Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-02-16
Staterlep$lr Brief
polnas OF Last Few Days Throughout
= Minnesota Condo for
Hasty PerusaI. z

eTman anu TeSlQeuL OIL h0Q wing IOT
more than half q century, is dead.
Winona. - Joseph Kowalewski, Is
years old, was fatally burned in an
explosion inside Of seventy-fve-
barrel vat at the Bub brewery here. >.
Alexandria. - A successful meeting
of teachers of Douglas county has
been held here the sessions being the
first meetings in the Auditorium of
the new high school building now
about completed.
st. Paul.-Colonel Josias B. King,
the first man in the United States to
enlist in the Union army in the Civil
war, is dead at his home here. Colonel
King was 81 years old. He died Of
heart trouble.
| Duluth.-Thousands of miners of for
eign birth, employed on the Mime
sofa Iron Ranges will be Americanized
through night schools, if plans of R. K.
Doe, government examiner of aliens,
are carried out.
| Mankato. - Mrs. Julia Presley, a
resident of Mankato for forty-siX
years, and widow of j. A. Presley, is
dead. She was 70 years old. She was
a native of Bremen, Germany. She
is survived by three sons and two
| daughters
Bemidji. - The Commercial club
has raised $500 to send delegates to
Washington to oppose Nelson's Red
Lake forest reservation. John Morri-
son, chief of the Chippewas, and other
Indians already are en- route to Wash
ington to fight the bill.
st. Paul.-Co-operation of the u. S.
postof1ice department in the movement
recently begun to save the quail in
Minnesota took active form when rural
mail carriers were instructed to dis
tribute feed for the birds along their
routes when it is provided.
st. Paul-Governor Burnquist an
nounces that he has been notified by
Congressman Charles A. Linbergh Of
Little Falls that he will discontinue
further activities in connection with
his filing for the Republican nomina-
tioR for governor and will withdraw
from the race.
Monticello, MINI. - That Lawrence
Carr of St. Paul came to his death by
suicide is the verdict of the coroner
of Wright county The discovery of
burned powder in the wound in the
head established the coroner.s theory
that the shot was fired at close range.
Several witnesses were examined.
Crookston-"That the farmer is the
main man Of the country" was the
keynote of an address by George E.
Vincent, president of the University of
Minnesota, before the Red River De-
velopment association here. The great
hall was crowded and the speaker was
frequently interrupted by applause.
Red Wing-At the annual meeting
of the Goodhue County Cooperative
company, George F. Gross, general
manager, submitted his annual report
1t showed the aggregate business done
by the company amounted to about
$205,000. Net profits reported to be
distributed among the shareholders on
purchases were nearly $1,000.
Brainerd-Upper Mississippi reser
voirs north of Brainerd will be filled
to bursting should the winter snow &C
out with early rains. The snow here
has settled to nineteen inches deep
the total fall for the winter being I'll
inches. A heavy spring thaw will fill
reservoirs, allowing no room for sue
ceeding rains, and June precipitation
Preston.-Slippery walks have caus
ed two deaths in Fillmore county, &C
cording to reports to the coroner here
John Harland of Henrytown, farm
er, on his way from his house to thu
barn, fell and his skull was fractured
He was found dead several hours later
Alfred Bowman of Leonora slipped
while on the street. A blood vesse
was ruptured and he bled to death.
Minneapolis-A free trip to tn
Minnesota State Fair Farm Boys
Camp, Sept. A to 9, is to be given t,
III boys who excelled last year II
the state acre-yield corn contest, stat
pig club contest, and Northern, Mime
7 sofa potato contest, as a result of &C
ton just taken by the fair board. Tn
| 1916 Camp will be nearly twice a
large as any of its four predecessors
St. Following four-day In
vestigation carried on by W.. J. Ste1
enson, acting attorney general, and
A. o. Preus, state auditor, these off
Gals reported to the county attorne
Of Ramsey county that irregularitie
amounting to $28,962 have been dill
covered in the Office of State Trea.
urer Walter J. Smith. The irregular
ties included three forged distric
school warrants for $4,000, $4,000 an
$4,000. Robert G. Pickit, alleged col
fessed forger of the state warrant!
is locked up in the central police st;
ton here charged with second degre
forgery and first degree embezzl'
ment, and Walter J. Smith, stat
treasurer, is in a Minneapolis santa
ium, under official surveillance. Picl
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