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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
WILL CONTEST CLAIM
Heirs of Mrs. Olive r. Barker are
at War Over Allowance of
Claim of e. v. Coulter,
Coulter Files Claim of Nearly $4,000
for Boarding and Nursing for
Over Five Years.

In the settling up of the estate of the
late Olive r. Barker there is contest
over the claim of Eugene V. Coulter,
a nephew of Mrs. Barker who resides
at Greeley, Colorado, and with whom
Mrs. Barker made her home for over
five years before she died. Mr.. Coul-
ter has filed claim with the probate
court for the sum of So, $685. So for board
and washing for Mrs. Barker, and
for room rent and nursing. In his
claim he asks the sum of 81, $50 for
board and washing for 80 weeks at S.
per week, and for the rent of two rooms
for five years, eleven and one-half
months he asks 81, 073.5O, or a rental
of SIS per month. His other claims
are for nursing for two years prior to
July II, 1908, which bill amounts to
81 ,040, and another bill for nursing for
seven months at $40 per week prior to
Mrs. Barker's death amounts to $780,
81. r. Vaughn of Minneapolis, a
cousin of Mrs. Barker, is the main
CONTESTANT and has retained an attor-
ney to fight the claim. The matter
came up for hearing before Judge of
Probate VanAlstein last Thursday
and there were many afidavits filed in
the case. The estate which has not
been appraised as yet is estimated at
ST., 900 and there are about thirty two
heirs who have turned up for an inter-
est in the estate. Mrs. Barker died
without making any will and it looks
as if the attorneys would secure por-
ton of the dead woman's property be-
fore the property is finally divided
among all the heirs. A son of Mr..
Coulter who was named Ross after Mr..
Coulter's aunt, was much thought of
by Mrs. Barker and it has been sur
missed that had she realized that she
had SO short time. to live that she
would have. made some provision for
the boy before she died.
At the hearing before the Judge of
probate it was stated that before Mrs.
Barker went to Europe she borrowed
5000 from her uncle, E. A. Vaughn of
Iowa, and informed him at that time
that her nephew, Mr.. Coulter, owed
her the sum of S275, and the contestant
or contestants believe that if such was
the case Mrs. Barker was not indebted
to Coulter for any such sum as he
claims is due him. When Mrs. Bar
ker died she had loaned out and in
the bank at Greeley $4,000.
At the request of claimants the hear
ing was postponed for sixty days
pending the gathering of further aft
davits and testimony in the case.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
Palm Sunday and Easter.

Next Sunday is Palm Sunday, the
Sunday preceding Easter which comes
quite early this year, falling on the
third of April. Easter Day is nov
able festival, because it falls on differ
ent dates in different years. It is kept
on the Sunday next after the four
teenth day Of the Paschal moon; the
iaschal moon being that moon of
Whlch32the fourteenth day (approxi-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
THE DULUTH CONVENTION.
j. e. Cotton and Charles p. DeLaittre
Chosen Delegates.

j. b. Cotton and Charles p. DeLaittre
Chosen Delegates.
The Duluth district convention to
select two delegates to the Republican
national convention at Chicago elected
j. B. Cotton of Duluth and Charles P.
DeLaittre of Aitkin. G.. S. Pease of
Anoka announced himself as candi-
date at the eleventh hour and went to
Duluth with the loyal support of his
home delegation, but SO far as the
Uni can find out no one knew that
Mr.. Pease was to be delegate before
the Duluth convention until the day
before the convention when he notified
some of the Cambridge people that he
would be a candidate. The Mile Laos
delegation never knew that he was a
candidate until they met him en- route
to Duluth. The Mile Laos delega-
ton knew that Senator Barker had
withdrawn and had come out in his
paper the week before for DeLaitttre
which left the Aitkin man practically
with the field to himself When Mr..
Pease came in the situation was
changed, for many of the district del
egates were very friendly to him and
it would have been a very easy matter
to have elected him as delegate, but
Mr.. DeLaittre had announced his can
didacy several weeks prior to the con-
vention and the delegates outside of
Duluth had concluded that the early
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
LAW is OBSCURE,
Question as to Whether Township Chair.
men Elected This Year Hold Over

