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The Princeton union., 1895-10-10

struck him down diagonally across the
track, the four wheels Of the tender
passing over his body. He was cut
and nangled in most pitiable man
ner and life was extinct when the en-
gine was stopped. 1t is more than
likely that the deceased was not aware
that, the locomotive was following him
SO close, for if he had been, he would
never have stepped onto the track.
The remains we're gathered up and
taken to the depot where they were
placed in the baggage car and brought
to this this city at once. They were met
at the station here by committee
from the Masonic lodge, of which he
was member, and by whom the
funeral will be conducted, and were
taken to 'Crosby's undertaking rooms
where they were prepared for burial.
Archie Guthrie was thirty years of
age and leaves wife and two daugh-
ters, both the children being under
four years of age. He was cousin of
Mrs. Thos Foley and a nephew Of
Archie Guthrie. of the firm of Foley
Bros. & Guthrie, and for several years
looked after this company's interests
at Foley and Bridgman, being for
over two years manager of the plant
on which he met such sad death Fri
day night. During the past two years
he has been railroading, and although
he had been unfortunate to a certain
degree as regards accidents, he was
regarded by the officials as an ,unus-
ually good man. He was highly re-
spected by all who were fortunate
enough to know him, and it is doubt
full whether there is another railroad
man in the city more universally liked
by his colleagues, during his short SER
vice, than was Archie Guthrie. The
train on which he was killed was
in charge of Conductor Finnegan and
Engineer Pat Gallagher. ..-..~
The deceased was born and raised at
Vaudeville, Canada, and in addition to
his family here, leaves an aged father,
VIM. Guthrie, and brother James.
both living near Reston, Manitoba -
St. Cloud yo,u71al-P Press.
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Coming.

The McKanlass Co., will appear in
our City Opera House Saturday even
ing, Oct. 18th. The company is COM
posed OF five people, all colored, and is
headed by McKanlass, the greatest
violinist his race ever produced. He
is supported by Jennie Robinson,
OF Stewart Concert fame, and a COM
pany of excellent artists. 60. Southern
plantation songs and dances in true
southern style, together with quar-
tettes, trios, duets and solos, both in
strumental and vocal, all tend to make
a program worthy of patronage. Nc
Kanlass Co., one evening, Saturday,
Oct. 18th. Is, 25 and IS cents.
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ANOTHER DEATH.

Mrs. Potter, of Santiago, Died from Paral-
ysis at Sauk Rapids Thursday.
Mrs. Salome Potter, a pioneer of
Santiago died in the village of Sauk
Rapids at 8 O'Clock Thursday morning e,
the result of a stroke of paralysis, with
which she was sick eleven days. Mrs.
Potter;wastweH and fayorably known
by a very wide circle of friends
throughout this section. She has
made her home at Santiago ever since
she removed to Minnesota from her
native state, Vermont, which was
several years ago, and. has made many
acquaintances in this city and Sauk
Rapids, having lived here off and on.
She was a woman IS years of age and
leaves three sons to mourn her demise.
They ARE, John, Palmer, and Merritt
and live at Monticello, Little Falls and
Sauk Rapids, respectively.
The funeral took place from the
home of her son, Merritt, at Sauk
Rapids Friday morning at 8 o'clock,
and the remains were taken to Santi.
ago for interment.-&. Cloud Journal
Press.
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Another Pioneer Gone.

Mr.. B. F. Hildreth, whose serious
illness was announced in last weeks S
ta,-Neacs, died early Saturday morn
ing. Mr.. Hildreth was we'll known to
the people of this section of country,
having lived here for thirty years, and
by his upright life he had gained the
respect and esteem of every one. He
was born at Milford, Maine, March
23rd, 1922, came to Minneapolis in
lS49, and was married in 1850 to Miss
M. E. Farnham, who still survives
him. In 1865 he and his wife moved
to Elk River, and until a few years
ago they made their home on farm a
few miles below town, when they
moved into the village. He leaves
three daughters and one son, Mrs. D.
r. Houlton, Mrs. P. P. Scott, Miss
Eta and Mr.. Fred Hildreth. The
funeral occurred on Sunday afternoon,
many friends being present to pay
their last respects to the deceased
-Ek RiUer Stu1'-Ne,us. ,.r.
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Fell Beneath a Great Northern. LOGON,
tive, and Horribly Mangled.

