New Ulm review., 1916-09-06

Mrs. Mary Calvin, eishty-nsne years,
old, resident OF Minneapolis sinoot
1856, is dead.
The state supreme court hAs a6lrm-
ed the Judgment Of the Rameey county
district court in diminishing the peti-
ton OF Charles Sawyer and others to
annul the nomination Of Thomas
Frankson, Republican candidate for
lieutenant governor.
Uno Swanson, eight years odd, and
Carl Anderson. nine years Odd, were
drowned In the Mississippi river at
Minneapolis when their boat was
swept into the current above the gov
ernment dam near Minnehaha falls
and carried over the sluiceway.
Louis Dombeck. forty years old. and
his son, Romo Dombeck. seven years
old, were killed when the automobile
In which they were riding with sew
eral companions stalled on crossing
Of the Northern Pacific railway near
Perham and was struck by a passen-
ger train.
Claims for back taxes amounting to
$23,666.5O on omitted earnings have
been reported to the state tax commits
sion following examination by the pub
lie examiners department Of the ac-
counts and records Of the 500 Line
and the Wisconsin Central Railway
companies.
Reports of United States internal
revenue receipts In Minnesota for Au-
gust would indicate that the use of
beer In this state is not ON the wane.
The beer tax collected In August
amounted to $2s4,067.5O. while the
beer tax collected in August, 1916, was
only 1921. .642.25. a
On Sept. 1 Minnesota had more
money in It's pockets than at any
other time in the history Of the state,
according to q detailed statement IL
sued at the treasurer's os{ioe showing
a cash balance of-$7,912,S5<:86 at the
close of business. The, revenue fund
also hit q record mark at $4,5oa, ,646. .73.
In spite Of the strike on the Mesabi
range the output from stste mines
during the past three months was. .un-
usually heavy and shows, gain over
the corresponding period last year.
Shipments to date this season total
more than 100000 tons, compared
with a total of 1900, 600 tons to Sept.
I, 1915.
Hugh T. Halbert, former chairman
Of the state central committee of the
Progressive party, has fegun suit in
New York city against George w.
Perkins, as chairman of the executive
committee Of the national Progressive
party in 1912, for $2,120.34, money al
legged to have been advanced at the
request of Mr.. Perkins
With two small holes In his head
resem bling bullet wounds the body of
soldier believed to be Andrew Sam
uelson of Zumbrota was found In a
clump of weeds near Fort Smelling.
Samuelson belonged to D company,
Third Minnesota infantry, and disap-
peared shortly before his regiment en-
trained for the border.
Carlo Tresca, Sam Scarlet and Jo-
seph Schmidt, I. w. w. agitators, and
Joseph Mickich, Joseph Cernogotovfch,
miners, and Mrs. Milica Masonovich
of Biwabik have been indicted by the
grand jury charged with first degree
murder and assault in connection with
the killing of Deputy Sheriff James
Myron at Biwabik on July 3.
Charges of illegal expenditures ag-
gregating more than 100000 by Koo-
chiching county officials resulted in
orders by Governor BurnQuist suspend.
ing County Auditor L. H. Slocum and
placing L. W. Wilson of Virginia in
charge of the auditors office. NJ. J.
Brown, Bemidji attorney, was ap-
pointed commissioner to take evidence
in an official investigation.
A gain of nearly $11,00O,0OO, or
more than 20 per cent, in railroad
gross earnings in Minnesota during
the first half of 1915 over the CORE
spending period last year is rated an
index of prosperity prevalent in the
Northwest. The earnings for the first
six months of this year totaled $751;
7S0,495.S0, compared with a CORE
spending total of $41, ,7S7, ,06S.40 for
1915.
A total of $6S9, ,46O.54, of which
$487, 1884 is principal and the bal
ance interest, is appropriated for the
Mile Lac Indians in the deficiency ap-
preparation bill just reported to the
lower house of congress. The appro-
priation is to carry out the terms OF
a decision of the court of claims max
ing this award to the Mile Lac bands
for lands taken from them by the gov
ernment.
Chairman Fred E. Wheaton of the
Democratic state committee has an
nounced the appointment Of an ad-
visory committee of five prominent
Democrats to assist in plans for the
Democratic state campaign. The COM
mittee consists of Benjamin F. Mel