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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-02-25
English ~ She speaks 70.

Miss Snobly-Why did you speak TO
that vulgar Miss Newcome?
Miss Van Million took her for Miss
Uppish. II had known who she was
I shouldn't have known her. you know.
-puc1k
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
verdict cfthe jury in the second court OF
the indictmen against Michael McAndrews

80 $ 4
verdict cfthe ary in the second court .,
the indictme lent against Michael McAndrew
at Boston. s54 VI f5s ,sf
At Coyington, KY, during mass at st.
Aloysius Roman Catholic Church. Bern
ard Schwalen, young priest but recently
ordained, committed suicide in his room in
the church residence by shooting.
. B. J. Martin, president and acting cashier
of the defunct Eupora, Tenn, bank, who
was given his liberty few days ago, was
rearrested near Memphis and taken to
Eupora at the instance Of some of the de-
pOsitOrs. as41
A Boston grand jury returned indict-
ments against Michael Sheehan. Thomas ].
Robinson, John F Nolan, Patrick Hickey,
John Teehan, John Leary and Oliver Nc
earthly, all charged with fraud in natur-
alization cases at the state election.
At Alton, Kas., forty men met to partici-
pate in q shooting match. They all got
drunk and riot ensued. The only death
so far is that of a man named Link End
sley. III
Milt Thomas shot and killed Ben Web
Der at st. John, Kas. Weber was charged
with completely in a robbery of the county
treasurer's office, which occurred some
months ago. Thomas was the principal
witness against him The shooting, the
elimination of this quarrel, was in self-de-
tense. r. Gs .,s z a.
A riot among Hungarians at the North
west colliery, four miles above Carbonate,
Pa, resulted in Frank Oganta being stabbed
fatally in the back. A woman who had
tried to separate the belligerents was also
badly cut. Three of Oganta's countrymen,
who were in the battle, and who are &C.
cused OF doing the cutting, have escaped.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
The Foreign Budget.

Baron de Reinach's death is shown to
have been due to natural causes.
A new nihilist plot is discovered in Rus
STA. *~r.5 .-.., .-..
Dynamiters wreck detective Office in
Dublin, detective being killed. -
A heavy embezzlement in one of the
Hungarian governments department. is re
vealed. a.. ."-.-@....
The so-called Canadian warships on the
great lakes are said to be merely revenue
cutters, each with one small gun.
The London Standard says that COM
plete opera, entitled king Lear" has
has been found among the manuscripts OF
the deceased composer LitolH. .,-. ~
The weekly statement of the Bank Of
France shows an increase of 4, 225, 900 francs
in gold and decrease Of 5, 200. 600 francs in
silver.
The Hamburger Nachrichten denies the
staten ent in Milwaukee newspaper to the
effect that Prince Bismarck has an interest
in Milwaukee street railway company.
1t is charged that De Lesseps brought
$2 500, 600 TO this country to influence gov
eminent officials and members of congress
in the Panama canal matter. r..
The engagement of the earl of Craven to
daughter of Bradley Martin, of New
York, is announced in London. The earl
was born Dec. 16, 1868, and succeeded his
father Dec. II, 1883. -.
The Worcester Traction company has
filed articles of incorporation in Newark,
N. J. The capital is placed at $5,000,000
The company is to buy sell and operate
street railway by electricity, traction and
other methods.
The rebels in the province of Corriuntes,
Argentine Republic have defeated the
provincial troops in a number ofskirmishes
and have seized the towns of Mercedes and
| Caseros and the railway lines of the dis
| trict. $780,.
The government is apparently acting upI
ON the theory that the recent Dublin ex.
| plosion was the result fof conspiracy, and
| the police are making active inquiries as
| to the recent course of the physical force
| faction, to whose operations but little at
| tention has latterly been paid.
The famine in North Finland is increas-
| ing and there is movement in Sweden to
renew the subscriptions oflast year for the
aid Of the starving Finlanders. Many
villages are snow bound and it is feared
| that whole communities have persisted as
nothing has been heard from them for a
! number Of days.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
People in Print

