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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08
GENERAL,

The Southern Manufacturing Associ.
alton has been called to meet at Augusta,
Ga, Nov. q and %.
The members Of the commercial bodies
Of Mobile have resolved to substitute q
steamship line to South America,
MANY are said to have been killed in the
rush attending the opening of the town
site of Chandler in Oklahoma.
The total shortage Of ex-Treasnrer
Woodruff Of Arkansas has been ascertained
to be $257,OOO. 'N'1oN
The largest oil well in the country was
struck Is miles west Of Pittsburg. It was
estimated to be flowing at the rate Of 10 ON
barrels day.
The Kentucky Savings bank, the fourth
bank that has failed in Louisville inside Of
six months, has closed its DOORS Unlike
the other failures, however, the depositors
in this instance will be paid in full. 80
The North German Lloyd Steamship
company has advertised for bids for the
construction of several passenger and
freight steel steamships of the whaleback
pattern ofabout 6, 600 tons burden.
EXPORTS Of merchandise fromthe United
States during the month of August appre-
gated in value $72,750, 1873 against $56. 1sq-
345 in August, 1890. Imports during
August past were valued at $68 S94. 754
against $6l, zoo, 40 in August, 1890.
CUSTOMS officials recently collected $40 600
excess duties from Leibes Bros. & Co.. cigar.
manufacturers ofSan Francisco, who en-
tered q large consignment of tobacco as SUI
matra filters which was appraised by cns-
toms officers as Sumatra wrappers. ST.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08
RAILROADS.

HE Cincinnati Freight association has
liked rates from Cincinnati to St. Paul and
Minneapolis at 20 per cent above Chicago
rates. -. a~.. --..:gs #ss.
HE earnings of the Northern Pacific for
the first eighteen days Of September exceed
those of the same period last year to the
amount of 500, III.
EMMoNs BLAINE is to be an assistant to
President Mayer of the Baltimore & Ohio,
with headquarters at Chicago, having gen
eral supervision over the Western division
of the road. Il
THE Great Northern has reduced the rate
on canned goods from st. Paul and Mime.
apolis to Helena and Butte from $125 to
Sl.l0, to meet the competition from the
Pacific coast, the rate from there being
$1.10 ss.-.
JAMES BARKER, general passenger agent
OF the Monon route has been selected by
J. S. Mccullough, of the Omaha, and G.. S.
Marsh, of the Milwaukee, or the third arbi-
traitor in the case of the Missouri Pacific VS..
The st. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern q
THE suit of Charlebois against the Great
Northwest Central terminated at Toronto
by the company agreeing that Judgment
should be entered for upwards of $780, 600
with interest for Charlebois and those claim
ing under him.
The board of commissioners of the West
ern Traffic Association has issued an order
concurring in the action of7the joint COM
mittee in the adjustment of rates and divi-
sions on through traffic via the Indiana,
Illinois & Iowa road. This adjustment
changes the divisions on all freight, both
east and west bound, between the Missouri
river and the Atlantic seaboard via Streator
and Dwight by which the Western roads
will get about cents per 100 pounds less
than heretofore, and the percentage of the
Indiana, Illinois & Iowa road is reduced
about 30 per cent, the Eastern lines getting
the difference
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08
WlCKEDNESSES.

