The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27
State News.

state News.
Judge D B. Searle has sold his
valuable 160-acre stock farm near
st. Augusta to E. L. Dubois of Illi-.
nois.
August Ohlius, an old pioneer of
Stearns county, died at St. Cloud last
Thursday, and his aged wife, not able
to stand the separation, died a few
hours later.
: Dispatches from Carmi, ILL.,, tell of
postoffice romance eliminating in the
wedding of Miss Alice C. Jones of
CarmiL and Will J. Hickman of Anoka.
Miss Jones, until the first of the
month, was an assistant in Carmi
posto6ice. Hickman is a rural route
inspector and met her while on an
official visit. ~~.-
The 19-months-old daughter of Jo-
seph Veigel and wife of Mankato is
dead, as a result of morphine poison-
lng,. due to having been given too
much OF patent soothing syrup, ac-
cording to the return of the burial
permit made by Coronr Kennedy after
he and City Health Officer Edwards
had investigated the case.
The new freight tariffs issued by the
Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific railroads which went into effect
on November Is give northern Mime
sofa for the first time in it's history as
low freight rates as those effective in
the older sections of the upper Missis-
sippi valley, including southern. Min
nesota, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Coal receipts in Duluth by boat this
year were heavier by liz, 1872 tons than
they were during 1905, showing con
clusively that the present shortage of
fuel at interior points is not due to a
scarcity at the head of the lakes docks.
1t is understood that the receipts on
the Superior docks were also heavier
this year than they were last.
Charges of maIfeasance in Office
have been filed against James 81.
Pinkerton, treasurer of Schroeder
township in Cook county, by VIC.
Smith, supervisor. Pinkerton, in
general way, is charged with the loss
of $4,000 in county funds. Hts ex-
PLANTATION was that while he was trans
ferring it in a satchel from a Dhluth
to Cook county bank it twas stolen
from him on the boat. Smith refuses
to accept this explanation.
A rather peculiar suit is that brought
by Hugh Radde against the Mime
apolis & St. Louis road in the district
court at Minneapolis. Radde says he
was passenger on one of defendants
trains June 10 last running between
Young America and Minneapolis;
that his destination was Waconia;
that when he arrived at that point the
train slowed up and the conductor
told him he would have to get off as
the train would not stop. Obeying
the direction of the conductor, Radde
says he jumped off and in so doing
badly sprained his ankle. The dam
ages are placed at 1925.
Thomas j. Coleman, a private de-
tective of Minneapolis, charged with
extortion, must go to prison, accord
ing to an opinion written by Justice
Lewis. Coleman played what is known
as the "badger" game. Employed
to secure evidence against W. D. PEN
ellie, whotwas the defendant in an &C
ton for divorce, he engaged Louise
Oelkers, a domestic, as a decoy. By
means of letters Pencille was induced
to meet the girl, and, when the two
registered as man and wife at hotel,
Coleman by prearranged plan sur
prised them, and then placed a price
on his silence, demanding 81, 1000. He
received the money in 500 installments
until the victim had contributed 5000.
Then he OBJECTED to further blackmail
and Coleman was arresed, tried and
convicted.
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