The Princeton union., 1892-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

G. W. HAcKETT is elected president ofthe
St. Paul chamber of commerce
THE Supreme Council of the Royal Ar
canum has voted to meet in Minneapolis
in June, 1898.
AN Italian named Cell and his wife were
arrested at Wheeling w. Va, for burying
a four-days- old baby alive in 'slack" pile
at coal mine dump. Some railroad men
heard a whining noise and dug the child
out. The only explanation the parents
gave was that the baby was, mo good"
THE Boston & Maine Railroad company
has closed contract with Simpson & Rob-
inson of Minneapolis for the erection of a
grain elevator at Mystic wharf, Boston.
There will be over 100000 feet Of spruce
lumber used, the contract for which has
been placed in Boston.
Upon inquiry at the American Bell Tele-
phone company's Office at Boston regard
ing the reduction in the usual extra divi-
dend Of 6 per cent, it was learned that the
usual extra dividend was greater than the
earnings for the first six months of the year
actually in hand, and it was therefore
thought best to make the extra dividend 3
per cent.
News has been received at Dubuque
that Howard Emerson native of this
city, has been found by his brothers wan
dering on the streets Of Philadelphia in
rags. He has been placed in an asylum at
Plainfield, N. j., He was here three weeks
ago on his annual visit, and few days
after his depart ure news came from New
York that he had not returned and was
$50, 900 short.
The wholesale grocerymer are endeavor-
ing to come to arrangements with the sug-
ar trust, whereby reasonable and uniform
prices of sugar may be established. 13O
delegates, representing most of the states
Of the union, met in New York and dis
cussed the matter. Several plans were pro-
posed, but none seemed to meet the unani-
nous approval of the delegates, and the
matter will again be the topic Of discus
sion ,...-. .
AN important decision affecting the
Sherman antitrust law was delivered by
Judge Blodgett at Chicago in the case Of
Andrew Bishop against the American
Preserve Company, said to be com bina-
ton of fruit jelly and preserving manufac-
turers. Bishop had been a member of the
trust and upon an attempt to withdraw the
trust seized his business which had been
transferred to the combine and brought
suit against him in the United States court
on an old account. Bishop, under the law
sued for three times the value of his
business, his claim being $121, Ill. Jud ge
Blodgett sustained the demurrer filed by
the trust but gave the plaintiff 10 days in
which to amend.
RUDOLPH HACKER, cigar manufacturer,
and Mrs. Louise Plum, wife of Jacob H.
Plum, were found dead in bed together in
the woman's house at ia North Halstead
street Chicago. The gas was turned on full
from two jets and the circumstances point
ed to double suicide. But subsequent
Developments went to show that Hacker
found the woman asleep in the house, and
to prevent her leaving him, which she was
contemplating doing, he turned on the gas
and killed her and himself. The woman
had been separated from her husband for
three years because of her relations with
Hacker. She had recently promised to re-
turn to her home, and it is suspected that
when Hacker became aware of this he re-
solved upon the deed which ended both
lives.