The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-06-21
ABOUT THE STATE
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings Of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience Of the
Busy Reader.

James H. Mcclure, one Of the best
known railroad and bridge contractors
in the Northwest, Is dead at st. Paul,
aged seventy-four years.
The annual conference of the Ger
man Evangelical church for Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota will be
held at Fairmont shortly.
Henry c. Mase, twenty-five years
old, hanged himself in his room at
Minneapolis. Dependency over Ill
health Is given as the reason.
Failing health is causing District
Judge Nathan Kingsley of Austin to
resign. Judge Kingsley has been on
the district bench since 1890.
Lyman Robinson, aged seventy-three
years, Mankato city park employee
was severely bitten and clawed by a
bear in the ZOO at sibley park.
The miners at the Weed mine OF
the Oliver Mining company at Aurora
have Joined the other strikers in that
vicinity. One thousand men are now
out.
Farmers Of Clay county will hold
their annual picnic at Glyndon June
Fl. 1t will be under the direction of
the Clay County Federation Of Farm
Clubs
l.. Benshoof of Detroit was elected
commander at the thirty-second an.
nual encampment in Minneapolis OF
the Minnesota division of the Sons Of
Veterans.
Otto Langfelt was killed and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Miller were injured
when an automobile turned somer-
sault near Luverne. The machine was
not damaged.
Six members of youthful St. Cloud
gang known as the THE Bloody
Dozen," have been sentenced by the
court to spend the summer working
on farms in that vicinity.
Dean Francis c. Shenehon of the
college of engineering, University Of
Minnesota, has resigned. effective on
May l, 1917. Dean Shenehon had been
head of the college for seven years.
Three children of w. H. Swain,
seven miles north of Pillager, ate
quantity of toadstools in mistake for
mushrooms. Teddy, four years old,
Is dead and two older children are
dying.
The fOrty.secOnd commencement at
st. Olaf college at Mortified came to
close with the comforting of the de.
grees of bachelor of arts on 129 stu
dents. the largest graduating class in
its history.
Attacked by the same disease which
brought death to his twelve-year-old
son at Winona, Elisa Hemstad, a Nor.
wegian immigrant, lies in a serious
condition at Redheld, s. D., with spinal
meningitis.
The lower house of congress has
passed bill authorizing the county
commissioners of Aitkin county and
the town board of Logan township,
to construct bridge across the Mis-
sissippi river.
A committee of the board of regents
Of the state university has reported
In opposition to the proposal that the
st. Paul College of Law be consoli.
dated with the University of Mime
sofa law school.
In the case of Joe Leslie Bush, pro
fessional baseball pitcher, sued al
Prainerd by the administrator of the
estate of Louis Miller, flagman, acct
dentally killed by Bush's automobile
the jury disagreed.
Granville s. Pease, dean of Mime.
sofa country editors, celebrated his
ftttsth year as publisher'of the Anoka
Union by issuing a Gold Anniversary
number. Mr.. Pease entered the news
paper business at Anoka April 2, 1866.
The Moose lodge of Moorhead was
found guilty of violating the county
option law. Members of the lodge ties.
tilted that they obtained liquor by pur.
chasing a card which the steward
punched whenever he served a drink,
Conscience caused a farmer to send
to the Acoma and Lynn Fire Insur.
ance association OF Hutchinson
check for $1,000 and a note for $500
to cover insurance money he received
after burning buildings.
The sixty.four fraternal associations
doiag business in Minnesota collected
from their members last year $4,000
174.96, an increase of $217,046.81 over
the collections Of 1914. The total
losses In 1915 were $3,010.944.53, an
increase Of $4s,7s5.55 an increase of
34s.765.65 over the losses Of the pre-
v1ous year.