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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21

No country or city newspaper is
obliged to boom the State Fair.
Some of the mendicant organ-g grind
ers should bear this in mind. The
managers of the State Fair are live
business men and will advertise
where it will do the fair the most
good. This everlasting whining
on the part of portion of the
country press is nauseating.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21

WHAT shall the harvest be?
Wait and see. Some of the big
city dailies are attempting to bull
the market by rose-colored reports
of the immense wheat CROP in
the Northwest. The threshers'
half bushel measure will tell the
tale.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21

Gov. MERRIAM did exactly right
in committing the death sentence
of Clifton Holden to life imprison-
ment. No man should hang on
purely circumstantial evidence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21

THE most consumate ass in
Minnesota is the alleged editor of
the Monticello Times. We won't
even except the driveling imbecile
of the Sank Rapids Sentinel.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21
PRINCETON, MIMI, MAY 81, 1891

"BLA1NE! Blaine! James G..
Blaine, of Maine," should be the
battle cry of the Republicans of
Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21
e. ANDK EsRCHIEFS.


extra
a Complete IiessH nkerchefs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21
Ice cream at the Bakery.

Silver Herb medicine for liver, stom.
ach, kidneys and blood. Get it at Nc
Cuaig's drug store.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21

There are some Surprises there for you Anv
one can talk about Goods being Cheap but lust
try to Match these Goods in DUALITY and vou
will find it UP HILL WORK.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21
Dress Goods.

that Our
trlon The
of Ladess
lhoa Linen with
gTeazeC
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-05-21
NOTIONS.

aao Dma in White and coors
in
Onoached Unbeach
onbeached In White
Genhs
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25

OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

Miss Reciprocity will he wise
child indeed il she is able to recognize
her own father Washington Post.
Secretary Foster says that
he can pay the four and one-half per
cents that are not extended he knows
that he can only get the money by rob
bling funds dedicated to other parpo SEES.
N. Y. World.
Neither MIR. blaine nor Mr.. Me-
Kinley has opened market for a bar
rel Of pork or bushel of wheat
Starvation is the statesman who Is
about to move our American meats and
crops. louisville Courier-JOuinal.
1t isn't the democratic party
alone that favors broader trade rela-
lions with the world, but in order to
secure "A more general exchange of
product, all who are of such mind must
ioin with the democratic party in Sc
curing Buffalo Times,
--- President Harrison has given
Mr.. Platt good deal of excellent pap
but it seems pretty evident from the
drift of things at Rochester, that Platt
isn't going To deliver New York - dele
CATION 10 Harrison next year >ecre-
tary Foster doubtless appointed >loat
Fassett To the New York collectorship
for that purpose; but Sloat aud Pratt
are both for Blaine The eN-collector
is whatever Plat is.--Minneapolis
Journal
When Fassett was made collector
of the port of New York, dlsplacing n
trained and competent man, he re-
marked alphabetically that he was, of
course, an utter stranger 10 the duties
of the office. but thought he would
soon learn lie had scarcely had time
10 make himself "A useful servant when
"A convention, composed largely of fed
eral otliceholders, nominated him for
public office, thus making necessary
the appointment of another ineNperl-
enced man To manage the chief custom
house of the country This is an in
cident of what the republicans are
pleased To call 1.-THE excellent bust
ness administration Of President llar'
rison '-- Chicago Times
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
MIDNIGHT FIRE.
Five Lives go out In Flame aud smohs
In n thicrgo Tenement House.

