The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-11-22
State News.

near Rapid River. The horns had a
spread of ffty-fve inches.
The United States land Office in Du-
luth has received official notice that.
the Marshall land district, with it's
Office at st. Cloud, will be discontin-
ued after Dec. 49,
Louis King, an engineer employed
by the Cross Lake Logging company
at .Brainerd, was fatally shot near
there by William Butchette, who was
hunting deer. King was shot through
the abdomen.
Chas. A. Nelson, the young man
who was charged with robbing the.
postoffice at Dahl, Becker county.
pleaded guilty in the federal court at
Fergus Falls and was sentenced to one
year in the reformatory.
Ben Gug, % years old, an employee
OF the Crookston Lumber company at
Bemidji, received injuries from which
he died. Gug was working on a lath
machine and raised the rolls to look
at the machine when one of the lath
bolts flew through the air and hit him
in the abdomen.
Celestian St. Antoine, the octoge-
marian wife murderer, pleaded guilty
on Friday at Preston and received a
life sentence. St. Antoine was much
grleved because he was not sentenced
to death. He complained bitterly to
the judge, saying: II am guilty and
am ready to take what I deserve.''
The town of Schroeder has attached
three pieces of real estate belonging
to Town Treasurer James Pinkerton
in the hope of making good its loss of
49, 600 which Pinkerton claims was
stolen from him while he was carry
ing the public funds from the boat
landing at Grand Marais to the hotel.
Harry Johnson, who was sent to the
reformatory from Minneapolis on
Nov. Is, 1897, for an assault in the Sec
ond degree, and transferred to the
prison for incorrigibility on Jan. II,
1900, being released July 26, 1901,
having finished his term, has just been
sentenced to ninety-nine years in the
Missouri state penitentiary for the
murder of man named Carruthers in
Kansas City.
A states prison term of a year and
a day and fine of 1896. IL is the SEN
tence melted out to Edwin D. Holmes,
the former Detroit postmaster, in the
federal court in Fergus Falls. Holmes
became financially embarrassed and
disappeared about eight months ago,
and an examination of his accounts
showed shortage of 5000 in the gen.
eral posto6ice account and SS95.11 in
| the money order account.
Tuesday mornings east bound flyer
had with it the evidence of very
serious accident when it passed
| through Benson. While coming
| through the mountains in the west
large rock became dislodged and came
down crashing through the side of the
smoking car and killed two men who
| were passengers on the train. The
rock was left in the position in which it
| stopped on its disastrous course and
was being taken through with the
train.
The Northern Pacific drawbridge con-
Meeting Rice's Point with Superior,
which is used by practically all the
freight and passenger trains between
Duluth and Superior, was put out of
commission on Sunday morning at
1925 CLOCK by the steel steamer James
E. Davidson, Capt. Albert Reed of the
Tomlinson fleet, which collided with
the south abutment of the Minnesota
draw, badly smashing it and knock
ing a span 165 feet in length into the
water.
Fire on Thursday night wiped out
| the entire business section of Battle
Lake, comprising all that part of the
place on the west side of the river with
the exception of one residence. Every
able-bodied male citizen of the village
joined the brigade of fire fighters, but
in the absence of a regular fire depart
ment the flames had gained consider
able Roadway before the efforts of the
citizens were brought under systematic
control, the single fire engine being of
little avail. The loss will exceed
$780, ZOO.
The opponents to the division of
Itasca county are not inclined to give
up. The Shevlin Lumber company
has employed A. Y. Merrill to investi-
gate the vote as returned and other
matters with a view to beginning pro-
ceedings to contest the election In
sixteen precincts, including Nos. /, 2
and 3, of Grand Rapids, the election
judges failed to certify to the vote on
division and hence the canvassing
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