Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-08-23
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LII Minnesota
st. Paul. The state board Of law
examiners has recommended to the
state supreme court for admission to
the bar 80 applicants who passed the
board examinations last month.
Stillwater.-Sal of the old state pri-
son property exclusive of the Warden's
residence to the city of Saltwater for
$4,000 has been closed between the
state board of coAtrol and Mayor John
R. Colliner, representing the city.
Duluth. - Trial of ten persons held
in connection with the murder of Dep.
uty Sheriff James Myron at Biwabik,
has been started before District Judge
Martin Hughes at Virginia. These
men charged with murder are alleged
to be I. w. w. leaders.
St. Cloud. - Three hundred white
clad delegates from the Twin Cities
paraded here from their Great North.
ern special train to the Davidson the.
alter for the opening of the twenty
sixth annual convention of the State
Christian Endeavor union.
St. Paul-State Auditor J. A. O.
Preus has announced that the next
sale of state timber will take place at
the capitol at 10 A. M. Monday, Octob-
er 16. A considerable amount of
stumpage on state lands that is rated
liable to waste will be offered.
LIE Sueur. - With record of hay
ing had only six pastors in it's half cen.
fury existence, the First Presbyterian
church of this city celebrated the fif-
tieth anniversary of it's founding. The
jubilee exercises mark also the ninth
year of the passionate of Rev. Leon L.
Smythe ...-..
Twin Valley.-John A. Jorgenson,
harnessmaker, often expressed hor-
ror Of having his body long exposed
to river water. So when he committed
suicide by drowning in the Wild Rice
river he tied a rope about one foot and
the other end to tree to prevent the
loss of his body.
Kinney, Minn.-Four men, alleged
Industrial Workers of the World, at
tempted to kidnap Mrs. Edward Emo,
wife of a deputy sheriff, her sister Mrs.
Lucy Clark Of Virginia, Mimi, and her
four-year-old son as they stepped from
Mesaba electric car here. One of
the kidnappers struck Mrs. Clark over
the head with a club, inficting a seri-
Gus scalp wound.
State Treasurer A. C. Gooding sign.
ed warrants for the payment of prin-
c1pal and interest on $123,487.5O, the
1rst state educational certificate of
indebtedness. A recent legislature
authorized the issuance of such GER
titicates by the board of control to
cover the cost of state university, nor
NAL school and other structures in ex-
cess of appropriations.
st. Paul.-Marked gains in state rev
enue this year from the 5 per Cent
gross earnings tax against railroads
are further indicated by reports filed
with the state tax commissioner by
six additional companies. Although
two reports showed decreases, the ag-
gregate is considerable larger for the
first half of 1916 than for the CORE
spending period in 1915.
aribault.-Attorney General Lyn-
don A. Smith has directed Louis s.
Headley, an assistant to go to Fart
bault to make a special investigation
OF the condition of the Faribault Fire
Relief association, following the report
OF Deputy Public Examiner J. o. Ceder-
berg, alleging that Edward F. Kelly.
treasurer of the organization, is short
$1l,18S, according to his examination.
st. Paul. ~ Possible abolition of the
contingent fund system at the Univer-
sit$ of Minnesota is threatened. State
Treasurer Gooding advised the board
Of university regents that he was un-
able to find legislative or other legal
authorization for the system which
Involved an average of 100000 of state
funds and at times greater amounts,
all used for the payment of minor cur
rent expenses.
Minneapolis. - The offer of $84,6O4
In cash prizes to exhibitors at the Min
nesota State Fair, Sept. 4 to 9, is said
~ A1CuUclS VI LuS DOdTQ TO % Itself
sufficient to make the 1916 exposition
one of the best in the history of the
state. This sum for the educational
and material interests of state, Sec
rotary j. G. Simpson says, has never
been equalled by any state fair asso-
citation in the United States.
Lindstrom. The seventeenth annual
convention Of the Luther League of
Minnesota, which closed here, elected
the following officers: President, Rev.
G. J. Hockey of Minneapolis; vice pres
ldent, Harry Anderson of Minneapolis:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Miss Mabel San.
der of Lindstrom; statistical secretary.
Miss Cora Aslakson Of Cannon Falls:
corresp bonding secretary, Miss Serapha
Peterson of North st. Paul; and treas.
lrer, Edgar Elfstrand Of Lindstrom,
Minneapolis, Aug. 15.-Mrs. o.. M.
Cutler, wife Of Captain Cutler Of the
First Minnesota infantry, and her
guest, Miss Evelyn Laughlin, Seattle.
suffered possible fatal injuries when
The Cadillac car driven by Mrs. Cut