The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

Pendergast, Minneapolis, wire fence;
Henry G. Roth, Minneapolis, jar
cover; Ole G. Void, Dawson, separa-
tors; Frank NJ. Wadsworth, Mime
apolis, advertising device.
Three suspects, Homer Trainor, An
drew Cunningham and j. C. Crane,
were captured at Winona and taken
to La Crosse by Postoffce Inspector
Frazer, being identified as the men
who blew up the safe in the postoffice
at Stoddard last Thursday night.
Nine acres of nursery stock, repre-
senting more than 100000 apple trees,
are being treated at Albert Lea by the
State entomologist, who uses spray
consisting of kerosene and water
finely mingled. This experiment is
being tried against the leaf hopper,
and appears to be success.
Magnus Johnson Geving, one of
the earliest settlers of Fergus Falls
was found in the river Saturday, hav-
ing apparently committed suicide.
Two bottles of strychnine and an
empty revolver indicated he had
taken poison and shot himself on the
river bank. He was seventy-three.
Tests made by the State dairy and
food commission indicate that the
percentage of adulterated food in
Minnesota is increasing. In an
analysis of lis samples 55.48 per cent
of the total were found illegal. In
previous analysis about one-third of
the samples have been found adulter-
ated.
Harry G. Yale of Minneapolis, who
has been acting the role of a detective
at Willmar in a liquor case, was taken
into custody at the conclusion of the
trial by Sheriff John NJ. Bayer of
Moorhead on the charge of forgery,
it being alleged that he forged a
check for S75 on a Moorhead lumber
company.
The village of Luce, which was in
corporated short time ago, has
elected village officers as follows:
President, Joseph Ref; councilmen
Grant Woodland, Fred Kretzschmar
and Rasmus Madison; treasurer, Will
liam Senske; recorder, G. A. Ginnell;
justice, James Woodard: constable.
W. II. King.
On Sunday evening at SIS an east
bound Greet Northern passenger
train was derailed at Moose Island,
fourteen miles west of Morris, and
five people were injured, one seri-
ously. The train was made UP. of
seven cars, all of which left the track,
the engine and tender, however, keep
ing the rails.
A large delegation of White Earth
Indians have been at Bena visiting
with the Cass Lake and Winnibigosh-
ish Indians, and the Indians at Bena
together with the visiting White Earth
Indians have left for Cass Lake, where
200 will engage in their annual cele-
bration and dance there for the re-
mainder of the week.
The Fern, the vessel assigned to the
Minnesota naval reserve by the
United States government, will be
ready to leave the Portsmouth navy
yard on Saturday. It is expected
that the vessel will reach Duluth
some time in August. The armament
will be shipped overland, as the
treaty with Canada does not permit
an armed vessel to pass through it's
waters.
A number of women attempted to
break into the Jail at Excelsior for
the purpose Of belaboring a wife,
beaten incarcerated there, but the at
tempt proved futile. Thereupon they
organized a bucket brigade and en-
deavored to drown out the villain by
deluging him through the iron bars.
He was a sorry looking spectacle
when the marshal appeared upon the
scene and called the women off.
The second regiment, the last for
the encampment season of 1905, has
arrived at Lake City and among the
field and staff officers are: Arthur
W. Wright of Austin, colonel, George
S. Whitney, St. Paul, lieutenant
colonel; Nicholas Nicholson, Austin,
and Albert G. Chase, Faribault.
majors: Captain Alfred Page, Aus
tin, regimental adjutant, and captain
Robert J. Tweedy, Albert Lea, quart
ermaster.
At the annual convention of the
Northwestern Photographers asso-
citation held in Duluth last week the
prize were awarded as follows:
Glass A-Geo. Kraft. St. Paul, gold
medal; S. P. Eggen, Minneapolis,
silver medal, and J. E. Pasanault,
Cando, N. D., bronze medal. Glass
Be. 81. Galbraith. Minneanolis.