The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-03
State News.


tonna on Jan. % and a are COM
pleted
A reward of 81, 900 is offered bv a
detective agency for information lead
ing to the discovery of the where
aDouts OF LIE Roy J. Kelly, son of
Minneapolis millionaire, who disan-
peared in Milwaukee on Nov. 20.
Engineer Eugene L. Merrill, of the
Northern Pacific, living in St. Paul
had his left leg broken in two nlaces
and was probably seriously injured
Internally in wreck in the ST.. Pan1
road yards about 8 O'Clock Satnr-
day.
The st. Paul council has passed an
ordinance compelling the street car
company to carry passengers on cars
going to the barns and also to ston
all cars at street corners where pas
sengers are waiting and let them on
under $50 penalty.
The Northwestern Telephone COM
pany paid into the state treasury $780,
z91 IN gross earnings taxes. The
amount was on basis of 3 per cent.
Inc gross earnings of the company for
tnls year amounted to ST, 2O9, I'll. so.
against 81, 1892, 1876 for last year.
A report is going the rounds in St.
Paul railroad Offices to the effect that
the Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and the Burlington roads will pull
out OF the Union Depot company and
that they will build a depot of their
own and let the other roads build for
themselves.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Gilman kept
"open house" in their spacious resi-
dence at St. Cloud on New Years day
and hospitality entertained the hun
dreds OF friends who came to help
them celebrate their golden wedding.
May Mr.. and Mrs. Gilman live to
celebrate their diamond wedding.
Two new towns will be thrown open
to entry at the Duluth land Office some
time in February, and the officials ex-
pect big rush of claim seekers to get
portion of the land. The towns are
located about thirty miles north of
Hloblng and are only a few miles
from Bear River. They are township
63 north of range q and township g.
north of range %.
Health Commissioners Ohage lays the
blame for the present prevalence of
typhoid fever and diphtheria, espe-
clally the latter, in St. Paul, at the
door of the commissioners of public
works. 1.-The manner in which our
street sweeping is managed,'' said DR..
Ohage ''is disgrace to the city. The
refuse is swept. up into great heaps and
these heaps are left there for weeks to
be scattered around by the wind and
other forces.'
An inheritance of $4,000 awaits
Fred Appleton, until few months ago
resident of Sleepy Eye. It comes to
him through the death of a wealthy
uncle in Sweden, and will be paid over
to him as soon as he appears and
proves his title. All of last summer
Appleton was employed by Hanson &
Arveson OF Sleepy Eye, but left a
short time ago, and no word of him
has since been received. He was a
member Of the Woodman lodge, and
its officers have received word from
the Swedish authorities of the legacy
left him. They will make an effort to
find and apprise him of his good for
tune.
Judson D. Holmes, a well-known at
torney, was found on the street at
Lester Park. a suburb of Duluth,
where he lived, on Thursday morning,
with life almost extinct. Some tele-
phone employees made the discovery,
and found him to be breathing but
family. They picked him up quickly
and took him into the residence of
physician near by, but his life had
gone out before reaching there. The
physician is of the opinion that the
cause of death was apoplexy. Mr..
Holmes had been resident of Duluth
for many years. He was for some
time assistant county attorney, and
about three years ago was appointed
special municipal judge. He served
about year, and was defeated at the
following election. He was an active
member of the G. A. r. He leaves a
wife and one daughter.
Three more names have been added
to the roll Of dead in the big Northern
Pacific railroad improvements in the
vicinity of Moorhead. Siebert Ber-
gerson of Fergus Falls, Nick Otter
haus, of Fargo, and one Weber,
whose home is not known. we're killed