The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-02-28
GATHERED FROM Al u
SECTIONS OF the STATE
Happenings Of the Week Briefly
Told for the Convenience Of
the Busy Reader.

Eugene Fisher, seventeen year old,
is lying in hospital at St.. Cloud
with broken back as a result of a
coasting accident. Fisher, although
paralyzed from the hips down, will
recover, physicians say.
Two carloads of hogs from Waton-
wan county, averaging 245 and 273
pounds respectively, were sold at
South St. Paul for $12.05. This is
the highest price ever obtained for
porkers at South St. Paul.
A bill making it a gross misde-
meanor to discriminate in any way
against members of the national
guard has been introduced in the
lower house Of the legislature by
Representative Stone of Morris.
Hibbing's so called graft cases
were dismissed in District court at
Duluth on motion of Warren E..
Green, St. Louis county attorney, fol-
lowing the acquittal of the first two
defendants who were placed on trial.
A new melting pot for typesetting
machines that does away with hand
methods of recasting and refining
type metal has been patented by
two Minneapolis men and is attract
ing much attention among publishers
and printers.
A dairy association has been form
ed among the farmers of Pipestone
county. Testing of dairy herds and
the establishment Of cooperative
creamery and cheese factory are a.
mong the matters to be handled by
the association.
Catherine E. Gordon, seventy three
years old, a wealthy recluse, was
found dead in her home at Winona.
1t is believed she had been dead sew
eral days. A bank clerk who went
to her home regarding an investment
discovered her body.
Six hundred students of the state
normal school at St. Cloud have been
vaccinated following the outbreak of
smallpox in the girls dormitory. Six
girls are suffering with the conta-
gion and these have been isolated by
the health authorities.
Clyde M. Reed, superintendent of
the Tenth division, railway mail SER
vice, with headquarters at St. Paul,
has resigned to take effect March /.
Mr.. Reed will return to Parsons,
Kan, to take PERSONAL management
of his daily newspaper, the Parsons
Sun.
Chief Ringer Of the Minneapolis
fire department will investigate
statements made by spectators at
the Kenwood hotel fire that the first
firemen on the scene laid hose while
persons stood in the windows of the
burning building and screamed for
help.
More than 200 delegates from Min
nesota, Wisconsin, and North Dako-
ia met at St. Paul and organized the
Central Live Stock Shipping associa-
tion, with headquarters in the Min
nesota capital. H. L. Halvorson of
Litchfeld, this state, was elected
president.
|, Governor Burnquist has signed the
bill repeating the Bendixen law,
which authorized railroads to charge
cents mile for the first five miles
in passenger rates. It become ef-
fective Immediately and means a re-
duction Of 5 cents on every railroad
ticket sold in Minnesota.
In less than an hour after Philip
FELTON, had won his contest for elec-
tion as county commissioner of WI
mona county over L. j. Brown, his
opponent, he was declared disquali-
fled for violation of the corrupt
practices act. AS result the coun-
ty is minus one commissioner.
Right Rev. Samuel c. Edsall of
Minneapolis, bishop Of the Protest
and Episcopal diocese of Minnesota,
died at Rochester. Saturday after
noon following an operation for alb
dominal trouble. He was ffty-six
years of age and was consecrated BIZ
shop of the Minnesota diocese in Oc-
tober, 1901.
Fire in the annex of Dayton's de.
partment store at Minneapolis
threatened the entire building and
caused damage estimated at more
than 100000. The actual damage
was confined to the annex, but the
basement of the main floor was
flooded with water and the entire
building was choked with smoke
E. L. Rogers, county attorney Of