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CITIZENS STATE BANK.
(INCORPORATED) OF PRINCETON, niNNESOTA._-^J
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Established 1892
Incorporated 1897
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Retail orders solicited and
promptly delivered in the
village Exchange work
solicited
Paid Up Capital
Surplus,
i BANK O PRINCETON. 1
J. J. SKAHEN, Cashier and Manager
Does a General Banking Business.
Collecting and Farm and
Insurance.
i Railroad Lands i
M. S. RUTHERFORD,
Land Agent. Princeton, Minn.
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change S. S. PETTERSON, Pres.
T. H. CALEY, Vice Pres.
Q. A. EATON, Cashier.
Village Loans.
Fine Hardwood Lands, Meadows and Open Lands, at my
Low Prices and on Easy Terms, for sale by /m
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kp St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Companies.
m? For Maps, Prices, and any other information,
fay write to
Things
for Spring.
We Have
the Latest.
E. B. ANDERSON.
HOLDS REGULAR
Fifty Good Young Horses and Mules Constantly en Hand.
Private Sales Daily.
Time Oiven on Approved Paper.
E. MARK, Auctioneer.
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to
See our new Shift Waist,
Ribbons, and wash mater*
ials. Laces and insertions,
the nobbiest stock in town.
Call on us for anything you
want and we will be glad
to show you what we have.
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Jon Snapsr
John N. Berg
Dealer in
Dry Goods,
Boots and Shoes,
Groceries,
Crockery, etc.
Princeton, Minn.
Do not
Forget that
R. D. BYERS
keeps a good line of up-to date goods
and when you want auything the
dry goods grocery or shoe line call
and see him before you buy It
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The time has arrived when
you must lay aside your
winter clothing and prepare
for warm weather. Our
stock of summer goods is
complete and the colors and
patterns are this season's
productions.
no trouble to show goods even if "you
do not wish to buy now and we are
constantly getting new goods
which you ought to see
Here
is the place to get the best goods for
the least money as it hao Always
been at
The New Store
on the old corner. i
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Princeton^'fSSisvrmTii
Meat Market.
E, RIPPON & GO, Prop.
Wholesale and retail dealer i
MEATSn.
Fish, Poultry and Game
in Season.
Princeton, Minn.
Dr. C. F, Walker
Dentist. 1
Plates
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Gold and
Porcelain Crowns.
Teeth extracted without pain by
use of Vitalized Air.
Call and have your teeth ex
amined free of charge. Appoint
ments may be made by telephone
call 55.
In Princeton
1st to 20th
Office in Chapman Building.
In Cambridge
121 to 28th"
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of each
month.
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Gouldberg & Anderson's store.
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ONIICTIONS.
Term of the
Courtis Dealing Out Justice
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S*$ to^Criminals. ^:v~-
Y*al and Stanley Were Found Otiilty
of Assault out the Burglar
^Was Acquitted.
The adjourned term of the district
court opened yesterday morning at 9
"eloelc and by 10 o'clock the case of
Harry Ray, charged with burglariz
ing the office of the Princeton Roller
Mill company was well under way.
Contrary to all expectations little time
was coosumed in securing a jury,
When the case of Ray and McGinnis
was reached a new attorney put in an
appearance, E. F. Thompson, of Min
neapolis. It was stated to the court
that he had not been hired by the de
fendants, but had been^ sent to look
after their interests by friends. The
court saw no good reason why thenight
county should pay an attorney for de
fending them when another attorney
had been employed, and consequently
icformed Mr. Cormany that the county
was no longer responsible for his fees,
bat that for appearing in the case and
conducting the pleadings, -etc., he
would allow him $25 This did notfrom
suit Mr, Cormany who informed the
court that he considered he was en
titled to more. The court announced
that the amount was ample and then
aiffer a consultation with the defen
dants, who by the way are well sup
plied with money, Cormany announced
that he would continue to appear.
The first witnesses examined were
J^iliaai Zimmerman and Joseph Craig,
proprietors of the mill, M. Sausser
and Judge A Dickey, before whom
the preliminary examination was held.
Mr. Zimmerman told of taking the
the bulk of the money from the safe on
the evening of Nov. 17, leaving only
-60 cents, all in pennies He told of one
penny which was among those left
which was bent and marked in a pecu
liar way which had attracted his at
tention because it was impossible for
him to stack up the pile, and which
wasj^eFwawl found to be among those
w^nieh Ray and McGinnis had given
Mrs. Nj enhuis in payment for a lunch.
He further told of the discovery of the
woodwork of the safe and part of the
contents in a box car
The testimony of Mr. Craig dealt
principally with the condition of the
safe when he arrived at the offioe Sun
day morning and in some ways was
corroborative of the evidence of his
partner
Mr. Sausser testified to the visit of
Ray and McGinnis to his store on the
day in question and of their peculiar
actions which led him to set one of his
clerks to watch the pair. They seemed
to be particularly interested in his
safe.