Fell Beneath a Great Northern. Locomo-
tive, and Horribly NIangled.
Poor Archie Guthrie, one of the
brightest and most popular brakemen
in this city, met sad and untimely
death in the mill yards of Foley Bros.
at Bridgman, at 6:02 last Friday night.
''Archie," as his hosts of friends knew
him, made his trip over the Hinckley
as usual on the regular accommoda-
tion train which leaves here shortly
after seycn in the morning. This
train picks up the loaded cars at all
the stations along the line, and, when
the train arrived at Bridgman the
engine was ordered down to Foley
Bros mill yard to ''pick up" some
loads for st. Cloud. When the engine
arrived at the planning mill switch,
Mr.. Guthrie got down and turned the
same, after which he ran along the
side of the track toward the cars that
were to be taken out. Jno. Emard.
the yard foreman, was standing near,
and Archie stopped to call to him, ask
ing if the cars were ready. Receiving
a reply in the affirmative he stepped
on the track, presumably to go ahead
and make the coupling. He had
made this fatal step when. the
which was backing in,
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10
Ministerial Appointments.

Princeton Methodists will be greeted
by new pastor next Sunday morn
ing in the person of Rev. F. H. Roberts
who has been transferred to this dis
trict from the Vermont conference.
He will speak at the usual hours Sun
day morning and evening. He will be
absent the two Sundays following as
he will be obliged to return to Ver-
mont for his family and household
goods. The UNION welcomes Mr..
Roberts to Princeton.
The other appointments in this
vicinity are: Rev. S. T.. Show, Elk
River; G. H. Proctor, Milaca and
Foreston; Edwin Deacon, Mile Laos
lake; c. J. St. Hill, Mora; Princeton
circuit, N. Lathrop. $500 ,~
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DIED.

At the residence of A. G.. Nichols,
OF Spencer Brook, Oct. 9Th. Mrs. Ellen,
mother of Robert Stafford, of consump-
tion aged 68 years. The funeral will
be held to-day at the Swede church.
At her fathers residence in Brook
lyn Centre, Oct. 3rd, Miss Adelaide
Hanscome, after a protracted and pain
full illness. Deceased was a sister of
f. S. Hanscome and Mrs. A. L. Shaw,
of Princeton,
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Lumber News.

The recent rains have been a bless
ing to the firm of Foley Bros. & Guth-
rie, as they have so raised the Rum
river that the booms are full and there
are logs enough now available to keep
the mill at Milaca running night and
day until the end of the season.
The O'Neal Bros. report that they
will have the grading for their fifteen
miles Of logging railroad, near Mora,
completed by Nov. lst, and will make
use of the road for conveying abou I
15,OO0,O0 feet of logs this winter to
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10
Are These Our BOYS?

Page Bros. have completed their
work at the lumber yards and now
have immense sheds arranged for load
ing and unloading under cover, and
they have all been painted to match
the Great Northern depot. Alexandria
Post Neacs. -
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Teachers Examination,

The third fall examination for teach
ers will be held in the County superin-
tendents office in the Court House in
the village of Princeton on Friday and
Saturday, Nov. 1st and End, 1895, be-
ginning at "A. M, and closing at 4 P.
M. All interested please take notice.
@@@s OLIVE r. BARKER,
... ~-ta. County Superintendent.
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You Bet 1t PAYS,

It pays q county to be represented
at the State fair Since Mile Laos
county took first prize for it's exhibit,
the real estate dealers of Princeton
report great increase in the foreign
inquiry for lands.-Aleraud,1a Post
Ne,vs.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

person OF full legal age, it will be of in
terest to know what ''curfew'' really
is, or was. About the time of the con-
quest of England by William of Nor
manda, the house-fre was in a hole in
the middle of the floor of earth, under
an opening in the roof by which the
smoke escaped This was universal
in Europe as well as England, among
the common people at least. The
''curfew hell'' was a signal to the peo-
pie to ''couvre feu'' (cover the frey and
retire to rest. Originally it seems to
have been a sensible precauLion
against conaagrations in towns built
chiefly of thatch-covered wooden huts,
but its severe enforcement in England
by the Conqueror is said to have been
to prevent secret seditious assemblages
of the people. The absolute proh1bi-
tion of all lights was removed in HOO
A. D., by Henry I. The hours varied
from seven to nine O'Clock at night,
and in Scotland ten was not an unus-
ual hour. It seems, therefore, that
a revival of ''curfew'' is step back
ward of several hundred years, to a
day when our ancestors were little bet
ter than ignorant savages. It may be-
come quite the thing in our country,
but in one thing at least our people
will not be content to retrace their
steps. They will never exchange the
splendid railroad service of this day
for the ancient stage coach or the
canal-boat. Almond the railroads of
America there is none to excel i'm COM
pleteness of equipment, or extent of
territory covered, the great Burling-
ton Route. Always ask your home
agent for a ticket by this line when
about to travel, or write for informa-
tion to w. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass.
Agent, St. Paul, MINI.
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10
INNOVATION IN LAW
A Grand Jury in the Fourth Ju
dicial District Acts as
a Trial Court. Il
Isanti County Saved $4,000 b!
the Granting of Attorney
Brady's Notion.

