The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-06-21
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers. -
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings OF the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience Of the
Busy Reader.

On May 1 the banks of St. Paul had
Sill, 817,107 in deposits.
r. F. Waller, wealthy real estate
dealer of Winona, is dead.
The xtllage council of Aurora has ap-
pointed an official cowherder.
Peter Moline, aged sixty-one, a pio-
neer resident of Blue Earth, is dead.
William D. Smith of Waseca, aged
thirty.three, committed suicide while
Respondent
The state has loaned the city of St.
Cloud 100000 with which to erect a
new high school.
Julius A. Schmahl, secretary of state,
has filed for denomination. This is
his fifth campaign.
Consolidated school district No. of
Adams has voted 100000 for new
high school building.
Journeymen plumbers Of Mankato
are on strike to enforce demands for
an increase of wages.
Congressman c. R. Davis of st. Pc
ter has filed for the Republican nomi.
nation for the same position.
Russell J. Wyse, eighteen years of
age, was shot and killed by St. Paul
detectives while resisting arrest.
An inmate of the St. Cloud reforma-
tory attempted to escape and was shot
and badly wounded by wall guard.
Fire destroyed the brick school
building at Chenille. Fire drill un-
doubtedly saved many children.
Captain 8. w. Burgess, veteran Of
the First Minnesota volunteer infan-
try, is dead at Mankato, aged seventy
six.
Augustus M. Stearns, formerly a
we'll known mining and real estate
man OF Duluth, is dead at Portland,
Ore.
Christian Schuelke, one of Steele
county's early pioneers, is dead at
Owatonna. He was ninety-two years
Of age.
Governor J. A. A. Burnquist has
filed as candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor to succeed
himself.
Mrs. A. Wade, widow of Captain
Edward F. Wade, is dead at Fairmont,
aged seventy-six years. Eleven chill
dren survive.
Pine City won over Hinckley in the
county seat contest in Pine county,
thereby retaining the courthouse and
county officials.
Goettlieb Keitzer, farmer who
lived near Vernon Center, was gored
to death by bull. A wife and twelve
children survive.
Associate Justice Albert Scha!ler Of
the state supreme court, whose term
expires Jan. I, has filed for renomina-
ton at the June primary.
Deposits of the national and state
banks of Minneapolis on May 1 were
$167, 1853 ,005.75. The total is $35 ,00O,-
900 greater than year ago.
The First regiment, Minnesota ma
tional guard, will encamp at Lake City
July 1919, the Second regiment July
2O-29, and the Third regiment June
1929.
Through efforts of County Attorney
H. O. 'Kjomme and a detective whole.
| sale arrests were made at Thief River
Falls of persons charged with boot
Logging.
About $50 paving block cutters are
| on strike at St. Cloud as the result of
the failure of the employers to agree
to an increase of one quarter of cent
a block.
John Ostapchuk has been indicted
by the grand jury of Dakota county
for murder in the first degree for the
killing of his wife at South St. Paul
March Is.
Rough fish to the value of $27,750
| were taken from lakes in Martin coun-
| ty the past winter by seiners and the
state received a little more than $4,000
as it's share.
Mrs. l.. T. Sheetz, prominent in Min
neapolis club circles, died at Seattle,
WASH, when about to return to Mime.
apolis from California, where she had
spent the winter
A ten-acre tract of land three miles
south of Fast Grand Forks has been
sold for $3.50 an acre, probably the
highest price ever paid for land in the
Red River valley.
w. G. Calderwood of Minneapolis
has filed for United States senator on
the Prohibition ticket. Mr.. Calder
wood expects to make a statewide
speaking campaign.
Francis R. Seymour, a farmer of
Aldrich, forty-six years old, is dead
at Brainerd from blood poisoning which
developed after he had all his teeth
extracted at Wadena
Match Jaakinen, forty.six years old,
committed suicide at Hibbing by shoot
ing himself with rifle. He is thought
to have brooded over a war argument
in which he was bested.
Under the provisions of the will of
his mother Dwight G.. Cutler of Duluth.
aged thirty.one, must marry or wait
until he is fOrty.flve YEARS old hoforo