New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-23
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenings Of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience Of the
Busy Reader.

Mrs. Charles D. Frank, prominent
in church and social circles, is dead
at Hastings.
Mrs.. John Mccarthy, aged sixty
seven, for f1fty-ive years resident
of Minneapolis, is dead.
John A. johnson, a farmer near
Grand Meadow, was struck and killed
by tree he was Telling.
Glenn P. Beach, assistant engineer
Of the state railroad and warehouse
commission, has resigned.
DR.. Allanson G. Aldrich. leading
Democrat and Anoka's Oldest resident
physician, is dead. aged sixty.
A wild cat four feet three inches
in length was killed in the chicken
coop of Joseph Marho In Northeast
Brainerd. .--.
Frank Ma11inger, q farmer residing
near GAINESVILLE, choked q large gray
wolf, which was fighting his dog, to
death with his bare hands.
John Hines, an Ice harvester, was
killed instantly when he and six COM
panions Jumped from a moving freight
train at White Bear Beach. !:
According to Dr.. Frank Nelson,
president Of Minnesota college, the
100000 subscription fund for that in.
stitution will soon be complete.
A. H. Turrttin, state superintendent
of banks, has signed checks for the
first 50 per cent to be paid depositors
of the defunct Osseo State bank.
Anthony Helm, etghty-three years
old, a resident Of W1nona county for
sixty years, is dead. Mr.. Helm was a
member of the Legislature in 1875.
Judge Clinton o. WEIGH, justice of
the peace and pioneer resident of Gil.
bert, dropped dead on the street of
apoplexy. He was fifty-nine years of
age.
Steel corporation officials at Duluth
have just announced the recently in
creased wage scale is in force. It af-
fects $4,000 men in the Duluth dis
trict.
Rochester voters will pass on a. pro-
posed $125,000 bond issue for school
purposes at an election March H. This
will be the third school election in
six years.
The appointment of Otto N. Raths
as postmaster of St. Paul has been
confirmed by the senate. Mr.. Raths
took office as postmaster on April 5
last under recess appointment.
George Holland of Wells was robbed
of $3.50 at Albert Lea as he was board
ing a train for home. Mr.. Holland
had just sold some land and the
money lost was the first payment
The state board of investment has
decided to receive bids Feb. 20 on the
$2,127,0OO worth of foreign bonds
owned by the state of Minnesota as :
part of the permanent trust funds.
John B. Bushnell, prominent in the
development of the implement bust
ness in the Northwest and one of the
founders of the Minneapolis Thresh-
ing Machine company, is dead, in the
Mill City.
Congressman c: A. Lindbergh, hav-
ing decided not to run for governor,
has asked the return of his $50 filing
fee, but Secretary of State Schmahl
says he has no authority for making
a refund.
Fire at Savage destroyed. seven
buildings belonging to Riley Bros, a
general store, saloon, meat market,
warehouse, icehouse and two barns.
For a. time the business section was
threatened.
A 5000 Holstein bull calf will be
given the Ramsey county farmer grow.
ing the best alfalfa in 1915. Senator
J. M. Hackney has offered the prize
through the Ramsey County Agricul-
tural society,"
The six-year-old daughter of Mike
J. Stephen of Pitt was killed instantly
by the accidental discharge of her
fathers rifle while he was hanging it
On the wall. The bullet entered the
child's brain.
John G.. Rudolph, former auditor of
Brown county, lis dead in Chicago. He
was born in Prussia in 1923 and SET
tied at New Ulm in 1857. He took an
active part in the defense of that city
in the Sioux war.
st. Paul national banks have SOL
100000 on deposit, a new high record
in the city's financial history. Depos-
it's in national, state and savings
banks and trust companies probably
exceed $125,OOO,OOO.
James B. Blanchard, who reached
Moorhead in 1871 and for forty years
had been constable and bailiff of
Clay county, is dead. Mr.. Blanchard.
built the first house in Moorhead. He
was ninety-six years of age.
John H. Hansen of St. Cloud, the
twenty-two-year-old son of Circuit
Judge Hubert Hansen, a junior in
Creighton Law college at Omaha, was
found dead in the bathtub at his
boarding house. He is supposed to
have been killed by an electric shock
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