The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-08-10

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work as laborers, and the next larg-
est, twenty, as harvest hands.
A violent electrical wind and hail
storm assuming in places cyclonic
proportions passed over the vicinity
of Red Wing Friday night. Standing
grain was beaten down entailing
great losses in some localities. In
Goodhue township nearly hundred
birds killed by hail were found under
one big tree.
Sheriff Williams telegraphed to
Mankato Monday that he has A. A.
Buck, the Mapleton bank defaulter,
and that he will reach home with his
prisoner today, Thursday. It will be
recalled that Mr.. Buck was recently
arrested in Havana, where he had
gone from the Isle of Pines to be
treated in hospital.
Walker has organized commercial
club. The step was prompted by the
lax manner in which the government
reservoir system is managed, and it
was found that the interests of Walker
must be looked after to prevent fur
ther disaster. Leech lake is doing
considerable damage to property on
the lake shores in that vicinity.
DR.. j. G. Coomes, an optician, died
at the county poor house. about
twelve miles east of Preston. Re-
Gently he attempted suicide at that
place, where he purchased a revolver
at one of the local hardware stores
and Immediately attempted to blow
out his brains, but was prevented by
the person who sold him the revolver.
The inability of posses that have
been securing the woods in all direc-
tions to find a clew to the missing
Oscar Haney, who disappeared from
Hinckley several days ago, has led to
the belief that he was either devoured
by wolves, has been carried away and
murdered or has wilfully absented
himself to commit suicide or remain
away.
Willie Hoburt, seventeen years old,
was accidentally shot and killed last
week five miles from Duluth. The
boys thought they saw bear and
climbed a tree. William Little, on the
upper branches got scared, thinking a
bear was climbing the tree and fred
with revolver at the spot where the
leaves moved and killed young
Hoburt
Samuel Van Dersal, leader of the
fight against gambling in St. Paul,
has been arrested on several charges.
1t is alleged that he beat two board
bills and secured a mileage book I'M
der false pretenses. The defendant
secured bail promptly. He claims
that the warrants were sworn out
against him at the instigation of the
gamblers and Chief,of Police O'Con-
nor
The Minnesota grand tribunal of
the Knights of Pythias was declared
to be illegally constituted by the SUI
preme tribunal assembled at Indian
apolis. The decision was upon an
appeal from the decision made two
years ago expelling certain members
who were saloonkeepers. The supreme
tribunal has reversed the ruling on
the ground that the tribunal owed
it's existence to an act of legislation
that was not correct in it's form.
C. 81. Miller of Duluth, receiver for
the defunct National Home live stment
company has filed in district court his
report in which he recommends that
the court order the stockholders of the
company to pay in $4,000 which is the
amount estimated to cover all the
outstanding Indebtedness and the ex-
penses of the receiver, or that he, the
receiver be empowered to proceed
through legal action to enforce the