Five Lives go out In Flame aud smohs
In shicrgo Tenement House.
Fire broke out about 1880 O'Clock
Friday morning Ia a thrccstory tcne-
ment In Chicago. Although the blaze
lasted but ffty minutes, the loss of life
only mace the trifling damage 10 prop
erty stand out more insignifcantly.
Five people are dead, and another will
probably die. The basement and lower
floor Of the building were used by VIM
kafltz for bakery, aud II was in the
rear OF his oven room that the fire
originated When discovered the flames
had already gained considerable head.
way. In the upper stories Of the build
ing we've five families, and the scenes
OF confusion that followed were terri.
Bile. After the first volume OF smoke
had cleared away and the confusion
had IN measure subsidized, the nremen
were able TO work more easily IN rescu-
ing those who were i'm the burning
building. Men, women and children,
ali In their night-clothes, had been re-
moved from windows aud stairs above
MI segross had been cut or In the
rear of the house, as the fire had made
rapid progress up the stairway. There
were no fire escapes, and the single
hight Of stairs In the front portion Of
the building afforded little opportunity
of escape. On the first floor lived VIM.
burcn. He was awakened by the
smoke and heat when the partitions
81 his room were smoldcring lie awoke
his wife and four children. and they
managed 20 get down the stair
way only slightly burned The
IRE did its worst on the second floor.
When Officer ONcil broke into the
rooms occupied by the Schalk family In
company with frcmcn. a horrible sight
met them. The rooms were filed with
smoke. and water stood on the floor TO
depth Of eighteen inches The officer
honrd a weak voice crying for help,
and AS he pushed into the main room
hc found the body Of Cynthia SchallS
aged IL, who vas just barely alive. In
this room in one heap were found Mr.
John Schalk, his wife, two sons and
one daughter All were dead.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
WaISTLER'S GUN.
1t Is n Bre$t Loader, Made of Wire, and
win Revolutionize the Worlds Gun
MAKING

1t Is n Bred LOADER, Made of Wire, and
win Revolutionize the Worlds Gun
Making.
Lieut. Vhistler's new segmental five
inch res,h-loading wire gun, now be-
ing constructed at Reading. Pa. is tho
outcome 81 the recent successful tests
Of a sectional part of the segmcntal
tube at Reading and TT Wadsworth.
Should the gun prove success IL will
revolutionize the art of modern
gun-making the world over, and
no iron-clad, however heavy its
armor plates, would be safe from
being pierced from end TO end by
a single shot. Wire wrapped guns have
invariably proved failures. The new
gun now under construction is not
wire wrapped-it is real wire gun,
consisting essentially of a segmental
core wound with wire, under an initial
tension of liz, 900 pounds to the square
inch. The core of Whistler's gun has
seventy-two segments, and the maxi
mum thickness of each does not ex-
coed a forty-eighth of an inch, and
il must have crushing strength
of 800 600 pounds per square inch, and
an elastic limit of at least 65, 600 pounds
TO the square inch. The segments sup
port the layers of small wire and trans.
init the pressure excited by the pow
der ut the instant of discharge to the
inner layers of the wire, thus placing
all circumferential stress of the explo-
sion upon the encircling wire, which
has an elastic limit Of 1875, 900 and a
tensile strength of 100000 pounds to
tLr square inch
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
MYSTERIOUS METHODS.
Calico Charley's Way of screwing Down
Exnenses.


The reports that Secretary Foster
has been holding back payments on all
the regular appropriations, in order to
scrape together enough money to
redeem the a. per cent. bonds are
fully borne out by the statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the
treasury for August. The receipts
show marked falling off, being SIS.
ssi, Ssh, compared with the $3.50, 607, 4i9
of August 1890, and the even higher
| figures for July and June of last year
Yet, by screwing down the expenses
| to $40, 13s, geo, Mr.. Foster gets a COM
forta bic balance 60 apply 10 redemp-
ton of bonds. But how was this
balance obtained? The figures tell
their own story. Nearly S6,0)0.0O are
knocked off the customary payments
under the head of Civil and Miscel-
laneous,' at least Sl,0O0,O0 more off
the appropriations for ''war," good
slice taken out of the money voted the
Indians. and-tell it not to the makers
of republican platforms-from eight
to ten millions from that sacred
fund which pays for pensions. ThinS
of beggarly s5,O94.32 paid out for
pensions in August What becomes of
republican generosity" to the old
soldier, in view of such a whiting
down from the good. hearty present of
s13, 900 900 in July, $4,000. 900 in Au-
gust of last year, and S2l 100000 last
November Secretary Foster will have
to do better than this, or the republic
an campaigners will find their argu-
ments running low. His monthly
statements have dcgenerated into Il
mystitication, but the record of the
actual operations of the treasury shows
how matters really stand. II proves
that the receipts have fallen behind ex-
pcnses since the Mckinley bill went
into force The balance on the wrong
side was about 81, 1000, 900 To the end of
July, and would have been six or seven
millions higher in August alone, il the
average monthly payments had not
been held up. When we get the Sep.
TENDER showing, with the outlay for
bond redemption added in, we shall
doubtless have a new proof that time
was all that was needed to show the
supernatural wisdom of the Mckinley
bill.-N. y. Post.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
RAIN MAKERS.
A. inicrsstlng discovery Made By one
OF The rarly In a Halloon.

