New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-05

Otway w. Baldwin. who was born
In St. Anthony, this state, in 1856, is
dead at Duluth. He was a graduate
of the University of Minnesota and
Columbia University Law School.
The entire secret service force of
! the Great Northern railroad-114 men
has resigned and the Pinkerton de-
| tective agency was placed in charge
OF the work on the whole Great North
ern system. The walkout followed the
resignation of A. G. Ray, chief special
agent.
Mrs. Anna Lasher of Virginia has
been granted second divorce from
her husband, Edward Lasher. The
couple were married on March Z, 1903,
at Motley, this state. They were d.
vorced Jan. &c, 1910, at Brainerd and
about year later they were remar-
ried at Moorhead
Matt J. Ring, Mlnnesota's tallest SOL
der in the Spanish-Amertcan war, is
dead at his home in Park Falls, Wis.
He was a member of Company H.
Thirteenth Minnesota. He enlisted at
the age of seventeen and at that time
was feet 7 inches tall and was known
as the "Mtnnesota Baby"
Five hundred striking miners gath
cred before the city jail at Eveleth
and threatened to break in and release
seven prisoners who had been arrest
ed for carrying concealed weapons in
maintaining a picket line. After the
police made few arrests of ring
leaders the mob dispersed.
Carlo Tresca, strike leader on the
Mesabi range, has been arrested on
charge OF criminal libel for allowing
the red banner, Murdered by Oliver
Gunner" to be carried at the head Of.
the funeral procession Of John Altar, a
striking miner who was killed ia a
clash with mine guards at Virginia
Upstate editors, their wives and In
vited friends from other sections Of
Minnesota will visit the Chippewa In
dams Aug. 5 and 6, auto through the.
Minnesota forest reserve and partici-
pate in an old fashioned basket picntc,.
when the annual outing of the North
ern Minnesota Editorial association IS.
held at Cass Lake.
Mrs. Andrew Anderson and her two
sons, aged nine and eleven years, lost
their lives in a swollen creek near
Montevideo. Recent rains had made
the little creek rushing torrent. The
boys were crossing on a small plank
bridge and fell into the stream and
the mother was drowned In an at
tempt to rescue them.
James Lawther, Red Wing capital
list, whose benefactions public and pri-
vate have been many, is dead at his
estate in Ireland. He was reputed TO-
be worth more than $1,0O0,000, hav-
ing become wealthy through invest
| ment in Red Wing and Goodhue coun-
| ty realty He had crossed the ocean
| fifty times, but has resided in Ireland
since 1911. .-....
The strike of teamters at Minneapo-
| lis is assuming serious proportions.
Practically every kind Of hauling is
| paralyZed Hospitals, hotels, whole
| sale and retail merchants and commits
sion men are forced to do their own
hauling Retailers are forced to use
private automobiles, push carts and
other improvised vehicles to serve
their customers.
A plea for the voluntary exclusion
from Minnesota of importations OF
white pine, currant and gooseberry
paintings from other states has been
directed to all Minnesota nurserymen
by F. L. Washburn, state entomolO
gist. The reason is the menace of the
white pine blister, prevalent in some
sections of the country but so far ex
tremely rare in this state.
The assessment of income tax, bott
corporation and individual, this veal
is $729,S97S5 more than that made or
1914 incomes In Minnesota. The tota
assessment on 1915 incomes In tn
state is $2,511,561.95, Of which $1,688,
455.46 is on corporation incomes ant
1923, 1O6.49 on individual incomes. Oh
1914 incomes the corporation tax wa'
81, 199, 71478 and the individual hcnml
tax assessment 1851. 1892.