The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-05-24
State News.

COnQemneQ on account OF tuberculosis,
has been shipped from the insane
hospital farm at Fergus Falls to the
stockyards at South St. Paul for
slaughter.
By a vote of 252 to 30 the citizens of
Jordan decided to change the form
of the school district in which is sit
uated the Jordan high school from a
common school district to an indie
pendent district.
The Zumbrota Independent has been
sold to Rockne & Davis, proprietors
of the Zumbrota News, and has been
discontinued. It was owned by K. A.
Mitchell & Son; and was the second
Oldest paper in Goodhue county.
Mrs. Emma L. Clark was found
dead in the cellar of her home at
Aitkin by her daughter Nellie, who is
employed in the First National bank.
The body was found in about foot
of water, and it is feared she met
death by her own hand.
Burglars broke into J. G.. Henrick-
sens store at Tyler and secured about
$50 in silver that had been left in the
safe over night. They had effected an
entrance by prying open the door with
long chisel. It is impossible to tell
whether anything else was taken or
not. No clew to the guilty parties,
although it is suspected that they are
local thieves who were acquainted with
the conditions.
Two persons were bound over to the
federal grand jury on hearings before
Court Commissioner Abbott in St..
Paul, both charged with sending i'm
proper literature through the mails
One was Carl Sather of Bemidji, held
in $3.50 bail. The other was Ida Jenk-
ms of Minneapolis, held in $500 bail.
The prosecution was represented by
Paul E. Ewert, assistant United States
district attorney.
One of the most disastrous fires of
it's class ever recorded in northern
Minnesota occurred at Cass Lake, be-
tween five and six million feet of logs,
nearly all white pine of a high grade,
having been destroyed. The loss is
estimated at from 100000 to S12O,OOO.
Hundreds of men fought the flames for
nearly twenty-four hours. The fire
is thought to have originated from
sparks from an unloader.
Herman Yanke. who pleaded guilty
to breaking into Carpenter & Smith IS
store at Faribault, was bound over to
await the action of the grand jury at
the November term of court. There
are six cases of burglary and two of
petty larcneny charged against him.
In his possession we're found a lawn
mower: mantel clock, diamond cuff
buttons, several musical instruments,
and some wearing apparel.
The.state labor bureau is compiling
statistics as to the membership of
labor unions in the state, and most of
the reports are in. If the present rate
of increase continues the total will be
close to 10000, or about 1000 larger
than last year. The membership in
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth is
"A, 900. About twenty small locals
have dropped out of existence, but the
rest have generally increased their
membership.
John Miller, an eight-year old boy
of Red Wing, dreamed that burglars
were in the house and got out of bed
in his night clothes, walked several
blocks to the St. James hotel and
hunted up policeman, who followed
him home to capture the alleged burg
lars. When within block of the
house the boy awoke and could not
realize where he was. Not until then
did the policeman understand that he
was walking in his sleep.
Hiram Kenna was literally blown to
pieces by an explosion of dynamite
near Pine City. He was clearing
stumps from his land two miles south
of that place, and it is supposed that
he went to see why a charge which he
had placed under stump did not ex-
plode. The entire upper portion of
his body was distributed over an area
of two acres. His legs were blown
about a hundred yards and we're not
mutilated, but otherwise only scraps
Of bones and flesh were found.
A. L. Larpenteur, the Oldest pioneer
in St. Paul and known to the Indians
as "Wamdska" 1.-THE Serpent), cele-
brated his SD birthday recently. Mr..
Larpenteur went to St. Paul in 1913.
81 knew Minnesota before it had a
name," he told a visitor, land before
there was dollar of taxable property
in what is now the state.' Mr.. Larpen-