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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
Wednesday,, Nov. 8.


Joseph White and Charles Fisher are
identified by Matthias Valek as the
murderers of Josef Herda at st. Paul.
Burglars entered J. p Brandenbour-
gers clothing store at Hastings and
carried off goods and jewelry to the
value of $775. J..
Andrew Shook. residing at Grand
Rapids, was killed while hunting near
Blacks ranch, by ED Mott, a compan-
ion.
The grocery store of Stromberg &
Morley at Red Wing was burglarized
The cash in the drawer, cigars, canned
fish and other articles were stolen.
A young child Of e. H. Klock of
Window died from the effects Of a pin
which it swallowed about three
months ago, and which, in some man
ner, got into the child's lung, causing
an absceSS. '~s'-.. .-
The barn and stock sheds of O. j.
Taylor at Albert Lea burned by the
tipping over of lantern. 1t is total
loss. Taylor had his hands and face
severely burned. Considerable amount
Of stock WAS burned.
Fire at Morristown consumed the
large new barn, house and OutbulldlngS
of John Neusbaum, together with q
large number of fat hogs, two horses
and grain. The loss is total. The orig
in Of the fire is unknown.
: Deputy Sheriff Armstron Of Duluth
arrived home with J. NJ. Aitkin, who
was arrested at Moorhead, charged by
the American Express company with
obtaining ST. on q money order
through false pretenses. Aitl1in claims
the wrong man has been arrested.
William Klein of Mountain Lake
started out hunting in a buggy with a
loaded gun One Of the boards in the
bottom Of the buggy was out and the
jolting Of the buggy caused the gun to
fall through the bottom of the buggy
Klein jumped and grabbed the gun,
and, in pulling it toward him. in some
manner it was discharged, the charge
striking him in the breast. He lived
about ten minutes
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
Thursday, Nov. 2.

The strike Of the street railway en-
ployes at st. Paul is at an end and
pacific settlement Of the trouble be-
tween them and the company has been
reached. &
Miss Dugan, a weak-minded woman.
thlrty-tlve years old, was assaulted and
raped by John Hill near Alden. She
lived with q tenant on her fathers
farm. Hill is an Irishman, with a
Drogue and sandy mustache He is
drinker. The sheriff wants him.
The dead body of julius Bueckling,
teacher of German in the ST. Paul pub
lie schools, was found in the river at
the foot of Jackson street. Prof Bueck-
ling evidently committed suicide In
one OF the dead mans pockets Vial
labeled "laudanum" was found
Fred Boyle, living twelve miles north
OF Minnesota in the town of Burton,
ended quarrel Of two years standing
by shooting his son Joseph, aged thirty,
through the head: causing his death
two hours later. The father was ar
rested and is now in Jail. The quarrel
was over home and land.
Three masked robbers entered the
saloon of Michael Walek at St. Paul
and ordered Walek and Joseph Herda,
a contractor, to hold up their hands.
Walek was slow in obeying the COM
mand and was Immediately hit and
Knocked senseless with the butt of a
revolver. Herda started to run and
was shot through the kidneys. The
bandits then robbed the till of S11 and
made their escape. Herda was taken
to the hospital and will die. The rob-
bers are tsill at large
Early last spring a mulatto giving his
name as John Doe was arrested at Red
Wing for several burglaries committed
at Zumbrota on the night of April 1.
It has now developed that the prisoner,
Who appeared to be a most dangerous
criminal, has made his escape. The
iron bars in the window next to the
sheriff's residence We're sawed out and
the combination lock on the door lead
ing to the cells was opened without
breaking. It was one of the finest jobs
Of Jail breaking heard of here.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
OTHERWISE.

Refusing to return fees after fail
ing to find verdict, an Oakland, Tex,
j,a'y was fined by a justice.
Actor Coghlan still denies his first
marriage and declares the girl who
passes as his daughter is only adopted
A large number Of Midway Plaisance
attractions are secured for the Califor-
mia mid-winter fair.
Saloonkeepers at Eureka, S. D., an
gered because they were black balled
set fire to the Masonic and Pythian
lodge rooms.
S. e. North of Carbonate, Ill, claims
to have discovered the secret Of weld
ing copper. He says the discovery is
worth millions.
G. p. Huntington says that there is
no truth in the report that the Morgan
Steamship company win sell the steam
er El Rio to the Brazilian governments
L. Schoolherr of Austin, Tex, one Of
the largest dry goods dealers in the
state, made an assignment for the ben
eft Of preferred creditors. Assets about
$780, 1000.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

