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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

The oldest bank notes are the flying
money" or convenient money" first
issued in China, 2697 B. G. Originally
these notes were issued by the treasury,
but experience dictated a change to
the banks under government inspection
and control. The notes were printed
in blue ink on paper made from the
fiber of the mulberry tree. One issued
in 1899 B. G.. is still carefully pre-.
served in the Asiatic museum at st.
Petersburg.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
PERSONAL.

Walter Besant and Rudyard Kipling
are going to the worlds fair together.
President Cleveland has accepted an
Invitation to attend the Williams col
lege centennial celebration.
George W. Childs, the PHILADELPHIA
philanthropist, will place monument
over the grave of Richard A. Proctor,
the astronomer.
The petition of Col. W. r. Sim for
annulment of his marriage to Cora
Tanner was refused by Chief Justice
Clement Of Brooklyn.
Mrs. L. D. Southworth asserts that
she is the author of the first continued
story published in the Uuited States,
which appeared in the Washington
Fra forty five years ago.
President Clark, Of the Union Pa
cjtic, may be compelled TO resign on ac-
count Of poor health. He has started
on a trip to the East, where he hopes
to regain his health among the Allie
ghanies. IA. IT. -,7-as s55 - a
Rumor is persistent in announcing
that Miss Helen Gould is engaged to
young millionaire whom she met ut
her debut reception, but the name of
the fortunate young man is not even
whispered.
Funeral services over the remains Of
the late Charles =. Palmer Wer, at
tended at New York in the Church IF
the Incarnation by score Of his most
intimate friends. He was tho manager
for Helen Barry, the actress, and had
private INCOME Of $4,000 u year,
! Euphra Dunn Of West Point, Ca,
five years old, is the youngest telegraph
| operator in America She has been
| about the railroad station, where her
| father is agent, great DIAL. and quick,
ly picked up the Morse alphabet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
BOILER EXPLOSION.

Pittsburg, Va, June 3O.-Intelligence
was received here to-day Of a terrible
boiler explosion at the saw mill Of Logan
Davis, at Yale, on the Atlantic & Dan
vile railroad. There. was large force
Of workmen in the mill at the time of the
explosion, and two Of them were killed
outright and several others were badly
scalded. The explosion made a tremend-
GUS report and was heard for considera-
bic distance. The mill was completely
wrecked, entailing a heavy loss. 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
GEN ERAI1.

A better financial feeling is displayed
by the trading in Wall street.
The Loan and Savings Bank Of Fres-
no, Cal, has suspended. ~,
Yale freshmen win the triangular
boat race from Harvard and Columbia.
A Chicago paper claims that Gov.
Altgeld of Illinois is not a citizen Of
the United States. r..
The Denver smelters, may be COM
PEELED to suspend business by the low
price of silver. John Berry wins the
Nebraska Chicago cowboy race.
The general passenger agents of the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern and
Union Pacific will confer in Chicago
and endeavor to agree upon rates. 2
Mann Bros, clothing dealers at 314
Judgment for $55,OO0 Their attorneys
say the liabilities are $25O,OOO.
The strike at Tonawand, N. Y, is
taking a serious turn and the Fourth
Brigade is holding itself in readiness
to quell any subsequent attacks on the
non-union men.
It is reported at Louisville, KY, in
railroad circles that the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad will assume control
Of the Newport News & Mississippi
Valley Railroad July l.
Blanche Culbertson was married at
| Louisville, Ky, to L. H. French, of
Minneapolis, despite that she had been
disinherited Of a fortune Of $1,000, 600
sho lid she marry French. 0
| William Ransden was bitten BY a
| tarantula at Lebanon. Ind, while han.
! ding bananas. In the bunch Of ba.
nanas nest Of 200 young tarantulas
were found. Ransdell may recover.
/ A rate war was begun between the
lines running from indianapolis, Ind.
! to Chicago. Monon tickets at reduced
rates We're sold first and Pe1,nsyl yania
tickets followed soon after. The Big
! ! Four people are expected to join in The
i battle.
The children of the late Col. LogaI
/ III. Roots at Little Rock, Ark, are con
testing the will of the illionaire bank
er on the grounds that it was not ex
ecuted in the presence Of witnesses mol
4 was his signature acknowledged ia thu
presence Of witnesses.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

Sir Henry Truenan Wood, secretary
Of the British commission to the worlds
fair, says that American electricians
and machine builders outrank the Brit
ish. This is an admission which no
true-born Englishman could be expect
ed to make Were it not for the pre-
fix ''sir" there would be ample reason
to question the nationality of Henry
Trueman Wood.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

Chicago's directory indicates popu-
iation of 100000. In order to obtain
this figure, however, the number of
names in the directory is multiplied by
four. The estimate is ridiculous. Two
and a half is fair multiplier in direc-
tory estimates and on that basis Chi
cago has 100000 inhabitants. Chi
cago is big enough without the doubt
full assistance of ridiculous claims.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
Sunday, July 2.

