The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
NEWS OF STATE
TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

one Qay.
Worthington-The Minnesota Pres
byterian synod closed it's two days
session here with prohibition rally.
East Grand Forks.-Superintend
Of Schools F. E. Lurton has received
a call from North Dakota to recon-
mend teachers who have had two or
more years of high school work.
Two Harbors.-Following decision
to close churches and other public
places, the city council passed reso-
luton to direct the closing of the
public schools on account of Spanish
influenza.
st. Cloud-Nine residents of the
before Judge Donahue by detectives
for the Great Northern railway,
charged with wasting wheat when
sweeping out cars.
East Grand Forks.-Because of
Spanish influenza here local schools
have been closed. There have been
It's cases among the pupils and six
deaths. The schools of Grand Forks
have been closed for several days.
Pipestone.-S. B. Duea has disposed
of his stock in the Security Bank of
Pipestone TO Gus Boehmke, cashier Of
the Holland State bank. Mr.. Duea,
who is mayor of Pipestone, will enter
Red Cross work in France and will go
overseas the first of the year.
Fairmo than half the
schools CT Martin county have been
closed to curb influenza There were
no church services here Sunday. Thea
ters have also been closed and social
gatherings postponed. The disease is
believed to be abating in this county.
Pipestons.-Three persons were
killed wheG an automobile in which
they were riding left the King Of
Trails highway and turned over in a
ditch about forty-eight miles south Of
Pipestone. The dead are Michael Ma
gel wealthy farmer; Fred Husson Of
Luverne, Jack Donahue Of Ellsworth.
Carlton.--The body of soldier that
had been received at Cloquet for
burial, whose name is not known
here, lay in morgue when fire swept
the town, and, according to reports
received here, was not removed in the
exodus, only the living being thought
OF, and was nearly cremated. A Wis
itor to the ruined city brought the re-
port here.
st. Paul.-Ten thousand boys be-
tween 16 and 20 are expected to rally
to the aid of Uncle Sam on the farms
of Minnesota next spring. The United
States Boys Working Reserve, in CO.
operation with the Department of La
Dor and the Council of National De-
Tense, is beginning a concerted pro-
gram for the mobilization of the en-.
tire boy force in the country.
st. Cloud, Minn.-To spend three
hours in the icy waters of Moose Lake
to escape death in the great fire in
that stricken city, was the expert
ence of Miss Gerda Larson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Larson, Wilson
| avenue southeast. Miss Larson has
arrived home, having gone through
| the ordeal without injury, excepting
| sore eyes from the smoke and the
nervous shock due to the excitement.
Anoka.-Adam Schimbeno, so years
old, farmer living near here, was
asphyxiated by fumes from the ex-
haust pipe Of his tractor. Schimbeno
| and his son had taken the tractor to
the field to do some blowing. While
attempting to start the machine,
Schimbeno got in front of the exhaust
pipe and the fumes struck him in the
| g. \
to his son, as he fell to the ground
dead.
Redwood. Charles Struchmann,
living near Morgan, has been placed
under heavy bonds to appear in court
here and answer to the charge of
making seditious remarks. Among
| other things, it is alleged he said:
| ''The government can go to hell with
their bonds" Officials say that
Struchmann has in his possession Ger.
| tificates showing that he has pur.
chased $3.50 worth of German bonds
| of the date of 1916. They believe
that not dollar of the money ever
went to Germany, but that it was used
In this country.
Chicago.-Property damage caused
| by the forest fires in Minnesota
amounts to $75,000,O00 and the insur.
ance will total s25,000,O00, according
to computations made today by insur-
ance men here. Their estimate does
not include the standing timber and
| the other property which was de-
| stroyed which was uninsured and
the consensus of opinion in insurance
| circles is that the loss to insurance
com panies is the heaviest since the
San Francisco fire in 1906. The losses
| to the fire risk companies will be
| greatest, it was stated, on the large
lumber properties on which wartime
values are high, and on which several
of the risk concerns carry lines of in
surance in excess of million dollars.
Peter HouthinAmos of Chisholm, a
railroad section man, was held up by
| a highwayman at Lucknow and his
| pocketbook taken from him. In it
were his complete draft registration
| papers. He asked the draft board
for new record, which was for
warded to him.
| ST. Paul.-Michael Kelly, former
Minneapolis saloon keeper, was in.
dicted jointly with Mrs. Alice Hanson
by the Ramsey county grand jury for
| the murder of Mrs. Hanson's husband,
Henry E. Hanson. at New Brighton,
June 25. Both were charged with
murder in the first degree.
| Crookston.-Colonel Lewis of Man
kato, who conferred with the local Of
ficers of Company I, appointed H. H
Chesterman as captain Of the new
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