. Polly F. B. Tenny, of this city, has received $1,000, with attor- ney's fees, from the Minneapolis Street Railway Company in settlement of a claim for injuries received in July, 1895.
December 9 .- One of St. Cloud's early settlers, Charles F. Powell, died suddenly this morning at the Grand Central hotel, of apoplexy, aged 68 years.
December 21 .- A free reading room for the railroad men was opened Saturday evening in Hoeschen's hall at Melrose.
December 24 .- An oil war is on in St. Cloud and kerosene is retailed at 8 cents a gallon.
December 26 .- The death of Charles D. Kerr, for many years a prominent attor- ney of St. Cloud and also its mayor, hav- ing come to this city in 1865 at the close of the war, occurred yesterday at his home in St. Paul. He was 58 years of age.
December 28 .- J. Q. A. Wood, who lo- cated at Sauk Rapids in 1854, died Friday at the home of a sister in Michigan, where he had gone for a visit.
1897.
January 25 .- A large number of farmers from this county and nearby parts of Ben- ton and Sherburne counties went Friday to visit the State Experimental Farm, free transportation both going and returning be- ing furnished by President Hill. The trip, which occupied two days, was a very profitable and interesting one to the mem- bers of the party.
February 3 .- A conference of members of the different Protestant churches in the city was held last evening with a view to bringing about a church union. A com- mittee consisting of L. T. Troutman, Pres- byterian; Henry McGregor, Baptist; Geo. R. Crosby, Methodist; N. P. Clarke, Unity; S. S. Parr, Conrgegationalist, was appointed to consider the matter of consolidation and report at a future meeting.
February 15 .- Edwin H. Staples, a Stearns county pioneer of 1854, having first located in the township of St. Joseph, on the Rockville road, died at his home in this city yesterday afternoon, aged 67 years.
March 12 .- The snow storm yesterday was one of the worst on record, filling the streets with huge drifts making them al- most unusable, blocking street car travel and throwing railroad trains clear off their schedule.
March 26 .- The death of John W. Metz- roth this afternoon adds another to the list of St. Cloud's departed pioneers. Mr. Metzroth made his home here in 1857 and was one of the city's successful business men. He was 74 years of age at the time of his death.
April 10 .- The efforts which have been made to consolidate the Protestant churches of the city have been finally abandoned, as a satisfactory basis could not be agreed upon.
April 29 .- Francis Talcott, the first jew- eler to locate in St. Cloud, having come here in May, 1856, died at his home last night, aged 75 years.
May 20 .- Brother Thaddaeus Hoermann, who came to Minnesota in 1857, died yes- terday at Collegeville, where he was well known and popular with the students at St. John's University.
June 1 .- The marriage of Mrs. Julia Rus- sell to Joseph H. Coates, of Sauk Rapids, took place yesterday morning at the home of the bride's mother.
Miss Margaret Kneip, of St. Peter, was married May 25 to Michael Leisen, of St. Cloud, at the Immaculate Conception church in the former city.
June 7 .- At the western inter-collegiate meet at Chicago Saturday, James H. May- bury, of St. Cloud, won two big events- the 100-yard race in 0:0945 time, and the 220-yard race around one turn in 0:212%
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time, beating the world's record, this be- ing the fastest time ever made on a cir- cular track, and as fast as any man ever ran on any kind of a track, straight or curved. Mr. Maybury was graduated from the University of Wisconsin last year and is now a member of the junior law class, and besides being a good student is a wonderful sprinter.
June 11 .- Masked burglars entered O. D. Belden's store at South Haven Wednes- day evening and secured nearly $3,000 in cash.
June 14 .- The fifteenth semi-annual con- vention of the Minnesota Federation of Labor began its sessions in this city yes- terday, with a large representation. Of- ficers were elected today, with G. C. Col- lins, of St. Paul, president, this office being a matter of bitter controversy when the name of State Senator Culkin was pro- posed. The state association of journey- men barbers met at the same time, elect- ing Ben Schoenborn, of Winona, president and Thomas P. Flynn, of St. Cloud, vice- president.