Mr. Dickey was called to place the
testimony given at the preliminary ex
amination in evidence and also the
peculiarly marked penny which has
since been in his possession. There
were a few squabbles over the admis
sion of this evidence and when the
court adjourned at noon "Mr. Dickey
was still on the stand.
In the afternoon Mrs Nyenhuis was
called and positively identified the par
ties who were at her residence and
paid her the pennies for food. The
attorneys for the defense attempted to
prove that she could not identify the
penny, but she quickly selected it from
a half dozen similarly disfigured and
thus strengthened the State's case.
Frank Blair was called and identified
Ray as one of the two men who made
inquiries of him concerning the road
to Milaca on Sunday. The attempts of
the defense to tangle him on cross ex
amination proved unavailing.
Mr. Zimmerman was recalled and
positively identified the penny as the
one he had noticed -among those he
left in his safe on the night of the
burglary.
The State then rested and Mr. Cor
many opened for the defense.
The first witness called was Mrs.itively
were on their way to Princeton for
which Ray paid her 30 cents, twenty
pennies and two nickels. She also
testified that he had several more pen
nies in his pocket.
Mrs. Ray was next called and told of
the departure of her husband and exsame
plained how he happened to have so
always saved the'pennies she received
in change and kept them in a cup
When Harry left he^took all the small
change in the house, about $7.50,_
among them being fifty or sixty pen
nies she had in her cup. She also told
of his arrival
arcejst. Herjitisband had told her be
was going to the woojiMo secure work
and would be home in time for Christ
District mas. McGinnis was taken sick and
they returned home at once^ She de
nied that Ray brought home any large
amounts money, or that she bought
dry goods, etc., between his arriyal
and arrest.
Ray next took the stand in his own
behalf and told of his starting to look
for work7 How he left his wife $20
and took all the small change in the
house, "because he wanted to be as
saving as he could." How he beat his
way on freight trains to Elk River,
where he remained a day and a half.
Then of his coming to Princeton by way
of Zimmerman and calling at Mark's
barn in search of work but found Mr.
Mark gone. He swore he left Princeton
on the evening train, again beating
his way and that when the Train
stopped at Long's Siding he got off
thinking he had reached the junction
at Milaca and then how he and Mc
Ginnis wandered around in the coun
trj and became lost sleeping that
in a school house. McGinnis
was so sick that they were obliged to
remain there all day Sunday with noth
ing to eat save what Ray had put in
his pocket from Saturday night's lunch.
The next morning they obtained food
from Mrs. Nyenhuis, paying for it with
some of the pennies he had brought
home and then gone to Bridg
man. He admitted being in the Neu
mann store, but said he was not there
to exceed a few minutes and then went
to Milaca He was never in Bridg
man again At Milaca he asked one
man for employment and after staying
around there all day started for home
with McGinnis by way of Hinckley.
The cross examination lasted for
some time and was very searching.
Several times he denied emphatically
statements that had been made and
claimed that he intended to see if he
could not secure work from the Min
neapolis lumbermen on his return in
stead of hustling around among the
upper camps by himself.
In rebuttal the State called Edna
Grant, the lady of whom the defendant
rented rooms She testified to the
purchase of a large amount of dry
goods by Ray and wife on his return
from the trip While this does not
^raaliy eoarayn the case on trial it con
nects the defenSant with'the loss at
Bridgman.
Harry Pratt was also called in re
buttal and testified that he met the de
fendant and McGinnis in Piinceton on
the Saturday evening question at
10 o'clock or after and he thinks at the
time they were clad in overalls. An
other piece of evidence which hurt the
defense was that given by Wick
lund. The defendant testified that
they bought no meals Princeton,
but subsisted on lunches purchased at
grocery stores and butcher Bhops. Mr.
Wicklund testified positively that the
defendants were at his hotel for dinner
on Nov 17.
In surrebuttal Mr. O'Neill, a rail
road man was called, who testified to
meeting the defendants in Minneapolis
early in the morning of Nov. 20.
This closed the_ testimony and after
the pleas and the judge's charge the
case was given to the jury. The jury
took the case at about
Olson who testified that she got break
fa3t for Ray^nd. McGtnnis while they ination failed to shake- his testimony,
Guf Moey corroborated ^Anderson's
testimony and told how Stanley had
attempted to interfere with Douglas
when the latter eame around the coun
|er to quell the disturbance.
John Newton told practically the
story but could not swear posi
tively that Veal kicked him,' the
bil-war.
many pennies around his clothes. She Hard table being between him and the
principals,
E. F. Dougmsf^illiam O'Malley
George Orr and George Howard cor
roborated most of the testimony,^ ex
cept that Howard said he thought he
could see someone "stepping on Ander-
s5 o'clock last
night.
