The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-10
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.


Nicollet county, is dead. He came
from Norway 81 years ago and en-
gagged in farming.
Winona.-Emile Michaux, a Belgian,
81 years old, has began his duties as
municipal bandmaster. Michaux was
graduated from the Royal Conserva-
tory of Music, Brussels.
st. Paul.-The body of Joseph Vice
Zorek, 62, an escaped patient of the
Willmar state asylum, was found in
a swamp near Willmar lake. DR.. Geo.
H. Freeman reported to the state
board Of control.
Wheaton.-Mrs. A. H. Johnson is in
the hospital in a critical condition,
the result of her sons carelessness
with a rifle. The boy thought the
rifle was unloaded The bullet lodged
in the back of Mrs. Johnson's head.
Red Wing.-Rev. A. E. Knicker-
booker, president of the Red Cross
has received check for $5,030.63,
from H. c. Stebbins and c. S. Sultzer
of the auction committee, represent
ing the receipts from a recent auc-
ton
Wahkon.-At special election held
at Isle the people of School District
No. 10 voted to bond the district to
the state for $4,000 for the purpose
of erecting a new schoolhouse. The
vote was &c in favor of bonds and "a
against
East Grand Forks.-H. F. Vessel Of
st. Paul was here in the interest Of
an organization of patriotic Ameri-
cans of German origin that has re-
Gently been perfected for the state of
Minnesota, with headquarters in St.
Paul.
Virginia. = Mrs. Martha Ranta,
school teacher of Colvin, and eight
others who were indicted on charge
of spreading seditious ideas among
pupils of the school and Finn resi-
dents of the town, were acquitted by
q jury here.
Rochester, body of Anton
Aldo, employed by the Omaha Struct-
ural Steel Bridge company, building
the dam on the Zumbro river here
March 10, was found, caught in the
fork of a tree. by one of the camp
cooks while fishing.
Winona.-While playing at trench
warfare Anton Biliki, age IL, struck
Philip Jaskola, IL, with dirt bomb.
Becoming angry Jaskola hurled rock
"over the top" striking Anton in the
head, bursting blood vessel Biloxi
died as the results of the injury, &C
cording to the coroner.
st. Paul.-An order to muster out
of state service and disband the Sc
cond Minnesota Field Artillery, Col.
w. ]. Murphy, st. Paul, commanding,
has been issued by Adjutant General
W. F. Rhinow. 1t is effective at once.
'The War department refuses to call
the regiment into Federal service and
the organization is too expensive to
maintain in the state service" Gen.
eral Rhinow said in explanation of
the order.
st. Paul.-Crow Wing county finds
itself "bone dry" in spite of having
voted wet three years ago, says
County Attorney S. F. Alderman of
Brainerd, who investigated the coun-
tvs status at the state capitol. Jack
son county also voted wet in a coun-
ty option election, but is dry because
all it's villages voted dry. The "bone
dry" order of the Minnesota Public
Safety commission covers Grow Wing
as well as the federal law
against introduction of liquor into 'In-
dian country" /.
Crookston.-The inquest into the
death of Bernard P. Miller, who was
killed in an auto accident near Eldred
developed that Mr.. Miller met his
death by accident when the car he
was driving turned over into the
ditch, pinning him under the car and
him in the mud and wa
ter. Deputy Coroner Stenshoel stated
that when he first viewed the body
Mr.. Miller's eyes, ears, nose and
mouth were filled with dirt and mud
and that it would have been impos-
sible for him to breathe in such
condition.
ST. Paul-Teeth for its past and
future orders were provided by the
State Public Safety commission with
the adoption of order No. 80, pre-
scribing penalties for infractions of
those mandates, The new order
reads: 'The Minnesota Commission
of Public Safety orders as follows:
ANY person violating or refusing or
falling to obey any other of the Min
nesota Commission of Public Safety,
heretofore or hereafter made, in
which no other punishment is speci-
ically provided, shall be guilty of
and shall be punished by
Imprisonment in a county Jail for not
more than three months, or by fine
Of not more than $780,"
Winona.-The first echo of Ameri-
can participation in the war has come
TO Winona. A letter has been re-
,eived from John s. Stalka, priv
ate, who was slightly wounded. Stalka
wrote from the hospital: when we
Americans got up there and the Fritz
outfit came at us they found we had
! formidable outfit, anyhow"
st. Paul.-Contracts for five import
ant Federal aid road projects vail
be let during May by the Minnesota
state highway commission, according
% c. M. Babcock, commissioner, hav-
ing an aggregated length of eighty
eight miles and costing $273,000.
Hawley.-A package containing the
helmet of a German officer, who was
struck over the head by Hawley
soldier during recent battle in the
war theatre, was received il Hawley
by Moss Awrey from his brother,