A. Interesting Discovery Made By one
of the Party In n Balloon.
The active work Of sky BON bardment
Ia produce rain was commenced near
III Paso, Tex. by Mr.. Ellis and his as
sociates shortly after 10 o'clock Friday
morning To prove the immense force
exorted on the air currents by even n
slight explosion Mr.. Ellis, the hero Of
the sensational ascension OF Thursday,
relates peculiar experience. While
he was almost a mile above ground.
and probably three or four miles from
the starting point, Prof. Kesslcr cxplod
ed some half dozen charges OF dyna-
mite. These charges were small, four
sticks Of The explosive, weighing each
one-half pound, were set OFF at time.
Eyes, said Mr. Ellis Friday, 81 felt the
effects of these explosions. First saw
the pun Of smoke. A few seconds later
came the dull dcadened reports; then to
my great surprise the side of the bal
loon nearest the scene of the explosion
collapsed slightly. with a sharp crack.
tine folds continuing to- CULVER and vi
bratc from the effects of the shock for
several seconds after II that does
not conciusively prove that explosions
cause a commingling OF upper air cur
rents | would like to know why and
II the conclusion resultant upon that
charge Of only two pounds OF dynamite
should produce such results, what must
bc the effects on the currents when we
touch off one OF these balloons contain.
ing 500 cubic feet OF one Of the most
powerful explosives ever invented? Ny
instruments worked perfectly, and the
data obtained is already on my rec
ord "
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
REPueNCAN HUMeUooERY.
suppression pr Truths on the Money
Gu stion.

Since the adoption of their national
platfor N in !. $50 there has been no more
brazen attempt TO humbug the people
than " as made by the New York re-
publicans Wednesday Since the pass
age of the silver law of July IL, 1890,
there may have been ground for eX-
cusing citizens ignorant of its terms.
But the discussion thereon has of late
been so extended and thorough that
ignorance may no longer be pleaded.
New York republicans assert in the
sixth plank of their platform: The
act of July H. 1870, provides for the
purchase of silver product and the is
suing of the new treasury note, pro-
tected by reserve Of one hundred
cents worth of silver for every dollar
issued" The statement is unqualified
ly false. There is no such provision in
the act, and there was not prominent
politician in the convention at Roches-
ter who was not aware of the fact But
the platform was framed in accordance
with the hint contained in senator
Sherman's speech. II is Sntended to
cover the fact that in many states re-
publican conventions have pronounced
in favor of free coinage of silver by
such a plank New York republicans
seek to hold allies who have been es-
pecially favorable to the political am
bition of Ohio, successful tinancier.
The simple facts of the ease are so
plain that republican organs have
f,,r NJ ht m
to their readers. But it happens not
to be convenient to let the plain people
have too much truth just now. Light
shed on republican tactics might dis
gust too many honest citizens with a
political organization they have adj
hered TO because of its older record.
The purchases % silver made under
the authority of the law of 1890 are
paid for In treasury notes issued for
that purpose, and being by the same
law redeemable at the discretion Of
the secretary of the treasury in either
'gold or silver dollars" There is N,
possible chance for difference q
opinion on this subject. 1t has beer
conceded by republicans in and out O
congress, and by statesmen in and on
of the silver ring. The notes thus Is
sued are nothing more or less than 1
silver certificate, calling not for ON,
hundred cents worth of silver but fol
II silver dollar. Any pretcnse to the
contrary is made for the purpose of de
ccit But the republican organs will
no more dare print for the edifcatior
OF their readcrs the text of the law thur
misintcrpreted than they will tell the
truth u, TO the discussion of the Me
kuiey bill by the worlds fair commits
sioners Chicago Times
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
PRE- sIDrEr POLK.
lie Denies That an o r,rt Was Made 60
Tar and Feather Him at Ntehtfa

