The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-12-31
STATE BRFVITIES

Clearwater - Wilbur F. Shattuck,
one of the incorporators of the Clear
water Mercantile company, died at his
farm near here. He was an active pro.
moter of the first rural mail service
and of the telephone system of this
community, and was vice president of
the telephone concern since it's or
4anization. He was born in Franklin
county, New York, in 1857, and came
to Minnesota with his parents when
he was TO-
st. Paul.-Protests against the par
doning of Joseph w. Bra gdon, Mime
apOlis business man, who was con-
victed of offense against young girls in
1916, poured in at the capitol to the
pardon board. Club women from the
Twin Cities brought messages from
other women's clubs in the state to
the governors office objecting to
clemency for Uncle Ned" as Brag-
don WIS known by several of the girls
, who appeared as witnesses against
him at his trial.
Crookston.-Little additional light
has been uncovered in the murder OF
Edna Werner, 17-year-old East Grand
Forks girl, who is alleged to have been
slain by Jim Smith, and Tom Thomas,
negroes of Grand Forks Smith still
maintains that Thomas did the actual
killing, while Thomas maintains that
he was in dice game the night of the
shooting, according to Polk county
authorities. 1t is said that Thomas
statement is corroborated by other
Grand Forks negroes.
Minneapolis Thirty-six Holstein
cattle exhibited by Minnesota breed
ers at the national dairy show in
Chicago last week captured % prizes,
seven of which were firsts. Minnesota
Guernseys at the show were not num-
erous, but made up in quality what
they lacked in quantity. This is the
report brought back by W. A. Nc
Kerrow, livestock specialist of the ex.
tension division Of the Minnesota col
lege of agriculture, who acted as one
of the judges at the big show.
uverne.-Damages in the sum Of
$3,250 were awarded James York of
Rock Rapids, Iowa, against his brother,
Mathew J. York, of this county, in
district court here in a suit for per-
action claims that during an alterca-
tion with his brother in the fall of
1917, the defendant struck him over
the eye causing an injury which later
resulted in the loss of sight of one
b eye. The suit was for $1O.00O and the
jury returned verdict of $4,000, add
ing $3.50 for medical bills.
observation-disclosures of conflicting
stories of Theodore Mattsick, aged 13
years, and Leslie Binnebose, 9 years
of age, the only eyewitnesses of the
death of Joseph Fritz, 17-year-old boy,
near here, the coroner's jury has re-
turned verdict of accidental" Young
Fritz received charge of shot in the
head and died instantly. Matsick said
he had layed his gun on the ground
and that the Binnebose boy had picked
it up and shot Fritz. One of the shot
grazed Matsicks lower lip, he said
He exhibited a wound which he de.
clared was inflicted by the shot. The
Binnebose boy declared that he was
not near the scene and that he did not
see either Fritz or Matsick on Satur-
day, the day of shooting. The jury
decided that death was accidental and
it is probable that no further action
will be taken.
East Grand Forks.-Men who were
the most active in bringing about the
arrest of the two negroes charged with
her murder were honorary pallbearers
at the funeral here of Miss Edna Wern-
er of East Grand Forks, who was shot
The honorary pallbearers were: O.
K. Bolstad, Sheriff of Polk county; J.
Montague, states attorney, Polk coun.
ty; c. Nelson, coroner, Polk county; C.
G. SteTart sheriff of Grand Forks
County n. D; Chit1 of Police Odin
OveIss, arand Forks; Chief of Police
Tugh Quigley, East Grand Forks; B. J
Warren and Casey Gunderson. The
last two furnished the information
which resulted in the arrest of James
Smith and Tom Thomas, the two
negroes who were taken to st. Paul to
prevent mob violence.
Rochester-W. A. Bolcom, superin.
tendent of the Bemidji public schools
has resigned to accept a. similar posi-
tion as head of the Rochester school
system, filling the vacancy left by the
resignation Of Superintendent H. A.
Johnson, now assistant business mana
ger of the Mayo clinic here.
Menahga.-Olof Junus, the HillvieW
merchant, has threshed lis bushels o1
clover seed from less than 20 acres Of
land of his farm just south of towr
that will bring him the neat sum o1
$1,875 and will net him more thar
what is made on 160 acres in the low,
@oEQ belt
Former Maid Gets $250,000.
Boston.-The faithfulness and kind
! ness with which Micc Aonos Tono Nh