Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-06-15
MINNESOTA BRIEFS
Weeks History in Gopher State
Told In Paragraphs.

Virginia. Accidentally getting hold
Of a bottle of carbolic acid, John
Markasch, the 10-months-o son Of
NICHOLAS Markasch, poured it over his
race and body. He died in agony.
Washlngton.-Ole Hagen of Crook
sion, who graduated fifth in q large
CLASS at the naval academy this spring,
Is IN Washington with his two sisters
rs guests of Representative and Mrs.
STEVENSON.
New Orleans, Louis. The execu.
i've committee of the New Orleans
clearing House association announces
that the time of the American Bank.
ers' convention has been fixed for
Nov. 21-24
Albert Lea.-Mrs. Margaret Peck
Gardner died at her daughters home
after an illness of several months, Of
cancer. She was born in Scotland,
July 4, 1925, and became a resident
OF Freedom county in 1856, thus being
one OF the oldest settlers of the coun.
". Her husband died about six years
ago, aged 81.
Bemldji.-Whtle bathing In the icy
waters OF Pimush lake, near here
CHARLES Jennings, 81 years old, was
taken with cramps and drowned. His
BODY has not been recovered. Jen.
nlngs mother heard her son cry for
nelp and ran to the lake, a short dist
ance away, only to see him sink for
the last time in deep water.
st. Cloud.-George Buchanan, aged
20 a brlcklayer by trade, was drowned
"a FISH lake, seven miles south of this
city, While fishing in company with
Two other men. The boat tipped over
his companions tried to rescue him
but he became excited and refused as
slstance. The body has not been re
covered. The drowned mans home il
10 Detroit, Mich.
Duluth. = Letters received by the
parents of James H. Jones, Duluth
boy who is in Mexican prison at
Chihuahua. He has been there two
months, having been captured by gov.
eminent troops. He says the Amer
lean prisoners there are well treated,
being supplied with tobacco and othe,
luxuries by the American consul. He
hopes to be released in the near fu.
ture.
Moorhead.-At a meeting of the city
council an ordinance was passed which
will prohibit restaurants in places
where liquor is sold. This will elimt
nate dozen such places in Moorhead.
Senator Charles s. Marden appeared
for the cafes of the city in which IL
quor is not sold, the proprietors of
which claimed that their business was
being ruined by the free lunches and
Y other devices made use Of to hold
people in the saloons.
Cloquet.- Word has been received
here from ]. E. Lynds, secretary of the
Cloquet Lumber company, that he and
the members of his party have left
New Zealand and are on the way to
Australia. Mr.. Lynds and his wife
and son, Edgar Lynds, have been
abroad since last fall and expect to re-
main several months longer. Mr..
Lynds has made several trips abroad
and has visited every country in the
world and every large city.
Bemidji.- postmasters were in
Bemidji to study the workings of the
postal savings department, Edward
Hatch of Eveleth and Mrs. Mary
James of Virginia Bemidji was the
first city in Minnesota to be designat
ed as a postal savings station and
other towns where the government is
going into the banking business look
to this place for instructions. The
Eveleth and Virginia banks open July
l. On June 10 and 20 two more post
masters will come, one from Cloquet
and the other from Grafton, N. D.
Duluth. - The fourteenth annual
meeting of the imperial council Of the
Modern Samaritans was held here
The most important matter up for
confederation was the proposed rails
ing Of assessments on those members
who Joined prior to 1905. A new
scale Of rates was put In effect that
year. The committee to which was
referred the matter Of raising the
rates reported adversely, and the re-
port was adopted with two dissenting
votes. There are 100 delegates pres
eat from Minnesota, Michigan, North
Dakota and Wisconsin.
Red Wfns-Norman webb, aged ID
years, II held at the police station on
warrant charging him with havina
received money al bribe in the case
Of saloonkeeper accused Of selling
liquor to. 9 minor. Webb, 1t is alleged,
was the young man to whom the II.
quor was sold BY John Downey, and
was to have appeared as q witness
for the state when Downey's case was
called. On the day set for the hear
ing the witness could not be found,
and the oase against Downey was
temporarily dismissed. It is alleged
that Webb received money to leave
the city, and Webb, 1t Is alleged, went
to the Twin City, with the understand.
ing that he was not to return until
the saloonkeeper's case had been dis.
posed of.