The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-12
State News.

hearing in the matter.
William Dewey, 27, committed sui
eide at his home near Fergus Falls by
blowing the top of his head off with a
rifle. He was second Oldest member
Of the Dewey family, known as IA
nous crack shots.
The government Lakeside fish hatch
cry output includes 100000 white
fish, 100000 pike and perch, 8,000,-
900 lake trout, 1907 brook trout and
100, 1000 steelhead salmon. About 25,-
600 brook trout and 10000 steelheads
yet remain to be planted.
The cemetery board Of Red Wing
has decided that there shall be no
more burials held on Sunday unless
peculiar circumstances demand it, in
which case special permits will be
granted. 1t was the unanimous wish
Of the clergymen of the city that this
step be taken.
Frazee had another railway accident
on July 4, the most awful of the three
that have occurred during the last
five months. The North Coast limited
struck a man just outside the yard
limits, three-quarters of a mile north
west Of the depot, and he was horri-
bly, mangled and cut to pieces.
Restrictions proposed in the pend
ing immigration law we're scored by
Archbishop Ireland as the worst mis-
take America could make in his ad-
dress at the Catholic picnic in Mnne-
apolis. Many wise and good people
came, he commended, who could not
read and write. Criminals we're often
we'll educated.
The case of the state against Mrs.
Emma Ackermann-Klasges, charged
at Long Prairie with the murder of
her former husband, August Acker-
mann, was dismissed at the final hear
ing held before Justice Harkens upon
motion of County Attorney Davis.
The evidence in the case was entirely
circumstantial.
Members of the family of Martin
O'Brien were enjoying the usual
Fourth of July fireworks at Jordan
when his four-year-old daughter
strayed in front of a small rifle, which
her father was using to amuse the
children, and was shot in the head
and soon died. The parents are al
most distracted, the little one being
their only girl.
Practically the entire output for 1906
OF the prison Irvine factory has been
disposed of-3, 100000 pounds in all.
Small orders are being received every
day. 1t has been decided to work the
plant overtime so that all orders can
be filled promptly. The plant will be
started a half hour earlier in the
morning and will gain a half hour
in the middle of the day and run two
hours later at night.
The Northern Pacific engineers are
at Brainerd laying out the tie pre-
serving plant under the personal d.
rections of G. B. Lowry of Lexington,
KY, the inventor of the process. The
plant will be located in West Brain
erd and have capacity of s. 900 ties
every twenty-four hours. It will en-
ploy ten skilled men and about fifty
laborers. There will be five plants
erected for the Northern Pacific, one
at Brainerd, one at Couer d'Alene,
Idaho, and three at locations vet to
be decided upon if these two prove
satisfactory.
Roy Bell, II, of Excelsior, lost the
sight Of his eye while celebrating the
nations anniversary. This makes
him totally blind, he having lost the
sight of his left eye in a similar way
when he was only two years old. The
impression made upon the baby when
ne lost his first eye was so strong that
ne had always had dread of powder
and fireworks. But as he grew older
the Impression gradually faded away,
but he still refused to handle fireworks.
On the Fourth he was twitted by his
companions and he was finally in
dueed to take part in the sport. After
few hours of the sport he became
careless and shot giant cracker off
close to his face. The result was the
loss OF his remaining eye.
Under the provisions of concur
rent resolution of congress a board
OF officers of the corps of engineers,
to consist of Col. Charles E. B. d.
Wis, Maj. David Gaillard and Mai.
William V. Judson of the general
staff, will assemble at Duluth to make
an examination and survey of the har-
Dor at that place with view of deter
mining what notifications, if any,
should be made in the present plan of
Improvement. They will report on
the question of buildinp q hroo l-uo+or