June 18 .- Louis A. Evans, who came to St. Cloud in 1856 and was the first mayor of the city, died today, aged 74 years.
July 1 .- E. T. Davidson announces that he has received sufficient subscriptions to insure the erection of the new opera house and will begin excavating in a few days. The total amount contributed by citizens will be about $5,000 and the opera house will cost about $12,000. Mr. Davidson ex- pects to have it completed for the open- ing of the fall season.
July 8 .- The heavy rains of the past few days have caused considerable damage lo- cally and throughout the surrounding coun- try. Many small bridges were swept away. The Mississippi river rose over a foot in- side of twenty-four hours. The shore span of the Sauk Rapids bridge went down and some teams which were crossing had a narrow escape.
July 13 .- The high water carried away last evening the Waite dam at Clearwater, as also the railroad bridge and wagon bridge just below the dam. P. H. Quinn's saloon, which was on low land between the dam and the Mississippi, was carried off by the flood. The dam at Fair Haven was partially destroyed.
July 15 .- The president today sent to
the senate the nomination of Alvah East- man as receiver of the St. Cloud land of- fice to succeed C. F. Macdonald.
July 22 .- Firman Boylan, father of J. H. Boylan, the banker of Paynesville, died yesterday at the advanced age of 96 years.
The marriage of Miss Belle Murray to Peter Vandersluis, the Rev. E. V. Camp- bell officiating, took place at the residence of the bride's parents in this city this after- noon.
July 29 .- Father Trobec of St. Paul was named yesterday as Bishop of St. Cloud to succeed the late Bishop Marty.
July 31 .- Announcement has been made of the resignation of J. B. Rice, the oldest active railroad superintendent of the coun- try, as superintendent of the Eastern Min- nesota railway. ,
The new Athletic Park, along the street car line, will be opened to the public to- morrow.
August 2 .- Capt. Samuel M. Bruce, ot Sauk Centre, died at his home in that place yesterday, aged 68 years. He was one of Stearns county's pioneers, having built the first house in Sauk Centre.
August 6 .- The Cold Spring flouring mill has been purchased from the Foley Bros. by Anton Muggli, of that place, for $11,000. The purchase includes the mill, elevator and store.
August 11 .- The marriage of Miss Mar- garet Ellen McInnis, of Tower, to Dr. Free- land A. Hoyt, of St. Cloud, took place at St. Martin's Catholic church in Tower this morning, the ceremony being performed by the Very Rev. Father Bul, vicar general of the diocese of Duluth.
August 14 .- Last year the first load of new wheat brought to this market sold for 43 cents a bushel; this year the first load from the new crop brought 77 cents-a difference of 33 cents a bushel.
Married in St. Cloud at noon today, at the home of the bride's mother, Miss Su- sana Metzroth to Edwin P. Long, the Rev. H. F. Parshall officiating.
August 21 .- Wheat today brings $1.00 per bushel for old and 90 to 95 cents for new, the advance having been very rapid during the past few days.
August 23 .- The water works case has been decided in favor of Jabez Brooks as assignee of E. T. Sykes vs. the City of St.
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Cloud for $5,394.64, this being about $1,800 more than the city offered to pay and an equal amount less than the plaintiff asked for.
September 1 .- The contract for the con- struction of the new state capital at St. Paul was awarded yesterday at that city. St. Cloud granite will be used for the foun- dation and steps.
September 8 .- John Blakely died yester- day at his home near Lake Karonis, where he had lived for nearly forty years, having come to Minnesota in 1852. He laid out the town of Hastings, when the lands in Dakota county were owned by the Indians, and his wife who died September 25, 1889, was the first white woman west of the Mississippi river.