ELEVEN persons are foiled in an attempt
to escape from the Fargo jail. .-
A NEGRO murderer and his female &C
compllce are lynched in Mississippi.
AN express car on the New York Central
is robbed by one man.
AT st. Louis, Charles F. Vail, charged
with the murder of his wife, has been re-
indicted.
AMBROSE PARR suicided at Millville, N. j.,
by hanging. He was driven insane as the
result OF strike.
GREAT excitement exists near Bowen.
ILL.,, because of numerous burglaries in
that and surrounding towns.
HARRIS CITY, Ind, has an epidemic of
typhoid fever. There have been &c deaths
III two weeks.
AT Tallulah, La, Jeff J. Dunn and Eu-
gene scarborough were killed in a shooting
ARRAY. . - -
LEE BAILEY, the negro who committed
an assault upon Mrs. j. R. whitehall at his
residence, near jacksonville Fla, was
lynched by crowd of indignant citizens.
WILLIAM T1LLMAN has been indicted for
grand larceny and embezzlement. He is
charged with stealing $1,000 from the Falls
City Bank, of Louisville, KY.
AT Chicago Billy Meyers, Joseph Dallas
and man named Sweitzer, were arrested
on suspicion of having murdered E. F.
Gates, of Marietta, Ohio.
The Jail at Spartansburg, S. c., is so well
guarded that the mob could not get at the
negro, Williams, who murdered Mayor
Zimmerman. Threats of 1ynehing are still
being made. "
DURING riot among. dock hands at Chi
cago, Sandy Smith, negro, who started
the TROUBLE, was rescued from lynchinx by
the police. James Kelly was stabbed to the
heart and killed :
NEAR Pana, ILL.,, at dance, Jake Baton
became involved in quarrel with others.
Baton was stabbed in the back and prob
ably fatally wounded. Several others were
severely wounded by knives.
In a drunken quarrel on the train near
Mt. Vernon, Ill, William Robinson stabbed
Sheriff Williams slightly, and man
named Staley, who went to Williams assis-
lance, was SO badly cut that he will die.
WILLIAM MILLER, superintendent for J.
F. Frank, who started heavily armed tc
join the sherifFs posse in pursuit of the
fleeing mnrderers engaged in riot near
Mariana, Ark, was waylaid and murder
ed.
ATCheyenne, Wyo., masked men released
from Jail Miller. the boy who murdered
two tramps, for which he is awaiting exc
cution, but he was recaptured. Parkinson.
soldier, convicted Of murder, also escaped
and is still at large.
BARNEY BALDWIN, dime museum freak.
who is known as the Living Man With
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

YIN r Ok UNA z EVEN IS.
A FATAL collision occurs on railroad in
Ohio
A SCHOONER sinks in Lake Superior with
all on board.
AN oculist at Helena, Mont, horsewhips
a county official whom he accuses of I'M
due intimacy with the oculist's wife.
A FATAL colliery accident has occurred at
the Abergwynf collier, Wales. Eight
miners were killed by the fall of hosting
car.
Morris cider refinery and storage house
Rockville, N. Y, the largest in the coun-
try, have been totally destroyed by fire.
Loss $1,000
AT Machias, Me-, fire destroyed $40, 600
worth of lumber and two tenements worth
$4,000. Holway & Sullivan were the losers;
not insured.
CAvE-INs occurred in the Mississip pi
levee at Plaquemine and West Baton Rouge
La. Several horses were drowned at the
former place. ..
STORM destroyed large amount of
timber between Grand Rapids, Mimi, and
the Manitoba boundary. Loss of life is
feared
WILLIAM RAHR, one of the Wisconsin
commissioners of the Worlds Fair was
thrown from his horse at Manitowoc and
received injuries likely to prove fatal.
AT Newark, Ohio, while at work in a
sewer just before noon, Wilson McCreary
and Tim Murphy were killed by a cave in
Two men who were working along side of
them were badly injured but not fatally.
AT Allegan, Mich, while trying to stop
runaway horse drawing wagon holding
man and three children, the Rev. E.
Andrus was knocked down and his scalp
was torn from the front to the back of the
head. His right collar bone and three ribs
were also broken. He cannot recover.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08
DIGEST OF THE NEWS
Interesting Digest Of the Happenings
Of the Past Week Culled From
the Associated Press.
Washington, Criminal, Foreign, Per-
sOnal, Casualty, and Other
: Important News.
ROUND WASHINGTON.

i
THE public debt decreased over SIS, 900, 900
in September.
ALL appears serene as regards the rela-
tons of the United States and Chilli.
SECRETARY PRocroR has finally approved
the new tactics for the army and they will
be put in practice as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made.
The director of the mint has submitted
estimates for the support ofthe mint service
for the fiscal year 1898, amounting to
$1,126, 721, being less than the appropria-
tons for the current fiscal year.
BIDS We're opened at the treasury depart
ment for the construction Of the United
States government building at the worlds
fair. J. +. Rees of Chicago was the lowest
bidder for the entire work, his bid being
$685. $3.50.
THE director of the mint learns that large
deposits of foreign gold are being received
at the United States assay Office in New
York, amounting to $65O,000. This is but
fraction of the gold which is being
shipped to this country, as the bulk of the
shipments consist of our own gold coin
sent back.
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FOREIGN.

