The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-28
MINNESOTA NEWS
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Inc Northern Beltram county SaIc-
ty association was organized at Spoon
er at the Auditorium. There was a
large attendance from Baudette and
surrounding townships.
Dorothy Stolski, 3-year-old daughter
of J. F. Stolski, Minneapolis, died at
the city hospital from burns. The
baby was playing with matches when
her clothes caught fire.
Olney Grafton, so years old, sales
man for A. Roseman, New York dia-
mond merchant, shot and killed him.
self in the Andrews hotel at Minno-
apois. Ill health is thought to tsve
besa the motive.
Mrs. E. T. Howard, for over fifty
years a resident of Red Wing, died at
the Red Wing hospital. She was rs
years of. age and the widow of the
late E T. Howard, prominent in the
years ago.
While at Cambridge shopping, Mrs.
Eric Terrell of East Cambridge fell in
front of the E. F. Gillespie store and
although she was taken to a physi-
clans office, nothing could be done
for her. She lived only a few minutes
after being taken to the office
l.. l.. Martin was arrested at East
Grand Forks by Chief of Police Albert
Hurst, charged with breaking into the
warehouse of the Great Northern de-
pot in that city and taking barrel of
bottled whiskey, five or six cases and
several small consignments of liquor.
Funeral services have been held at
Endid for John Schuldt, one of the pio-
neers of this section of Polk county,
who died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs John Geise. He was alone in the
home and when found sat in his chair
dead, having expired while reading
and smoking beside the fire.
George Morrison, formerly clerk 2.
the Arlington hotel at Hibbing, was
arrested by the Indian agents as he
stepped off street car, charged with
importing liquor into dry territory. 1t
is alleged that several quarts of liquor
were found on him. Morrison was
taken to Virginia for hearing.
A large service flag bearing the fig
ures 1853 has been unfurled from
the district headquarters of the North
western Telephone company at Mime
apolis, denoting that 6,S63 employees
have gone into some branch of the
service since the declaration of war.
OF this number the Minneapolis
branch has given 112 men.
Little Falls is now marketing black
granite, pronounced by experts to be
of as fine a grade as can be found any
where. John Sperry, who operated a
successful granite plant in st. Cloud
for several years, is the owner of the
company Morrison county, the city of
Little Falls and the Little Falls Com
mercial club are actively interested in
the plant
In view of the increasing shortage
of pennies, movement to give post
age stamps as change has been inaug-
urated in Minneapolis department
stores Several stores reported that
they had started such plan and that
it was working successfully. Short
become so acute that bankers in small
towns have declared an embargo on
coppers.
Announcement is made by AdOlNh
Pfund, secretary OF the Northwestern
Lumbermen's association, that there
will be strong patriotic note in the
program of the association meeting
this year, the first since America en-
tered the war. The convention will be
held in Minneapolis Jan. Is to II, and
will bring about 800 retail lumbermen
of Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and
South Dakota together. A building
material exhibit by manufacturers
will be made during the convention.
Frank J. Busch, prominent Mankato
merchant, was found guilty OF sedi-
tious utterances in the district court
of Blue Earth county and sentenced
to three months in the county jail, a
fine of $500 and subscriptions OF
81 900 to the Liberty Loan, 500 to the
Red Cross and $50 each to the Y. NJ
c. A. and Knights of Columbus war
funds The Jail sentence was suspend
ed until February S, when Busch is to
appear before the court. Busch told
the judge he was sorry and made the
subscriptions.
Donald Dow, alias Fred Anderson,
convicted of the murder of George
Sheffield, Great Northern operator at
Moorehead, shot and killed in holdup
there in September, has been taken to
the Minnesota penitentiary to begin g
life sentence.
Secretary of Labor William B. VIII.
son and mediation board members who
are to investigate the present labor
situation in the Twin Cities, have ar
rived in st. Paul and are engaged on
the work of their mission.
The Federated Farmers club of Bel
trami county has asked the state legis-
lature to reimburse counties for money
paid out in bounties on wild animals.
An outbreak of rabies among dogs
at LIE Sueur Center has caused chill.
dren to be kept from school. The
crazed dogs have bitten stock and
poultry. and farmers are shooting
strange dogs.
Mrs. Fred Nelson and her 3-year-old
son Buster were burned 70 death when
their farm home, north of Albert Lea,
was destroyed by fire. Pouring kcro-
sene on the stove is said to have
caused an explosion.
A carload of apples is to be sent
to American soldiers in France by the
Minneapolis Wholesale Credit Mems
association. The apples were contrib
uted by merchants on Commission
Row" to committee OF the credit
Mems association.
/ With the purchase for 100000 OF
tho Dan Patch limo cnf-off from, A .,fo