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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
HERE AND THERE

The national encampment OF Odd Fellows
will be held at Syracuse, N. Y, the second
week Of July 1891.
The populatio n Of Cincinnati is 296,,3O 8, a
gain of Al, Ito in ten years; ut least that is
what the census bureau reports.
Two large lottery companies from the
United States have asked the Mexican gov
ernment for q concession, but President
Diaz says he will refuse the request.
The Manhattan Oil company, the Sun Oil
company and the Paragon Oil company have
com bined. with capital of 81, 900 900 and
| will compete with the Standard.
The antilottery law passed by congress
recently has had O wonderful effect on the
New Orleans postoff1ce, and it's business has
80 decreased that lnrge reduction i'll the
force has been made. .
The Chicago council has passed a resolu-
ton requesting the mayor to ask tile nttorney
general OF the state to begin actions in quo
swarranto against the gas companies which
form the Chicago gas trust, for the purpose
offorteiting their charters. 5.z5f
Tho surveying PARTIES at work On the ced-
ed portions Of the Sioux reservation are pro-
crossing enthusiastically with their work, and
| one contractor snyR that pats for a roodlv.
portion Of the land will be mplete,i and
me lana ofhces pc rendy to receive filings by
Nov. j. st
Col. Oh, Moore Of Coldwater, Mich. has
been taken to St. Joseph Retreat, a private
asylum, for treatment. Col. Moore Ia the
man who, when his command was surround.
ed July 4. 1868, By the rebel general Morgan
at Iibbs' Bend, KY, cut his way out against
fearful odds, replying, whom summoned to
surrender, with tho words which made him
inmous: Yankees never surrender on the
Fourth Of July"
The twenty eighth annirersary Of tho
issuing o. the emancipation proclamation
by President Lincoln. was observed by the
second annual reunion Of the Old Abolition.
lists, in Boston. Anumber 81 mon and won.
en- who Ind been devoted to the agitation
were present Hon. Frederick Dougl ass adj
dressed the assem- hlags In brief speech in
closing he declared there was no race nrob.
lem lem in this nation, md the only problem
was sas, 70 make this nation live up to the
the president. ''sA q.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

The "Noon Rest is the title of an
institu ton devised for the benefit
OF the business women and girls Of
indianapolis by the Young Women 8
Christian Temperance Union. It is
a sort OF woman's club, the rooms
OF which are open each day from 10
a. m. to3 P. M, where all yonng
women who work in stores and
shops are invited to spend their noon
hours. Tables are provided for
lunches, and milk, tea, coffee and
chocolate are served cor three cents
a cup.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
MINOR ACCIDENTS.

Henry Warner, wife and three children
were accidentlv poisoned at East Lynn, ILL.,
One CT the children is dead. another will die
and Warmers condition is precariou S.
Nine tanks in the Standard oil works at
Cavan Point, Jersey City. have been de-
stroyei by fire. Loss 500, 900. The fire
was the result of an explosion.
The steamer Ajax has been wrecked at Pc
troba, on the northern coast of California
! The passengers and crew were all saved The
Ajax was owned by the Oregon Coal and
Navigation company.
Samuel Ambrose while digging a we'll on
his farm south of LIE Mars, Iowa, was hit on
the head by q bucket falling 80 Feet and the
skull fractured. The fracture was trephined
and Ambrose is expected to recover.
The six raftsmen who were imprisoned on
rock in the rapids near Ottawa, Ont, by
the breaking ola tow rope and the getting
away of the ra t, were rescued after being in
peril OF their lives three days and nights.
The boiler of an engine attached to a
freight train exploded at Sherman Heights,
five miles from Chattanooga. All that can
be found of the engineer and fireman is a
coat The brakeman was seriously in lured
The engine was blown to atoms.
Lake shore engine at Ashland, Wis.,.
struck thirteen-year-o girl, Emma John
son, and several cars passed over her before
the train could be stopped. She was hor-
rible mutilated, the head being completely
severed from the body and rolling down an
embankmenr.
man known as Patrick Burke tried to
get on a lumber train which was leaving
Clinton, Iowa. Burke was drunk, fell be-
meath the Wheels his right leg was cut off
no ioH inxv ofk
was performed. Letters were found upon his
person which show that his name was not
Burke but Albert England, machinist. He
|, came from Sterling, Iii.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

