The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-26

SIS, 900; insurance, $4,000: The fire
originated from a furnace in Shaw g
Co.'S.
| The Rev j. NJ Jameson was killed
| by cable car at Los Angles, Cal.
! The masquerade costume of Lizzie Do
| land, worn at ball in Kansas City, took
! fire. The girl was fatally burned. #
The town hall and three stores and the
postoffice burned at Brewster, n. y.
Loss, 100000.
The country residence of w. G. Harri-
son Of Philadelphia, at Glenside, Pa, was
burned. Loss, $125,000.
The steamer Mississippi burned at Pa
ducah, Ky. She was a government boat,
/ and was valued at 10000.
! The power house Of the Peoria, Ill,
Central Railway company burned. Loss,
$1O4, 900; insur ance, $4,000.
I The city water tank at Wheatland,
| Iowa, burst, and 1900 gallons Of water
and the tank crushed several small build
ings. Il. .=s.s5
The residence of Louis Datterer of ST.
Louis was blown up by dynamite bomb
in the absence Of the family There is no
clue - 5.s5s.EE
Five persons were injured in a collision
on the Chicago & Northwestern road near
Boone, Iowa. A caboose was tele-
scoped. -
The shroud enyeloping the body of Mrs
e. Z. Umbers, at Defiance, Iowa, took
fire from a candle, and the body was
nearly cremated. "
Fire broke out in Grace Episcopal
church. at Jefferson City, Mo-, during
services. Worshipers were thrown into
panic. 3D. 49, %y5
| While crossing a railroad track at Con-
stantine, Mich, George Hamilton,
farmer, was struck by an engine and
killed. + a-~...
Mrs. William De Courcey was burned
to death at Baltimore while trying to
rescue her two children from a burning
! house. 1t -, -
Benjamin Lamb, street car driver.
was frozen to death at Charleston. s. e.
Twenty persons were bitten by a mad
3 dog at Springfield, Ill. @
Il Bert Gilbertson narrowly ESCAPED
asphyxiation at the Grand hotel. James
VILE He blew out the gas on retiring for
! the night, and, but for the bell boy would
nave been corpse in the morning.
M w. Dodge's shoe factory at Al
bany, n. Y, burned. Loss, $4,000.
An explosion of a coal oil lasnn at
Philadelphia destroyed lodging house.
James keely and John Mollough were
Killed by leaping from windows. and
three persons were injured. sN 5
The principal water main at Dover.
~ T., burst, leaving the south half of
the city without water. The cellars of
. | fno ol,o EN- 2. -
hooded, and great deal of damage was
DONE 3 1913. - - ~ ! -, -
Officers Of the Leeds associated COM
panies announce at Sioux City that it is
s.ssuteu from arrangements already made
t ,i'' al creditors OF the companies will
De paid dollar for dollar The stock
holceers will settle the claims and reor
ganize the company.
The body Of Samuel Lakin was stolen
from the grave in cemetery at Fort
Madison. The discovery was made to-
, Jay and people are excited. Lakin is the
i man VINO took the Kelley cure for drunk
enness and died. It is thought to be the
3. work OF physicians who wanted the body
= Tor the dissecting table,
a freight train on the Chicago & North
western road that broke in two on tha
Molningo Hill was run into by q train
Following, says Boone special, and six
! men in the caboose were injured. none
, Iataily The wounded are: Joe Wiley.
II. Heath, John Bratch. S. r. Ross
J and 5. w. Scheer all stockmen.
Richard Grnner, who took his life with
caroohc acid at Dubuque, proves to have
been wholesale forger and dealer in
!, spurious mortgages. Some Of his clients
found him out and he took his own life
70 save himself from the penitentiary.
his LIE insurance makes his estate
solvent and leaves $40 900 for the widow
: besides
~. Is. Brooks, city freight agent az
Sioux City Of the Sioux City & Northern
! Railroad company, is a ,defaulter in the
sum Of $4,000. He has disappeared and
the railroad officials are now making an
examination of his books. The company
is protected by a $4,000 bond in the
! Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust COM
: pany.
At meeting Of prominent Marshall
town capitalists and business men the
Winona, Marshall own & Southern Rail
!, way and Coad company was organized
and articles of incorporation were filed.
The object Of the company is to extend
J the Winona & Southwestern road from
Usage through Nlarshalltown, Charlton,
, great coal fields Of Southern Iowa and
j connect with leading lines Of the South
west ~.
q. 81. Lippy and Messrs. Harrison and
Friend of Galesburg, Ill, arrived in Bur-
t lngton in search Of Mary Kendrick,
]; aged seventeen, and Harvey Dooley,
agen eighteen, who eloped from that city.
d The girl was to have been married on
S the night of the elopment to- a wealtl1y
i farmer named Barnes, who lives near
Galesburg. Dooley is a Burlington
i brakeman. The relatives cannot account
for the infatuation Of the girl with
S Dooley.