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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
CASUALTIES.

George Gegner, farmer, shot himself
at Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Mrs. r. r. Jones committed suicide
at Topeka, Kan, by banging.
The st. Louis morguc was robbed of
everything NOV able except three
corpsCS.
J. J. Brown, farmer of Brazil, Ind,
was crushed to death while hauling
logs.
The schooner William o. was wreck
ed near New Bedford, Mass. The crew
was saved.
S. S. Sherman, editor of the Ottumwa,
an electric car.
Fire at La Harpe, ILL.,, destroyed a
business block. -Four persons were i'll
jured by falling walls.
Henry Starr, the bank rcbber, will
be charged at Fort Smith, Ark, with
murder.
B. P. Majors of Oswcgo, Kan, while
unloading hay, accidentally fell to the
ground, breaking his neck.
At Topeka, Kan, Bert Myers, aged
seventeen shot and killed his eight-year-
old brother While playing with revol-
yer.
A car in which were seventy railroad
employees was wrecked in the yards at
Altoona, Pa. Seventeen were badly
hurt.
John Leslie, aged sixty-fve, one of
the old settlers of Bloomington, ILL.,,
was killed by Il Big -Four switch en-
CINE.
Fire in Houlton, Me-, burned the
| Union block, containing several stores
| halls and offices and causing loss OF
| $4,000.
Falling with a lighted lamp in his
hand, Cochi: ne Hammond. Il wealthy
resident of Pittsburg, was burned te
| death.
| +. Q. Brown, a Boston business man
saved pet poodle dog from il, front O!
| Il locomotive and lost both legs :lni
arms in SO doing.
Morris O'Brien, aged G3, died at Ma
con, Mo. after an illness of but sixteen
hours. He was poisoned by eating SAL
dimes from tin box. 49,
The Detroit Boat clubs house OF
Belle Isle burned. The building cos
$4,000, and $4,000 worth Of shells wer
stored in the building.
! George Thurber, Frank Cahoon AM
| George Mann put out in a row boa
near Dunkirl1. n. Y, in search of bodie
from the wrecked Dean Richmond
Tie boat was caught in the trough Q
sea and swamped. Their bodies hay
| not been recovered.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
HE PULLED HIS WORDS.
Row Mark Twain ''Lcarnt the RIVER
Under Capt. Bix1y.

How Mark Twain ''Lcarnt the RIVER
Under Capt. Bixby.
, When the last of the old Mississippi
racing boats, the City of Natchez, burn
ed to the waters edge in Memphis. two
or three years ago, it took out Of COM
mission one Of the best known charac-
tiers on the river: Capt. Horace Bixby,
the Mr.. B." of Mark Twain's Life
Oh the Mississippi"
Capt. Bixby, if you happened to strike
his rugged fancy, was only too ready
to tell stories of "old days on the
river" and he told them with fresh
ness and simplicity-and swift taper
ing to the point, that We're as good
as anything bis famous friend has ac-
complished, says Munsey,s Magazine
He tells of the first appearance Of
young Clemens. He says that one day
there appeared Oh the deck of the boat
he was running very tall, stoop-shoul-
dered young man, with bushy hair
crowded down upon his neck by lig
SLOUGH hat His roundabout left
about four inches Of shirt visible above
the band of his butternut trousers, and
there was an equal space Of bare skin
between his shoe top and his trousers
legs. His face was cadaverous, and
his hands We're rammed to the bottom
Of his pockets.
I'm 4 PRINTER by. tl-a-a de-" he
drawled out, and it amt very he-al-l-
thy. I thought I'd li-i-i-ke TO l-a-;l-r-r-1l
+7,a river"
What makes you pull your words like
that" said the impatient captain.
You ought to hear my ma-r-r-m, =
said the ilnpurturbable Mark. 'She
pulls hcr-rn WoIsh pull mi-i-ll-e!'s
! Capt Bixby kept him, and '.larnt
him the river" how to be pilot. and
| how to find the shifting depths Of the
great stream. He taught him many OF
the stories '.by Mark Twain and the
friendship stin continues Until the old
! Natchez burned, Mr.. Clemens, with q
J chosen friend, went every year to take
! the round trip from ST Louis to New
Orleans, with Mr.. b. Sometimes the
friend was Mr.. Osgood or some other
!. Boston man. sOmet!meSaa Western ac
quaintancc.
! The captains room, that glass domain
! on the roof. held on its table photo
graphs of all the Clemens children ii
different ages. In the drawer were let
ters-gsay and affectonate, from Sam. :
There was one striking popularity abou
| these. They were as Lear written tall
us letters could be. and when it became
necessary, in the course Of human
J! events to use strong language, it Wen
down i'll good spelling, III honest black
and white. There we're no subterfDge:
. Of blanks and dashes sS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

