Death of Minnesota Pioneer General James H. Baker in Mankato
News from Minnesota reports the death of General James H. Baker at his Mankato home after a shock from learning of a friend's passing. Born in 1829 in Butler county Ohio, Baker moved to Minnesota in 1857, fought in Indian campaigns and the Civil War, and held posts as pensions commissioner under Grant, Minnesota surveyor general for four years, and state railroad commissioner from 1881 to 1886.
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James H. Baker
Minnesota
Mankato
Messer
Three Autoists Arrested in Red Wing Fatal Collision
Paul Men charged with manslaughter in Red Wing death of Mrs. Alfred Anderson. Babcock of Fossness Satterlee Babcock Auto Co, Berkey of St Paul Tire Repair, and Classen held or released on bonds. Anderson age fifty, struck at 8 p m, car fled 40 feet after impact with Fiat reportedly at high speed.
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Classen
Is. Anderson
St. Paul
Berkey
Lake City
Babcock
Court Cites Common Law In Railroad Freight Case
Minnesota Supreme Court rules common law requires equal freight rates for all shippers. In Sullivan et al v Minneapolis and Rainy River Railroad, the court addresses the duty of equality in rate practice for the same class of goods over the same distance. The decision concerns logs transported and raises concerns for the railroad commission and traffic officials.
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Minnesota
State Supreme Court
State Railroad Commission
Traffe
J. C. Sullivan
Minneapolis and Rainy River Railroad Company
Well Known Alienist Dead at Willmar
Dr. Harry A. Tomlinson longtime superintendent of the state hospital for the insane at St Peter and later head of the state hospital for inebriates at Willmar died after a brain hemorrhage. A University of Pennsylvania graduate, he came to Minnesota in 1890 and served as hospital head until retirement at age 57. Good Roads Day proclaimed for June 17 by Governor Eberhart with state highway commission endorsement to boost road improvements.
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Harry A. Lomlinson
State Hospital
Willmar
Northwest
Tomlinson
Lr. Tomlinson
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
State Hospital For the Insane
St. Peter Dev
State Hospital For
Adolph O. Eberhart Han Lieved
State fair dates settle for early September 1914
Middle West state fair associations debated shifting the Minnesota fair to avoid conflicts with neighboring states. North Minnesota Development sought earlier timing to allow late harvests, but Michigan Wisconsin and South Dakota resisted. Minnesota also found the third week too late and preferred avoiding competition with nearby fairs.
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Middle West
Northern Minnesota Development Association
State Fair Board
North
Michigan
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Minnesota
Woodmen Favor Secession vote by Minneapolis delegates
Delegates from Minnesota districts 3 5 and 10 held a unanimous vote to withdraw from the Modern Woodmen of America at a Minneapolis convention with 12 000 members. They condemned current officers called for a state organization and coordinated with Rochester Windom and Granite Falls actions. A campaign to gather 15 000 members through affiliated camps was planned.
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Minneapolis
Woodmen of America
Rochester
Windom
Granite Falls
Engineer Killed in Great Northern Wreck Near Moorhead
Great Northern train No 1 Oriental limited derailed one mile east of Moorhead after ramming a derail. Engineer Frank French of Barnesville died. Passengers were shaken with several minor injuries. Train was an hour behind schedule and traveling sixty mph to make up time. Engineer applied emergency brakes but could not avert the crash.
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Great Northern
Oriental Limited
Moorhead
Frank French
Barnesville
Woman Commits Suicide at Como Park St Paul
The drowned woman was Florence Gebhart a newspaper woman and author and former wife of Professor George Gebhart of the Armour Institute Chicago. W D McDonald of Westinghouse Minneapolis identified the body. Raymond Burnham her fiancé says she had been ill with likely mental disturbance.
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Como Park
St. Paul
Florence Gebhart
George Gebhart
Armour Institute
Chicago
W. D. McDonald
Westinghouse Agency
Minneapolis
Raymond Burnham
Lightning strike kills saloonkeeper in Cold Spring
Nicholas Ganzer, fifty, a saloonkeeper at Cold Spring, was struck by lightning and killed near St. Cloud on May 3. He sat with seven other men in a boat. the bolt shocked the others but none were killed, though some were badly stunned.
Tragic Train Strike Kills Two Women at St Paul Crossing
At Edgerton street crossing in St Paul a Scutine passenger train struck a carriage returning from a burial at Forest cemetery. Mrs E A Ross and Mrs Esther M Johnston were killed and three others injured. The engine hit from the rear, demolishing the carriage.
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E. A. Ross
Esther M. Johnston
Emma Ross
Forest Cemetery
St. Paul
Edgerton Street
Roosevelt Wins Libel Suit Against George Newett
Former President Theodore Roosevelt won a libel case in Marquette Michigan against George A Newett who charged him with drunkenness. The jury awarded six cents nominal damages after a retraction. each side pays its own expenses. Roosevelt denied actions were for self interest but for vindication as the defense rested and Newett read his statement amid tense courtroom drama.