Louis G. Stevenson, son of A. E. Steven
son, vice president-elect. who is in delicate
health, will spend the winter in Texas.
Col. Robert Neville. who assaulted S. s.
Ho Wand in the Madison Square Garden
during the horse show, has been suspended
from the Metropolitan club in Washing
ton. -
Norman Lockycr, the astronomer, says
that Lord Tennyson knew almost as much
about the movements Of the heavenly plan
cts as he knows himself
The Hamburger Nachrichten denies the
statement in Milwaukee newspaper that
Prince Bismarck has on interest in Mil
waukee street railway company.
A. Kunze, the diamond expert has been
examining the new diamond fields in
Boise, Idaho, and says that the country re-
senbles that about the South Americs
fields.
The engagement of the earl of Craven to
daughter OF Bradley Martin of New York
is announced. The earl was born on Dec.
1G, 1868, and succeeded his father on Dec.
II, 1883.
Another heir to the estate of the late S.
J. Tilden has come to light in the person
of II. w. James of Ovid. Mich, who claims
to be first cousin of the deceased. The
claimant is hearty gentleman of eighty
four years.
Mr.. Carnegie. who is great admirer of
Herbert Spencer, has presented him
handsome piano. This is only one of the
many generous marks Of friendship which
Mr.. Carnegie feels toward the philosophic
author. = 5..a.s ..
Hamilton Gum of London, is at Column
bus s. G., where he proposes to establish q
| bank with $40 OOO 600 capital, to be known
as the Union Bank OF South Carolina and
England. An act Of incorporation has Just
been passed by the legislature.
Col. Jones, of the First Virginia regi-
ment, has asked permission to take his
command to Chicago to have look at the
worlds fair. Many other colonies will do
the same provided the military chests will
stand an un wonted drain upon them.
DR.. De Witt Clinton Green, formerly
dentist to the Emperor Dom Pedro OF
Brazil, and for fourteen years past resi-
dent of Rio de Janeiro, died of malarial
fever Oct 20. He was about thirty-six
years old and went to South America from
| Baltimore.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
Record Of Casualties.

Several lives are lost by dynamite ex-
plosion in Long Island. p. '1 &E...
Milwaukee loses IS, O0O 900 by fire bugs
within the pastte months.
Fire in Ochs Bros store, SO Walker
Street, New York, caused, $27, 1000 loss.
Hoffman Uliner, of Leroy, Mich, was
accident ally shot and killed by his brother
while they were hunting.
A mans leg fast to brake rod, was
found on a Wabash train at Moberly, Mo.
The man was killed at Warrenton.
In thawing dynamite near Albuquerque,
N. NJ, Fred Bailey and Walter Black were
blown to pieces.
A. T. Clark, pay director of the United
States navy, fell from train near Bridge
port, Conn.,, and was killed.
Three mail pouches filled with Christmas
gifts, were ground to pieces under train at
Rochester, N. Y.
Four persons fell into the Hudson from a
Jersey City ferryboat which collided with a
pier. They were rescued.
Fire at Wyoming. N. Y. destroyed a
church, six stores. seven dwellings and
three barns. with loss of $500, 900.
Mrs. Mary Noonan and Mrs John Swayd-
ner fell down an elevator shaft in store at
A little girl, daughter Of Mrs. Milligan,
of Elwood, Ind, was burned 10 death, her
brother setting fire to her clothing.
Mamie Ward and Marie Jones, colored,
and two colored children, were asphyxiated
by coal gas at Baltimore.
-Four persons are killed and many others
badly INJURED by an accident at railroad
crossing in Chicago.
L. T. Traux, principal of the South
| Bethany Ind, schools, died from the eff
fects of pistol shot fired by Charles Seal,
accidentally.
A. Byerly went to bed at the Laclede
Hotel at Ottumwa, Ia, and got up to turn
on the electric light, but turned on the gas
| instead. He was found dead in his room.
Pail Gearhart, ofSouth Bend, Ind, aged
IA. was so delighted at receiving pair OF
skates that he uttered cry ofjoy and fell
to the floor dead from heart failure.
At Charlottesville, Ind, the Orphans
Home was destroyed by fire. Loss, $50. 600,
with only $35, 900 insurance. There were
many narrow escapes, some of the children
being taken from the building in their
night clothes, while others were only res
cued at great peril.
J. NJ. Kidd, mine boss, and Elmer Rosen-
berry and Alfred Simon. workmen went
into an old unused portion of a coal mine
at Alma Illinois, to inspect for proposed
improvements. All three of the men were
soon overcome by COS. Although rescued
| from the mine in very short time the two
! Workmen were dead and it is doubtful iftle
:, mine boss will recover.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
THE CHARM OF THE ARCTIC.
1t Is Portrayed in Vivid Color by the
2 Explorer Nausen,

