The Princeton union., 1906-02-08
State News.

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sia and other gastric troubles, &C.
cording to DR.. George Douglas Head,
who lectured before the Minneapolis
Academy of Medicine.
It is reported that there will be
enough new railroad work opening up
within the next two months in the
country tributary to Duluth to give
employment to 1000 more men.
Fire destroyed the Briggs hotel and
saloon at Frazee. The loss is $4,000,
partly covered by insurance. Some
excitement was caused by a series of
explosions of liquor in the saloon.
The result of meeting held at the
Commercial club, Duluth, was practi-
cally a refusal on the part of Duluth
business interests to lend any support
to forest reserve schemes where such
schemes will interfere with the agri-
cultural development of the state.
Fred Goss of Anoka, lumberman
employed in the Goss camp near Cass
Lake: was run over by load of logs
and one leg was crushed The acci-
dent occurred on the drive, where
Goss fell under the load. A physi-
clan from AnOka was called to attend
the man.
A daring hold-up was committed in
St. Peter when Edward Small, a
laboring man, was overpowered by
two strangers and robbed of $18.
He reported his loss to the police,
and when Sheriff Mcmillan arrested
John Collins and Mark Gilroy he
identified the pair as his assailants.
Farmers living in the townships of
Alfsborg, Sibley and Kelso, Sibley
county, are opposed to the construc-
ton of any more public bitches which
shall empty into Rush river They
declare that every new ditch impairs
the value of their land and they may
call upon the courts to determine
their rights.
The trial of Orin Kalderwit, John
now in the penitentiary at Saltwater,
cost Anoka county S3,S6O. The trio
came from Minneapolis. The trial
lasted twentyone days and all three
we're convicted. There were ninety
witnesses and the number of jurors
sworn were one hundred and twenty
seven.
School children found Mrs. Jonas
Johanicks in her home at Hibbing,
bound, gagged and tied to- chair.
She stated that two masked men had
entered her house, seized and bound
her and then made a thorough search
of the premises. The woman owns
several buildings and she is supposed
to be wealthy, but she says the rob-
bers secured but 81.
P. Mcdonnell, Duluth contractor,
will put in million-dollar irrigation
dam for the government at Boise
City, Idaho. Bids on the work were
opened at Boise City and Mcdonnell
secured the contract as the lowest
bidder. Bidders we're present from
New York, Cincinnati, Denver and
San Francisco, several of whom have
done similar work repeatedly for the
government.
The Columbia saloon, run by Swan
Swanson at Anoka, was destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at 81, POO.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The blaze started under the bar, al
though the place was empty at the
time and had been unoccupied all
day. The second floor was also un-
occupied. The building is owned by
Thomas Coleman and is two-story
brick structure.
Measles is the prevailing epidemic
at West Duluth just now and the
health department considers it serious
enough so that an order has been is
sued to quarantine every case that
breaks out from now on. It is said
that dozens of children in West Du-
luth have the measles or are just re-
covering from it and it is believed
that the disease is becoming epidemic
to dangerous degree.
Bryon Lent, one of the old soldiers
of Fergus Falls, has received notice
that congress has passed law allow
ing him pension of $50 per month.
He has been receiving pension of
SO per month, and under the pension
laws was entitled to $50. But flaw
in the records prevented his getting
the raise. Recently Senator Clapp
secured the passage in the senate of a
bill giving Mr.. Lent his just dues and
the bill was indorsed in the house.
Three young women, Misses Maud
Cooper of Amboy and Anna Kowe of