Question as to Whether Township Chair
men Elected This Year Hold Over.
The law changing the plan of elect
ing members of the town boards is
found to be obscure in at least one
particular, and since the elections last
week, the question has been raised as
to whether a member of the town board
elected for two or three years, and
also elected as chairman, holds as
chairman for more than one year. For
instance, in this township Mr.. Peter
Brate was elected chairman of the
board, and also a member for three
years. The question is, does Mr..
Brate hold over as chairman until the
expiration of his term as a member of
the board, or will new chairman
have to be elected next year.
Some feel that the chairman holds
as such until his term of Office as a
member of the board, expires. Others
say that in any event the chairman
holds as such only for one year and
that new chairman must be chosen
every year. One member of the board
is chosen every year, and thus there
is a new board every year, making the
selection OF a chairman annually a
necessity. Then again it is commended
that the one year member might be
elected chairman, as has been done in
many instances. In this case both a
new member and new chairman
would have to be elected.
The matter is one of little conse-
quece, but this phase of new law is
being quite generally discussed. An
opinion of the attorney general will
probably be asked for before another
election is held. -Wadena Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
Died at a Ripe Old Age

Mrs. Wesley Page received the sad
intelligence last week of the death OF
her mother, Mrs. E. 81. Phillips OF
North Vassalborro, Maine, who died
at her home in that place at the ripe
old age of ninety years. She had
lived in the house where she died for
sixty five years. The immediate cause
of her death was pneumonia. She
was the mother of three boys and three
girls. Mrs. Trask of Monticello is one
of her daughters.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
Another Big Sale April 8.

Marks great spring sale will occur
on Saturday, the third day of April,
and will be one of the best spring
sales ever held in Princeton. Mr..
Mark is making arrangements to have
a fine lot of horses and cattle of all
kinds at this sale, and there will be
two cars of thoroughbred Galloway
bulls and COWS and heifers and car
of thoroughbred. Shropshire sheep
from Estesville, Iowa.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
TWO AGED SISTERS,
rlrs. Martha j. Rines and Mrs. DOL
ly Howard are Called to the
Great Beyond.
rlrs. Howard Passes Away Thurs
day and Mrs. Rines Was
Summoned Tuesday.

Two sisters, one who had only
lacked year of reaching the Biblical
age, and the other who had long since
passed the allotted span of life and
had journed long arm and arm with
Old Age, passed away the last week,
and within few days of each other
These sisters were Mrs. Dolly Howard
and Mrs. Martha j. Zines.
Mrs. Dolly Chase Howard died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. G.. F.
Patten of the town of Spencer Brook,
last Thursday, death resulting from
advanced age. The funeral was held
on Friday afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Rev.
w. E. j. Gratz officiating. The in
terment was at Oak Knoll cemetery.
Mrs. Howard was born in Maine in
the month of April, 1885, and about
thirty-fve years ago moved with her
husband, John Howard, to Minnesota,
settling in this section. Her husband
died about twenty years ago. She
was the mother of but two children,
Mrs. Patten being the only child liv-
ing.
AS all that was mortal of Mrs. How
ard was being borne to the cemetery
the funeral procession passed the home
of the aged sister, Mrs. Rines, who
was at that time beginning to enter
the valley and the shadow of death,
and was too i'll to even look upon the
final panorama of life, and though
their births were separated by fifteen
years of time their deaths were to be
but a few days apart. Mrs. Rines
passed away at the home of her son,
Slower Rines, at one O'Clock Tuesday
morning, March 22d. She had been
in feeble condition for a long time
prior to her death. Last week she be-
gan to fail rapidly and it was thought
that she would not live over Sunday,
but she hung tenaciOusly to life, for
she had been throughout her long life
a woman Of very rugged and hardy
the home of Slower Rines yesterday
at 10 a. NJ, Rev. James Steenson Of
the Congregational church, officiating.
The interment was at Oak Knoll where
the sister was laid away a few days
before.
Martha Jane Chase Rines was born
in Blanchard, Maine, on June 6, 1919,
and was married in early life to John
Rines. They moved from Maine to
Algoma, Wisconsin, and in 1856 moved
to OrOnO or what is now Elk River,
and the following year they settled at
Battle Brook where they resided for
many years. Mrs. Rines had lived
with her children in Princeton for a
long time. She was the mother OF
nine children, seven of whom are now
living. They are Charles H., Aulger
and Slower, while the daughters are
Mrs. Annie Dimmick of Elk River,
Mrs. Harry Head of Battle Lake, Mrs.
Nellie Jones and Mrs. Abbie Goulding
of Princeton. She was the mother OF
Wallace 7. Rines, after whom the To-
cal G. A. R. post was named. Be-
sides her seven children she is sur
vived by nineteen grandchildren and
fifteen great grandchildren.
Mrs. Rines was the Oldest living
member of the Congregational church
of Princeton, of which she became a
member April 1st, 1877.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
Cream Boat at Lake.