The proposition to tablish flax
Industries in the northwest is a straw
which shows which way the wind is
blowing. The wind has blown flax
straw to the dogs heretofore. 1t will
be u good thing for the farmers of
the northwest when the straw which
rots in the fields is turned by home
manufactures into useful forms.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

BURGLARS are so thick in Omaha
that the World-Herald has doubt
about the safety OF leaving the god
dess Of Liberty on the roof of the
Coliseum out O. nights. The same
paper also says: cit is easier to
find corpse in Omaha when it ism t
wanted than to find the coroner
when he is"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

IT IS said. that thirty new one-doi-
lar bills weigh as much as 2Odollar
gold piece. Any one who can get
hold of $50 at one time can easily
ascertain the truth OF the above
statement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

AFTER a series of very careful ex-
periments, Prof. Cohn of Breslau has
found that the heating of damp hay
to a temperature sufficient to cause
spontaneous combustion is due to q
fungus.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
Deliberately Fired Upon.

Al VIENNA Sept 3O.--A reports current
here that a deliberate attempt was made
upon the lives of King Alexander of Servia
and his father, ex- King Milan, ut Belgrade
yesterday. The story that bomb was ac-
cidentall exploded under the royal car
rage is said To have been given to tho pub
lie by the authorities in order to minimize
the importance OF the affair. The young
king and his father, it is asserted. We're de-
iliberately fired at by some one i'll the crowd
OF spectators. 4.s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

THE romance Of diamond mining
is all gone. 1t is now a matter of ex-
cavating vast beds of blue clay by
machinery, washing it and sitting
out the diamonds, which, after being
roughly sorted for size, are sold in
bulk by weight.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

IT is claimed that Chinaman,
Hee Ii, discovered America in the
year PIT B. c. Perhaps he did;
there is something familiar about,
the name.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
Haggart for the Senate.

FARao, N. D., Special Telegram. Sept. 50.
CART carried every ward as the candidate
Tor the state senate. The fight has been -
hard one. Anti lottery resolutions in the
Fourth ward were voted down by II to $780,
1t was not considered that the lottery was
ali issue The fight was mainly between
the Great n orthern and the Northern Pa
citic, md tho latter won. s. ss
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

Mrs. ELIZABETH PEABODY, of Bos-
ton, who first introduced the Froe-
bel system of kindergarten educa-
ton, is nearly 90 years Of age. She
is stronger mentally than physical
1y and retains her interest in educa-
tional matters.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

A SPECIES OF willow grows in Scot
land, the slipping OF whose flowers
will make a bumble-bee drunk, but
it takes him about q day to get the
necessary load aboad.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

The St. Paul Pioneer Press gives
good reasons for insisting that even
under the last count the population
of Minneapolis has been padded to
the extent of $4,000 names. The
real count should have been 40, 900,
whereas Minneapolis is assigned
$4,000. f
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

Those anarchists who object to
longer paying pensions to Mrs. Par
sons and the brevet widow of Spies
have tumbled to the fact that talk IL
not q legal tender.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
pEoPLEoF NOTE

Ex-Congressman Frank L. Morey Of Lou
fsiann diedin Washington. Malarial troubles
contracted during the time Of the recent
heavy floods in Louisiana, when his plant a.
ton was inundated. combined With brain
alterations, were the causes of his death.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
TOO MUCH STEAM.

Two Men hllled anu Another Fatally
Injured by = Boiler Explosion.
GRAY Forks, N. ~, Special Telegram,
Sept. 80 The boiler of a threshn,g machine
exploded this morning on the farm OF Ans
den & Sweat, twenty-five miles south Of
this city, Instantly killing Osmund KNIT.
son, engineer, and Charles Stein, pitcher.
knute Ostrcim, the fireman, was severely
3scalded about the face and chest, and had
both legs broken. His injuries are proba-
bly, fatal A defective steam gauge is said
to be responsible for the accident.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
Terms:-$2.oo per year in advance.