Louisiana, according to one who has
investigated the subject, is entitled to
rank as q great lumber state, having
within her bounds $4,000, 100000 feet
Of excellent timber, and the prediction
is made that before n.any years pass
s'1Ear, rs the lclling industry of the
state, will give way to lumber. In cy-
press Louisiana is especially rich. This
wood is durable and much in demand
for interior decorations. Nine million
feet Of cypress alone will be used in
New Orleans and other business centers
of the state this year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Mrs. House, the Trenton woman with
kcver husbands, is suspected Of being
insane.
The Rev. Calvin Lee dropped dead at
Tcrrc Haute, Ind, Willie returning
home from church.
Vice President Stevenson has rented
bis residence at Bloomington, ILL.,. and
will take his family to Washington.
G. w. Childs of Philadelphia, who is
row in Chicago, predicts for that city
the greatest era of prosperity and
growth in 1894 that it has ever known.
Miss Mary Hamilton. an adventurous
English lady, has started to ride from
Paris TO st. Petersburg on horseback.
distance of nearly 1900 miles. She
is accompanied by a groom.
Justice Field has just begun his thir-
ty-tirst year Of service on the supreme
bench. This record has been surpassed
but once in the history Of the court
and equaled but four times.
Thomas A. Edison declares that W0nl-
en- have more Quickness aid insight
about machinery than men have, and
prefers to employ them in carrying
out the details Of his electrical inven-
tons.
Tho1ncs Dunn English Of New Jcr-
sey is the oldest member Of the house
of representatives. ]Ie w;,s born liz
1919. Mr.. O'Neill and Gen. Lilly arc
over s,venty-two and Mr.. Holman is
seventy-one.
Bishop Potter of New York is, one OF
the most earnest supporters OF the
Burial Reform association for securing
modest and inexpensive funerals), and
has already directed that his own fN
neral shall be in accordance With its
tcnctS.
Ho War Tong, q prominent dealer ii
glassware at Hong Kong, who has
hitherto purchased bis stock in France
Germany and Belgium, has decided tt
have his ware manufactured hereafter
at the PittsEurg and New Jersey fac
tories.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
DIED IN DENVER.

San Francisco, Oct 23.-An aged BROTH
er of Patrick Berry came hither from
Black Pool. Enkland, a few weeks ago
in search Of fortune Of several millions
of dollars which he had been informed
his brother possessed when he died The
old gentlen ar and his attorneys had
about Abandoned the search in California
and the disappointed seal chers were
about to return to England, when he re-
ceived a letter from a Denver attorney
that his wealthy b1other died there a
year ago. He will go to Denver
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
AROUND a GREAT STATE I!
INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE
WEEK IN MINNESOTA
important Occurrences In the North
Star State Day by Dny-A General
Resume of the Weeks Doings Ar.
ranged for Rapid Reading.
Thursday, Oct. ~.

Three boys at the state reform school
ut Red Wing picked the lock of their
sleeping compartment and escaped. Be
fore leaving they stole a revolver and
about $50 from their teacher, MIR.
North.
Sheriff Grnderson, of Norman coun-
t., has captured three men, supposed
to be the robbers of the bank in Hal
stad. Two Of them he caught ut Scan
dinavia, Wis, and the third one at
Georgetown. . =
A disastrous prairie fire swept the
country southwest of Round Lake sta
ton. Hay to the amount of several
thousand dollars vas destroy ed, also
grain, farm machinery ard barns be-
longing to farmer named Erskine.
The Mesabi road did it's greatest bust
ness to date last week. Ore shipments
from Duluth were 1910 tens. The
road has so far this year handled 235,-
600 tons, making total Mesabi range
shipments $50, 600 tons.
The barn and granary of Peter We'll
don, one-half mile south of Belle Plaine,
were burned, together with 1000 bush
els of wheat, 1000 bushels Of oats,
four horses and all his farm machinery
Loss, $4,000; insurance, 500. Origin
| of fire unknown.
John Herman and John Mcbride, the
Mclean store burglars, We're found
guilty at Anoka, and Judge Russell
sentenced them to eight years nara
labor at saltwater. This makes one
of the quickest cases of punishment on
record at that place. The three boys,
Cutter, Hartman and Libby, We're round
guilty Of riot by jury and Will be sen
| fenced to between one and five years:
These eases end all the important court
| business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
CRIMINAL.