1t IS portrayed IN viva NOlOr Dy the
Explorer Nausen.
"Can you express some idea of the.
mysterious charm of Arctic oyaging?
What picturei is most vivid in your
mind, Doctor, when you think of those,
lonely northern regions?' asked an
interviewer of the explorer Nausen.
~ think Of the Arctic summer sum-"
replied the explorer, gazing through
the window at the pouring rain.
think OF the sunshine reflected from
mountains.of snow-clad ice, shiningup-
on little lakes of clear, ripping water,
where hundreds Of seals playfully
splash the water, into glistening sprays
OF rainbow hues. What is the charm
OF the Arctic? Health, glorious
health! Your muscles twitch with q.
desire for action, You eat like q
horse and sleep twelve or fourteen
hours without adream. Before YOU
is the vast unknown; all around you.
is silence and solitude. Natures
mighty aspect is the charm and fasd
nation Of the Arctic regions
HBut will not time hang heavily up
on you during the long winter night?
The brilliant scenes OF summer will
have vanished"
ella! You think the Arctic night is
one long spell Of darkness? In winter
the scene is almost as beautiful as in
summer. The nights are clear, the
moon and stars shine brightly upon
the sea Of soft, white snow. We shall
always be occupied in taking our
soundings and repairing the ships
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

The indefatigable player on tho
chinchin commonly known as Dr.
Jenkins of the New York quarantine;
is said to have allowed cargo o.
rags from Hamburg, largely consist
ing OF hospital bandages, etc, to bo
landed at Hoboken. If it were MOI
for the danger Of catching the cholera
the fool-killer would have-long ago
called at jenkins place Of business.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

MOODY, the evangelist, will have
big worlds fair of his own in Chicago
next year. A mammoth tabernacle
will be built and the famous evange-
list will summon preachers, workers
and singers from all quarters Of the
world to assist in his great rivival
meeting. Even to the sinful and car
nal minded, this will be one of the
most interesting exhibits at the show.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
All Important Occurrences Of the
IS Past Week, Boiled Down and
Arranged for Rapid
Reading.
The Capital.

. . !. b L.
Martena Harrison, granddaughter of the
president; is i'll of scarletina.
Attorney General Miller has ordered the
discharge of 'Bill" Dalton, the Indian Ter
ritory desperate, who has been made a
deputy United States marshall. = @
The United States congress may take q
hand in investigating the Panama canal
scandal. Damaging developments are ex-
pected.
Atty. Gen. Miller received letter from
United States Marshal Walker, at Topeka,
Kan. stating that ''Wm. Dalton does not
now, nor has he ever held commission as
deputy United States marshal for this dis
trict under me. Bob and Emmett Dalton
were deputies under Col. Jones when |
came into office and I retained them for a
few months, but removed them in the fall
of1SS9." ..e~, 8. -.-.- ~.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
General News.

A violent Anarchist circular, printed in
Paris. is being circulated in New York.
The negro editors Of Georgia have organ
lied state press association.
Father McGlynn celebrated his first mass
after reinstatement on Christmas morning.
Edward Parker Deacon sues for divorce
in New York. -
John D. Rockefeller gives the Chicago
university over 81, 600, 600 more.
Wavland, Trask, & Co., members of the
New York stock exchange, fail. The LA.
bilities are unknown. @ III
Mrs. Potter Palmer's picture is placed
upon a brewery advertisement, which
makes the lady exceedingly angry.
Judgment for $3S, O89 has been rendered
at New York against the Oregon Pacific, ir
favor OF the Jacob Halsted heirs.
The discovery is made at Toledo that the
city gas mains have been tapped by private
parties and thousand of dollars worth OF
gas stolen.
While crossing the Rio Grande River,
Sabine DeOllas and Louis Ricco were fire d
on from ambush, and the former was kill
ed The shooting was from the Mexican
side. $l gs
Mrs. James Buford, wife of prominent
politician at Springfield, O., dropped dead
from shock of discovering in aroom the
dead body of q relative, who had died sud-
denly during the night.
The Maryland Steel Company's enor.
nous shear legs at the marine works al
Sparrow's Point, near Baltimore are nearly
ready to receive Krupp's l24.ton gun to be
exhibited at the Worlds ii air. The hydrau
lie mechanism by which the shears will
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
Labor.

