The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-11-21


following a short Illness.
st. Cloud-Fourteen cases of diph-
iberia have been reported and are now
under quarantine in this city.
Brainerd-A bus driven by Ernest
Olson was struck by Northern Pa
cific passenger train here. No one was
injured, although the bus was badly
damaged.
Detroit.-B. r. Wadsworth, super
visor in the Indian service, is to sue
coed c. V. Peel as agent at White
Earth, the transfer to occur some time
this month. =
Duluth.-Chauncey H. Troyer, mem
Der of the Duluth police department
for quarter of century and it's chief
for more than Is years, and later chief
of police at Fargo. N. D., died here.
Brainerd.-Dr. G. A. Nelson, presi-
dent of the Minnesota State Veteri-
nary Medical association, left to at
tend the annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Veterinary association at New
Orleans
Minneapolis.-Mrs. Rosalie Crepeau,
who died here, is survived by 80 direct
descendants, nine of whom are her
own children, 80 grand children and
AZ great grandchildren. She came to
st. Anthony IS years ago.
Warroad.-Lake of the Woods is
frozen over. Indians, trarpers and
farmers say winter is here in full
blast about a month ahead of time.
They look for long winter with ex-
tended periods of bitter cold.
Fergus Falls-Martin Krause was.
found lying in the vestibule at the
state hospital for the insane here An
investigation disclosed that Krause
had walked from Perham, distance
of so miles. He will be committed to
the institution.
Little Falls.-One of Morrison coun-,
| tvs finest and largest farms, the Mead
| owview stock farm, has changed
hands, M. M. Williams, the owner,
disposing of it to Roepke & Hubbard
of Fairmont While the price is not
given out it was said to be in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
Mankato. = After celebrating an
hour and half the jury in the case
of John Meints, who sued thirty-two
| residents of Luverne for 100000
damages, following an alleged kidnap-
| ing, and the application of coat of
| tar and feathers, returned verdict
| for the defendants in Federal court
here.
Minneapolis. - Frank R. Mcdonald,
superintendent of the Minneapolis
workhouse for 16 years, is dead from
selfintlicted pistol bullet wound in
his head. He shot and killed himself
at his desk in the Office after he had
packed his grip preparatory to taking
his first vacation in eight years. Ner
vous breakdown, due to oVerwork and
worry, was given by DR.. 8 o. Lock
wood, workhouse physician, as the
cause.
Observation-Disclosures county is the
banner potato county in southwestern
Minnesota, according to statistics
compiled by reports received from the
different counties of this section. The
potato yield in this county is 100
bushels to the acre. Rock county
comes second with yield of SO
bushels. The yield in Cottonwood
county was So; Jackson, so; Lincoln,
30; Lyon, IL; Murray, 60; Mobiles, so,
and Redwood, 43.
Duluth-Flora III of the Bells, con-
signed by the Jean Du Luth stock
farm, brought the highest price at the
| sale of Guernsey cattle at the Armory
| here. The highest bid was $S75, and
was offered by the university farm of
the University of Minnesota. The
next highest bid was $500, made by
Simon Cruise of, Minneapolis on cow,
| Caribou Violet, consigned by the
Moose Valley farm and bought for the
Radisson hotel of Minneapolis.
st. Paul-Little acts of kindness
will be rewarded after many years in
the case of Peter ]. Lavalle. St. Paul
| known heir to an estate of $780,
left by Anthoni Genini at Marshall.
Mimi Thirty-three years ago Mr.
Lavalle read newspapers and talked
| French to Genini on cold winter
nights, when he was a roomer in La
valle's mothers rooming house. After
all these years, Genini is repaying his
kindness in hard cash.
| Virginia.-Rev E. N. Raymond.
founder of the Virginia Presbyterian
church in pioneer days, when gam
bling and drinking were general, was
buried at Tower. His first congrega-
| ton was poker crowd and his first
song leader a card shark. The Rev.
| Mr. Raymond came to Virginia De-
cember 81, 1892. On April %, 1893,
his first church was organized. He
remained at its head until 1896. After
| leaving Virginia Mr.. Raymond estab-
| lished church at Tower. His wife
| is buried there.
Duluth. A vigilance committee
whose duty it will be to watch all
radicals and to report to the Ameri-
can Legion with view to taking law
full steps to stamp out disloyalty and
protect the lives of Duluth service
men against repetition of the out
rage at Centralia, Wash, was ordered
by David Wisteds post of the Ameri..
can Legion. Another move to sup
press radicals in Duluth was taken
by the Rotary club, which adopted
resolutions urging city officials to
punish propagandists of revolution to
the extent of the law.
Bemidji.-The coroner's jury at
Black Duck decided that the death OF
Anthony Schweigel, who was shot
by his father, Andrew Schweigel.
while hunting last Tuesday, was acct