IT is only one person among q
thousand who becomes q centena-
rian, and hardly six persons among
thousand who attain seventy five
years of age.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
HOW THEY GROW.

Population of Montana Cities and the
State of Montana.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3O.-The census bureau
to-day announced the populations OF. cities
and towns as follows:
Population. Increase.
Butte ,7Ol 1888
Helena Ii 1874 1920
The populationsof the state OF Montana
by counties was announced to-day by the
bllrnal nS.f 10 II a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02

At Salt Lake CITY II Miss Olsen. a tiressmaker,
shot md instantly killed u gambler nnnled Hat,
With whom she had been intimate and who re-
iusod 70 Marry her. M IL ff Is
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
CLARKsoN,s SUCCESSOR.
Smith a. Wakefield of Ohio Nominated
for Assistant Postmaster General.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 80. THE president
sent the following nominations to the sem
ate to-day:
Smith A. Whitfield. Ohio, first assistant post
master general; James Lowrie Bell. Pennsyl-
Alonzo l.. Richardson, United States marshal
OF Idaho; John N. Irwin OF Iowa, governor Of
commission provided for by diplomatic and
consular appropriation act): Alexander J. Cas-
sat satt OF pennsylvania. George N. Pullman OF IL.
linois, Henry G.. Davis OF West Virginia; Sem
pronius H. Boyd OF Missouri minister resident
and consul general to Siam.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-02
IlepnIse,l Nv the Frencll.

80 -7-- Is puIsett by the 7FreMch.
PARIS, Sept. SO. Dispatches from Sencaal
say that Chief Ahnladon besieged Kama
kari, but was finally repulsee by the
French. who .repllsed the chiefs army end
killed $50 OF his mon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20
A CLEVER DEAL.
Prominent Eastern Business Men BecomeIn
terested in Wichita-A Favorable Recog-
milton for the Metropolis Of the
Great Southwest,

A sale was made yesterday and some
money put up, and within ten days the re-
mainder will be paid, calling in all fol
S32, 500. The purchasers are well known
all over the country, and with headquar,
tiers at one of the leading cities on the con.
tlnent do a wholesale business reaching
out for hundreds of miles. The gentle
man making the sale is one of the leading
business men of the city, and for some
weeks, in fact months, has been in CONSUL
tatiOn with the parties about the matter.
He was accOsted on the question and was
somewhat surprised to find out that any
thing about the deal was known. He in
sisted that nothing of a definite character
shOnld be made public until the deal is
closed completely.
An inquiry was made as to the cause of
such prominent parties making the pur-
chase; whether or not it was simply
an investment to hold, feeling sure that
investments as investments purely, in
Wichita would be a mOney-making turn,
or whether it was intended to locate a
wholesale house in wichita. He replied by
alleging that he was unable to tell, but
his actions indicated that he knew more
CiIdli lIC w a. ICduy VI NllllASo W give away
just at the time.
The property purchased is partially i'm
proved but the improvements are of such
a character that they can be removed at
little cost and in their place building
constructed which can be given every
facility for wholesale business. 1t also
comes on good authority that one of the
reasons for not making the facts of the
deal known at present is that in another
part of the city some other sales are under
consideration, and the facts in the one
might interfere with other matters and
cause trouble. The whole affair is good
news for Wichita property owners and
business men, and the fact that those max
ing the investments are taking financial
interest in the city, means that that they
are quite certain that Wichita is the bust
ness center of the southwest and that rapid
development in business and rapid liz
crease in values are certain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20
ONE HUNDRED MEN EMPLOYED.
Rushing the Work on the Wichita Electric
Railway System--ImpOrtant Contracts
to be Awarded During the
Present Week,

