The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-12-29

man was on the tracks, instead of in
his signal house twenty feet in the
air. Approaching from the east was
a Northern Pacific switch engine,
Bridell saw the car and the engine
and made a signal. Gustafson on
the street car, together with E. P.
Ordway, inspector, who was with him
in the cab, thought that the signal
was for the car to go ahead. E. s..
Bellows. engineer on the engine,
thought he had been signalled to
come ahead. Both the car and the
engine began to advance toward the
crossing, and the collision was in
evitable.
E. L. Naylor of Bemidji, Mimi,
received gruesome Christmas pres
ent, a coffin, shipped from Fergus
Falls, where he formerly resided. Mr..
Mayor does not know whether the
coffin was intended for joke or car
ries threat. On the outside of the
box containing the coffin was a card
with this statement written on it.:
"Perishable, Should Be Used at
Once" Within the box was another
card, on which was written: ''Com-
pliments of the Season." and the
donor expresses the hope that this
day, probably meaning Christmas
day, will be the recipients last. The
coffin was delivered to Mr.. Naylor by
express.
A Hutchinson correspondent says:
John w. Hutchinson, the last sur
vivor of the famous family of aboli-
ton singers, is paying his annual
visit to Hutchinson to look after his
extensive real estate interests and re-
ceive the greetings Of old friends,
among them being several who settled
here at the time he did, over half a
century ago. His eigthy-four years
rest lightly upon him, and, with his
long white locks and old-fashioned
flowing collar, he is an impressive
figure at the welcoming gatherings of
citizens as he seats himself at an Or
gan and with a strong, rich voice,
which the years have not married,
with a tremor sings the grand old
melodies which in ante-bellum days
made the Hutchinson family famous. +"
The New Twin-screw Steamship "NIinne-
Sofa"
The Minnesota, which sails from
Seattle on Saturday, January q, her
initial trip in the trans-Pacifc trade
with the Orient, typifes the highest
achievements in American shipbuild-
ing. She is the heaviest cargo-carry-
ing vessel in the world, and her pas
senger accommodations are I'M
eGualled on the Pacific and take first
rank with the great Atlantic liners.
Broad decks and large cabins. supe-
rior service and every convenience
known to modern .shipbuilding, ensure
the full enjoyment of a Pacific voyage.
1000 people, including $50 cabin pas
sengers, sixty-eight intermediate and
], 800 troops, or Asiatic Storage pas
sengers, may be accommodated on
this great vessel, which is $50 feet in
length; - feet 6 inches beam, and IS
feet in depth from keel to upper deck
amidships, the total depth from the
upper navigating bridge to the keel
being 88 feet inches. All frst-cabin
passengers are berthed amidships,
the intermediate are on the main deck
forward, and the Storage are berthed
On the same deck aft. Nine decks
serve to meet the requirements of pas
sengers: crew and cargo. The ship
has 81 water-tight compartments and
is fitted with bilge keels to insure
steadiness from the motion of the sea.
The public rooms, cabins and hall
ways are all mechanically ventilated
with filtered hot and cold air. The
appointments of this vessel through
out are such as to fully provide for
the comfort, safety and health of pas
sengers under all conditions.
The Great Northern Steamship
Company, with its direct railroad
connection in the great northern rail-
ways Of the United States of Amer
lea, has an unrivalled geographical
position. which fact, taken in conec-
ton with the splendidly equipped and
palatially appointed steamers, should
decide the route of trans-Pacifc trav-
elers. The track followed by the COM
pany's vessels is the shortest to the
Orient. AS will be seen by reference
to the track chart, the distance from
Puget Sound to Yokohama being
4, 260 miles.
Improved Modes of Travel.
Did you ever think how much the