E.
An innovation was made in the long
established customs of trial courts at
Cambridge at the last session which
has attracted a great deal of attention
and no little comment.
The case in which it occurred was
that of the State VS.. Frank Fisher, a
short synopsis of which is as follows:
Last January Wilhelm Fisher was
found dead in his shanty by his sons
wife. The neighbors were informed
that death was caused by hemorrage
and no suspicion was excited. A day
or two after the burial Frank Fisher
tore out the entire inside of the build
ing and replaced it with new wood
work which created unfavorable COM
ment. The man who shaved the corpse
remembered seeing abrasions about the
neck and the suspicion of foul play be-
came so strong that the body was ex-
humed, when it was found that the
neck was discolored and the right arm
bore two gashes, one being deep enough
to cause death. Frank, the son, was
Immediately arrested. He confessed
that he had concealed the fact that his
father had suicided The reason for
this was that the burial rites of his
religion were denied murderers, and
suicides and he wished to have his
fathers remains inferred in the
churchyard. From his story it seemed
that the old gentleman had first at.
tempted suicide by hanging but his
moose broke and he completed the deed
with a razor. Frank Fisher was held
to the grand jury charged with murder
and incarcerated in the Hennepin
county Jail to await examination.
When the case came up before the
grand jury at Cambridge, J. L. Brady
of Princeton, attorney for the defend
ant, made a motion before Judge Pond
who was presiding, that the grand jury
resolve itself into a trial court, exam
inc the principals, and decide upon the
guilt or innocence Of the defendant
The motion was unique and there be-
ing no precedent Judge Pond hesitated
to grant the prayer. After deliberat
ing for a day he allowed the motion tt
stand and the examination was con
Quoted by the % jurors without the as
sistance of attorneys, the county attor
ney, even; being excluded. The rea
son such a motion was made was be-
cause the -coroner's jury had made {
thorough investigation. Fisher hac
given out all the facts of the case ani
the defense had no surprises it coulc
spring during the trial. Only one
piece of new evidence was produced
that being a letter found in the ole
mans bible in which he stated that he
would suicide. After a lengthy exam
ination a no-bill was found and Frank
Fisher released from custody. ,,~s
The action of the court in this mat
ter is highly commende3 by those wht
knew the facts in the case. Not onl,
was justice speedily accorded but the
expenses of the trial were greatly re
duced. It's estimated that the count,
was saved at least $4,000 by this de
parture from the long established
customs. A precedent has been es
tablished by Judge Pond which will
undoubtedly be followed, and we think
should be followed, by other courts
Attorney Brady is justly proud of hi:
connection with this now celebrated
case.
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10
Curfew.

AS many of the smaller cities in
Minnesota and adjacent States have
lately passed what is called a s'curfew"
ordinance, by which persons under say
sixteen years, are liable to arrest if
found on the streets after nine O'Clock
at night, unless accompanied by some
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10
sM'KANLAss GRANDsCONCERT.

AT Jesmer's Opera House, Princeton, Sat
urday, October 12th, 1895.
PROGRAMME, :. :. =
l.. Plantation Melodies - >
rMckanlas, Master Willie, Little Patti.
2. Banjo Solo-Carnival OF Venice Pagginnl
- Master Willie. =.
" Little Patti, the Child Soprano.
4. Humorous Impersonations and Comic Songs.
!. McKanlass.
s.. Vocal Solo-Bright Star of Love. .Robandi
Last Rose OF summer
~, Miss Robinson.
INTERMIssIoN TEN MINUTES.
6. Champion Jig Reel and Plantation Buck
Dance.
Master Willie.
Violin Moeas T54a5EdR5 Rgd with RT5sns
MeKanlass.
8. Child rsonation-Humorous-
Miss Trixie ST. Elmo.
He was Prince.
g. Vocal Solo suwanse tnoss Rd River and Old Ken
Miss Robinson.
TO- Plantation Quartette in Southern Songs.
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10
Lost.

