The Princeton union., 1906-02-15
State News.

The Quamba pOstOffice in Kanabec
county has been re-established and
Jonas Olson appointed postmaster.
Navigation at the head of the lakes
has closed, after lasting continuously
for 3l8 days. or from March 30 of
last year.
Thomas LOTUS, a switchman on the
Northern Pacific, was killed in the
yards at Staples while at work. He
fell under a boxcar and both legs
were severed above the knees.
Forty dogs have been poisoned at
Wells during the past few weeks,
some of them quite valuable. a fund
has been raised to employ detective
to hunt down the perpetrator.
Business men Of Eveleth have taken
steps toward the formation of COM
pany to secure a franchise and open
trolley line on the streets of Eveleth
and Virginia and between these two
cities.
Joseph K. Moore. veteran Mime
sofa newspaper man, who had lived
in Los Angeles since 1895, died in that
city last week. He was private secre-
tary to the late r. A. McGill during
his term as governor in l887-09.
\ number of prominent and well-to-
do farmers in the western part of Mar
tin county have been cleverly swindled
by couple of sharpers posing under
the guise of land purchaser and agent.
The victims are out from $3.50 to $500
each.
In one Of the most intense and pene-
trating storms of the season, section
hand working for the Great Northern
at Benoit, supposed to be John An
dersOn, was struck and instantly
killed by being hit by a snowplow
that was sent out to clear the track on
that line.
Fire was discovered in the rear of
the Ricks & Stafford millinery store
at Mora and within few minutes the
whole interior of the building was
ablaze. Total loss of stock. 81 1000,
insurance $4,000. Loss on building,
owned by r. W. Stafford, 81, 1,OOO The
furniture stock of w. b. Humphrey
was slightly damaged.
Major Anderson, a farmer living
near Ulen, was arrested on the charge
Of assault with dangerous weapon.
1t is alleged that Anderson, while in
an intoxicated condition, pursued his
mother with butcher knife. His
mother swore out the complaint, and
at the hearing he was bound over to
the grand jury in 81, 900 bonds.
That there are more wolves in Polk
county at the present time than ever
before since the organization of the
county is shown by the fact that the
bounties paid by the state for them
have doubled in the past year. There
have been taken to the auditors Office
this winter ninety-fve hides, for which
$3.50 each was paid as bounty, max
ing total of $780,
The Yerxa corner at Nicollet ave-
nue. and Fifth street, Minneapolis,
acknowledged to be one of the most
desirable properties in the mill city,
has been sold by the regents of the
state university for s1S5,OOO The
property was part of the bequest
from the Elliott estate. The money
will be used to build an institutional
hOSDit31 for tho ,,nivorcitv
A bad wreck occurred on the North
ern Pacific near Underwood, ten miles
from Fergus Falls. A mixed train.
eastbound, ran into four cars distrib-
uting cinders along the track there.
The engineer and fireman jumped, but
section man named Iver Hanson
fell under the cars and was ground to
atoms. Four cars we're demolished
and the engine badly damaged.
John Bosham, who was arrested
at East Grand Forks, charged with
highway robbery committed in.Okla-
homa, has left in custody of Deputy
Sheriff Frank Wynne of Norman,
Oklahoma. Bosham decided to 90
without requisition papers. and ex-
pressed confidence that he could adjust
matters and escape penitentiary SEN
tence. In case he is convicted he is
liable to life sentence.
Edward Moore, farmer of Lexing-
ton, deliberately threw himself under
Milwaukee freight train at LIE Sueur
Centre and was ground to pieces.
The train crew says it was case of
suicide for the man, who appeared to
be kneeling as the train approached,
suddenly ran to the track after the en-
gine had passed and fell in front of
the wheels of a boxcar. No cause is
known.