Fred Warren returned from Mile
Laos lake Friday. He says that the
new steamer to be used for collecting
cream at thate lake next summer has
arrived at Midland overland from
Altkln. 1t will be one Of the largest
boats on the lake. George Orion will
be engineer. Milaca Times. 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
The Maccabees Had Good Time.

Last Saturday evening about twenty
Knights of the Maccabees and Lady
Maccabees enjoyed a sleigh-ride party
to the home of Sir knight Geo. Chute
where very enjoyable evening was
passed. The party took along lot
of refreshments and there wasl feast
and fun when the refreshment hour
came. George says that it is good to
be a Maccabee and with the Maccabees
live by the way as we journey through
life -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
Two Mile Laos Lake Braves.

Two Mile Laos lake Indians stopped
over in Princeton Tuesday night en-
route ito the lake. They looked as
though they. knew what the horn of
plenty was and one of them got next
the horn that makes good Indians see
tomahawks and scalping knives and
the like and had good time during
the evening.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24

bird was entitled to the worm. Duluth
split the cake evenly and left it with
the outside delegates with the result
that Pease received thirty-six and De-
Laittre eighty-fve vtoes. Mr.. Pease
was offered an alternate or a presi
Dental dictatorship, but he felt that hi
had been slaughtered in the house Q:
his friends and refused any Other
honors. W. r. ellis of Anoka was
selected as one of the alternates, but
has since declined the honor, and has
written Chairman Laybourn a letter
in which he says:
II regret very much that L con-
sidered for moment my nomina-
ton for alternate to the national
Republican convention. It, was
thrust on me without any notice,
nor was 1 expecting anything Of
the kind.
"Upon due cosideration I find
it will place me in a false position
not only in the district, but at
home, and beg leave to withdraw
and allow you to select someone
else for that place.
II want to say that the entire
Anoka delegation disagrees with
me and doubts the wisdom of my
action. However, due regard for
my own self-respect compels me to
act even at this somewhat late
hour, SO fix this up the best you
can, for my action may be conisd-
cred final.
The action of Mr.. ellis is a great
surprise to the entire district. Sena
tor Barker nominated him, thinking
to confer an honor upon Mr.. ellis
It is quite evident that the defeat O.
Mr.. Pease has left a few sore spots
but there are those in the Anoka dele
cation who can see no just cause fol
any soreness. other than that which
defeat always brings, but in the ab
sence Of any treachery this kind of de-
feat always wears off in short time
The I'm ion some time ago referred
to Mr.. Pease as a man who would
make a good delegate from this dis
trict and this comment was made il
absolute good faith at the time, but i
supposed that if the Anoka editor
wanted to be a candidate he would no
injure his own chances and place his
friends in a very delicate position by
holding back until the last minute. .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
A. L. vanwormer's House Burned.


Last Wednesday night the house
belonging to A. L. VanWormer on
section q in the town of Princeton
was destroyed by fire. Mr.. VanWor-
mer left the house in the afternoon
and spent the night in Princeton. Be-
fore leaving the house he had fixed
the fire in the kitchen stove for the
night, and it is supposed that the fire
caught from this stove in some man
ner. Neighbors saw the flames be-
tween one and two O'Clock in the
morning, and Charles Plummer who
saw the fire started out to see where
it was and when he reached the house
it was totally destroyed. None of the
other buildings were damaged, and
washing machine which was standing
not far from the house was not even
scorched. The snow and ice on the
roofs of the other buildings saved
them as they were covered with Gin
ders. The house was insured for $500,
and the household goods which were
all lost were fully insured.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
Would Like to Put in Two Votes.

