Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1909 — Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, Nears Portal of Death. [ARTICLE]

Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, Nears Portal of Death.

Gov. John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, was operated on for deepseated intestinal abcesses at St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester, Minn., Wednesday, and he is in a very low condition with uneven chances for his recovery. Bulletins issued during the night indicated that his recovery was very doubtful. He was on the operating table two hours and 53 minutes. Governor Johnson was a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination against William Jennings Bryan laßt year. He has made good as governor of Minnesota, and many democrats had hoped to see him advanced to the head of the nation. Mrs. R. E. Hershman, of Brook, returned home Tuesday night from Hartline, Wash., where she and her children visited her father, John Sayler, and family. She has been in the west since early in July and took in the exposition while away. She was at the home of her father when his house was burned and was herself a loser of most of the clothing of her children, probably $35 worth. The house that was burned did not belong tq Mr. Sayler and he had some insurance on his household goods, so his loss was not very great. He has erected a new house which is now about ready for occupancy. Mr. Sayler and his son Burton have fine crops this year, the wheat, oats and barley all being abundant.