lie bcnics That an . frrt Was Made 20
Tar aud Feather him at Wiehin.
l. l. Polk, president OF the Nat pnal
Farmers alliance. who arrived in KAN
sas City Thur lay morning, en- route 90
Iowa was interviewed by repre- nta-
tive Of the Associated Press in re-
gard to the report that he mar.
rowly escaped coat Of tar and
feathers "Wednesday afternoon Boz
Wichita. Kan, at the hands ~ an
cnraged crowd Of cN.uniun soldiers.
lie said; There 5, no truth Whatever
in that report II rs simply another ~
the many inventions Of my polt
enemies During She past ten days
have been la all the principal cit.rs q
Kansas. and my reception has tccu
continuous ovation. and from tlc hun.
drcds 81 old soldiers whom htv. mot
every day | have heard nothing but
words Of good cheer and sympathy"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
CHICAGO FIREMEN.
They Brcathod Poisonoua Gas
at Fire,
Aud Captain u Dead snd uib., Mes
Are ~ n critical Conditt.n

Aud - Captain u Dead snl Other Me-
Are ~ n Critical Condition,
The Fire Insurance Patrol and n lot
of the fire engines were called W,dpcs.
day night TO eytinRnish small blaza
In the office of the Anderson Printing
Co. ON Adams street, Chicago. caused
by the breaking OF bottle OF muriatic
acid. The fumes from the burning acid
and wood caused the fremcn 10 cough
violcntly but after eNtingui,hiup the
fire they went to their respective quar-.
t,rs. soon after tlcy were attacked
by intcn'c pains in tie lungs accom-.
panied ly severe chills heart failure
and every symptom of pneumonia. ply.
sicians who were called said that
the men had Inhaled muriat.o
ether deadly poisonous xa6.
caused by the burning OF tho
mpriatic acid Capt Mullens OF Che
fire Insurance patrol. was )" the most
serious condition, and In spite ~ nll
that could be done for him. died sarly
Thursday morning In great agony
Capt Patrick Donuhoo. OF one of the
city engine companies aud Joseph
Williams. n fireman, were In . critical
condition throughout the night bot it
Is thought will recover Several other
members ~ the de lr.mcnt suhc-ci
severely an ~, wa said 10y the hospital
physicians Thursday morning that two
or three more will die.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
RUNAWAY HORSES.
Chicago Mans Plan For stopping


A new system of stopping runaway
horses by electricity was given prac-
teal test on the lake front. Chicago, by
a. u. Nolson. the inventor. Michigan
avenue was lined with spectators. Hol.
son got into a carriage to which two
horses were attached and with no drissr
on the box 4 man dashed the horses
with "A whip and they dashed away
ut break speed Suddenly the
animals raised themselves on their
Launches and came TO full stop The
invention consists Of dry battery I'M
der the drivers box connected by wires
with metal balls place in the horses
nostrils. There are two buttons, one
on the drivers box, the other inside,
which will close the circuit when
pressed. The result is n mild shock,
which the inventor claims, will invar-
iabiy bring runaway horses to a stand
still
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
Planes as High as House Tops.

4 disastrous pralric lire has burned
over large portion If Emmons county,
sixty miles south of bismarck, n. ID.
Driven 10y strong west wind, sheet
Of flame as high as house tops swept
over the country from the Missouri
river past Williamsport which place
narrowly escaped, and into the south.
eastern portion Of the country The
loss will be heavy, rs large area OF
range lands was burned over Many
farmers lost their entire crops and
buildinrh.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
BALMACEDA'S END.
Chili's Ex-President Commits SU-
eide in Santiago
Dy Sending bullet Through His Brain
Unable To Escape From Ills Enemies
lie Chose suicide Rather Than
Death From Their
IIupds.