September 21 .- The consecration serv- ices of the Rt. Rev. James Trobec, for sev- eral years pastor of the St. Agnes Catholic church at St. Paul, as bishop of the diocese of St. Cloud took place at the cathedral in St. Paul today. Archbishop Ireland of- ficiated as consecrator, assisted by Arch- bishops Katzer, of Milwaukee, and Vertin, of Marquette.
September 22 .- The fifth annual conven- tion of the Master Horseshoers' Protective Association of Minnesota, which began its sessions yesterday, adjourned today. George Edwards, of Minneapolis, was elected president and Wm. Albrecht, of St. Cloud, state organizer.
September 28 .- The Rt. Rev. James Tro- bec, the third bishop of St. Cloud, was for- mally installed at the cathedral in this city today. He had an enthusiastic wel- come on his arrival at the station and a large procession escorted him to the cathe- dral. Addresses were made by Judge L. W. Collins, at the station, and at the cathe- dral by H. C. Waite, for the English-speak- ing, and B. Reinhard for the German-speak- ing laity, following the installation cere- monies which were conducted by Arch- bishop Ireland. A purse of nearly $600 was presented to the new bishop by his clergy.
November 5 .- At noon today the sixth annual convention of Charities and Cor- rections, which has been in session in this city since Wednesday evening, adjourned. The attendance was large and the discus- sions, which took a wide range, were in- teresting. G. A. Merrill, of Owatonna was
elected president and John Cooper, of St. Cloud, vice-president.
Word has been received of the death of Ira Moore, the first president of the St. Cloud Normal school, which occurred Octo- ber 28. On account of continued ill health he had resigned the presidency of the state normal school at Los Angeles in 1893, go- ing to a ranch in the Ioamosa colony, Cal- ifornia. He was 68 years of age.
November 22 .- Dominick Lommel, one of the first settlers in St. Wendel, died Sat- urday at his farm house in that town, aged 82 years.
December 18 .- Last night occurred the formal opening of the new Davidson opera house which has just been completed, Frederick Warde presenting the romantic play "Iskander." A large and enthusiastic audience were present and were greatly pleased with the play and the beautifully designed and equipped theatre.
1898.
January 6 .- Married January 6, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Coates, in this city, Miss Ada J. Locke to Charles S. Ben- son, both of St. Cloud, the Rev. C. M. Lor- ing officiating.
January 13 .- The St. Cloud Emancipator, which was started as a Populist organ dur- ing the last presidential campaign, with A. E. Twitchell, editor, who was succeeded by L. D. ("Dad") Foster, has suspended publication.
Martin Schroeder and Theodore Zimmer have purchased the Loso hotel at St. Jo- seph for $5,500.
January 27 .- Richard Cronk, who located in Sauk Rapids in 1856, died at his home in that village January 21, aged 62 years. He was at one time sheriff of Benton county.
March 3 .- The Very Rev. Edward J. Nagl, of Rich Prairie, has been selected as vicar general of the Catholic diocese of St. Cloud.
March 10 .- Barney Overbeck, who came to St. Cloud in 1857 and opened a hotel in a little log house which still stands at the rear of No. 20 Sixth avenue south, died at his home in this city March 4, aged 68 years. His small hotel gradually grew into the Minnesota House, which for many years was a landmark and is now the St.
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Cloud. He was a member of the legisla- ture in 1866.
Henry T. Welles, of Minneapolis, who was one of the original owners of Curtis survey and had other property interests in and about this city, died March 4, aged 77 years.
March 17 .- Reuben M. Richardson, who was a pioneer Minnesotian, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Baldwin, at Morris. Mr. Richardson, fa- miliarly known as "Uncle Reub," was a member of the constitutional convention of Minnesota, a member of the state senate and house of representatives from Stearns county, and for several years postmaster at St. Cloud. He was 75 years of age.
March 24 .- The president has sent to the senate the name of H. G. Wire as post- master at St. Cloud.