On second street between Jesmer's
store and the railroad track, Tuesday
evening, Oct. Sth, pair of lady's
shoes. Finder please leave at this Of
flee or Jesmer's store.
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10

Knife river, where they will be
banked. This concern has the con-
tract to bank 100, 100000 feet OF logs
for the Weyerhaeuser syndicate, Lamb
& Sons and the Cable Lumber COM
pany, and will operate much more ex-
tensively next winter than this.-Leua-
be171lU91.
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10
Found.

On Main street, a silver watch.
Owner can obtain the same by calling.
at my store and proving property.
JOHN N. BERG.
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BORN.

Thursday, Oct. 8, to the wife of
Elmer Varney, a son. ...-.~....,
Friday, Oct. 4, to the wife of Joseph
Jesmer, jr., a son. -
Oct. 7, to the wife of A. A. Caswell
SON.
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10
To EXCHANGE

Finest grade Marlin rifle, 44-4O, a
beauty, for a new milch COW. Can be
seen at this office.
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10
MARRIED..

In Princeton, Oct. 7th, by Justice
Dorr, Laura Brayton to David Clag-
gett. s-s.s. ....
The Princeton union., 1895-10-10

AT Jesmer's Opera House, Princeton, Sat-
urday, October 12th, 1895.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-16
MAY BE MORE SNOW.
The weather bureau Predicts
Continuation of Bad weather.

The weather Bureau Predicts N
Continuation of Rad weather.
The snow yesterday was not quite an
inch deeper than that of two years ago.
The depth yesterday morning at the
weather bureau was is inches g OF an
inch more than fell in January, 1898. The
snow was covered with a crust Of sleet
soon after it fell The sleet turned 10
rain and last night most of the snow has
disappeared, except in places where it
was piled up or close to fences and build
ings, where it melted slowly.
1t is not unlikely that there may be
more snow to-day. The forecast made
by the weather bureau at midnight was
for rain, changing to snow during the
night; rain or snow this morning followed
by clearing and freezing this morning and
probably tonight and brisk to high north
east winds, shifting to north and north
west.
The Gulf storm moved east yesterday.
In the afternoon and last night 1t passed
to the eastward of Savannah 1t was
showing last night at Pensacola, Mont
somery, Atlanta, Augusta, Knoxville,
Charlotte and Raleigh and was raining
at Savannah, Jacksonville, Jupiter and
Key West, Fla, and at Wilmington. N. c.
The northwestern cold wave has moved
south to the middle slope OF the Rocky
Mountains. 1t has diminished in inten-
sity, and its effect may not be so severely
felt here. The reports from the country
indicated more snow than fell in the city
Three inches were reported at Isle of
Hope.
The Savannah fishermen report that dur
ing the severe cold of the last several
days trout have come to the surface of
the water in half frozen condition in
vast numbers and are gathered up with
out any trouble. The fishermen have put
aside their nets and simply gather the
trout out of the water by hand. One
fisherman is said to have gathered 900 in
a few hours one day this week.
The trainmen on the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western railway reported that
snow is general from Savannah to AL
bany on the main line, varying from one
half to three inches in depth, being heav-
lest in the neighborhood of Townsville
and Albany. On the Jacksonville branch
the snow extended to Folkston and on
the Gainesville branch it extended as far
south as Live Oak, Fla. A slight snow
was reported in Jacksonville. North of
Savannah it was reported that there
was more sleet than snow
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-16
PUTTING ON A NEW DRESS.
Chief McDermOtt Frightening Up
the barracks Offices.


The serseants office at the police bar
racks will soon present d greatly i'm
proved appearance. Chief McDermott is
not exactly aesthetic in his tastes, but
he likes to see things neat and Clean
and the dingy appearance of the SER
geants Office was one of the first things
TO attract his attention at the barracks
Under his direction the appearance Of
the room is being vastly improved. The
desks have been changed for
the sake of light and con-
venience and a neat railing run across
the room in front of them. The old rail-
ing forming the prisoners bar is to be
taken out and a light iron railing will
take its place. The ceiling is being COW
cred with a pretty pattern of wall paper,
and the walls win be painted light
green. Policeman Godbold is doing the
carpenters work and Policeman Uugar
is doing the painting and paper hanging.
Both are first-class workmen. Owing to
the fact that the work is being done by
members of the police force. the cost
of the improvement will be very small.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-16
THE LOWEST YET RECORDED.
That's the Way the FaIk Clothing
Co. Are Selling Their winter