The New York IIerald's Valparaiso
cablegram states that Ex-President
IIalmaceda, of Chill, shot himself
through the temple in his room al the
Argentine Legation, i'm Santiago, Sat.
urday morning. The story became
known in Valparaiso in the afternoon,
and created the greatest excitement Sat
urday evening the city was brilliantly
Illuminated, and on every hand was
heard the sound of rejoicing.
IL now seems that the story
that Balmaceda escaped from
Valparaiso in the United States steam.
ship san Francisco was erroneous -
e<cud. he 1880 - S1tw>r->.@-s"
hope OF escaping from tn1 6niispy. Ou4r
finding every avenue closed, returned
70 the city September g, and went dis
rectly TO the Argentine legation. Since
then he has been in an extremely nerv.
Gus condition. No one save the minis
ter of the Argentine Republic and one
other man devoted 10 Balmaceda, was
permitted to see him. About o'clock
Saturday morning Senior Urri5uria
heard a pistol shot in Balmaceda's bed
room, and rushing there found that the
ex-president had put bullet in his
brain. The Junta was notified. and n
committee Immediately went TO the
house and viewed the body. The body
was still warm. There was a gaping
wound in the temple. The body was
undressed and lay on the bed The re-
volver was still in his right hand. Bal
mac ,da left a letter to his mother. Also,
"A statement TO the Herald. As almost
the last declarations of a dying man,
they are of especial importance. He
says; IL acted all during the past eight
months with the firm conviction that
was right. had no one in the army in
whom could place any trust My gen.
erals were false to me. They lied
all through the war. Had my
orders been obeyed believe
the battle of Concon would have
resulted in decisive victory
against the enemy My heart all
through this trouble has been with
Chilli | sought To rescue my country
from foreign domination. strove to
make her the first republic in America
My enemies say that | was cruel. Cir
cumstances compelled me 10 sanction !
certain acts. but many bad deeds that !
were attributed TO my orders were
never known 10y me until they had
been committed"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
LABRADOR
Race ftho Nontagnais Indians u sco,ercl
Ihrrr-thr Ilrst a nnNn 90 NJ hIlr Vim.


Race Of the nontaEnuis Indians - sco,crcd
rh"rc-'hc first Known 20 white Sian.
Prot Lee. chief ~ the lcdoin c. eye
expedition 90 Labrador. which arrived
at HALIFAX. \. :. Wednesday ON their
way home expire ,.ea himself as being
more than satisfied with the result, 81
his expedition. lie had sltsfic.
torily solved the question OF the exist.
encc aud grandeur OF the Grand
Falls OF Labrador. n subject hiG bad
heretofore been legend 60 the .c.eu.
tihc, and race Of Montagnai, In iaus
have been found This is the ar,t dis.
coyery Of that race known 20 tl..kSA.,s
man. Their cbaracteristi-s wrfs -.
and a record kept Thereof NessW -
ments were taken, and these viii bc
shown on charts at the World, fair in
Chicago.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
Another palloon Accident

One of the features of the State fair,
now in progress at Mcriden, Ct, has
been the balloon ascension every after
noon. Prof Northrop has been max.
ing the ascensions, but Thursday after
noon he was iudisposcd, and Jas. Rob.
inson. one of his helpers, agreed TO
take his place When the balloon had
reached n height Of 100 feet one of the
ropes on the trapezc broke and Robin
SON fell to the ground 1t is thought
he will die.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-09-25
Fatal Carelessness.

In twenty-four hours the trains on
the Ohio River railroad killed three
people, and five in three days A man
named Parks, living near Ravenswood.
was killed Saturday night, an unknown.
asleep ON the track, was killed few
miles from Parkersburg, W. Va, sun
day morning; a woman named Lowell
was killed Saturday; boy who was
struck on Thursday died Saturday
night and three days ago man was
killed. These accidents occurred while
the victims We're either walking or
sleeping on or near the track.