The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-04-27
ABOUT THE STATE
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS
Happenines Of the Week Briefly Told
for the Convenience Of the
Buoy Reader.

Mrs. Martin Miller, one Of the pio.
neer residents of Waterville, is dead.
The Minnesota river is higher at
| Belle Plaine than it has been for ten
years.
Carroll A. Nye Of Moorhead, a Judge
| in the Seventh district, has filed for
denomination.
Mrs. H. H. Freeman, for forty-seven
years a resident of Albert Lea, is
|>dead In that city.
The skeleton Of a man, believed to
have been murdered, has been found
In the woods near Haupt.
The Ramsey county district court
jury calendar has been cleared for
the first time in three years.
The Mississippi river at st. Paul is
at flood stage and a number of fami-
lies have been driven from homes.
A bond issue OF $4,000 for new
school buildings carried by an over
whelming vote at a special election at
Red Wing.
Jacob Zone, twenty-five years old.
committed suicide by hanging in his
fathers barn, three miles east of
Worthington.
The Owatonna board of education
is considering the calling of special
election for the voting of bonds for q
new high school building.
Grief over the death of his son Ru-
dolph caused Joseph Chadima, pioneer
shoe cobbler of South St. Paul, to
commit suicide by drinking poison.
Jewett s. Mathewson, for twenty.
i've years prominently identified with
the grain trade. In Minneapolis, is
dead. He was hfty-nine years of age.
L. The 1916 convention Of the Slavo-
xfan> Catholic Union OF America will
I've isa,e heId 1t t;se3eti., ttnis staae, begin.
ming Sept. and continuing eight days.
The Lismore stock farm near Clin.
ton has sold to J. Mosley: of Dickin~
son, N. D., twelve head of registered
Shorthorn cattle and two grades for
$4,000.
Charles E. Kiewel, president Of the
Polk County State bank of Crookston,
has fitted up the basement of the big
bank building as 4 rest room for
farmers.
The people Of Grand Meadow have
voted funds for the construction Of a
new $4,000 high school building to
replace the one destroyed by fire on
Feb. 13.
It took but an hour for a jury in
district court at Duluth to decide that
John Freeman, charged with receiving
money from women Of the underworld,
was guilty.
Joseph Poyman, on trial at Minneap-
oils for the robbery of the Camden
Park State bank, suddenly withdrew
his plea Of not guilty and admitted
the charge.
While talking to companion about
the sudden death of a friend, James
Maloney, forty-three years old, a
Brainerd machinist, fell dead from
heart disease.
Minnesota is $53,622.73 richer be-
cause OF the payment of the inherit
ance tax on the estate of James S.
Bell, wealthy Minneapolis man who
died year ago.
Judge P. w. Morrison of Norwood
has filed with the secretary of state
for nomination as candidate for
| judge of the district court in the
Eighth judicial district
The next legislature will be com.
| PEELED to make an appropriation to
cover the deficiency in the wolf boun-
ty fund, which may amount to $75, 5000
by the end of the year.
Frederick Kroeger, Sr., almost
ninety-two years old and resident
of Winona since 1860, is dead. He
was the second oldest Mason connect
ed with the Winona lodge.
State Forester w. r. Cox has been
named life member in the council of
national advisers Of the National
Highways association. The associa.
ton now has $4,000 members.
Following visit of inspection to
the Hastings asylum for the insane
the state board Of control announced
that it will ask the next legislature
for $125.000 for improvements for that
institution.
The will of Mary J. Davis. patron
Of the International Sunshine society
and Christmas time friend of thou.
bands of poor children, who died in
Minneapolis recently, leaves $175,000
to charity.
Dan Donovan. who appeared at tho
German-American State bank at Man
kato and at the point Of an empty re-
volver demanded to be paid $4,000
has been adjudged insane and sent te
an asylu1a: