Warren sheaf., 1908-03-12
BRIEF MINNESOTA NEWS.

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St. Paul-Junior Pioneers elect q
site on Ninth street for the erection
of home to cost $4,000.
Washington-Joseph A. Valosh was
appointed postmaster at Wosely, Rice
county, vice M. J. Smisk, removed.
St. Paul-State highway commits.
sion apportions $72,650 among the sew.
eral counties for road work in 1908.
St. Paul-Former Governor John
Lind was elected president of the
board of regents of the University of
Minnesota at the meeting of the board
Brainerd-Fred WALLPAPER and Ed
Brooks, residing at Mission, Crow
Wing county, are in jail here on war
rants charging forgery in the first de.
gree
orthfield-William Kelts of Carle-
ton college, with his Grafton, Lincoln,
the True Type of American Citizen
ship" won the first prize at the Min
nesota intercollegiate oratorical con-
test.
Rochester-A gift to the city of
Rochester by Drs. w. J. and &. H.
Mayo of $4,000 was announced at the
meeting of the common council. The
money, it is specified, snail be used for
park purposes.
Duluth-Because he believes that
Shakespeare's picture Of Shyiock ere.
ates prejudice against the Jewish peo.
pie, DR.. M. 1efkowich, rabbi of TEN.
pie Emanuel, wants the play barred
from the Duluth schools.
Moorhead-Fifteen horses afflicted
with glanders were recently slaught-
cred on the outskirts Of the city. The
animals were taken from the Thack-
cray boarding and feeding stables and
were owned by different parties.
Faribault-A large number of farm.
ers held a meeting in Dundas to con.
slider the matter of establishing and
building large cooperative cream
cry at that place, and the plant prob.
ably will be established in the spring.
Minneapolis-Here are three Mime
apolitans who will share in the dis.
tinction of having birthdays only In
leap years. The health department
mail today had three birth returns
for Feb. 20. All of the new arrivals
are girls.
MinneapOlis-A trio of boy burglars
were arrested by Detectives Howard
and Neary, charged with entering the
Hathaway & Shafts Shoe company
building, 317 Third avenue north, Sun.
day night and stealing about 200 pairs
of shoes, valued at nearly $500.
neapolis-After an illness of
only few days, Edward E. McDer-
mott, assistant professor Of elocution
ard oratory at the University Of Min.
ncsota and father and president of the
Minnesota High School Debating
league. died of pneumonia at his home.
Observation-Disclosures Behna a team.
ster in the employ of E. M. Leach (
Sens Lumber company, was seriously
injured while unloading freight A
large box Of glass fell on him, break
ing his shoulders and several ribs,
and he otherwise was internally in
jured.
St. Paul-Governor Johnson recent
Iy appointed Ex-Governor John Lind
and President Cyrus Northrop of the
state university as delegates TO the
conference which will meet in Wash
ington on May ID, Is and 16 at the in
vitation of President Roosevelt to con-
slider questions pertaining to the con-
servation of the natural resources of
the country.
St. Paul-At the close of business
Feb. 29 State Treasurer Dinehart re-
The revenue fund shows balance of
81 .490,319.06, whereas on Jan. 81 1t
showed an overdraft Of $4S7,024.32.
The improved condition of the states
finances is due to the fact that the
railroads paid their gross earnings tax
during February.
St. Paul-The conversion of the fol-
lowing banks from private to state
banks was authorized by Public Ex-
aminer Anton Schaeeer: First State
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William H. Matthews president and
D. c. Jones cashier; the Eliason State
Bank of Montevideo with capital of
$4,000, G. Eliason president, and A.
0. Eliason, cashier
Crookston-Drainage operations in
northern Minnesota will be started
considerably earlier this year than
ever before, according to big contrac.
tors who have many projects under
way in this secticn Of the state. The
reason for this is that the winter has
been 50 mild that the frost is not near
ly so deep this year as it generally is.
and that it will have opened up by
May Is. 49,.
Duluth-Charles Johnson, a water
tender at the plant of the Zenith Fur
mace company, was shot by some un-
known person late at night with mur-
derous intent and probably fatal re.
suits. He walked to the rear of the