The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-03-29
State News.


north of Hibbing, Andrew Selin was
instantly killed, his body being horri
bly, mangled.
It is stated that the Great Northern
will spend $4,000, 900 during 1906 for
new equipment for it's lines. The
rapid development of it's territory
compels this outlay.
At the graduation exercises of the
state agricultural college one hundred
and twenty-seven young men and
women were handed sheepskins, certi-
flying to their ability to scientifically
manage farm or farm house.
The petition of 1000 of the legal
voters of Jackson county requesting
that the county seat of Jackson county
be removed to Lakefeld has been
filed in the county auditors office.
The petition contains 24O more names
than is required to make 60 per cent
Of the legal voters at the last general
election.
The date for the joint celebration
Of St. Paul's semicentennial and the
laying of the corner stone of the new
Auditorium has been changed from
March 30 to March 81, and Mayor
Robert Smith has issued proclama-
ton to that effect, asking all business
houses to close during the later half
of the day.
Earnest Lindgren, a brakeman liv-
ing at Henning, fell under 500 train
and thirty-fve cars passed over his
body. He fell close to the rail and lay
perfectly still and escaped death.
His arm was cut off, but he got up
and walked a short distance in a
dazed condition after the accident.
He may recover.
Eight hundred attended the sixth an
nual banquet of the Garfield Repub-
lican club last Friday night at the
Masonic Temple hall in Duluth. More
than 200 guests came from the ranges
and Two Harbors sent a large dele
cation. The hall was not large
enough to accommodate everybody
and an overflow banquet was held at
a cafe.
A. W. Rankin, state inspector of
graded schools, will retire at the end
Of the current school year, Aug. l, to
accept chair in the department of
pedagogy in the state university. He
was elected to the position a year or
two ago, but on account of the de-
struction of the main building and the
cramped quarters left for the depart
ment, he did not enter on the work.
A deputy United States marshal has
served subpoenas at New Ulm on nine
widows of veterans of the civil war as
witnesses in a land-fraud trial to be
held at Sioux Falls April. Three
more subpoenas intended for former
residents of New Ulm will be served
on women in St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Mortified. The government ia
it's campaign against land frauds is
said to have discovered scheme
operated with startling success in
many towns in southern Minnesota.
During the current school year the
sum of $41, 304. 10 was invested by the
schools and the state in public school
libraries, all of which went to the St.
Paul Book and Stationery company,
the contractors. August is the end
OF the current school year, but the
further distributions of books has
ceased because the fund is exhausted.
In all, 8,155 volumes were distrib-
uted, and these represent 2, O33 orders.
Of the amount invested the districts
put in S22,13O.75 and the state
S19, 173.37.
Julius Blackstad, II years old, son
of Samuel Blackstad of St. James.
was killed in the town of Nelson.
Watonwan county. With compan-
ion, Fred Bottum, he was behind the
barn on the Blackstad farm, and the
boys had their shotguns with them.
Fred had his gun in his hand, but that
belonging to the Blackstad boy was
lying on the ground. Blackstad
picked it up by the muzzle and was
pulling it toward him when it was dis
charged and a large charge of No. S
shot entered his left breast, causing
instant death.
"Shorty" Wesley has been released
form Beltrami county jail after the
charge of murder in the first degree
against him had been nolled by
County Attorney Mcdonald, who con-
sidered the evidence against Wesley
insufficient to warrant trial at this
time. This makes the third man who
has been arrested for the murder of
N. O. Dahl and daughter Aagot
which occurred at the formers cabin