Co. Are selling Ihelr winter
Goods.
The prices at which the FAX Clothing
Company are selling their winter goods
are without doubt the lowest ever heard
of in Savannah. When they reduced the
prices for their great February sale they
had in mind only the fact that they would
have to be reduced low enough to make it
pay one to buy goods to put away for
next season. The wear one gets out of
the goods now is just so much additional
advantage.
The weather bureau. as will be seen
elsewhere in this issue of the Morning
News predicts more freezing weather.
and everybody who has not yet done so
would do wen to so at once and avail
themselves Of the great big bargains Of
fered by the Falk Clothing Company IN
addition to the very low prices-the low
est ever known in the history Of the
clothing business-they still continue to
give TO every 18th (and multiple of I0
cash customer their entire purchase abso-
IUfeiV froe.-aQ
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-16
HE WAS NOT INTERVIEWED.
Mr.. duBignOn COrrects an Error of n
Washington Newspaper.

Hon. f. G. duBignon, who on one or
two occasions when away from Savannah
has been announced as d candidate for
senator from Georgia, was asked yester-
day as to the report in the Washington
Evening News of his announcement as
a candidate TO succeed Gen. John T.
Gordon. The announcement appeared
some time after he left Washington,
which was week ago.
There is no foundation whatever for
the report" he said. "as 1 was not in
terviewed by a single newspaper man
while l was in Washington. l was din
ing with a number of Georgians in the
House cafe one day while 1 was there.
when some one came up to the table
| think ii was Hatch of Missouri-and
asked the gentlemen present if they were
going to have any fight down in Georgia
two years hence. Congressman John W
Maddox, who was present, made some
such reply this:
oh. yes; Flem., here, Gordon and
Crisp will all go in for a free-for-all'
That was everything that was said on
the subject; there was no newspaper man
present; and how any such thing as nv
announcement could have grown out Of
that I fail to see. l have only this to saw.
as have said before, that whenever |
decide to announce my candidacy for
United States senator, I viii do so at
home, and in a home paper
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-16

Broughton and Congress street hOrdes.
and in short order they were having a
foot race with each other around Christ
church.
At the engine houses the frmen had
their fun. In front OF headquarters
snow house was built and out at No. 4
a snow hremen. hat and all. with
trumpet IN his hand stood guard. The
firemen had perhaps more fun out Of the
snow than anybody else. AS long as the
snow lasted they made the most Of It,
Very little was done at the schools on
account Of the snow. Most Of the chill
dren were so wet and bedraggled By the
time the school hour arrived that they
were sent home by the teachers 10 get
dry clothing. The high school pupils
were so demoralized by the snow, the
girls especially. that Principal Train dis
missed the school Immediately after call
ing the roll. Short sessions We're held
at all the schools
The city scavenger department was not
ordered out during the day with the ex-
ceptiOn of three wagons which were
sent TO collect the garbage from the
market and the wholesale stores. Supt
Dreeson concluded that it was useless to
attempt TO do any work for the reason
that most of the garbage was covered
by the snow and probably also because
the men would have been pelted off their
wagons had they been sent out. This is
the first time in twenty years probably
that the scavenger department did not
turn out for its regular work.
The police had hard time Of it. a DO
hceman hardly dared show his head dur
ing the morning and II they attempted
10 make an arrest everybody went for
them. Chief McDermott was severely
snowballed, as were also Lieut.. Reilly
and Sergeants Killourhy, Mock and
Baughn.
The rule seemed to be that the better a
man was known the worse he caught ii.
Mayor Myers and the city officials caught
II good-fashioned when they came down
Bull street. A crowd of young men took
possession Of Green square. and mat
portion OF the city early I'm the morning
and simply ran things TO suit themselves.
Ihey did not care who they hit nor how
often they nit him, and they were not
particular where their snowballs went.
The large glass doors of the Bun street
entrance of the Screven house were
smashed into fragments. Proprietor Dub
telephoned the police barracks for assist
ance. He was told that there were several
policemen in the neighborhood. but this
did not seem TO satisfy him. and he con-
tnued his Gals for protection. The sally
port man was finally sent down with the
wagon, but nobody was arrested. Nu-
iittouo cases occurred Wnere SnOWballS
were replied to with briclIbats and stones,
and several rows were reported which or
iginated in this manner.
Miss Collins and her company gave an
excellent performs nee last night The
actors showed no signs of their having
spent the day in charge of the police. The
audience applauded literally almost every
feature. Few better entertainments of the
vaudeville are seen on the Savannah
stage. The company viii give a special
matinee this afternoon and a concluding
performance tonight.