Jos. 81. Carter of the Tenstrike Mill
ing Co. writes the U 10 n enclosing a
renewal for his subscription and adds
that he only wished he could put in
two votes for "Bob," but he says
that he will keep within the law and
try and go to the State convention
which dominates State ticket.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24

floor while Miss Dielman was the only
one remaining out of the volunteer
team. Some of the words were of the
hard and catchy kind and many
stumbled on them and went to their
seats. The drill proved good one
for the pupils who will go to Elk River
either the fifteenth or the TWENTY
second of April to contest for honors.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-24
Rev. SteensOn Back.

Rev. James Steenson and wife re-
turned to Princeton last Friday, and
Mr.. Steenson filled his pulpit last
Sunday. During his absence he has
filled the pulpit of the new Presbyte-
rian church at Fergus Falls, which
has large membership with Sun
day school of over 200 members. The
Fergus Falls Journal of last week
said: "Rev. James Steenson, who
has occupied the pulpit in the Presby-
terrain church during the past two Sun
days, returned to his home in Prince
ton, Mimi, Monday morning. Rev.
Mr.. Steenson has made an excellent
impression here and it will not be at
all surprising if call is extended to
him at the coming meeting of the con-
gregation to be held March 21.''
Rev. SteensOn has rendered his resig-
nation to the Princeton church to take
effect May lst. No action has been
taken by the church as yet. but there
is nothing for the church to do but &C
cept the resignation under the circum-
stances.
Rev. Steenson has received a call
from the Presbyterian church at Ash
ton, Illinois, which church has made
him flattering offer. While a stu
dent at the Mccormick divinity school
at Chicago he filed the pulpit of the
Ashton church several Sundays and
he was made an offer by that church
at the time he graduated.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
PRIZES ARRIVE At sAsEHo.

One Vessel Captured Is a Russian Aux
iIary Cruiser.
London. Feb. 11.-Dispatches to the
Daily Mail from Toxic and Nagasaki,
dated Feb. 10, report the arrival at
Sasebo, Japan, Of two large Russian
steamers. One is the volunteer fleet
association transport Ekaterinoslav,
which recently landed troops and arms
at Port Arthur, and the other is the
steamer Argun, belonging to the Chi
e Eastern Railway company. Both
were captured by the Japanese cruis-
ers Sal Yen and Hei Yen, in the
neighborhood of Fusan, Korea. The
Ekaterinoslav is of 10000 tons dis
placement and had been fitted up as
auxiliary cruiser. She had thirty rifles
on board and was on her way from
V~ladivostock. The Argun was going
to Vladivostock from Nagasaki.
The Russian whalers Glorige, Nice
lai. Alexander and Michael, captured
by the Japanese, have also arrived at
Sasebo.
The mikado is personally superin-
tending affairs, and the cabinet holds
daily sessions. The government has
Issued orders for the protection Of all
Russian subjects residing in Japan
Baron Kanako and Baron Sukemat-
su have been sent to the United States
and Great Britain to explain Japan's
position and attitude in the present
conflict.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
Lord Tennyson.

ut seems to be the general opinion
Of the English press that Lord Tenny-
son, the eldest son of the poet laureate,
showed a self denying and highly COM
mendable spirit in agreeing to accept
the post of governor general of Austria
liza, at a salary equivalent to about
$50,0OO," says Leslie's Weekly. "Prob-
ably this is true as emoluments for
public service are measured in Eng
land. but as the sum mentioned hap
pens to be the stipend which we pay
to the chief executive of our great and
glorious republic, it looks like a fairly
liberal allowance to American eyes.
The present Lord Tennyson. it may be
said. is considerably more than a SOIL
Of his father, being himself a man of
rare literary attachments as we'll as
a wise and able public administrator.
He does not bear his fathers Christian
name and only the family name Of
his fathers friend, Arthur Hallam.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
First Publication Jan. Is, 19O4.--6w)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, Land
Office at Lewistown, Montana, Jan.
IL, 1904.-Notice is hereby given that
the following named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before
Fred W.. Handel, U. s. commissioner,
at Musselshell, Montana, on Wednes-
day, Feb. "a, 1904, viz:
ARCHIBALD D. JOHNSTON,
who made H. e. No. 478, for the ny
NEA, SWA NEA, NWA sen, Sec.
"a, TIP. 8 ~, range 26 e.. M. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Ed. Burla, of Miner, Montana; Leon
ard Kirchhof, of Miner, Montana:
George Bachman, Of Musselshell, Mon.
tana; Henry E. Martin, Of Musael-
shell, Montana.
EDWARD BRASSEY, Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
RUSSIAN MANIFESTO.
Gear Officially Makes Known state OF
War Exists.