London discount rates rose owing to
a scare over the Indian loan and the
shipment Of gold to America.
A yacht was run down and sunk by
a steamer near Hernosand, Sweden,
and eight persons were drowned.
The Russian fleet sailed from Toulon
for Ajaccio, a Corsican fort. The
French enthusiasm was tremendous.
The duke Of Portland denies the re-
port that he will build a yacht to chal-
lenge for the Americas cup. f."
The war between the Moors and
Spaniards reaches a serious stage for
the latter.
It is announced that an entente has
been established between the Vatican
and the Quirinal on the question of
King Hunbert's right to appoint the
patriarch of Venice.
The newspapers of Paris publish a
rumor Of an italian plot to imperil
the launching of the French war ship
Jausequeberry, which was put into the
water at Toulon.
A correspondent in Rio Janiero sends
word that the revolutionists have met
with a serious loss. Nearly all the
powder for the rebel fleet was stored
ON the island of Moncanque The pow
der has been blown up. The loss of
life and damage to property is not
known. ''l
During the religious festival in the
Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem,
Judea, a trivial dispute arose, which
engendered a riot. A monk was shot
and killed, and two other persons were
wounded. The dead monk and both
wounded men were Italians. The Ital-
ian consul has appealed to the Turk
ish government to punish the muir
derer. 49,,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
Tuesday. Nov. z.

The Minnesota Iron company's mines
at Tower have resumed operations.
lie Vim Peterson, eighteen years old,
living at Blanchard, N. D., got into a
game of cards in Il saloon at Minneapo-
lis and claims to have been done up"
for SIG.
The Van Dusen elevator at Redwood
Falls burned to the ground. Indica-
tons point to incendialyism. The loss
on the building is $4,000. The elevator
contained near 1000 bushels of wheat,
1000 bushels Of flax, 1000 bushels of
oats and $50 tons of hard and soft coal
on which there is but little salvage.
Frank e. Burns, a brakeman on the
Eastern Minnesota. walked off car in
the Rice's Point yards at Duluth and
had his head severed completely from
his body. He was twenty-three years
of age and single. His parents live at
Green Bay, Wis.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

This word closure, about which we
{ re hearing so much, came into legis-
lltive use in the British house of COM
mons in 1887, and is applied to rule
which cuts off debate and prevents
further discussion or motion by the
minority, bringing the question to a
direct and conclusive vote. The French
word cloture is often employed to ex-
press the same thing. It is really an
emphatic and decisive way of saying:
Come, we have talked enough about
this matter; we must decide it noW.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
CASUALTIES.

Fire wiped out the business part of
Dunbar, Pa, causing a loss Of $40, 900.
Fire at Willamette, Tenn, destroyed
the breeding stables of J. B. Ewing,
and twenty horses were burned.
The schooner f. w.. Elmer was lost
in the great storm on the Gulf of Mex
leo and the crew was lost.
Dewane w. Downer was fatally
burned by the explosion of gas in his
home at Paramount, Ind.
Mrs. A. e. Harrison of Des Moines,
Iowa, was run over and killed by a
train at Rock Island, Ill.
Louisa Bartsh, through the careless
management of asylum officials at Buff
falo, N. Y, jumped from window and
died of her injuries.
The bark Saigon was lost in the At
lantic, $50 miles off Newfoundland.
The crew was rescued by the Anchor
Line steamer Victoria.
BY the bursting Of a fiy-wheel in the
Peoria, ILL.,, electric light plant the
main building was wrecked. The dam
age amounts to $4,000.
Hugh Gordon was frightfully burned
by acid placed upon his blow-pipe by a
union glass-blower at Wellsville, w.
Va.
The barn of George A. Chandler, in
the town of Sharon, Ohio, was destroy
ed by fire. In the debris was found
the remains Of two men.
The steamer Lampasas, Capt. Bur
rows, which arrived at New York from
Galveston, brought the first mate and
forty-seven seamen Of the steamer
Marselle, from Antwerp for New Or
leans, which foundered during the late
heavy gales. "
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
AFrECTIONATE NOTE.