PITIFUL stories of the condition of the
starving Russian peasantry are at hand.
THE British government has decided not
to call an autumn session Of parliament.
AT Client platform fell at a charity fete
killing dozen persons and injuring MANY
others. -
SERIOUS epidemic of influenza prevails
at Melbourne, Justice Webb has Just died
of the disease.
The French government Is reported to
have purchased large quantities of grain
and meats in this country.
The career of Gen. Boulanger ends in a
tragic manner While at the tomb of his
mistress he puts bullet through his
brain.
DAVID EVANS, who represents Castle Bay
ard Ward in the London board of Alder
men, has been elected to succeed Sir John
Savory as lord mayor. #
IN almost every part of Italy grapes are
looking we'll and there is every indication
of an abundant production Of wines, In
Sicily the gathering of grapes has begun.
Nicaraguan dispatches state that reports
of political disturbances in that country
have been grossly exaggerated and that
everything is now quaet.
Prosecutions against the press have
commenced work again in Mexico. Several
journalists have been thrown into the
dungeons of the Belena, and more will
probably follow.
.. The Vienna Presse says it is rumored that
the Arch duke Charles has resigned his
right of succession to the throne ofAustria-
Hungary in favor of his son, the Arch duke
Franz Ferdinand. ~
Signor Corte, who was Italian consul at
New Orleans at the time Of the lynching
there of a number of Italians belonging to
the Malta society, and who were connected
with the murder Of Chief Of Police Hen
messy of that city, has been transferred to
HaVre, France. ..,.4 -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

A New YORK paper thinks that
there is no reason why young women
should not graduate without mar
riage from Miss to Mrs" when they
put On long frocks, as lads do from
Master" to "Mr." when they change
from knee "pants" to long trousers.
OF course there is no reason wsy
this should not be except that it is
convenient TO know as the earliest
possible moment whether the woman
you are addressing is unsophisticated
or has all that knowledge OF mankind
which comes to her sex after mar
riage. Fs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

A REVOLUTION has broken out in
Guatemala which threatens to involve
all the Central American republics. A
hard battle has been fought i'm which
five hundred men were killed. 1t has
long been noticed that when revolu-
tionists in one part OF Central or
South America let 60 for moment to
spit on their hands for fresh bout,
gentlemen of similar turn of mind are
always ready to keep the ball ROLLING
in some other section. ~
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SOUTH DAKOTA,

John Radamaker. of Abercrombie, fell
onto fork while stacking grain, and was
dangerously, if not fatally injured.
Frank Lusk, wealthy railroad contrac-
tor, is under arrest at Deadwood, charged
| with selling oleomargarine without a IL
cense. 49, skis
Judge Fuller ordered the arrest of L. W.
Sweetland, the latter having published in
his Miller Gazette an article intimating
that the judge might be corrupt in his Of
fetal capacity.
The Hand county fair opened with an
excellent display of farm products and high
grade stock Of all kinds The free-for-all
! running race was won by Sleepy Ned, of
Chamberlain, in 50 seconds, the purse being
49, 500. ~.
A great prairie fire has swept the country
between Redield and Tulare, the wind
blowing forty miles an hour. A brave fight
saved the college and residences south OF
town. Particulars from the country are not
in. Some buildings and a great quantity
of hay was destroyed,
The educational exhibit of the Davis on
county schools, under the supervision of
H. L. Bras, has again carried off first prize
at the state fair, making the fourth success
sive time in which this has taken place.
The citizens are we'll pleased with thisgood
showing.
The Brown county fair opened under ex-
cellent auspices. The attendance was
especially good and the speed department
and the exhibits generally gave much sat-
isfaction. DR.. Lewis NJ. South president
of the state agricultural college at Brook
ings delivered the principal Grafton. The
displays of irrigated grain and vegetables
attracted the create kind of interest.
James Oliver, in charge of Parter's eleva-
tor at Kanpeska, made,a draft on them for
$500 which was honored by the Merchants
Bank of this city, and then left for parts
unknown. Chief Auditor johnson, who
resides in the city, on hearing that he had
drawn the money and left began telegraph
ing and discovered that he had bought
ticket at Tracy for Kansas City. The police
of the latter city have been notified - P.
Chry Krenklerman, who was assaulted by
two negroes, w. H. Bates and Walter
Parker, July 8, at Hot Springs died the
other night. At the inquest held at the
| Catholicon House, Acting Coroner Calhoun
presiding, the jury brought in verdict
that deceased came to his death primarily
from wounds inflicted upon his head by
Walter Parker and w. H. Bates with fell
onous intent. Deceased was member
of the United States army ct Fl. Mead for
five years. .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

