The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-19
MINNESOTA NEWS
Interesting items Gathered IN the
GOpkl0r State

+, Hastings-John Wilscheck commit
tied suicide at his home on East Fourth
street by hanging himself to a beam
in his barn.
Duluth-Yousiff Mahmout wrestled
for an hour with Fred Been without
securing a fall. The bout was evil
IDENTIFY a frameup and the crowd of
1000 was sore.
Minneapolis-Mr Christine Mar
garet Olson, one of the few centenar.
ians of Minneapolis, died. Mrs. Olson
has just passed the hundred mark, her
last birthday being Sept. II. Her death
was due to old age and her decline
had been noticeable for several
months.
Minneapolis-From cellar to garnet,
the residence of Congressman Frank
M. Nye, 27OS Pillsbury avenue, was
ransacked by burglars, who gained
entrance to the house by forcing open
a basement door and cutting panels
from the bolted doors leading to the
upper floors.
Minneapolis-Mrs Emily S. Eustis,
who died at her home, was one of the
old Minnesota pioneers. She was born
in New Hampshire in 1919, and in
| 1845 was married to Samuel S. Eus-
tbs. In 1853 they removed to this state
where they located between st. Paul
and what was then st. Anthony. In
| 1866 they removed to southeast Mime.
apolis where the family has since re-
sided
Manufacturer. Nels Simon Hagger.
ness died, aged 81 years, leaving .
wife, three sons and one daughter.
| Death was due to a stroke of apoplexy.
He was born in Norway, but came to
America 81 years ago. and at once en-
tered Augsburg seminary. graduating
two years later. He filled the pulpits
of the Norwegian Luthern churches at
st. Peter and Mankato for some years
and organized several churches in
southern Minnesota.
Cloquet-W. F. c. Gadeau, resident
of this city, entered suit against II sa-
loonkeepers and two slot machine ar
cades of this city for the recovery of
$4,000 alleged to have been gambled
away in slot machines by him during
the last six years. Prominent among
the defendants are: L. Mccullough,
Joe Wilson, Olson G Elm, Joe Claveau
and the Brunswick company, all of
whom have their place of business on
the Island.
st. Paul-When Virginia SaigIe was
rescued from a terrible death under
the wheels of a street car by Edward
Riley, an 1S-year-old youth, she felt
so grateful that she threw her arms
| around his neck and kissed him full
on the lips, to the boys embarrass-
ment and the amusement of the crowd
that quickly assembled. Miss Saigle
is IS years old and lives at AGA Ed
mund street, St. Paul. She was rum
ming for car, slipped and fell, and II
it had not been for the quickness Of
young Riley, she would have been
caught under the wheels and proba-
bly, fatally injured
st. Paul-John Scheidberg, saloon
keeper, was beaten into insensibi.ity
with beer bottle, and left for dead
in his saloon. He was discovered In
a semi-conscious condition by the bar.
tender when he opened the saloon at
6 o'clock in the morning. At ST. Jo-
sephs hospital Scheidberg regained
consciousness last evening, and he
| saic that two men detained him in the
saloon until 1 o'clock in the morning.
| and that during the conversation one
Of the men started quarrel, and
that one of them struck him blow on
the head with bottle.
Montevideo-A special session of
! the grand lodge l. o. o. F. of Mime
| sofa was held here. The grand lodge
degree was conferred on a class of
| ten past grands. A district meeting
was held in the afternoon and repre-
sentatives were present from Orion.
| vile, Appleton, Milan, Madison, Wat
son, Renville and Olivia. Charles A.
hammers, grand patriarch of the grand
encampment, delivered an address on
'Encampment Oddfellowship.' In the
evening Montevideo lodge, No. IS, ex.
! emplified the work in the initiatory
and first degree after which banquet
was served.
Spooner-George w. Toombs, EN-.
ployed by the CROSSROADS Lumber-com.
pany as assistant manager, while driv-
ing near Shevlin-Mathiue Lumber com.
pany's planning mill, was thrown from
load Of lumber and struck on his
head. Toombs never regained con.
seriousness and died. All arrangements
for funeral had been completed to
be held but it developed that DR.. OPP.
plinger in his certificate of death al
legged malpractice on the part of DR..
]. E. Corrigan, who first attended the
wounded man, and as a result DR.. Cor
rigan, who is chairman of the board
of health, refused to issue a burial
permit, necessftating the calling of
the coroner from Bemidji, who held
an inquest and postmortem examina-
ton on arrival.
Preston-Great indignation is srife
here because Of the refusal of the Ger.
man Lutheran pastor to conduct the
funeral of the late George Reidel. Mr..
Reidel was highly respected, but had
not attended church during the pres
ent pastors incumbency nor was the
latter called during Mr.. Reiders ILL
ness. Some of the members of the
church have withdrawn.
st. Cloud-The st. Cloud Street Car
| company will extend this season to
the Sank river at Waite Park, then
south to take in the seven granite
shops along the Osseo track.