The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-09
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stranger whom he had accommodated
when asked for a ride.
Minnesota now faces deficit in it's
treasury of over 100000, and before
many days have passed the overdraft
limit of 100000 in the revenue fund
will be reached and the state will have
to go to the bank.
The Blackjack Times, which has
been published ever since the founda-
tion of the village, has suspended
publication. Lack of patronageis the
reason assigned for it's suspension.
E. J. Taylor was the publisher.
Nels Grenberg, the self-confessed
murderer of Halvor Nyman of Fergus
Falls, states that he poured soldering
water into Nyman's whisky. He was
hard pressed for money, and being
unable to raise anything on contract
while Nyman was living, he decided
to put him out of the way.
A restraining order has been issued
by Judge M. A. Spooner against the
auditor of the board of county COM
missioners of Clearwater county or
dering them to show cause why they
should not be permanently restrained
from the expenditure of county funds
in what is alleged to be an illegal way.
The police and coroner are puzzled
as to the cause of the death of John
Hamernik, a prominent butcher of
Winona, whose body was found lying
near the street car track Wednesday
morning. There is a slight fracture
at the base of the skull. The common
supposiion is that he was on his way
home and jumped from the moving
car, and fell, striking his head on
the frozen ground. ~
While five sheriffs sat about the
warm fire in the village of Brooten.
Minn., one night last week the prize
fight they were ordered to stop was
pulled off in the barn of Edwin Col
ackson, in the center of the town.
Brooten is a village on the 500 road
in the western part of Stearns county.
The fight, which was to have been
twelve rounds to a decision," was
ended in the eleventh round. =
The forger, John Hoover, for whom
the sheriff of Winona county was eau
toned to be on the lookout, it appears
| is the same man who three years ago
swindled a private bank at Sparta out
of So, 500, and later forged a deed in
Iowa by which he secured $4,000 from
a money lender. In the first of these
offenses the man gave the name of
George L. Koeller, and in the second,
William G. Schaeffer. The writing of
the signatures to the deeds correspond
in each instance.
Three bankruptcy petitions have
been filed in the federal court in Fer
gus Falls. Alexander NJ. Chisholm,
contractor of Paynesville, Stearns
county, files, placing his assets at
5000, OF which $50 is exempt, and his
liabilities at S1,166.65. James E. AL
drich of Nashua, Wilkin county, places
his assets at 800, all exempt, and his
liabilities at Sc, $780, 90, and John Cam
eron, jr., a farmer of Fisher, Polk
county, places his assets at ST, 5S4. 80,
OF which S75 is exempt, and his liza
bilities at 81, 659.4O.
Upon the anniversary of the muir
der of DR.. L. A. Gebhardt and in COM
memoration of the tragic event flag
was foated at half-mast above the
Otto Meyer block on Main street. New
Ulm, the scene of the murder. AS a
token of respect to the memory of the
dead dentist a floral cushion was sent
to Mrs. S. Gebhardt, mother of the
murdered man, at Black River Falls,
Wis.,, by members of the citizens of
New Ulm. The words SIN Memo
rlam' were inbedded in the cushion
in flowers. The crime seems to be as
much OF mystery as it was on the
night of the tragedy.
The fourteenth Minnesota state con-
ference of charities and correction
will meet at St. Peter, Monday eve
ming, November -, and will continue
in session until Wednesday afternoon,
November Is. The railroads have
granted rate of one and one-third
fare for the round trip on the certii-
cate plan. Regular tickets should be
purchased to St. Peter and the secre-
tary of the conference will issue GER
tificate of attendance emitting the
holder to purchase a return ticket at
one-third rate. Provisions are being
made at ST.. Peter to furnish accom-