The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

st. Paul.-Helen Masinelli, Minneap-
oils danseuse, burned at local theater
when her flimsy dress caught fire from
an electric switch and died later at a
hospital.
Bemidji.-County Supt. of Schools j.
G. McGhee has mailed to each teacher
Of the rural schools throughout Bel
trami county a flag exercise for each
school to follow.
st. Paul.-Sixty-rhree st. Paul sa-
loonkeepers pleaded guilty in Federal
district court to violating the govern
ment prohibition law and paid a total
of $4,000 in fines.
Dodge Center.-Both sides in tire
Dodge county seat removal fight are
fighting to win the special election
called by the board of county commits
sioners for Jan. s.
Duluth.-Miles Bruce Pringle, well
known marine engineer, was overcome
by gas fumes and died. The fumes
were from newly installed water
heater in his bathroom.
Lake City-John Magnusen of Rush
ford, shot and killed himself at his
home here. Dependency is given as
the cause for the act. He is survived
by his widow and six children.
Chisholm.-Colin Munroe, called
first citizen of Chisholm" prominent
in politics, fraternally and as sports
man, is dead. Munroe was vicepresi-
dent Of the First National bank.
Ellendale.-Miss Cora Johnson,
tno ~, he
and daughter of Edward Johnson of
this village, is suffering from what Isl
believed to be sleeping sickness.
Observation-Disclosures Steele county
soldiers died on the battlefield or in
army camps during the world war, &C
cording to list compiled here for
the Minnesota public safety commits
sion.
Hibbing.-Charles Kussill, farmer,
was shot through the groin at a dance
at Little Swan, six miles south of Hib-
bling. The victim of the attack re-
fuse to divulge the name of his as
sailant.
Winona.-Mrs. Margaret Lyons, SO
years old, one of Winona county's
oldest pioneers, died at her home near
st. Charles. She was a resident of
the town of st. Charles for more than
60 years.
Worthington.-Rev. F. Q. Clackmore
of Mitchell, S. D., has been called to
become pastor Of this Worthington
congregational church. It is under
stood that he will accept and take up
his work Jan. 1.
Duluth.-Ten thousand Christmas
letters, postcards and photographs, in
correctly or insufficiently addressed
form post holiday task for Duluth
postal clerks to sort out. All of them
accumulated in a week.
st. Paul.-Final organization of the
Minnesota Potato Growers exchange,
to be composed of state associations
now formed for the purpose of grow
ing and marketing potatoes, is to be
made at Little Falls, January 26 and
81.
Duluth.-Mrs. Hilma Smith, hotel
proprietress, testified before the Du-
luth civil service commission that she
had never purchased whisky except
from members of the police depart
ment and had paid from So to $40
quart for it.
Chishoim-The Oliver Iron Mining
company, is opening two new mines
on the Mesaba range, one to be known
as the Fraser and the other as the
Wellington. The Fraser mine COM
prises 80 acres, and the wellington
includes 40 acres.
Fergus Falls.-Aldred Svedahl, Is,
died here of injuries sustained in a
gasoline explosion. He tried to thaw
out frozen pump by building a fire
around it and placed can of gasoline
close by. The gasoline exploded. He
was burned terribly about the body.
Hibbing.-To put an end to the con-
fusion of names that the new Hibbing
has been dubbed and in order to assist
outside parties in mailing and ship
ping their packages correctly the
Great Northern agent has been not.4
fed that hereafter the station in Alice
will be known as South Hibbing. Here
tofore it has been known as Northland
and Alice.
Little Falls.-Otto Knuth of this city
was taken to Fergus Falls before
Judge Parsons and pleaded guilty to a
charge of forgery in the second degree.
He was given an indeterminate term
at the St. Cloud reformatory, not to
exceed ten years. Knuth was charged
wit having forged check on the First
National bank.
st. ,Peter.-Nicollet county Live
%,
bureau and the bank of the county are
fostering pure bred contests among
the boys of the county for the COM
ing year. The banks are loaning
money to the boys with which to pur-
chase purebred stock. A competition
feeding record for the year will be
kept and the animals will be sent to
the livestock show at South st. Paul
next December.
Minneapolis.-R lumber deal
ers from all parts of Minnesota Iowa,
South Dakota and North Dakota will
gather in this city January 90, 81 and
% for the annual convention of the
Northwestern Lumbermen's associa-
ton, and an attendance of 1000 is pre-
dicted by Secretary Adolph Pfund. NJ
table speakers are being engaged and
large exhibit of building materials
will be displayed at the West hotel,
which will be convention headquar-
ters Sessions will be in the court
house assembly hall.
Duluth Alleging that his daughter
Muriel, aged 6, was disfgured for life
last summer when she was struck in
the face by shovelful of hot tar
thrown by workman on street re-
pair crew, James Johnston has filed