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Marquette, Mich
Theodore Roosevelt
George A. Newett
Michigan
Flannigan
Boss Cox Must Stand Trial in Cincinnati Case
Cincinnati judge refuses to quash indictments against George B. Cox and other Cincinnati Trust officers. Grand jury charges misuse of bank funds. Trial date set for next Monday on the first indictment.
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Cincinnati
Calewell
The
Common Pleas Court
George B. Cox
Cincinnati Trust Company
Calfwell
Treaty ends Balkan War with Turkish and Balkan envoys
Turkish and Balkan envoys sign a peace treaty ending the eight month Balkan war. Bulgaria and Turkey form an immediate disarmament protocol. Albania gains autonomous government. Crete and the Hyean islands to be decided by the powers. Indemnity set for commission in Paris on June 2. London dispatch reports.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Montenegro
Servia
Edward Grey
Enos
Egean Sea
Midia
Black Sea
Crete
Albania
Hyean
Paris
London
Foss Pleads Tariff Bill Limiting Wages At Hyde Park
Governor Eugene N. Foss who owns stakes in the B. F. Sturtevant and Becker Milling Machine plants says a pending tariff law makes any wage raise impossible. About 1,200 workers walked out in Hyde Park, and plants may shut down indefinitely if conditions persist.
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Boston
B. F. Sturtevant Company
Becker Milling Machine Company
Hyde Park
Eugene N. Foss
Foss
Postmasters Indicted Over Taft Campaign Funds
Memphis postmaster Teander W. Dutro was indicted by a federal grand jury for violation of civil service laws and intimidating postal employees to collect funds for the Taft campaign in 1912. The Memphis official faces charges tied to campaign finance activities.
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Memphis
Memphis, Tenn
Teander W. Dutro
Civil Service
Federal Grand Jury
Dutro
Panama Judge Fined After Canal Altercation
Panama Colon May 30 Judge Gundales Guill of the Colon circuit court was fined 25 dollars after being convicted for attempting to shoot the captain of a motor launch following an altercation in canal waters. The May 22 Canal Zone Court conviction led to the fine.
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Colon
Panama
Judee Gongales Guill
Canal Zone
Ate
Canal Voue
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale Notice in Sleepy Eye Minnesota
Default on a mortgage by Le Roya Davis and Avelynne C Davis to The New Diamond Savings and Loan Association prompts a sheriff sale of Lot 4, Block 13, Brackenridge's Second Addition in Sleepy Eye Brown County Minnesota. Sale set for June 5, 191s at 10 AM at the county courthouse front door. Outstanding debt $839.18 plus interest 7.4 percent, taxes if any, $50 attorney fees, and legal disbursements. redemption allowed within one year.
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le Roya
Davis
Avelynne C. Davis
Mortgagore
New Dim Savings and Loan Association
Mortuaxee
Office
the Register of Deeds
County of
Brown
State of
Minnesota
Brackenridge
Sleepy Eye
Brown County
Office of the Register of Deeds
New Uim
A. J. Wt
Judge Miantigan hears brief statement in slander case
The court allows a brief announcement as Mr. Roosevelt and Colonel address the jury. The colonel seeks only nominal damages, saying the case aimed to clear his reputation and prevent future repeats of the slanders. An advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills follows, praising their kidney and rheumatism relief. Sold by O. M. Olzen.
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Miantigan Sow
Roosevelt
O. M. Olzen
Bay Land Sale in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Offers 500000 acres in Cloverland for sale in large or small tracts at 320 per acre with twenty years to pay. Describes favorable farming conditions including well distributed rains, diverse soils MUCK BEDS CLAY LOAMS BLACK PRAIRIE SOIL and proximity to Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. Fruits thrive, apples won a world prize in 1912. Contact OSMUNDSEN New Ulm Minnesota.
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United States
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Big Lakes
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J. H. Baker
Minnesota Supreme Tribunal
H. A. Tomlinson
Woodmen
State Immigration Board
St. Paul Freds
Sherman
Department
John FE. Kienitz
Depuy
Cambridge
Independent Presa
Wsalstant
Kienitz
Judge Flannigan
James H. Pound
Horace Andrews
Cleveland
William P. Belden
Ishpeming
Mr. Newett
van Benschoten
Attorney van Benschoten
Pound
Boss Cox
New Jim Savings and Loan Association
E Mortgage Jos A
Okstein
Mottunsee
New Winns Minn
Nantia Westerw
Bonneets
Katota
Dally, Loe
Tein Citien
Dally
Naw
Polaaba
Cities
East
Twin Cities
Mankato Junction
Iraina Kastan
Kanob
Omaha
Kasota
Raul
Ces
Mrs
Chas. Rolloff
Western Land Securities Co
Home Office
Gilfillan Block
St. Paul, Minn
Bay Land
Upper Peninsula of
H. Osmundsen
New Ulm
Minn
B. Follmann
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