Chicago, Nov. o. J. G. Gruisberg
whose family is thought to reside il
P:ris. France, WIS found dead in the
Southern hotel to-day. He had evidently
committed suicide by taking morphine.
Several letters from different women
were found, most Of them, however, with
the names torn Off. A very affectionate
note was among them dated Minneapolis,
Sept -, and signed Hattie Derby. She
called him My dearest" because. as,
the letter says, Il do not know yo?u
first name"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
THE FAR WEST.


A 100000 thepter is being built at
Sprague, Wash. ...-- "a. ~ r
Bears are thinning out the pigs near
New WhatcOm, Wash. - ,s-z.
Geese are cackling noisily over Kla-
math, and the Indians predict a long
and stormy winter.
According to the Herald 200 families
have moved away from Astoria the
past two months.
Seldomridge & Pebbles of Colorado
Springs are at F'lagler with 10000 head
of sheep to ship to- feeding points in
Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.
Wild geese are found to be much at
tracted by electric lights. They keep
Roseburg, Or, people awake dashing
round the street lamps.
Gen. Brooke and party returned to
Saratoga, Wyo., from a hunt. They
or sixteen elk.
Nevada cattlemen do not intend to
run the risk of losing their cattle this
winter for lack Of food, so are shipping
a great deal of their stock to- CalifOr-
MIA, where food is plentiful.
A. S. Legrow, H. C. Adams, Edwin
Weary and w. &. johnson are loading
5000 head Of sheep at Wallula, Wash,
which will be shipped to Omaha and
Chicago to be sold. r@
Alfred Savage, employed on stock
farm near Seattle was fatally gored by
a Holstein ,,bull Tuesday. In the last
four years the bull has gored four men
to death.
Private Connors, Of Troop II, who
was recently court-martialed for burg
larry of officers quarters at Fort Walla
Wala, has been sentenced to six years
in the military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan. -..-a
Miners who are coming out from
their Greenhorn claims have to wade
through two and a half feet of snow
Large numbers of sheep are dying in
the heavy snow storms on the mount
aims Of Klickitat county, Wash.
It is probable that many hundred
acres Of hops will be planted near
Boise, Idaho, during the next year.
The experiment of hop culture has
proved complete success, and it is
said the hops produced at Payette are
pronounced by expert authority to he
superior to any others grown in this
country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
Friday, Nov. 3.

BY careful estimate it is shown that
the people of Faribault and vicinity
contributed 100000 for the purpose of
seeing the worlds fair.
Beirut Toftness, son of Nick Toftness,
II years old, shot himself accidentally
at Barnum while out hunting His
gun bursted and the cartridge flew
back and killed him instantly.
The body Of John Steenberg, the
young Swede drowned in the river
from goyt rIment barge opposite Min
niger on the 10th ult., was tished out
by William Sommers. He had $50 Is
in cash upon his person.
At a special term of the county cong
miSsiOners ut Redwood Falls charges
were made against County Attorney
Madigan Of malfeasance and drunk
enness in office. The commissioners
have petitioned Gov. Nelson to remove
him.
While playing Halloween pranks at
Redwood Falls, Chester Mason, aged
Is, was accidentally shot by a COM
panion who had Il revolver, but did not
know it was loaded. Doctors are TN
able to find the bullet and cannot tell
whether he will recover
Fred Johnson, wealthy farmer liv-
ing twelve miles south of Dundas, was
sandbagged two miles north of Dundas
by two masked men. Johnson was sup
posed to have several hundred dollars
on his person, but only s. were found.
No clue to the robbers.
Larry O'Connor lost his life by being
! run down by an electric car ut the
corner of East Seventh and kittson
streets, st. Paul. He was q young
laboring man, twenty-five years old,
and lived at SOB East Fourth street
Two men heard an unusual sound as
the car passed them, and being alarm
ed, told Officer Ashe, who investigated
and found the lifclcss body. Just how
the accident occurred no one seems to
know.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
CRIMINAL.


Isaac Bowden Of Galena, Ill, COM
mitted suicide by shooting. He was
y years old.
Six members Of the Dalton gang rode
up to a crowded store at Gushing,
Okla, and collected $500.
Helen Zuchswerdt committed suicide
at ST. Louis by hanging She was de-
mented.
Miss Edith Hastings committed sui
eide at Sandusky, Ohio, while in Jail
awaiting examination on a charge Of
lunacy.
The general store CT Cook & Snyder
of Columbus, Ohio, was ransacked by
burglars and then burned. The loss
is $4,000.
Mrs. Kate G. Blood, who was con
nected with a st. Louis building ASSOC
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
RAD RARRNR.