R. W. Bryan has been appointed super- intendent of the St. Cloud and Fergus Falls division.
George W. Sweet, one of the pioneers of Northern Minnesota, who was registrar of the Sauk Rapids land office in 1853 and was very familiar with the Indians and their customs, died March 14 at Havre, Montana, aged 74.
William Powell, who came to St. Cloud in 1856 and was a pioneer hardware mer- chant of the place, died last night, aged 64 years.
April 7 .- The second annual meeting of the Northern Minnesota Educational Asso- ciation was held at Normal hall yesterday, being called to order by President Klee- berger.
May 5. - Capt. McKelvy's company, known as Company M, Thirteenth Minne- sota Volunteers, was given a royal send- off Saturday on the occasion of their de- parture for the war. A dinner was served to the boys, after which all adjourned to the Davidson opera house, where farewell speeches were made by C. F. Macdonald, commander of the J. M. McKelvy post G. A. R .; Fred Schilplin, who spoke for the mayor; D. B. Searle, senior vice-comman- der of the state G. A. R .; Judge L. W. Col- lins, and R. B. Brower, by whom a flag was presented in behalf of the citizens, the response being by Herbert W. Getchell. The officers of the company are: J. E. Mc- Kelvy, captain; L. D. Bruckart, first lieu- tenant; Henry J. Limperich, second lieu-
tenant; Iver M. Ingebretson, first ser- geant.
The corner-stone of the new St. Boni- face Catholic church at Melrose was laid Sunday. After the corner-stone had been laid by Bishop Trobec, Father Althendorf, of Indiana, preached a strong serman in German, Bishop Trobec addressed the as- semblage in English and Mayor J. E. Camp- bell delivered a speech appropriate to the occasion.
May 19 .- Company M left St. Paul bound for San Francisco and the Philippines.
June 9 .- At Madelia yesterday, at the home of the bride's parents, occurred the marriage of Annie Mitchell to Edward Everett Clark, of St. Cloud, the Rev. W. T. Hall officiating.
June 16 .- In the First Methodist church, Minneapolis, yesterday, Miss Grace Twitchell was married to Dr. Arthur Dem- ing Whiting, of St. Cloud, the Rev. Wm. Fielder officiating.
June 23 .- Married, in St. Cloud, June 22, at the church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, by the Rev. Father Gregory, O. S. B., Miss Mary E. Weber to Joseph P. Bisenius, all of St. Cloud.
Mr. Wm. O'Brien, editor of the Eden Val- ley Journal, and Miss Margaret Sattler, were married Tuesday at the church in Eden Valley.
June 30 .- At Rochester last evening oc- curred the marriage of Miss Hattie M. Smith, of that city, to Andrew A. Wright, of St. Cloud, the Rev. W. W. Fowler of- ficiating.
July 21 .- The granite corner-stone for the new capitol, taken out from the Baxter quarry near this city and dressed here, has been shipped to St. Paul. It is 6x4x3 feet in size and has a receptacle 26x18x14 inches for the reception of documents on the oc- casion of the formal exercises July 27.
Samuel Dayton, a resident of St. Cloud since 1855 and a veteran of the Old First Minnesota, died at the home of his son in this city last Thursday, aged 80 years.
August 4 .- Bertus Mueller of St. Cloud has been appointed deputy collector of in- ternal revenue of the St. Cloud district, which includes eleven counties.
August 18 .- At Washington, Fillmore county, August 17, at the home of the bride's parents, Amelia Hockema was mar- ried to Harry C. Bowing, of St. Cloud.
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September 1 .- Maurice Hoeschen died August 21 at the home of his grandson John Hoeschen, in Melrose in the 99th year of his age. He came to Stearns county in 1876, residing for fifteen years with his son Anton at Freeport, and afterwards at Mel- rose.
A street fair association has been organ- ized in this city, with O. H. Havill, presi- dent; Charles F. Ladner, vice-president; James A. Martin, secretary; Robert Harri- son, treasurer. The membership fee is $5.
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