WHILE the European armies in their
autumn maneuvers are demonstrate
ing the value of bicycles in the work
of carrying dispatches, it is interesting
to know that at least one American
militia regiment maintains a bicycle
corps. 1t is the first Regiment, Con-
necticut National Guard. The War
Department inspector, Lieut.. Bowen,
recently, gave the corps high praise
for it's efficiency.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08
1882 names, against e;6os the preyiou
year. This gives the city population Of

year. Inns gives the city population o.
$4,000.
An increase in the postal business between
Appleton and Milwaukee obliged the au--
thorities to order an additional route The
new clerks are Messrs. Balch and Fuller.
GeorgeC }. Henbrier, Of Eau Claire Il
returning from Europe, where he COM
pleted arrangements for the establishment
Of pearl button factory at Eau Claire.
large delegation of James Comerfords
Grand Army post Of Chippewa Falls went
to Downing to attend camp fire and sham
battle with their old comrades.
Parts Of the Rat River marsh are burning,
to depth Of about two feet. In driving
over one of these places load of hay igni--
ted, and but for the alertness of the driver
the horses would have burned
At Gaylord's Landing, Marquette Coun
ty, farmers are hauling hay in wagons
across the Fox River without even moisten-
ing the loads. Ordinarily the stage of water
at that point is IL feet.
One of the flues to the boiler in the Shell
Lake Lumber Companys mills collapsedg
and blew out at both ends; fortunately no.
one was injured. 1t will cause the mill to,
be shut down for about four days.
The recent rains have put all the fires
out IN the locality Of Shell Lake, and no,
further danger can be had, as so much OF,
the land has been burned over that we are
protected on all sides.
Mrs. Smythe, homesteader's wife, had a,
tussle with a bear near Saxon. The bear
entered the house while her husband was
away. She caught up her two children,
rushed up stairs with them and came down
with a Winchester rife It took five shots
10 Kill the bear, which was monster.
A shanty fifteen miles north Of Thrope
occupied by c. NJ. Bently and L. D. Hart,
hunters from Freeport, ILL.,, caught fire, and
the occupants narrowly escaped death
| They arrived at Thorpe naked all their
clothing and guns having been burned and,
Mr.. Hart badly siuged, but not seriously.
The saw mill and, lumber yard of Bird B.
Wells at Wausaukee,. ten miles north of
Ellis Junction, on the Milwaukee &, North
ern railroad, were completely destroyed by
| hre recently. The fire caught in the mill
About 100000 feet of sawed lumber were
burned. Loss, 100000; insurance, $50 900.
Several freight cars belonging to the Chi
ago, milwaukee, e. St. Paul railway were
also destroyed,
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g way as to paralyze her, causing herdeath
within four hours.
NORTH DAKOTA.

ii i - 4
=. g. spelman, register Of the DEVILS lake
land office, has sent his resignation to the
President.
Inc land officers are at Minot ready for
opening office. They expect rush Of bus
mess.
The warehouse belonging to A. S. Howe
q Co., at Lamoure, burned An explosion
OF gasoline caused the fire.
Twelve car loads ofmares were unloaded
az MlnneWaukan and were driven to Fort
Iotten. They are consignment from
Uncle Sam to the Indians.
The saloonists of East Grand Forks met
and agreed unanimously to obey the Sum
day law and keep front and rear doors
closed on Sunday, forfeiting fine to the
Others for the violation. .s
The saloon of o. L,lkkason, in East Grand
Forks, was burglarized, the burglars effect
ing an entr2n through rear door. They
carried out small safe, which they opened
in the rear of the building. They only Sc
cured about $40. 20
Il. n. Day dropped dead Of heart disease
while working on orr's threshing machine
near Inkster. Deceased belonged to Willis
fSo' ~ - ~, q oCA 1l1d4 pOSV VI
Forks which will take charge of the body
until relatives, living near Hudson, Wis,
are heard from. p,
Tommy Miller, freight conductor, while
out duck hunting near Minot, had battle
with tame buck deer which nearly cost
him his life. The horns penetrated his
legs in five places, from four to six inches.
Miller lives at Devils Lake and will be laid
up for some time. IT,. ~s''.
Mr.. Tabor, an elderly gentleman living
near Williansport, is seriously burned
and will probably die. No further news
can be learned from the Holland settle
ment, thirty-five miles south of Williams
port. Three men are known to have
persisted in that vicinity. Another fire
ragged on South prairie, and burned out
Messrs. Fosburg, Mahoney, Hesholy.
Houstain and Parker .t.0oSa e..
The Coroner's inquest at Fargo, develop
ed no new facts in regard to the Buffalo
accident. The testimony showed that the
brakes on the oil car were all right on Sept.
%. when it left Fargo. The brakeman who
climbed on the car sweass the brake beam
seemed to be lose when he got on the car,
and he could not set it. The inquest was
adjourned to secure the testimony of the
men who sent the oil car in, and the brake
man of the stock train, who was sent to the
Brainerd sanitarium.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08
SPORTS.

