The Princeton union., 1902-11-06
THE.ELECT|0N IN MILE LACS.
Van SAINT Given Plurality Of 337 and Bede Beats
Fay in the County by 726
Caggett is Elected Sheriff by Majority of 37 Over
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>s..~ Southard.--Ross Defeats Foster. -
Shaw Elected Commissioners in Greenbusll and Deans
Defeats Davis in the Fourth District

County Attorney Ross should look
after the town of Page which passed
him up entirely, and went solid for
Foster. z~
You could almost hear a pin drop
around town yesterday morning, when
nlne-tenths of the population was dead
to TIE. world. -. *&+,.
The constitutional amendments were
not adopted in this county, as not a
single one received majority of all
the votes cast.
The Western Union reports were
furnished by Agent Rice and Operator
Loring, until l A. M. when there was
victory to burn. ...
Lem Pratt received complimentary
vote Tor county surveyor in Princeton
village, while DR.. N. M. Cook of Milaca
got vote for coroner.
/ F: g. Messersmith brought down the
returns from East Side the first mes
senger to arrive from the lake country.
He gotin Wednesday morning.
Frank T. White received a vote for
State senator and also one for repre-
sentative in Princeton village and J.
Odegaard received a vote for repre-
sentative in the same precinct.
I The highest number of votes cast at
the primary election was 1,O47 which
County Treasurer Burrell received,
6Os votes less than were cast in the
county Tuesday, Robbins not included.
The. Rev. G.. Wahlund of Spring
Lake, Isanti county,, who nominated
himself by "stickers'' as candidate
for the State senate, received just one
vote in the village of Princeton. In
lsantl county he received 197.
w. S. Fosters defeat is to be re-
GREETED, but Mr.. Foster is young man
with a future in which he will have
opportunities to try, try again, and let
US hope with better success. His de-
feat will mean a stepping stone to sue
cess some day.
Tom Yotten, Axel Bragge and Ed.
Lundgren drove in about midnight
with the election returns from Bogus
Brook. They made an eight-mile
drive over very bad roads, and they
were most welcome upon their arrival
with the news.
The total registration in the county.
not including Robbins, was 2,16l, and
the total number of votes cast was
1850. There were 9S females regis
tered, IS of which were on the Prince.
ton village poll list. The registration
two years ago was 1927 and the votes
cast were 1864.
"Old Joe'' Ross was the liveliest
sprinter of them all. The way he ran
in Princeton village was enough to
take ones breath away. During the
entire evening he sat at the table with
the judges at the village polls, and in.
dustriously kept check on the county
attorney and sheriff vote.
All the election returns were received
at the county auditors Office Wednes-
| day morning, with the exception of the
returns from the towns of Robbins,
Onamia, South Harbor and Isle Har-
Dor. Onamia, South Harbor and Isle
Harbor returns arrived this morning,
but Robbins had not reached the county
>auditors' Office at noon to-day.
Manager Avery of the Northeastern
Telephone Co., gave the patrons ofthe
line good service over the entire sys.
tenn. In the Princeton Office the re-
ports were received and delivered
by Miss Emma Logan, head operator,
assisted by Miss Johnson, of White
Bear, who is assistant. The service
was good and was we'll handled.
J. Adam Bede received larger vote
in the county than the combined vote
on congressional candidates at the
primary election. The total primary
election vote on congressman was 1,O19,
while Bede received 1,138 votes in the
county. In Borgholm The received
Tuesday 81 votes against.a a total Of 81
cast for all candidates at the primary
election. In Greenbush he received
/ 128 against 81 cast at the Drimaries.
in Milo 81 against 80 at the primaries.
In Milaca village he lacked 18 votes o1
reaching the primary vote which was
1877. In the village of Princeton the
primary vote was 255, while Bede's
vote was 259s and in the township the