The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-05
MINNESOTA NEWS,
interesting Happenings in the NORTH
Star State. II

interesting Happenings In the NORTH
Star State. III
Lightning rod swindlers have been
reaping harvest in the Southern part
Of the state.
Daniel McClelland Of Escanaba,
Mich, was accidentally suffocated bv
lis.
Upon the question Of whether Frank
Day is senator or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
probably depends the legality of the
Anderson bill. =.
Charley Lis, the Finlander who
stabbed g. countryman to death at Ely
was held to the grand jury at Du-
luth.
Burglars broke into the saloon Of 81.
Veidt at Milaca and looted the till and
stole several articles of wearing ap-
parel. The total loss is SIS.
Charles Maash's threshing engine
blew up at Wood Lake. Engineer
Frank Mash was hurt badly. A
weak boiler was the cause.
Charles S. Schwab, a prominent
young man Of st. Cloud was accident
ally shot while hunting, and may lose
a leg.
A freight train on the Great North
ern broke in two on grade near St.
Cloud. The two sections crashed to-
gether and four or five cars were
wrecked. No one was injured. :,
The new Armory at Duluth was for
mally dedicated and presented to the
state. Gov. Clough and staff were
present, and also representatives from
the various militia companies in the
state.
While the American volunteers were
holding a meeting in the streets at
Winona they were egged by a gang
OF tough boys. The police broke up
the gang, but as yet none have been
arrested.
j. H. Halland, a farmer living Is
miles west Of Stephen, near the Red
river, committed suicide by taking
strychnine. Dependency caused by.
liquor is supposed to have been the
cause. i,
Theodore G. Fischel manager Of the
Conover Music Company of St. Paul,
has procured q warrant for his brother,
Jacob A. Fischel charging robbery Of
safe of 5000 and 5000 worth Of
jewelry. i,
A south bound Great Northern
freight was wrecked half mile north
of Jasper. Twelve cars were ditched
and badly demolished. Two cars Of
stock were also ditched and half the
stock killed. A tramp riding on a
brake-beam was killed.
The house Of Mrs. Albert Slais at
Montgomery was consumed by fire.
The fircmen could do nothing, as it
was outside the fire limits. Nearly all
the goods were saved. 1t is not known
how the fire started. The house was
insured.
George Gillespie, age Is years, son:
Of John Gillespie of Staples, while
playing in the Northern Pacific yards,
was run over by the switch engine,
and lost both his legs and left arm.
He was conscious when found, but the
doctors have no hope of his recovery.
G. A. N. Rood, a grocery clerk, was
found dead in his room at Crookston.
He was epileptic, and while in the act!
Of removing clothing from his trunk;
upon his neck and choking him to-
death.
While out hunting with companions:
near Biwabik, Edward Gignac slipped
and fell over a windfall, and his gum
was discharged, the charge Of buck;
shot entering his right leg and sever,
ing the main artery. Gignac was Is
years old and a native of Montreal,
where his parents reside.
Edward Mccall and w. J. Edgerton,i
brakeman on the Great Northern road,i
who were arrested, charged with the
robbery Of the party Of Swedes in St.;
Cloud recently, were released. 1t was
not thought that the state had case?
against the men, owing to conficting
stories told by the men robbed.
Thieves broke into and robbed the
general store of S. G. Cochran at Ran
dali, and also took all the postagei
stamps in the postofice, which is 10
Gated in the same building. The total
amount Of the booty secured is estimat-
ed at 5000. There is no clue to the
thieves, but the officers are making a
diligent search for them.
The commission to fix the values of
lands for government purposes-ex-
Gov. Horace Austin, O. G. Merriman
and William DaWSOn-met at Grand
Raplds, after looking over the des-
ignated tracts at Pokegama Falls, and
adjourned to take further testimony
at Minneapolis. Assistant United
States District Attorney G. R. O'Reilly,
Major w. A. Jones and w. A. Powell
are with them.
The Biwabik mine has closed for the
season. This is the first profitable sea-
son that the operators of the mine
have experienced. The ore sold at
$685. per ton. The lake charge was 81;
rail haul, 80 cents; royalty, so cents;
commissions, insurance and taxes,
about Is cents, leaving about $1.2O to
cover cost Of mining, stripping and prof
it. The output for the year is 100000.
tons, the work being done in five
months, with an average of 40 men
employed.
Benjamin Fields, an intelligent look
ing colored fellow, was run In by the
police at Winona in a badly intoxicat-
ed condition. He told a story of high
way robbery. He has a wife at st.
Paul and came to Winona to find EN-
ployment. He is a coachman. He de-
clares that while carousing with some
white mon he WaS rOhhQf NV his com.