The Wichita Electric Railway company
had an even hundred men at work yeSter-
day removing track and getting ready to
put in the electric line. The west track on
Main street from Central to Twelfth street
has been removed and also track on To
peka avenue line north of Thirteenth street
taken up, also the Peerless addition branch
on the West side.
Work on track laying for the electric
line will commence tomorrow on Topeka
avenue at Thirteenth street and run north
to packing houses. On Tuesday work will
commence on Main street at Twelfth and
the track on the west side put down,
running south to the avenue.
Mr.. j. 0. Davidson, president of the
company, received a letter from Chicago
yesterday stating that the electrician
would reach here Tuesday when he will
commence planning the work in that line.
The directory Of the company on Wednes-
day will hold meeting to consider the
question of making a purchase of machin-
cry for plant, excepting the electrical
machinery. The companies in that bust
ness will have agents here who will, proba
bly,, at the time submit bids which will be
considered. Should the bids be low enough
in all probability the contract will be
awarded within few days in order to get
ready to commence work on the power
plant. This will enable the company to
get to work on the plant, lire and road and
within few days between two and three
hundred men will be employed and the
new system rushed to completion as rapid
ly as the work can be done in a lasting and
substantial manner. The management is
fully aware of the fact that it will be thor
oughly business to do all the work in the
best possible manner as the system is be-
ing put in for service and the dividends
will be increased by few break-downs and
stops. SO it is no rush job beyond doing
everything in the most substantial man
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20
PERSONALS.

B. VI. Vass, of Buffalo, is at the Metro
pole.
Mr. c. a. Holbut, St. Louis, is at the
Manhattan.
Mr.. f. f. Stanard, Chicago, is at the
Manhattan.
Mr. T. Grady, Arkansas City, was in the
city yesterday.
T. G. Mcclellan, of Memphis, is stopping
at the Metrople.
Mr.. J. w Gunther, Greenburg, was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. II. w. Barry, New York, is regis
tered at the Carey.
d. A. Smith, of Chicago, is autographed
at the Occidental
J. r. CarweIl, of St. Joe, is looking after
business in the city.
Mr.. + John Bigby, Philadelphia, is at
the Carey today.
Mr.. G. H. Healy, EngIewood, Kan, will
Sunday in Wichita.
Mr.. J. r. Henry, of Argonia, spent yes
terday with friends in the city.
DR. O. Home, of Winfield. was calling
on friends III the city yesterday.
Mr.. w. G. Fairchild, of Larned, spent
yesterday among friends in the city.
James L. Jackson, of st. Louis, reached
the city yesterday and will Sunday at the
Occidental.
Mr. G. NJ, Warden, of Hutchinson, was
looking after some business matters in the
city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs a. G. Ireland have re
turned to EmpOria. after pleasant visit
with Mrs A II. Ward.
w c. johnson, W. r. Jameson and T.
A. Williams, of Grand Island, Neb, will
Sunday a the MprFODOtp
Mr. O. NJ Sherman returned yesterday
from Galveston, where he has been attend
ing to some business matters for several
weeks.
Mr. Hillingsworth, of the Cracker COM
pany, has Just returned from very pleas
ant vacation at New Orleans, where he
spent some weeks with friends and rela-
tiyeS.
General VIM. Clark, adiutant general in
Logan's corps, managero of the Equitable"
in Denver is in the city today the guest of
Col. Emmett Callahan.
Mr. Benjamin H. Miller, Indian inspec-
tor of the department of the interior, Is in
the city visiting his nephew, ". /. W.
Miller. Mr. Miller is returning from a trip
through the territory, where he has been
the past two months.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20
THE FAIR,