Union printers at Lincoln, Neb.. struck
for an increase in pay. ,t.'
Toledo electric linemen are on a strike,
They cut the wires and left the city in dark
ness. 4
The United States court, at Macon, Ga,
decides that employees cannot be discharg-
ed because belonging to labor unions.
All the railroad organizations except the
switchmen are to amalgamate, the ohje ct
being to prevent strikes during the worlds
fair.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

AUGUST l. 1898, has been fixed as
the date OF making Niagara do it's first
days work. On that day the new mo-
tive power will be set going in Buffalo.
Now if some genius will invent q
method of converting the nerve of the
Niagara hackmen into electrical force,
Buffalo will be able to turn the wheels
OF the world. ..,.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

The body OF a st. Louis man dug
up after SO years interment, was
found to be in state of perfect pres
ervation. One or two old St. Louis,
ans remarked nat he 'looked as
natural as life.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

BY saturating bullet with vaseline
it's flight may be easily followed with
the eye from the time it leaves the
muzzle of the rifle until it strikes the
target. The course of the flight is
marked by a beautiful ring of smoke
caused by the vaseline being ignited
on leaving the muzzle OF the rifle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

PERHAPS it would't bea bad plan to
divide Texas into five or six states
after all. And while we are about it
let's make Mexico present OF a broad
slice along the Rio Grande for revo!u'
tionary purposes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

WoMAN's paradise is in the interior
of Sumatra. A law exists under which
q mans property cannot be inherited
by his children, but most go to his
parents, while that belonging to his
wife descends to the offspring. OF
course, the men evade that law by
putting all the wealth into the HANDS
of the women.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

SHAKEsPEARE's house at Stratford,
Millions at Chalfont st. Giles, Burns
cottage near Ayr and Wadsworth's
Dove Cottage are reputed to be the
only houses OF literary Britons that
have been preserved for the sake OF
their associations.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

TINE suspends his ravagesin Egypt,
where the smallest marks of a knife
on piece ofwood remain at the close
of 1900 years as distinct as on the
day they were cut, and you can see
after twice that interval where q
chisel slipped upon a. block of stone.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

AN illinois banker put a mark on
the money he paid out on late
Saturday to the wage-workers of the
town who patronized his bank. OF
the 800 thus paid out nearly half OF
it came back to him on Monday from
saloons in the district.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

A CHINESE highlander arrested at
Sacramento recently was encased in
boller-plate coat of mail. He carried
two revolvers and three knives.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

The armies OF the civilized nations
OF the world number 100000 men.
Beside the loss OF their time ana
labor, they cost at least $1,000 a
year for each soldier, and that
amounts to So, 6OO,OOO,OOO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
Sinful Doinrs.

An unknown man called at the home Of
Theodore Blakesley, at Cleveland, and ia
tally wounded Mr.. Blakesley and James
Fox, boarier.
4 Frederick Frisch, who misappropriated
SIG 600 while he was New Orleans manager
of the cotton firm of Gassner & Co, Of Liv-
erpool, was convicted of enibezzlement.
Guilty of putting arsenic in an oyster
stew with intent to kill his wife, was the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

A CANNON ball fired from a. piece of
modern ordinance would reach the
moon 100000 miles distant) in
twelve days; Mars in 6k years;
Jupiter in Sd years and Saturn in 1Os
years; Neptune in 800 years and
Alpha Centauri, the nearest fix ed star,
in 100000 years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

PERHAPS the largest we'll in the
United States is the Sampson. at
Waco, Texas. It is claimed to throw
up 81, 100000 gallons OF hot water
1ai1v
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

For every reason woman, lovely
woman should never again don the
expanded hoop-skirt of her grand
mother. And for that very reason
she will probably don it within a
war
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05
Political Echoes.

Jerry Simpson is an avowed candidate
for the United States Senate. ~
Judge Newton, fusionist, has been de-
MED recount by the supreme court for
the Michigan supreme bench.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-01-05

THEY do say that John T.. Sullivan
Is going crazy. How pitiful that SO
great Boston intellect should be
cloudcd at the very noontide OF it's
brillianey, so tospeak!
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15
RAIN IN JAPAN.
How the Natives Try to Bring the show
ers Down