William Orchard, Wells Fargo clerk
ut Cincinnati. has disappeared, and it
is said he is $500 short
F. O'Connor. a wealthy retired farmer
Of LYONS. Iowa. was relieved Of 50 600
by the gold brick game.
Officers are searching for William
Orchard, the Wells Fargo money order
clerk CT Cincinnati who abscDnded.
Aurora, ILL. has been raidcd by burg
lars for two nights, many houses being
entered.
Prisoners in the Jail at Brazil, Ind,
had planned to hang one of their num-
Der, but their plot was discovered
st. Louis police rescued George Jones,
u negro who had attempted to assault
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

Al. English scientist is quoted as au-
thority for the statement that there
are five times As many species of in
setts as there are species of nj other
living things put together. The oak
tree alone supports $50 species Of in
fccts, and 200 kinds make their HON ,
1r the pine. Forty years ago Hum
holdt estimated that the number Of
species preserved iii collections was be-
tween 10000 and 10000, but scien-
tific men now say that there must be
more than 10000, Without taking into
consideration the parasite creatures.
OF the $4,000 species in Europe, how
ever, not more than $500 are obnox-
ious or destructive. There are more
than 100000 kinds Of beetles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

The Emperor Duc-Tu of Cochin China
protects his treasures by placing them
in followed trunks of trees, which float
about huge tank situated in the cen
ter of the royal palace. There are
twenty crocodiles in the tank as well.
When he wishes to draw upon this
bank all the reptiles are killed; but this
cannot take place without the joint con-
sent Of the emperor and his minister of
finance
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

Donkey is IN Spanish burro. In Tex
as. New Mexico, Colorado and in -\ri-
M,1 a, where the dc1kcy is as we'll
known ny the horse, he is always called,
by lis Spanish rame, en- account Of the
fact that this section Of the United
States SO recently belonged to the Mex
leans, who, us everybody knows, talk
that language. The Snaniards and Mex
leans also apply the term ''burro'' to
Il stupid or ignorant person, just as
Notwithstanding, races use the word
donkey" :"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

France and Spain will not quarrel.
rs was feared, over Morocco, an agree
satisfactory to both having been
reached. The wishes Of the government
or people Of Morocco do not seem to
have been consulted, however. Like
the victim Of ordinary free-booters.
they have no other alternative than to
accept their fate with as little g,umbling
as possible.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
he CONFESSED HIS CRIME
MYSTERY SURROUNDING A sExTU-
PIE MURDER IS CLEARED.
A Prisoner Arrested ON Suspicion
Makes Confession and Implic-
ntes Six Other Men I'm the Terrible
Butchcry.

Washington, Ind, Oct. 23.-At last the
guilty murderers of the Wrattan family
are in the tolls of the law. Five Of the
suspects arrested and taken to jefferson
Vile two v eeks ago We're rightly suspect
ed, but it was not through them that
the henious criminals were exposed. Last
Sc turday the grand jury ordered the ar
rest of Jcmes Stcne, the man who can,e
to the Wrattan house early Tuesday
morning and first discovered the Terrible
tragedy. AS soon as stone was brought
to town the grand jury went to work to
obtain confession from him. At first
he stre1,, o,.sIy denied everything, but be-.
ing assured that clemency would he
guaranteed him if he made Il confessions,
he, at midnight, yielded to their overtures.
He told his story about as follows:
knowing that Mrs. Wrattan kept a.
great deal of money about the house,
Grandson Crosby, notorious character
in this county, planned the robbery. A
gang OF seven persons that formed a sort
of society for robberies and general hell
ishness, was notified of bis plan. Their
names are Grandson Crosby, Lon Will
Jams, Martin Yarber, of this city; Will
lam Kas of Pike county; John w.
White, Gipp Clark and James Stone.
Their plan was that Yarber and Clark
should get into the house and commit
the robbery while the others were to-
stand guard. At the time when the rob-
berry was to be committed Crosby and
Stone had not yet arrived. Crosby was
in the city Monday evening and was so
drunk that he got past going and did not
rcs Oh the house at all, but Stone ar
rived after the murder had been COM
:nitted, and becouse he was Lite tho
other conspirators wallowed him in the
blood of the victims, and in that condi-
tion permitted Kim to go home, and that
was the nail that fastened down the
lid of their collins. They coul:l not find
a. cent of the money as stone did not ar
rive until the six murders were COM
n.itted. He does not know why they
killed the Wrattan family. All the Grim
inals were arrested and taken to Jeffer-
scnvi.le last night. Williams an! Kas
We're already in jail. Brown, another
suspect who was taken to Jeffersonville,
had no connection with the tragedy and
he will be released. The excitement is
more intense than ever. VIDE to the
murderers if Davies county delegation
can lay hands on them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

According to the latest available re-
turns, Russia has the largest prison
population, $40; next comes India
with 63,S28, France with 60,836, the
United States with 59,25S and Great
Britain with 3O,474.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
, MURDERER CAUGHT.

