New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-11-29

legged misuse of village funds No ar
rests have been made as yet.
The will of M. N. Fylken, wealthy
farmer of Zumbrota, bequeathes all
his pictures and photographs to his
nieces and nephews and the bulk of
his estate. $21 500, to the synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran church.
The Waldorf Paper Products COM
pany, with capital of 1880, 900, has
been organized at St. Paul to take
over the Waldorf Box Board company,
the H. L. Collins company and the
American Paper Stock company.
Frank Kupke of st. Paul, twenty-five
years old, was taken from train at
Morris and Jailed on a charge of. ab.
duction after clipping from Graceyille
with fourteen-year-old Genevieve West,
daughter of Frank West, farmer.
AS Mrs. Anna S. Larson, sixty years
old, was sitting down to the table for
supper, her son Fred. nineteen years
old, said to be dem ented, entered tho
room with hammer in his hands and
struck her from behind, crushing her
skull.
Clarence Reick, aged twenty-one,
an employe of the Minneapolis Gen
eral Electric company, was electro
cuted when the current of 10000
volt wire passed through his body while
he was at work at the company's
plant.
Mrs. Elizabeth OBrien, ninety-four
years of age, widow of Dillon O'Brien,
colonizer of Minnesota, is dead at
st. Paul. She was the mother of for
mer Supreme Court Justice O'Brien
and c. D. O'Brien, former mayor of
st. Paul.
Guy and Joseph Scalise were killed
in the Hawkins mine at Grand Rapids
when two kegs of powder exploded.
The powder is believed to have been
ignited by spark caused by a nail
striking piece of flint in box which
the men were carrying.
The Minnesota Union of the Ameri-
can Society of Equity has adopted a
resolution recommending to the legis-
lature that the board of regents Of
the University of Minnesota be elected
by the people instead of being ap-
pointed by the governor.
George Elmer, pioneer railroad con-
ductor of St. Paul, is dead in that city,
aged sixty Mr. Elmer was for
n1erly conductor on the Northern
Pacific, but fer the last twenty years
occupied a, similar position with the
Minneapolis and St. Louis.
Henry Stecn, representative from
the Winona district, will introduce a
bill in the coming session Of the state
legislature to provide payment for
Minnesota soldiers on the Mexican
Border. The bill will provide state
Pay in addition to federal romunera-
ton.
Major +. I. F5olcombe, Civil war vet
eran, historian and Journalist, died
suddenly at St. Paul Of heart disease.
He was nearly seVonty-two years old.
Major H0lcombe was one Of the lead
ing historians Of the Northwest At
the time Of Lis death he was complet-
ing history Of Mcleod county.
Mrs. Sophia Antoine CT Duluth, aged
twenty-five, told her husband to watch
the babies While she stepped to q low
dock near their home to get bucket
Of water. Ten minutes later the man
went to the dock and saw the wooden
water bucket floating in the bay. He
found his wjfe's body shortly after
ward.
Chester. A. Congdon, Republican ma
tional committeeman from Minnesota,
lawyer of more than national rcputa-
ton and mineral king, is dead ut ST..
Paul after ten days illness He
was probably the Wealthiest man in
the. state since the death Of James J..
Hill. Mr.. Congdon's remains were
taken to his home in Duluth for inter-
ment.
Amendment 1, providing for land
improvement in Northern Minnesota,
and amendment 2. authorizing the lc*.n
Of school funds on farm security, were
the only constitutional amendments
which pOlled a sufficient proportion Of
the total votes cast to pass at tile re-
cent election. The initiative and ref
erendunl received 1864 votes, far
short Of the necessary majority
The St. Louis county grand jury has
handed down indictments acclsin :
Victor Power, mayor Of Hibbing; D. d.
McEachin, former village treas reT;
". j. Ryder, Rupert Swinnerton, B. J..
Burrows and H. P. Curran, members
of the Hibbing council, and Albert
Dixon and Jacob Messner, officials Of
"a Stuntz township, Of alleged malfeas-
ance in Office and alleged misanpro-
priation Of public moneys.
Hibbing, the worlds richest vii
lage,'' and its principal taxpayer, the
United States Steel corporation, are
engaged in another dispute. The Oil
yer Mining company, subsidiary OF the
Steel corporation, has filed an injanc-
tion suit in district court at Duluth
against the village, asking the court to
restrain the officials from carving out