The Tomahawk., 1916-03-16
STATE BREV|I|ES

Brainerd. A yawn dislocated the
Jaw of A. P. Drogseth, assistant cash
Ter of the First National bank here.
A doctor worked an hour to set the
bone.
Albert Lea. - The right eye OF
Hugo Bremen, a young farmer, was
torn from its socket when splinter
of wood flew from tree. This is the
third accident of it's kind in the Brem-
er family.
Owatonna--The Steele County Ag-
ricultural association has decided to
hold it's annual county fair the week
previous to- the holding of the state
fair The dates will be Aug. 81 and
Sept / and 2.
Red Wing. 49, This city's voters will
be asked to consider bond issue of
$4,000 for the erection of new school
buildings and the remodeling of the
high school, at special election to
be held Monday, March ~.
Winona Headed by Bishop p. r.
Hebron of the Catholic diocese of Wi
mona, Il large delegation of Winona
Catholic clergy was in st. Paul to at
tend the funeral Of Father Henry ia
jeski, who was killed in his church.
LaketieId. AS Jackson county
voted wet, the brewery interests are
making strenuous efforts to carry the
local option elections in every village
this spring The drys are resorting
to a publicity and speaking campaign.
Every village is saloonless except
Lakefeld.
st. Carbohydrates H. p. Saun-
ders, an Englishman, was arrested at
st. Wendell by Maurice Ryan, postoffice
inspector of St. Paul, on a charge of
using the United States mail to work
fraudulent begging scheme at the
expense of gref-stricken relatives of
dead British soldiers.
Little FallS.-The terms of one Of
| the most unusual wills filed in Morri-
son county were complied with when
a farm near here belonging to the Jo-
sah Page estate was sold and $4,000
| paid to the county for clock in the
courthouse tower and $500 to the city
of Little Falls for the poor fund.
Minneapolis Rev. Henry ia
jeski, pastor of st. Cassimir's Polish
Catholic church of st. Paul, was shot
Of his church. Mrs Nellie Dudek of
Minneapolis, former parishioner OF
the priest, is held as the slayer. She
has been regarded as demented for
several years by those who knew her.
Minneapolis. - J. A. Frederick,
chief of the auditing force of the fed
eral reserve board, Washington, was
at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve
bank weighing up the S14,000.OOO in
gold that the banks vault holds and
counting up assets that total nearly
| S31 100000. Mr.. Frederick had two
| assistants with him. 1t was expected
that the work would require two days.
Bemidji. = James George, county
auditor, and Attorney A. A. Andrews
have gone to Washington to seek an
amendment to the Volstead act so the
bonus nancy from land sales will go
to the county where the land is To-
Gated instead OF to the Federal gov
eminent. This would mean several
hundred thousand dollars to Beltrami
and KOuchiching counties.
St. Paul. - State Auditor J. A. O.
Preus in a statement just given out,
has corrected his assertion made to
Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith,
that the Republican state committee
exceeded it's legal limit of eXpendi-
ture in 1914. w. o. Clure, secretary
Of the committee, explained how the
error was made. and Fred H. Carren-
ter, treasurer, made a statement as
to the facts in controversy between
Mr. Preus and George H. Selover, who
has threatened 70 bring suit on behalf
of committee members to collect
$500 contribution from Mr.. Preus.
Mankato. Dates for some of the
county fairs of the Second congress
sional district were fixed at meeting
of the Second District Fair Officers
association here, as follows: Fari-
bault county, at Blue Earth, August
80, 81 and September II; Murray
county. at Slayton, September Z,
and 8; Watonwan county at st. James,
September II, II and 13; Jackson
county, at Jackson September IA, Is
and 16; Cottonwood county, at Win
dom, September IS, 10 and 20; Mobiles
county, at Worthington, September
21, 20 and %; Redwood county, at
Redwood Falls, September q, %
and 20.
Minneapolis, MINI. - While Carl
Swanson and Ray Hawkins, alias
Hawkes., were being brought to Min
neapolis by Chief Martnson and his
secretary, Edward Fitzgerald, to an
swer charge of murder in connection
with the hold-up and shooting of God
frey Carlson in his meat shop on Riv
erside avenue, the st. Louis police To-
Gated James Spencer. named by the
two men as their accomplish.
Spencer, according to a telegram re-
ceived from William Young. ST. Louis
chief Of police, was sentenced to the
reformatory at Boonville, Mo-, Febru-
g.. >,,~p 1l OF