The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-26

MdSOAAC JOuSC. t1A0l IN0lSOQ WAS III.
stalled worshipful master of Griswold
lodge, No. 21s, A. F. and A. M, of
Dassel, on Dec. 9, 1904. He is but
twenty-five years old and was made q
Mason shortly after his twenty first
birthday, and has held every Office in
the lodge.
John Christianson, a farmer living
in the town of Mandt, fifteen miles
north of Montevideo, was killed last
Thursday. He was hauling out ma
nure when his team became frightened
and ran away. He was dragged by
one of the reins, which became fast
ened around his legs, and killed by
being thrown violently against a
barbed wire fence.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Bean of
Anoka, celebrated their golden we'd
ding last week, with all the members
of the family present. They were mar
ried Jan. 7, 1855, near Minnehaha
Falls, by Rev. c. G. Ames. They
lived in st. Anthony for some time,
moving to Anoka in 1870. Here "Cap-
tain" Bean had charge of the ferry
boat between Anoka and Champlin.
A. B. Loutzenheiser, paying teller
of the First National Bank of Duluth,
is charged with having embezzled
$40, 900 of the funds he was intrusted
with handling, and the bonding COM
pany that carried the risk against
him has sworn out warrant for his
arrest. His whereabouts are un-
known. He left on his annual vaca-
ton about Dec. Is, and received per-
mission to absent himself several
weeks. Since then nothing has been
heard of him.
Duluth citizens are engaged in court
house site war. The contention is be-
tween those who would like to have
the new half-million-dollar court house
built on the present old court house
site, and those who would have it To-
Gated on new site nearer the bust
ness center. The present court house
site, Sixth avenue east and Second
street, was given to the county under
the condition that it always be used
for court house purposes. The county
will forfeit the property if it builds on
another location.
Pine county will negotiate bonds for
the sum of s116, 900 to pay up the old
Brookpark road orders. These or
ders were issued under a special law
for the purpose of building roads in
the town of Brookpark. The law was
declared unconstitutional and Pine
county resisted payment of the Or
ders. The matter was taken to the
courts where it was held that the Or
ders were valid obligations against
the county. Several hundred dollars
of the orders are held by persons in
that city.
William Tubbs, an old settler and
one Of the. most prominent men in
Wright county, died at his home at
Monticello last week, at the age OF
seventy-four. He was president of the
village council and clerk of the school
board, Offices which he had filled for
several years. In the early history
of the State he was auditor of Mile
Laos county, afterwards moving to
Wright county and for several years
served as county auditor. He was
postmaster of Monticello from 1885
to 1890. He was an old-line Democrat
and a frequent delegate to the State
and congressional Democratic con-
ventions.
A. c. Wallin, editor of the Airing
ton Enterprise, was found dead last
week in his Office, shot through the
head. When Charles Slangh, an en-
ployee in the Office, found the doors
locked and Mr.. Wallin missing, he
gave an alarm: and an entrance to
the printing Office was effected through
the window. The dead man was
seated at his desk, his head resting
upon it in a pool of blood. while be-
side him on the floor lay 32-caliber
revolver. The coroner decided that
it was a case of suicide while temper
arily deranged from overwork. Wal
lin was a brilliant and prosperous
man of about twenty-one.
A. E. Hovey of Cass Lake has in
vented fan that promises to revolu-
tionize the sale of mechanical ma
chimes of this kind and place cheap
article in the reach of the public. The
fans which are built in two forms, one
to be run by a spring motor auto
matically wound when the fan is
pulled down from the ceiling to which
it is attached. The other model is to
be attached to an incandescent lamp
and run by electrical power. The