The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-06-04


or municipality become closed
against the saloon can not embrace
any territory within village or city.
j.. Another Ocean Catastrophe.
Once more great maritime disas-
ter causes a thrill of horror to en-
cicle the globe. Approximately ], 900
people were almost instantly plunged
into eternity when the Canadian Pa
cific steamer, Empress of Ireland,
sank in the St. Lawrence river after
being rammed by the Danish collier
Storstad.
From the accounts of the saved it
seems that soon after che ship was
rammed she careened until her deck
stood at right angles to the water.
She slid slowly into the water and it
was only possible to launch five boats
in the brief interval before she sank.
1t appears that it was misty but not
actually foggy when the crash oc-
Cured. The Empress was on her
course and Captain Kendall was on
the bridge and ordered the ship
slowed down. Then he made out the
lights of an approaching steamer.
He whistled and the steamer an
swered, indicating that the signal
had been understood. The vessels
we're far apart when these signals
were exchanged. AS they came
nearer the Empress engines came
to a full stop, but she drifted under
her momentum. Then Capt. Ken
dali, it is said, ordered SLOW
astern The Storstad kept on her
way toward the liner and one theory
is that Capt. Anderson of the Stor-
stad tried to cross the bow of the
larger boat. At any event her nose
missed the bow of the liner and she
plunged into her just amidships. 1t
was not severe shock but the
wound inflicted was at the spot
where the double hull and. bulk
heads were of no avail, and the En-
press with almost half the crew and
the major portion of it's passengers
went down to destruction and death.
:. Town and County Boards, Attention.
Last week the state supreme court
handed down a decision in which it
) was held that public officers are la
: BILE for failure to perform their min
isterial duties. F. sss"a
: The case ruled upon was appealed
i from Lyon county. John Tholkes, a
farmer, while driving, ran into a
ditch where the cu]vert had been re-
) moved. He sued Evo De Cook and
: other township highway officers for
). damages. charging negligence. The
5 lower court decided against Tholkes.
The opinion was written by Chief
Justice Brown, and the syllabus
follows: -
5 l. Public officers are answerable
: to private persons for injuries re-
sulting from the negligent perform
! ance of their ministerial duties.
: 2. The rule applies to township
2 highway officers.
y 3. Defendants, township highway
), officers, in the repair of a road
within their district, removed a cul-
D vert extending across the same, and
l negligently and carelessly left the
ditch resulting from the removal OF
. the culvert open and exposed over
= night, without. lights, guards or
t warnings of any kind. and plaintiff,
S while travelling along the road un-
+ aware of the dangerous condition
thereof as negligently left by such
K defendants are liable for the injuries
t thus occasioned, Notwithstanding the
O fact that the town of which they
= were officers is not liable.
8 The above decision is good law and
good sense. A party who is injured
by the negligence of public officers
: should be entitled to ample damages.
: and yet it would not be fair to hold
: the innocent taxpayers of the NUM-.
> cipa]ity responsible Township, vii.
> lage, city and county officers would
- do we'll to ponder over this decision.
Jack-Lind.
n Duren Jack and Miss Mabel Limo
d were quietly married at Herman
+. Monday evening at O'Clock. The
n service was performed at the parlor:
r. of the Methodist parsonage by Rev
IS Barthol of the Herman M. E.
church. Only the Immediate rela
St tiyes Of the bride and groom were
IS present Those from Princeton who
p were in attendance at the ceremon!
le were the groom's parents, Mr.. ane
Mrs. G. A. Jack, and Mrs. Henri,
Lind, mother Of the bride.
s The groom is q young man O
o. sterling qualities He is a graduate