Gear Officially Makes Known State OF
War Exists.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-THE Official
| Messenger contains the following "su-
preme manifesto"
by the grace of God, We, Nicholas
IT,, emperor and %autocrat of all the
Russias, ETC., make known to all our
loyal subjects:
"In our solicitude for the mainte-
nance Of peace we made every sxer-
ton to consolidate tranquility in the
Far East. In these peaceful aims we
| signified assent to the proposals OF
the Japanese government to revise
agreements regarding Korean affairs
existing between the two governments.
However, the negotiations begun upon
this subject were not brought to a
conclusion and Japan, without await
Ing the receipt of the last responsive
proposals of our government, declared
the negotiations broken of and diplo-
matte relations with Russia dissolved.
without advising us Of the fact
that the breach OF such relations would
In itself mean an opening Of warlike
operations the Japanese government
gave orders to Its torpedo boats to
suddenly attack our squadron standing
In the outer harbor Of the fortress of
Port Arthur. Upon receiving reports
from the viceroy in the Far East about
this we Immediately commanded him
to answer the Japanese challenge with
armed force.
Making known this, our decision.
we. with mistaken faith in the Al
mighty and with a firm expectation of
and reliance upon the unanimous will
ingness of all our loyal subjects to
stand with us in defense of the father
land, ask Gods blessing upon our
stalwart land and naval forces"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
GUARDING NORTHERN JAPAN.
Warships Will Prevent Landing Of a
Russian Force.

Warships Will Prevent Landing Of a
Russian Force.
Chefoo, Feb. 11.-Upon the with
drawal of the Japanese minister from
st. Petersburg, the Japanese fleet and
transports proceeded to Masampho,
which vas occupied, and the fleet then
sailed for Port Arthur. The rest Of
the Japanese ships are guarding North
ern Japan. fearing that Russia might
land a force from Vladivostock, and
for the further purpose Of preventing
four Russian cruisers from joining the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur. Other
Japanese war vessels are cruising to
intercept Russian vessels coming from
Singapore.
The Russian b%attleships damaged ut
Port Arthur are the Pereswiet, Care
witch and Retvizan. The cruiser b.
YARN was beached when the tide was
falling and has not been floated and
will be damaged, as a northeast gale
was blowing yesterday. The Japa-
nese fleet has probably retired to Ma
sampho and it is not known whether
there was another attack on Tuesday
night.
General Tchichikoff took command
Of the Russian troops in Manchuria
Wednesday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-12
REJOICING IN JAPAN.
First Popular Demonstration Follows
News Of Naval Victory.

First Popular Demonstration FOLLOWS
News Of Naval Victory.
Toxic, Feb. 11.-Undaunted by the
absence of official confirmation, Japan
is rejoicing over a great naval victory
at Port Arthur. Early Wednesday
came a cable report from the Japanese
consul at Chefoo saying that early
Monday the Japanese torpedo boats
destroyed three large Russian war
ships off Port Arthur. Thereafter Ad-
miral Togo's fleet of sixteen war
ships engaged the entire Russian fleet
remaining off the port. The consul
was unable to give the result Of the
main engagement but said when the
steamship Columbia passed the scene
of action all of the Japanese war
ships were preserving their alignment
and fighting vigorously and steadily
and apparently uninjured. The news
papers here published extra editions
containing news of the battle and pro-
duced the first popular demonstration
of the war. Flags were raised every
where and excited crowds thronged
the streets. Later in the day came a
cablegram from Paris saying that
Viceroy Alexieff had reported to St.
Petersburg that three Russian ships
had been injured by a tropedo attack.