Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-12

Dennis Mangan. eighty-five years
old, hanged himself at his home in st
Paul. He was respondent over Ill
| health.
Seven persons are believed to have
lost their lives when the excursion
steamer Muskegon overturned on Big
Stone lake, near Ortonville, during a
heavy storm. Two of the nine persons
| known to have been on the boat were
| rescued.
A deal involving all the active Great
Northern ore properties has been
closed with the NJ. A. Hanna company
of Cleveland, o. The deal involves
the mining equipment and mines
which have been under operation by
the Great Northern ore properties.
Frank Schley, said to be wealthy
farmer, was arrested at Osseo on a
charge of having made insulting re-
marks about the American flag. J. E.
Smith, a member of the Hennepin
county public safety commission.
made the arrest and placed Schley in
Inc COuuly jail
Judge John c. Nethaway of Still
water, former assistant attorney gen.
eral of Minnesota and Democratic pol
itician, is dead at Shakopee. He was
sixty-seven years old. Mr.. Nethaway
was appointed to judgeship in the
Thirteenth district by Governor Burn
quist more than year ago.
Mrs. l. B. Keller, a prominent WI
mona woman, il in a serious condition
as q result of being attacked by a
large swarm of bees. Mrs. Keller was
living the bees when they suddenly
turned on her Neighbors rescued her
after she had lost consciousness. She
is expected to recover.
Doctors William j. and Charles H.
Mayo, world famous surgeons OF
Rochester, will 60 to France soon to
work in war hospitals, they an
nounced In outlining to the University
of Minnesota board of regents their
new plan for the administration of the
$l,5OO,OO0 Mayo foundation for the
university.
Nearly 200 delegates to the annual
meeting of the National Editorial as
sociation at Minneapolis participated
at Red Wing in the dedication of a
bronze tablet to Colonel B. B. Herbert
Of Chicago, former editor of the Red
Wing Republican, founder of the ma
tional organization of newspapers ed
itors and its first president.
Mrs Carrie Larson OF Minneapolis
was shot and killed by her husband,
Olaf Larson, at their home in the
Mill City. After the shooting Larson
cut his throat and wrists with jack
knife and died shortly afterward at
the City hospital Five children sur
vive. the youngest being nineteen.
Mrs. Larson was suing for a divorce.
Five hundred men, led by Mayor E.
e. Weber of Chisholm and Mayor
Victor l.. Power Of Hibbing. searched
the woods north of Chisholm for
seven-year-old Olga PakiE, who was
lost several days previously while
verely bitten by insects and mOsqui
toes and suffering greatly from ex-
posture.
Off1cial announcement Is made that
Major William H. Hart of st. Paul,
for several years In charge of account
ing payrolls In AdNtant General Fred
B. Woods Office, will resign shortly.
Sergeant Harry Radclift, connected
with the regular army for more than
seven years and former Minneapolis
license inspector, will be Major Harris
successor.
A resolution providing for the ap
pointment of q committee to make
sweeping investigation throughout Min
nesota into the high cost of living,
the alleged practice of spectators in
storing immense quantities of com.
modities to await higher prices and
the railrad car situation with regard
to the coal supply was adopted by the
state public safety commission.
The accounts of Adjutant General
Fred B. Wood of Minnesota have
been audited by the treasury depart
ment at Washington and approved.
This means that the treasury depart
ment will open an account with Cap
tain Harry l.. Brady. property and dis
bursting officer of the Minnesota ma.
tional guard, and that the state will
get all funds held up since March 1.
Frank Connors. Indian agent, 10 in
a hospital at CloQuet, seriously in.
jured. and J. F. O'Neil. railroad sta
ton agent at Carlton, is held by the
authorities as the result of a shooting
at Sawyer. 1t Is said Connors was
watching a resort at Sawyer for evil
dence Of illegal sales Of liquor to In
dams when ne became involved in an
argument with O'Neil and a compan-
ion.
John Halloran. 1903 years old, who
lived on the same Minnesota home
stead for sixty-two years. is dead at
st. Thomas, Scott county. Mr.. Hal
loran was born in County Cork. Ire
land, In 1914 and came to the United
States in 1890 He was married in
Ohio in 1850 and at once removed to
Minnesota, working for a time as en-