How the Natives Try to Bring the Show
ers Down
During the summer season In japan
droughts are very frequent and tho
rice fields, before SO beautiful. pre-
senting rs they do all the different
shades of green imagineele. gradually
lose their briIliancy Of color, turn yell
low and parched. and threaten the
total destruction OF the crop. Not
only does the rice suffer, but the wells
dry mp and necessitate the carrying OF
water from long distances So .
drought in Japan is, indeed. . great
calamity.
After waiting and hoping In vain for
downfall of rain. the people turn en-
masse TO evoke the power of their del
ties to send them the saving showers
A procession Is formed Of perhaps two
hundred men. all nearly naked. who.
carrying straw emblems representing
the sun with the rain pouring from IL.
and with long streamers having
prayers written on them flying In the
wind, proceed to the nearest river or
bar, where the whole company wade
into the water until they are waist
deep. and, surrounding the emblens,
pray aloud and throw water on tho
images with both banda
After doing this several times. says
the New York Journal. the procession
h reformed, when il proceeds to the
temple 70 pray again. THIS ceremony
u repeated several times. and should
the rain come In abundance prayers
are offered in Thanksgiving; should II
Be only q shower they blame them
selves for not having prayed fervently
enough. and continue their devotions
until downpour takes place.
Another form Of devotion for the
same purpose lakes place at niRhtfall.
when long boat Is dlled with men
and padded swiftly across the hsrbor,
accompanying the prayers By the reg
nlsr beatings Of totn-torns and gong.
Sometimes at night away down the
bay, may ~ heard the weird sound OF
the tom-tons aud the ,oices OF tho
men gradually growing louder and
louder ss the boat approaches. each
ran bending to his paddle In regular
time az 10 passes us swiftly and gradi-
ally disappears In the darkness. and Is
soon Jos. ~ sight and hearing.
Diphfheris il raging IN Hampton.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-15
NOW A COAL TRUST
TO CONTROL THE ANTHRACITE
rhes Have an she fenasyisssiA Roads
IA tbs scheme ssd VIII Boo<li> The
Prodacs Wssh 7ros HAn1

PHLspx1PHtA. Nov ll-within .
fsw months' tine the tsndsrbiits and
their allies xill controi the anthracite
coal trsds u the country. What they
90 Dot acquire By right Of purchase
they viii have BY Close compact
xhieh IL = believed the courts
cannot upset Under the Vanderbilt
insusncs today are the New Jersey
Csntrzl railroad from Jersey City TO the
Lshigh add Wyoming coal regions. the
Delaware. Laekawsnna x Western To
thu same poiats and the Lshigh Valley
road In the Schuyikiil coal region the
Philadelphia 4 Reading company
Is dominated by OF innuenced
BY the VanderblIts- The Penn
sylvania Railroad company has
allied itself xith the Nandsrbilts 70
help their scheme. To accomplish this
idea Of cootrolhng the output OF the
coal mines IL vas necessary 10 use slO-
OsO.oco In cash, and this WAS furnished
by the Vanderbllts and the bank. The
Vanderbilts bought control Of Lack
awanna. they guaranteed t1Voo.-
go to the Lehigh valley coal operators
10 move the product Of their tnlnes and
they made overtures 20 those IN control
Of Jersey Central that sealed the bargain
there. They have disembered Reading
as a trunk line and placed As the active
man IN its management Theodore Noor-
bees. who has long been q tried and
faithful servant
Anthracite Coal Output
The anthracite coal production in
Pennsylvania has increased from 81
T910ss in 1888 10 Al. so tons IN ls92
These figures do DOT include coal for
the eompsny's use. At from - TO g .
per ton. the price which the coal
brought at the mines would net about
ssOOOU.OOn The railroad companies
have been receiving freight 1T the
rate OF alto laverage) per ton for haul
ing this coal froui the mines 70 tide
water at New York or Philadelphia
This netted them over t60.0O0.0O0 per
annum. The Vanderbilts for years have
been after q share OF this gigan-
tic business They will now got IL.
and the roads aud mines they control
will get no less than se0.0O0.0o0 worth
q the trade. As 10 the profits. the
hnanciers take care OF that An add
vance Of - cents per ton In year,
which is small indeed. means $1,000
QoO increased revenue. This or greater
increase can be easily maintained. be-
cause as II stands now. no person who
cuts rates can get a pound OF anthra.
cite coal.
The Baltimore 4 Ohio will not food
eastern cities. because il has been
guaranteed share OF freight from New
York not 10 do so. The New York Cen
tral and Pennsylvania alliance prevents
these roads from doing anything. 90 that
soft coal competition is blocked.