The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-11-19
State News.

State News.
J It is likely that Carl Odegard, re-
publican, will contest the election of
John LeMire for county auditor in
Aitkin county. LeMire polled four
votes more than Odegard, according
to the returns.
Gardner S. Moore, aged Il, promi-
nent throughout the northwest through
his extensive land holdings, died at
st. Luke's hospital on Saturday.
Death came shortly after an operation
for chronic ailment. Mr.. Moore
was a pioneer resident of St. Paul.
Knud W. Bondy of Fergus Falls.
who was member of the board of
equalization for two terms, ands a
member of the Minnesota house in the
legislative sessions for 1903 and 1905,
died suddenly on Sunday from heart
disease, with which he had been
affected for years.
A forest fire has been raging in
Lost Timber, west of Chandler, for
two days, and has destroyed large
part of the timber which is widely
known because of the fact that under
their protection the Jesse James band
OF desperadoes made escape after the
famous Mortified robbery of Sept. 6,
1876.
Contrary to expectations, the appeal
from the decision of the St. Louis
county district court declaring that
the tax amendment was defeated and
the good roads amendment carried at
the election of 1906 will not be argued
before the state supreme court Nov. 10.
The hearing was originally set for
that date.
T. J. Orion of Winona was in St.
Cloud last Thursday looking for his
12-year-old daughter, who is alleged
to have eloped to that place from her
home town with travelling man for a
hardware house of whom she was
enamored. The father learned where
they stayed at local hotel, and then
took the Milaca train for Duluth to
prosecute the search further.
A man giving his name as Thomas
81. Payne of England has been ar
rested at Montgomery on charge of
taking mail from rural mail boxes
near that place. He was placed in
the city Jail to await instructions from
the postoffice department.. The de-
partment laid the matter before the
British bureau of emigration which
decided to deport Payne to England.
Passengers on the St. Louis train
leaving Minneapolis at p. m. Thurs
day had their pockets picked by four
clever thieves, who slipped off the
train nearly $1,000 to the good. The
trick was turned by four men, accord
ing to the police and the Victims.
Two men we're on the platform and
worked their way into the crowded
car, while the other pair worked
toward the door. In the jam that
ensued the victims were robbed.
Edward Tonkin, while hunting near
Cloquet on Sunday, mistook Roger
Olds, his companion, for a bear and
shot him. The two men were hunting
deer and interrupted the winter sleep
of black bear. The animal made
off into the brush before they could
get shot at him, but Tonkin sent
Olds on ahead to scare him out of the
brush, while he waited to get a shot.
Tonkin soon saw a movement in the
brush, and thinking it was the bear,
let drive. It proved to be Olds, and
one of the bullets lodged in his heart.
Conrad S. Orland, farm hand en-
ployed at clearing land near the town
of Adolph, in St. Louis county, paid
the penalty of idle curiosity with his
life on Friday, and relative of his
employer is seriously injured. The
latter's name is Charles Burland.
The men were sitting about a fire just
after dinner and Orland was lingering
a dynamite cap. II wonder how
much of noise this would make all
by ITSELF" said Orland, as he tossed
the cap into the fire. The explosion
of the cap was of sufficient energy to
set off nineteen sticks of dynamite that
lay near by. Orland was picked up
in pieces.
! 219 Republicans, 172 Democrats.
The temporary roll call of the house
OF representatives for the sixty first
congress has been completed and nnh