The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-06-21
State News.

oA11o VI UulS SUdGo WILL lulu G1lclr
biennial encampment this year at
Litchfeld, MIMI, during the week of
July 2.
The body of a man, identified by
the clothing as Louis Emil Larson,
has been found hanging to a small
elm tree in the woods north of Nelson.
The body was terribly decomposed,
and is supposed to have been hanging
where it was found since April II, the
day on which Larson disappeared.
Halvor Johnson, farmer living
near Henning, was instantly killed
while moving a large corn crib from
the village to his farm. His team be-
came frightened and the crib turned
over on him, and his body was found
underneath it by parties passing
along the road.
Chief of Police Wiring of Hibbing
and a posse have captured Pietro
Canasilli, the Italian who is accused
of the murder of his fellow country
man Abel SUPPORT, at Chisholm few
days ago. The fugitive was armed
with shotgun and resistance was
expected of him, but he was worn out
and submissive.
Safe-blowers robbed the safe in the
postoffice at Scanlon and secured
about $500 worth Of stamps and 81 in
pennies. A package containing
10000 two-cent stamps was over
looked. The stamps taken were of the
five and eight cent denominations,
with about thirty 50-cent stamp-books
and twenty 25-cent stamp-books.
Passenger train No. 6 ran into
freight train on the main line near
Frazee depot. Jacob Tourie of BIZ
wabik had his left leg broken and a
cut in the head. Two cars were dam
aged and the passenger engine badly
demolished. The passengers we're
badly shaken up. The engineer and
brakeman jumped as the engines met.
Andrew Linderof, a blacksmith of
Warren, was found lying in pool of
blood in his blacksmith shop. The
persons who found the man in this
condition became suspicious that Lin
derof had been the victim of foul play,
but this opinion was dispelled after
Coroner D. Melby had made his ex-
animation and discovered that loss of
life was due to the bursting of an
artery.
The president of the Woodstock Re-
form club, H. w. Haislet, was hanged
in effigy to pole while he was away
from home serving on the United
States petit jury, and it evidently was
done by members of the saloon ele-
ment to brighten his wife. The figure
was cut down by citizens. The Re-
form club has caused the closing of
the saloons on Sunday and has elimi-
mated gambling. Haislet is editor and
owner of the Woodstock News.
The New Ulm citizens committee
which was appointed at mass meet
ing Nov. 10, 1904, to assist in the in
vestigation concerning the death of
DR.. E. A. Gebhardt, who was brutally
murdered on Nov. l, 1904, has fin
ished its labors and closed up all &C
counts. The sum of 81, 564. 80 was re-
ceived by the committee through vol
untary contributions and of this sum
they expended s1,391.50, leaving a
balance of s173.50, which has been re-
turned to the donators pro rata.
An episode without parallel in the
northwest, it is believed, took place
at Eveleth, when Police Officer Kent
served garnishment papers secured in
municipal court by Joseph Lacoretti
on a corpse in a local morgue. The
enshrouded body, that of Philip De-
bretto, a young Italian laborer, was
ready to be carried away to the grave
when the officer entered the morgue
with the documents and read them
according to legal procedure. The
garnishment was for a board bill of
s23.
Undoubtedly the most valuable
fresh water pearl in the world today
has been found by clam fisher, Will
liam Bates, in the Wisconsin channel
opposite Red Wing. It is as large as
a good-sized marble, perfectly round
and without flaw, and with luster
rarely equaled even in small gems.
The pearl is translucent, and almost
transparent, and when exposed to a
light glistens with marvellous color
ing. Its weight is eighty-five grains,
diamond weight. The value of the
gem is estimated at from $4,000 to
100000.
DR.. Jacob F. Force has been SEN
fenced to three years and six months
at hard labor in the penitentiary by