Chicago, Nov. 7.-Albert Broddeck, y
barber, objected to the attentions paid by
Other men to Louisa Bloomer, his fiancee.
Last night he pushed the muzzle of a
revolver into the girls face 3nd fired
The ball made only slight wound, but
the girl tainted and fell to the floor
81 oddeck, thinking he had killed her.
shot himself through the brain, dying
instantly. He left note saying that h.
had killed the girl because she deserved
it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

The arrests on the worlds fair
grounds averaged but twelve a day
during the six months existence of the
exposition. The average attendance
was nearly 100000 daily, and the small
number of arrests speaks volumns for
the good behavior of the crowds.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

Indiana is getting to be a hard place
for the preachers. Scarcely a day
passes in which some member of the
cloth is not brought into disagreeable
notoriety. Recently at Winnamac a
Presbyterian divine was dashed through
the streets by a couple Of young men
whose conduct he had denounced from
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
.NiIIRDER AND SUICIDE.

Elyria, Ohio, Nov. IA frightfnl muir
der and suicide occurred here last night.
Charles Manning shot his wife, killing:
her instantly. then shot her cousin. Mrs.
w r. White. He followed up the
double tragedy by committing suicide.
Mrs. Manning had commenced proceed
ings for divorce and her husband. had
frequently threatened to kill her. Last
night, crazed by drink, he carried his:
threat into execution. Mrs. White will
recover.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
Saturday, Nov. r,

Richard Kennedy, the slayer of John
Hoy, has been found guilty at Mime
apolis.
Anderson & Bodin's saloon on Sec
ond street, Saltwater, was burglarized.
The burglars secured, IS in cash and
cigars worth $50.
The $1,000 damage suit of John
Smith of Kasson against Mrs Mary D.
Mullen of Cherry Grove for defama-
ton Of character was tried in the dis
trich court at Red Wing The jury
brought in 4 verdict of $14225 for the
plaintiff.
After hearing motion to quash the
Indictment in the case of the State VS..
Hum Wing Sing and Hum Hong for
the murder of Lee Hung at Brainerd,
Judge Holland denied it, and sentenced
the two Cinnamon to twenty-five years
in the state prison. ~.
There was wreck on the St. Louis
road opposite Shakopee. A freight car
jumped the track, seventeen other cars,
all empty, following. The cars were
badly broken and the loss will be
heavy. The engine was not damaged
and none of the train crew were in
jured.
An attempt to burglarize Wheatohs
store at Elk River was frustrated, it
being discovered, and the robber was
shot at by a man sleeping in the store.
The city council of St. Cloud author
lied the asking Of bids to replace the
wooden bridge. The bids for a steel
bridge across the Mississippi to replace
the wooden bridge. The estimated
cost is about $4,000.
George Hecker of Barnum went to
the house Of his divorced wife's father,
where she is living, and, after yainly
trying to make up with her, attempted
to shoot her. He fired five shots. but
she escaped by falling over a loose
board just as he fired. Hecker at
tempted to shoot the officers who ar
rested him, but did not succeed, and
was locked up. During the night he
tore his handkerchief into strips, tied
the pieces together, and with this Inn
provised rope, strangled himself to
death.
Sunday, Nov. 5.
Dulutl's chamber Of commerce is
abolished
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

Some of the students of Jefferson
Medical college have ostracised and de-
manded the dismissal of a fellow STU
dent because he has African blood in
his veins. Ten to one his brains are
superior to the contents of the skulls
of those who are prosecuting him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

1t is to be wondered if the people
who refused to go to see Sarah Bern
hardt play on account of her connubial
unconventionalities, will be willing in
Charles COughlin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

1t is announced from Europe that the
Germans are beginning to dislike the
car of Russia exceedingly. But as
Alexander has made himself solid with
the French, he is not seriously dis
turbed by TeutOnic animosity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

The Russians surrendered to the
French at Sebastopol in 1854. Thirty
nine years later the French surren-
dered to the Russians at Toulon. Hon
ors may be said to be easy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
DOIRIE MuRDER

Vancouver, B. c., Nov. IA wealthy
rancher named John Green and an en-
ploye. Thomas Taylor, have been mar
dered and robbed on Savory island, y
hundred miles from here. Hugh Flynn,
another employe, has disappeared, and il
is thought he committed the murder.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

