The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-02-13
From Tuesdays Daily.
Aged Express Messenger Died
Of His Injuries

Omaha train No. near Bigelow was
increased to two when Gerbrand l..
Gibson, express messenger, Mime.
apolis, died In a hospital here. Glib
son received a fractured skull and
suffered from conclusion of the brain.
OF the sixteen injured three are not
expected to recover. John Greer of
Minneapolis has been I'm a stupor since
the accident. John G. Achen of Hal
brite. Sask., Is suffering from a frac-
tured skull and Edward Phelan of
Omaha is injured internally. Others
are improving.
A broken rail due to extreme cold
weather was the probable cause of
the derailment and subsequent wreck.
All the coaches we're thrown down
a twenty-foot embankment and one
passenger, J. Bloomfield, travelling
salesman, Surprise, Neb., soon died
of his injuries.
Injured at Worthinaton.
The following IL a list of the in
jured who are now in the hospital
at Worthington:
w. H. Buck!and, Menominee Wis,
head cut
Arthur Stapletcn, lake Andes,
s. D., ankle sprained. leg injured.
Edward Thelan, Omaha, back hurt,
internal injuries.
II. 8. CLANCY. Hutchinson, Neb.,
hood cut by glass and shoulder dis
located.
Mrs. II. s. CLANCY, head injured.
Hiram CLANCY, bruised about head.
ID. H. Clark, Minneapolis. nose
and back bruised
Mrs. d. II. Clark, ribs broken and
arm bruised.
John III. Ruble, Minneapolis. mail
clerk, head, hips and hand in
iured.
James Coleman, Minneapolis,
badly bruised abort back.
d. s. Nelson. Minneapolis, mail
clerk, left side and one limb bruised.
w. NJ. Cannon, st. Paul, porter.
wounds about hips.
John Achen, CPnada, skull frac-
tured, condition serious, will prob
ably die.
Mrs. John Achen, badly bruised.
John Greir, st. Joseph, Mr., head
badly hurt, not expected to live; un-
conscious when taen kfrom wreck, not
regained consciousness.
L. r. Walker, Minneapolis, slight
injuries.
The wrecker from the North divi-
sion of the Omaha road went to
the scene Of the wreck today.
Second Wreck Occurred.
A second wreck occurred when
train No. 9, from st. Paul to Omaha,
being detoured over the Rock Island
tracks because of the wreck, was de-
rallied at Round Lake, Mimi, a brok-
en- rail also causing this accident.
All the cars renamed upright. No
one was injured.
st. Paul, Mimi, February 10. A.
o. Preus, state insurance commits.
sioner, today announced his candidacy
for the republican nomination for
state auditor. He has appointed A.
II. Turrittin of Sank Rapids chair
man of his personal campaign com
mittee. He states that he will in due
time bring to the attention OF the
people of the state what his policy
will be in the conduct Of that office
in the event of his election.
State Insurance Commissioner j.
A. o. Preus was graduated from
Luther college, DEBORAH, Ia, in 1908,
and from the University Of Minneso-
tn Law school in 1906. In the fall
OF that year he was appointed mes
senger in the United States senate
by Senator Knute Nelson and short
ly after was made assistant clerk OF
the committee on public lands. of
which Senator Nelson was chairman.
In 1909 Governor Eberhart appointed
him his executive clerk and In 1910.
state Insurance commissioner. During
his incumbency as insurance COM
missioner he has initiated a number
of laws which are now on the
statute books.
"BIue sky, Law Author.
With the assistance OF Senator
Benson and Wallace In the senate
and Representative Thomas Knee
land In the house he succeeded in
securing passage Of the so-called
blue sky" law which places all In
surance promotion schemes under the
supervision of the insurance commits
sioner.
Assisted by Hon. Ernest Lundeen
in the house. and Hon. Fremont
Thoe in the senate, Mr.. Preus was
successful in passing the state fire
insurance law whereby Minnesota now
carries its own insurance upon Its
Other Popular Achievements.
With the cooperation of Senator
john Moonan and Hon. Thomas
Frankson. who were the respective
chairmen of the insurance commit
tees of the senate and the house, and
other members OF the legislature, he
secured favorable action upon twelve
other measures that he proposed.
among them law allowing township
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