A visit to the office of the secretary of
Fair association almost any evening of the
week will find that officer busy answering
enquiries of a varied nature connected
with the fair, from not only the different
counties Of this state, but many states
contiguous to this. During the past week
more than 500 hundred circulars have
been mailed to Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Nebraska Colorado, Iowa. Michigan, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Arkansas and Texas
The selection of site for holding the fair
this year will be made tomorrow by Colonel
Campbell and the secretary, when the
active work of preparation will begin. The
merchants of the city, as far as interview
ed, are very enthusiastic over the prospects
and the exhibits promised will be of a
character in keeping with the enterprise of
the various houses Exhibits will also be
made from other towns in the district and
the management contemplate the necessity
for more buildings with pleasure. The Sc
lection of dates for holding this fair has
been a very judicious one. Kansas City
precedes Wichita and the Colorado circuit
of fairs follows. Exhibitors can make eX-
cellent arrangements for the transportation
of stock and will not hesitate to come
The fact that every county in the district
will be represented in the competition of
some product will be of itself an attrac-
ton which can not be eXcelled anywhere
and will enable the visitors from abroad to
form some idea of southern Kansas and
her immense productions. The time is not
long for the work which is to be done and
it is hoped that every citizen will take such
pride in the success of the undertaking
As will cause them to render all the assist
ance possible. If any suggestions can be
thought of Secretary McNair, Colonel NJ.
Stewart or Colonel B. II. Campbell will be
glad to have them, and if practicable will
act upon them at once.
Let the motto of the Board of Trade,
Harmony, Unity, Strength, Success" be
the motto of all and the fair of 1890 will
be one of the greatest events of the year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20
WORK OF THE CITY ASSESSOR.

City Assessor W. F. Green has about
completed the work of placing valuations
on real estate in the city, and is now max
ing valuations OF improvements. In this
work he is accompanied by Mr.. Harry
Stewart, who keeps the record Of valna-
tions. and Mr.. Harry Brans0m. 1t Is esti-
mated that it will take At least forty days
10 complete this part Of the job. They
visit every improvement from on end OF a
street to another. and covering the city
calls for many miles of travel When this
Is completed the personal property state
ment will be given attention. Some Of
the blanks are being mailed now, but few
coming back filed out. This sort Of cor
respondence does not appear to be Is lively
and interesting to both parties as some
other kinds. but it viii be kept up, accord
ing to Mr.. Green, and silence may be con-
sidered no but viii not be taken for an
"a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20
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AT THE STOCK YARDS,

Business booming at the stock yards.
More cattle, more hogs and more money
than ever during the past week.
The week just closed has been the largest
in the history of the Wichita Union stock
yards. Shippers, commission men and
buyers are well pleased with the week 5
business and are iubilant over prospects
for the bright future of Wichita's live
stock market. Shippers and stock raisers
all over the southwest are beginning to
fully realize that this will very soon be the
market for all the stock grown in the vast
territory lying to the west and southwest
of this market and many of the doubling
ones now admit that they will be compell-
ed to ship TO this market altogether very
soon or lose money by going farther east.
The receipts for the past week at the yards
were 1,419 cattle and >, 72S hogs and for the
corresponding week of last year 296 cattle
and 1887 hogs gain of 1,1S3 cattle and
4, al hogs, which should be positive proof
to the most skeptical that Wichita is fast
gaining position to be envied by some of
the now larger live stock markets of the
country and will within five or six years
outrank many of them.
The money passing through the stock
yards branch of the Citizens bank to han
die this large volume of business averages
from S15, 600 to $4,000 daily and a large
portion of this goes into the hands of Kan
sas farmers. This industry Is certainly as
Stunning immense proportions and viii
probably surprise the most sanguine in
growth during the next twelve months.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-20
BIG AND LUCKY THINGS

One lucky and two big things have fallen
to Wichita within the past few days and
the new railway projects are not counted.
They are held in allegiance Just for the
present.
Dozeus of men and several newspapers
will undoubtedly assure the public that
they know all about what they are, but
they don't all the same. Booms are ever
regretted and always avoided but can't al
ways be helped. The lucky thing is in
the shape of big pile of cash, a somewhat
scarce, but none the less necessary com
modify Wichita gets 1.-THE cash we
mean The big things" arenearly enough
materialized to quicken the pulses of the
knowing fnanciers. But hooms must be
Stunned. When they get to going they
are hard to stop-very hard The big
things will not only place big piles of
money in Wichita, where it will be invest
ed but, what is very much better, will
establish interests which will bring more
money and continue TO bring money in
ever increasing volumes best represented
by the rule of arithmetical progression.