Santa Fe, N. Mex, Oct. 23.-Alonzo
fresquez of Dona Ana county in 1883
threw his lariat while on horseback and
caught a man around the waist and
dragged him half mile, inficting in
juries which proved fatal in a few days.
Fresquez then fled to Mexico He has
just been captured and is in Jail at
chihuahua. Gov. Thornton has author
lied Sheriff Martin Lehman to proceed
and bring the murderer back to Las
Cruces.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

a white woman, from his would-be
lynchers.
Charles Snyder, the notorious thief,
was sentenced at Mansfield, Ohio. to.
six years in the penitentiary at hard
labor.
Fl. III. Patrick, a rich miner Of San
Antonio, Tex, was murdered at To-
pclobambo by an eighteen year-old high
waynan.
Ar. attempt to assassinate Mayor
Black of Mansfield, Ohio, while SEN
tcncfng three thieves was frustrated by
an officer.
William Pace, a colored employee on
the drainage channel at Joliet, ILL.,, has
been sentenced to the penitentiary for
q year for attempted murder.
Fronia williams, aged seventeen,
daughter Of the richest man at Metz,
Mo-, took poison and then cut her
throat. Her father had objected to her
proposed marriage.
Jeweicr Hartman of New York was
found bound and gagged in his store
and said he had been robbed of more
than $4,000 worth of jewelry. The po-
lice suspect Mr.. Hartman's story.
John keenan,, arrested at Helena, is
enc Of the two desperate criminals who
escaped from the Colorado renitentiary
last month. His companion in fight
was Stratton, alias Matt Kennedy,
wanted in Detroit and Cleveland for
murder.
Capt. William c. Hale, of Joliet, ILL.,,
stabbed his wife with a pair Of shears,
making twenty one ounds, from which
recovery is impossible. Going to the
| cellar he barricaded hilnself and i'll
tlicted more than 100 wounds in his
back, throat, breast and bowels.
The jury in the case of James Clifford
Hand, charged with the murder of Jay
Pulver, night Waterman Of the Hay
Todd Manufacturing company at
| Ypsilanti, Mich, March 1, after being
out forty eight hours disagreed. Hand
will be retired in December.
Harvey s. Rhodes, manager Of the
Aultman-Miller implement works
agency at Kansas City, Mo-, and a
business leader, has been indicted for
compromising a larceny in accepting
$500 to stop the Pre- secution Of Collec-
tor Vickely, who elnbeZzled 5000 ir
August. ,>.~- -: ,.;yss>...~,~:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
SHOT EACH OTHER.

Georgetown, Ky. Oct. ga shoot
ing occurred here about o'clock yester-
day afternoon between Policeman George.
Jan es and Lloyd Cole of this town. in
which the former was killed and the lat
ter dangerously wounded. James, while
on duty, reported to the chief that Cole
and others were engaged in game of.
craps, which Cole denied, and on meet
ing yesterday afternoon, after a few
words both drew their pistols and began
shooting.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
OTHERWISE.


Newly elected city officials find In
dianapclis bankrupt.
Frost in Mississippi injured the cot
ton crop.
Colorado is unloading thousands of
unemployed Workmen on Texas.
The De Fretsc Touring mills at Go
shen, Ind, assigned with assets and liza
bilities about equal 700.
Coal miners at Little Book Cliff, near
Grand Junction, Cclo., are on strike
for 25 cents ton increase. 5.-
Work will be resur ed on full time in
all Union Pacific railway shops, giving
employ ment to 5000 men. $50
An appropriation Of $143, 900 for beau
tifying the shaft on Monument Place,
indianapolis, was made by the soldiers
commission. -
Seventy-eight higLbinders have been
arrested in San Francisco, charged with
Va grancy. An attempt will be made to
depurt them. A.=
Traffic officials of the Northern Pa
cific and Cheat Northern decided to
meet the reduction in rates made by
the SEQ. -- sE
Orders nave been issued Tor 4 re-
sumption of work i'll q half-cozen 11aills
in the Pittsburg district, giving employ
ment to $1,000 II Ell.
Mrs. Julia West, who is prominent
in charity work on Staten Island, has
been nominated by the Republicans of
Richmond county for school commas
SiOncr.
A farewell dinner was rendered to
the earl ct Dunrave1. and his party by
c. Oliver Iselin at the knichcrbocke
club at New York.
Prisoners with lroEey will not be al
| ,oyoG delicaci IS hereafter at the 11,tli
am prison north. Tie warden has
| decided all shall receive the regulation
diet ;,ll.. lsothinS else.
4 The fire brick works at Mexico, 40.
have suspended. A large number Of
workmen are thrown out Of employ
ment. The factory is one Of the largest
| Of the kind in the country
| II. D. Hatch and William French
1 came to blows on the floor OF the New
York stock exchange. Neither Of tilt
/ men sustained my serious in;alies. II
for Il time the il client created coEsd
] cIab!e excitement.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
Ionday, Oct. 23.

