Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-19
What's Doing
i'm Minnesota

state EGiGfEnaSOfy. MkCAaGt hAk'p WAS
sentenced to states prison for larceny
r. ON a freight car. ....- .yfa....~..
Hastings.--An unsuccessful attempt
WIS made to wreck the Hastings and
Saltwater passenger train on the Oma,
ha road at I1waco Springs. Engineer
w. r. Kelly observed the obstruction
lust in time to save the train. The
obstruction placed across the track
was two cedar posts and some angle
bars.
Bemidji.-~Gary Brennan, driver OF
the fire team of this city. has returned
from hunting trip in the vicinity OF
Rainier, where he bagged bull moose
that weighed more than 900 pounds
dressed. He said he killed the animal
in swamp and had TO carry II In
pieces On his back for more than five
miles to road.
Bemidii.--While driving home for
dinner from his work, Lynn Foumar
was struck by Great Northern east
bound passenger train and hurled &c
feet. The wagon was demolished and
the horses disabled. Louman says the
train did not whistle and that the
snow blinded him. He is badly bruis
ed, but suffered no broken bones.
slayton.--Slayton win have electric
lights about March /. A franchise has
been granted to Mr.. Eddy OF Farming
ton. The poles are set aud the worn
Of wiring will be commenced without
delay. The building for the plant Is
being erected. Three blocks of white
Way" extending from the station tc
the courthouse, will give Slayton ar
up-to-date lighting system.
Duluth.--Frank Allen OF Eibbing
an aged man. was given sentence OF
four months ON the work farm wher
he was convicted in district court OF
having set fire to a mining building
at Sharon, a mining location near Hib
bing. Allen confessed the crime ane
said his motive was to get a prison
sentence that would insure him food
and shelter for the coming winter.
Zumbrotas-~The annual meeting OF
the Zumbrota Clay Manufacturing
company was held here and reports
OF officers showed prosperous year
The following directors were elected:
K, G. Hammer, William Croxford, J
r. Mason, A. ]. Roekne, p. c. Kalass
John Stare and l.. E. Sigmond. The
company plans to enlarge its capacity
the first of the year.
Anola.--The Anoka County Agricul
tural society has elected officers as fol-
lows: President, e. Edmunds; viee
president, w. Willis; second vice
president, A. l. French; secretary
Lewis O. Jacob; treasurer, l.. J. Green
wald; delegates to state society, o.
Jacob, Dan Meckenberg and e. Ed
munds; directors. w. III. Bradley
Grotius Giddings and A. Schimbeur.
Mankato.--The November term OF
the district court convened with an
unusually long ciyil calendar. No i'm
portant criminal cases are to be In
vestigated by the grand Jury. Among
the civil cases are eleven divorce
cases and FIVE suits against the city.
This is Judge A. r. Pfau's last term
of court, Municipal Judge w. l.. Com.
stock having been elected to succeed
him Jan. /.
Duluth.--Through the discovery of
a heavy iron bar concealed i'm venti.
lator hole in the cell of Martin John.
son, convicted wife murderer, at the
county Jail, Il Is believed an attempt
to escape has been headed OF. A
prisoner who was being taken to the
state reformatory a few days ago
leaked" to the deputy in charge, and
the bar was found just where the
"sniteher" said 1t was.
Fergus Falls.--James Wolf, w. Grit
"Fths, John Anderson and Mike. Demp
sey, WIS were accused of having rob
he'd and murdered James Wallace i'm q
boxcar near Perham early In the fan,
pleaded guilty to charges OF man.
laughter In the first degree In dis.
trict court here and will be sentenced
to states prison for 30 years. Wallace
was told to jump from the train after
being robbed. and was shot because he
did not jump quickly enough. He liv.
ed several hours. The four accused
men were arrested on suspicion the
following day.
nuluth.-Leroy r.. Thomas, arrested
In St. Paul for the Duluth police ant,
charged with wholesale forgery, Is an
escaped convict OF the Washington
state penitentiary at walla waIia.
This was discovered by Gustave Lahti.
Bertillon expert Of the Duluth police
headquarters. who remembered a pic.
ture of Thomas i'm the rogues' gallery.
Thomas denied it at first, but on be.
Ing shown the picture, confessed. He
was sentenced to the penitentiary at
Waila Walla under the name of n.
Bemis on Jan. Is. 1913. and escaped
Aug. 10 Of this year. Thomas is a
member Of welEknown family in
southern Minnesota, although neither
Chief Troyer nor the prisoner viii,
give details. The man claims to be
graduate Of the University of Min.
nesota. He is a *frat" man and was
once an auto salesman. His wife has
arrived here from ST. Paul.
Albert Lea.--Wfll Page, brother Of
Mayor Page of Austin, Mimi. was in.
stantly killed near Lansing, Mimi. In
an auto wreck. Two companions suf.
ferpd ihiuTy The dFfvar ..yoe AY;~. a.