A man was killed by mob in Phil
adelphia the other day because his coat
failed to fit him, and his trousers were
too short. William Penn would stand
n poor show if he were to appear in
his broad-brimmed hat and knee
brooches.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

Lord Dunrayen'S return to England
is. signalized by another declaration
that he considers the Vallzyrie as good
a boat as the Vigilante. This does not
indicate that ME Lud'' is brooding
over his defeat; it simply shows that
the great American interviewer" now
has his counterpart in the press on the
other side of the Atlantic
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
LAPS WED

Chicago, Nov. Two Japanese worlds
fair exhibitors secured licenses to wed a
couple Of the Egyptian girls from the
streets of Cairo. They gave their names
as Ton AIagi and Samuel Watanabe.
The former married Juanita Chorhav
nineteen years old, and the latter Cor5
Ragab, tweI1ty-one years old.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

An old law, which had been forgot
ten, requires all ships leaving the port
of New York to carry a small cannon,
two projectiles and 500 yards of line,
so that in case that the ship should be
bcached the crew would be able to
communicate with the shore All sail
ing masters have received notice to
comply with the law.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09
THIEyES BROKE IN,

Red Wing, Nov. 7.-Burglals broke
into the grocery store of Stromberg y
Morley, on West Main street, carrying
eWsy the cssh in the drawer. They also
hsuled away a wagon load of cigars.
canned goods and provisions. There is
no clue to the burglars.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

The great turtle found in the artil-
lery barracks at Port Louis in 1910,
when Mauritius was ceded to Great
Britain, is still alive. Though It is be-
lieved to be 200 years old at least, it
has enormous strength, and can, with
apparent ease, carry two men on it's
back.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

Bombast was once the cotton plant,
then the cotton padding with which
garments were filed out, then any
padding or stufiIg, lastly idle brag-
finr 10y
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

Pamphlets owe their name to Pam
phela, Greek lady, who left behind
her a number Of scrapbooks contain
ing notes, recipes, anecdotes and mem,
Oranda. - .
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-11-09

Rudolph Mataieck, Bohemian,
brother of an OWatonna merchant,
committed suicide by emptying two bar
rels of a shot gun in his face. Disap-
pOintment in love is the cause.
The barn and sheds Of James Boiler
of Haverhill We're destroyed by fire,
presumably from threshing engine.
Much hay and grain was lost. No in
Surance. y#s. 1 =s
At the Beaver Falls district court
Beard & Gray have been acquitted Of
all the charges brought against them.
They were the proprietors Of the Fair
fax bank
s. A. Huff, a painter, who works for
Brack 4 Co., st. Paul, fell from the
new building which is being erected
near the corner of Sixth and Wacouta
streets for the Konantz Saddlery COM
pany, and was instantly killed
The following pensions have been
granted to Minnesotians: Original,
Francis Bell, West Duluth; William H.
DOugherty, st. Paul Park; Joel G..
Brown, Dodge Center (deceased. Or
iginal widow, Arvilla Brown, Dodge
Center. ~.
John T. Dixon a well known contrac-
tor of Duluth, while out hunting near
Grand Lake with P. Roen, accidentally
shot himself in the thigh and now lies
at St. Luze's hospital in a serious con-
ditiOn. 1t is feared it will be necessary
to amputate his leg. "
IT,. Monday, Nov. 6. -
Julia Uhlmeier, a domestic, commits
suicide at st. Paul.
A report from Lester Prairie says
that farmer living in Carver county
killed two burglars and wounded an
other with a shotgun.
Miller's saw mill, located sixteen
miles up the Mississippi river from
Brainerd, and owned by A. W. Miller
and NJ. Hagberg, burned. Loss, $4,000;
no insurance.
A case Of smallpox has just developed
in Featherstone. A boy named Elmer
Rogers was taken down with the dis
ease. He had just returned from the
East, and was probably exposed en-
route.
Frank Porter, a well known quarter
breed was in Tower, and stated he had
found coal near Lake Kaboogama II
do not mean float" he said, "but we'll
defined vein, which have traced q dis
lance Of 200 feet, and which, even near
the surface has a width Of about eight
feet. I have taken steps to acquire title
and I claim the distinction Of being the
first to locate a coal vein in the Rainy
river country ...,