Wilson Hodgden, aged 20. on the poor
farm at Renyille, was found hanging
by a clothes line to fruit tree. He
has been a pauper six months, and has
two SonS living
A. Silk was struch by a westbound
Winona & Southwestern train at Wi
mona and instantly killed. His head
was crushed to IL jelly. SOjik was 40
years old and was IN employe OF the
Winona Fiber works 5s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

A mile of hedge and ditch equals an
acre Of land. The amount Of extra
land that would be rendered available
for crops, were all the hedges in the
United Kingdom trimmed properly,
would be equivalent to 100000 acres.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

! The temple of Ypsambul, in Nubia, is
cut from a solid rock, and it's entrance
is guarded by four statues, each Is feet
high, 25 feet across the shoulders, the
face feet long, the ear over feet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
AGAINST CAPRIyI.

London, Oct. 23.-The Berlin cores
pondent of the Times says that the asri-
cultural Ger servers are carrying OIL an
unprecedentedly campaign against Cham
cellor Won Capriyi, ard are striving to
produce an imposing demonstration Of
Russian opinion inilnical TO him in the
Ecpe of overawihg the emperor in bis
capacity as king Of Prussia.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

Senator Perkins Of California attrib-
utes his popularity to his habit of ask
ing every man he meets for the time Of
day, and setting his own watch to con-
form to the information thus received.
One result of the practice is, however,
that he can never tell any ono else the
correct time
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
FIRE ON A FARM.

Sedalia, Mo-, Oct. 23.-Sparks from a.
locomotive set fire to the farm of Mrs.
Kentry near here, yesterday. The fire.
burned furiously for several hours, and
before it could be extinguished burned
over $50 acres Of timothy and destroyed
a quantity of hay and several miles
of fencing, as we'll as burned up 200
head of sheep. j.. - H..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

The maxim, murder will out" is dis
proved by statistics. In the 10 years
ending with 1886 there were 1,766 MUIR
ders committed in England and Wales,
and in 1904 of these cases no trace of
the criminal was ever found that led to
his apprehension.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
INSANE

Hastings, Mimi, Oct. 23.-Gust Dahl
ing of Egan, an inmate of the poor farm
for a year, was taken to the Rochester
asylum by T. E. Redican, overseer, hay
ing been adjudgcd insane, the examining
physicians being DR.. ]. 2. Caldwell OF
Pennington and DR.. J.. G. Fitch OF this
city. He is about fifty years of age.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

All Me and Ching Gun are the names
of two Philadelphia Cinnamon who
have been sent back to Far Cathay'
under the provisions Of the Geary act.
"Ah Me! It's tough to be fred" said
Gun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
Tarms:-2.0o per year in advance.

By old English law a baron was re-
quired to have at least five hides of
land, church, a kitchen, Dollhouse
and borough gate with seat in it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
MOORS SLAUGHTERED.

Madrid, Oct 23.-An official dispatch
from Mellila says that the forts there
opened fire on the Moors in their trenches
and that the Spanish warship Venadito
is shelling the coast. Shortly after the
firing began the Mocrs fed into their
own territory. They sustained heavy
loss .# .s.l
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

A we'll known geologist has computed
the earth's age on the basis Of expert
ments made Oh the effects Of heat and
pressure on certain rocks. He con-
cludes that the earth's age as a planet
is 100000 years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

In the Cascade mountains is the
Great Sunken lake, the most deeply
sunken lake in the world. It is Is miles
long and 4 IL wide, 1t is 1000 feet
down to the surface Of the water, but
the depth OF the water is unknown.