The case of the State against Ed
Veal and George Stanley was next
called and the remainder of the jury
panel was exhausted before twelve
acceptable men were secured. The
defense exhausted its peremptory chal
lenges early but was fortunate later in
findingxthe men called either so biased
a& to be excused by the court or hapily
ignorant of the facts When the jury
was completed the court adjourned to
7:30 in the evening
When the court was called to order
the examination of witnesses was imthe
mediately taken up and the attorneys
on both sides seemed to be willing that
the truth should be known.
The first witness for Ihe State was
Lars Anderson, the victim of the asto
sault. He told how "Veal and his party
had attempted to force him to pay forparture
their lunches and on his refusing to do
so Veal assaulted him He swore pos
that Veal kicked "him in the
head and about the face. Cross exam
positively^whose feeVwere doing the-"*
stepping. ^Dr. Armitage was called to
testify to the wounds and said that the
only permanent injury received was
the disfigurement of the face.
Veal for the defense did not deny the
assault, but claimed he did not kick
Anderson while down. He thought
the cuts on the cheek and on the lip
were caused by Anderson's falling
against the leg of the billiard table as
he went down. Stanley followed with
practically the sam& testimony and
Joseph Evens and Will Young saw the
same kind of a "rough house." They
did not see Stanley mix in it and did
not hear him say to Veal, "Kick the
head off himit's what he deserves,"
as testified to by some of the other wit
nesses. The attorneys dial not make
lengthy pleas, but the court was very
explicit in his charge and the case was
givea to the jury at 9 o'clock for their
consideration
A feature of the evening session was
the large number of ladies in attend
ance. The evening session gave them
an opportunity to witness the workings
of the legal mill and they were out in
force.
The Veal jury came to an early
agreement, being out less than an
hour. They brought in a verdict of
guilty of assault in the second degree
against both defendants. This means
a reformatory sentence for both the
boys and should prove a valuable les
son to others similarly inclined.
Early this morning the Ray jury
agreed on a verdict and were dis
charged. This jury perpetrated an un
pleasant surprise upon the public by
bringing in a verdict of not guilty.
While it wa3 shown by reputable wit
nesses that recently stolen property
was in his possession, the jury by some
unknown method of reasoning found
he was not connected with the crime.
This morning the defendants Ray
and McGinnis were taken into court
and the cases against them continued
over the term. Bail was fixed at $300
in each case and the boys are hustling
for the "spuds" necessary to obtain
their freedom
As soon as the burglary cases were
disposed of the case vf the State
against Greenough was called. After
the usual legal sparring the jury was
secured and the first witness^ called
was Joseph Sawyer, one of the oarties
indicted for raping Mrs. Mitchell.
He told of visiting the woman houso
and witnessing a parfrof the-erime for
which Greenough is being tried. The
facts were revolting and no self respect
ing newspaper would give them pub
licity.
The cross-examination by Mr "Don
nelly was a searching one and-the wit
ness was obliged to appeal to the court
several times to prevent incriminating
himself. He has told all that he
could without doing this and the de
fense appears to be trying to show that
special inducements had been offered
him to testify as he has. In return
Mr. Donnelly is striving to secure aid
missions which will show the witness'
guilt. In trying to ward off this Saw
yer will probably Gontradict some of
the testimony he has given and thus
help the defendant's case with the jury.
The case is still on trial as we go to
press and will probably consume the
entire day.
Among the cases still for trial are:
The State vs. A Damon the State
vs. Jerry Kilmer,, who defaulted his
bond the State vs. E. F. Douglas the
State vs. Sawyer, all of whom have
been arraigned.
Mike Rice Dead.
Monday morning the report that
Mike Rice was dead was current about
the streets, but as such a report had v
been circulated once or twice before*
people were a little skeptical. An
investigation however proved that the
statement was true. Rice had died
alone in his rooms sometime Sunday
afternoon or evening. The end seemed
have come suddenly and there were
no signs of a struggle, a peaceful de
to the unknown land. Mike
Rice was an old soldier and the funeral
was conducted by the old veterans of
Wallace T. Rmes P,ost, Rev. Fr Lev
ings performing the rites of the Catho-^
lie ritual at the church and at the
grave. A squad of Company veter
ans acted as a firing squad at the re~
quest of the deceased and the body was
given a military burial.^
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Michael Rice was- a member of the
Thirty-ninth Wisconsin, and served
from the opening until the close of ther
At its close he w^ent to Kansas,
where he remained for some time, and
during his stay-there was a member of "Se
the-posse which sought to capture the 7"^'
James and. Younger boys when they
were declared outlaws. He has been ~iP-
atesident of Princeton many years and ,3^^
it can be truly said that he died with^&SLlf
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