The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-05-03
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
eATHEREO FROM ALL SECTIONS
happenlngs Of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience Of the
Busy Reader.

was killed by cavein at st. Paul.
E. N. Morrill,, probate judge of Big
Stone county and pioneer resident Of
Ortonville, is dead.
Mrs. Julia Elizabeth Akers, ninety
one years old, resident of Minnesots
since 1859, is dead at Stacey.
James Gandsey, pioneer of and
second mayor of Hbbing, is dead al
Duluth following an operation.
Professor E. o. Kaasa, forty-seven
years old, instructor at the Lutheran
women's seminary at Red Wing, is
dead
Mrs. Mary Jane Hemperly, terrific
rial pioneer and a resident of Mime
apolis since 1857, is dead, aged eighty
eight years.
c. J. Lynch, aged eighty.eight, one
OF the pioneers Of Rock county, il
dead at Luverne. He was a veteran
of the Civil war.
The Webb mine at Hibbing, owned
by the Shenango Furnace company
has resumed operations after an idle
ness of two years.
Frederick Douglas Parker of St
Paul, the first editor Of the Appeal, a
publication devoted to the interests
Of negroes, is dead.
State Senator R. C. Dunn of Prince
ton announces that he will not be a
candidate for delegate to the Repub
lican national convention.
In per capita sales of Red Cross
seals in 1915 Worthington led all the
other cities of the state with a record
OF ten for every inhabitant.
Martin Fisher, 4 farmer near Sta
pies, was accidentally killed while
butchering hog, the knife slipping
land severtng an sasrtery in his leg.
The Twin City Rapid Transit com
pany carried 254,s14,752 passengers
over it's lines in 1915. This compares
with 251,094,963 in the year before.
Catching bobs at recess time re-
suited in the death of Vincent Houla'
han, the eight-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. w. Houlahan of Minneapolis
John Pollock was drawn into a coal
chute by falling mass of coal sift.
ings at Minneapolis and died from
sufocation before he could be res
cued.
Jesse Harry of Grand Rapids, state
game warden, has secured sixty-three
convictions the last ten months. He
patrols one Of the largest districts in
the state.
The barn and silo of L. l.. Fallon,
one of the largest in Mcleod county,
has been destroyed by fire, togther
with ten horses, fifteen calves and 100
tons of hay.
Horace Lowry of Minneapolis has
been elected president of the Twin
City Rapid Transit company to sue.
ceed c. G. Goodrich, who died about
month ago.
Village and town elections may be
held the same time as the presidential
primary elections, March IA, accord.
ing to an opinion given by Attorney
General Smith.
The United Milling company of Min.
neapolis has been adjudged bankrupt
at a hearing before Judge w. F..
Booth. Liabilities are 100000 and
assets about $160,000.
An epidemic Of grip and pneumonia
is prevalent at Red Lake Indian res
ervation. Eleven Indians have died
since Jan. 1, but most of those now
sick are on the road to recovery
Gladys Barr, fifteen years old, is
plaintiff in a divorce suit in district
court at Fairmont. The child wife
alleges her husband beat her, failed
to support her and deserted her.
Standardization of potatoes has
been solved by farmers of 1tasca
county. Almost to a man they have
pledged themselves to grow only tn.
bers Of the eight standard varieties.
John Kelley, auditor of Rock county
wandered away from his home in Lu.
verne the other day and all efforts to
find him have been futile. Mr.. Kelley
had not been well for some time past.
President Wilson will visit St. Paul
in early March, according to informa.
ton received by St. Paul Democratic
leaders. The visit will be made dur.
ing the presidents second speech
making tour.
Practically $2,500,000 has been ex
pended on Minnesota highways since
Aug. 1 by the state and counties
From the state road and bridge fund
there has been distributed to the
eighty-six counties of Minnesota in the
last six months $1,211,577. The coun.
ties are required to expend dollar for
dollar the amount Of the state aid
lssastod. i