TOMMY RYAN and Jim Hall of Australia
spared five rounds for points in Chicago
The Chicago man was outclassed by the
big Australian, owing to the latter's long
reach. a. @a". 81, =
The flying filly La Tosca has been sold
to P. Lorillard. The price paid was $780,
000 which is probably the largest sum ever
paid for horse in this country at private
sale. v. -
JOHN HUGHES, the champion six-day
pedestrian, who recently posted 5000 forfeit
to arrange a six-day race for $1,000 to ST.
500 side with Charles Howell, withdrew
his money, Rowell having refused to ar.
range a match to run in this country. D.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

RECENT longitude experiments at
WGill College, Montreal, under the
auspices Of the British and Canadian
Governments, led to the determina-
ton of the length of time it takes a
Geographic signal to cross the Atlantic.
Out of 200 signals sent, it was found
that the average time taken to cross
the Atlantic and back again-about
1000 miles-was a trife over one
second.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

A MARRIAGE license was issued in
Chicago the other day by which Adam
Gargantyszewicy is permitted to we'd
Teo Mazurkiienwiscz These worthy
young people do we'll to get married,
but they should hasten to take reef
in the polysyllabic name they share
with each other, and should go through
other Americanizingp processes without
loss OF time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

RECENT experiments Of Nj. Jobe1t,
communicated to the Academic dies
Sciences, Paris, prove that the virtue
OF rabies is not destroyed by prolong
cold. A rabbit which died OF hydro
phobia was kept for ten months in a
cold chamber of the Popp factory at
"a temperature of from 10 deg. to 20
deg. Centigrade, and even for time OF
~ deg. Centigrade, without destroy
ing the virulence of the germs.
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AMONG THE ToILERs.

The Cotton Manufacturers Association,
at Fall River Mass, decided to prepare a
revised scale of wages to take effect Oct. S.
The wharf laborers Of the Georgia
Central railroad and the Savannah, Florida
d Western railroad at Savannah will strike
for an advance of cents an hour in wages.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN PowDERLY
is in Montreal. He says the Knights OF
Labor from all America and the Farmers
Alliance will hold congress in Washing
ton Feb; l, at this gathering third candl-
date will be chosen.
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PEOPLE PRINT.

IVAN ALExEJEwITscH GoNTsCHARow, the
Russian author, is dead.
The Massachusetts, Democrats renomin-
ate Gov. Russell and denounce free coin.
age.
DIR. JAMES, ex-chairman OF the Wesleyan
conference. died suddenly at Plymouth,
England.
JUDGE ALLAN THURMAN left his home at
Columbus, Ohio, for the first time in three
months to visit the studio of R. H. Parke,
the artist of Florence, Italy, who has inst
completed clay bust of the ''Old Roman"
Mrs. Thurman is improving.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

PRINCESS MAUD of Wales plays upon
the mandolin, and in consequence
the apes are all learning to do likewise.
Should her brothers mind broaden
sufficiently before he sometimes be-
comes king OF England, an effort may
be made to teach him the jewsharp.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

CANADA is still searching in the
backwoods for the 100000 increase
in it's population, which was to be and
is not. The United States Census,
when it gets that far, will show where
that million is, includinga lions share
OF the $4,000 immigrant settlers who
arrived in Canada from Europe dur
ing the last decade.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

A NAIL mandatory in Mexico ought
to pay. Nails cost the City of Mexico
from l6 to 25 cents per pound. They
are so expensive that much of the
building in Mexico is done with ropes
instead of nails. s.'.s ..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

THE opera Of "Falstaff," with five
prima dome, ought to prove uhusu-
ally gay in view of the we'll known
lack of jealousy between great sing
ers. If there isn't many a fight OF
more than a long hour by Shrews-
bury clock behind the scenes, things
are not as they once were.
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THERE are 700 Americans residing
: in the City of Mexico, some Of whom
own the houses they occupy.

The people OF Texas know that Bob
Ingersoll is not sound on the religious
questions but they believe that he is
authority on how to grow cotton, and
hence they will have him as an orator
at their fair. -. ..su za" ..s@
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-08

A PRETTY Japanese maiden is
about to settle in Chicago in order to
study dentistry and to fit her to
carry back to her own country a
knowledge OF the profession which will
justify her in practicing it.