y: L.. Mullen, a son-in-law of Capt. S.
NJ. Bruce, was run over by hose cart
at Sank Center while the department
was out practicing and was instantly
killed. - -, -.
A. 3. Mills Of Cottonwood county.
VINO mas been on trial at Mankato for
an abortion upon his daughter, plead
guilty and was sentenced to four years
in the penitentiary. -.
Miss Lila :Juveland of KENYON. while
sitting at supper, fell dead without a
moments warning Rheumatism Of
the heart was the cause. She was six
teen years old.
The capital stock Of the Mapleton
bank is soon to be increased to $50, 600,
when it will be merged into national
bank. Directors have found that they
can do double the business by increas-
ing their capital. ..~
A lad named Smith was drowned
while bathing near the east end of the
Northern Pacific railroad bridge at
Minneapolis. Two comrades were with
him but were unable to render assist
ance. r" 35".> =.
While trying to steal ride on a
freight train Walter Walsh, a young
man from Walnut Grove, was run over.
His right leg was. cut off below the
hip. He nearly bled to death and
there is small chance Of his living.
It is never wise to feed old and young
stock together. The older animals will
crowd out the younger ones, and will
eat so fast that they get more than
their share. Then you will see that
the latter do not thrive properly, and
you will be at loss for a reason Di.
vide them into two lots and you will
soon see a difference II
The insanity case OF Miss Solo Dan
forth Of st. Paul Park, which has been
the puzzle of physicians, is one Of the
strangest on record. Last Monday the
girl had been ironing and was wet with
perspiration. In this condition she
went to a pump, a short distance, fol
some water While in the act Of doing
this some one stepped up and emptiet
a pitcher Of cold water over her. Sht
Immediately went insane, but she vii
not be taken to the asylum yet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

Rev. DR.. Barrett of Georgia, who sue
cessfully conducted three churches and
a moonshine distillery until the revenue
officers closed up the last named enter
prise, evidently failed to see the dis
tinction between spiritual and spiritu-
GUS consolation and was a firm believ-
er in both. 1t is a pity to cut short
SO useful and versatile a career.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
a u BAD COUPLE.

Kasson, MINI, June 80. Theodore
Hcrska and wife Julia were arraigned be-
fore Justice Remington, he charged with
outraging Anna Lehman and his wife
as accessory by plotting the crime and
holding the girls hands while he accom-
Eplished the deed. The girl was only
thirteen years old.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

In 1909 Spain was visited by a swell
tering temperature that is described
as fearful. Madrid and other cities
were deserted, and the streets silent.
Laborers died in the fields, and the
vines We're scorched and blasted as if
by simeon.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

The police investigation at Madrid Of
the recent bomb throwing has devel-
oped the fact that the anarchists have
an international combination. The ma
tons Of Europe will be compelled to
make concerted efforts against the Or
ganiZatiOn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

The drouth in Holland has given a
marked value to drinking water, and
it is selling at two cents a pailful. In
that country the people generally drink
"schnaps" instead Of water, and water
must be very scarce when it can fetch
such high price.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
FOR MURDER.

Chaska, Mimi, June 3O-The verdict
Of the jury in the case Of John Wojohn
is that the deceased came to his death
from gun shot wounds inflicted by Joseph
and Henry Rademacker. They were ar
rested by Sheriff Dutoit and arraigned.
They waived examination, gave bonds
AMI are at liberty. t.s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

A constant and large increase is not
ed in the output Of the oil wells Of the
Caspian region. About 5000 tons are
exported every working day Of the
year from Batoum alone, and the ex-
ports of last year were 1888 tons in
excess Of those Of the previous year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

BY the way what relation is the sum-
mer girl to the winter girl? There
is such a lack of resemblance between
the two that one could easily believe
they belong to different races.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
CASUALTY,

oACO
The Emerson planning mill at Detroit
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Burglars robbed the safe Of the Buck
eye dry goods store at Terre Haute,
Ind, of 5000 in cash.
The Turner & Seymour hardware fac
tory at Torrenton, Conn.,, burned with
loss Of $S5O00.
Twenty plantations were flooded be-
low New Orleans by break in the
levee. The loss will amount to 81 ,OOO,-
900. -". H.
Five men were entombed in mine
near Swissvale, Pa, by a fall Of earth.
All were rescued but Henry Kane will
probably die. H..
Miss Jennie Doughty, Of the West
side high school at Jackson, Mich, was
injured, probably fatally, in a runaway
accident. "a
Charles Oleson, a miner thirty three
years old, was killed by fall of slate
in the Oskaloosa Coal and Mining COM
pany's mine at Beacon Iowa. ~
A carriage in which were three wom-
en- and two children was struck by a
train at Avondale, N. j., and all but
one were instantly killed.
/ Joseph Loney, 4 contractor, was run
over by a construction engine on an
electric railway at Milan, Ohio, and
killed. .~..r9s .., 4
| Mrs. P. T. Harris and daughter ten
years of age were drowned in he Rio
| Grande river six miles west of Del
! Norte, Colo. Harris, his wife and child
| and young man named Tinker, going
on a visit to neighbours, had success
fully crossed the river. On the bank
| the horses baked and backed the
wagon over !, bank into deep water.
CRIMINAL
/ Mrs. Jennie Johnson committed sui
i Gle at Cleveland by leaping from q
4 fourth story window. @
! Frank Hayes, ninereen years old, was
sentenced to imprisonment for life at
Detroit for murder.
s. Milton Boyer WAS adiudged insane
I at Galcsburg, Ill He shot his sister
! Il week ago.
Seven members of tho Conrad Lehnig
family Of Omaha We're poisoned and
one daughter has died The poison
was placed in the food.
In Il fight between revenue officers
1 and lnoonshllers in Tennessee, one OF
each party WAS killed and Marshal
Brown mortally Wounded.
Conductor Charles Foster was shot
at Dowagiac. Mich. by tranlps w 10 had
been elected from Fosters train on the
Michigan Central road.
burglars rn..b.sl The hardware store
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

Russia has her treaty; but when she
gets anybody out of this country on
trumped-up charges she will be a good
deal older country. Every person she
seeks to extradite will have full hear
ing here upon the merits of the case,
and the evidence viii have to be over
whelrring,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
of g. Wand erveen, the grocery Of 5.
Smeenge, and the postofice at HI lland

OF e. Vanderyeen, the grocery of II.
4Smeenge, and the postofice at Holland
Mich.
"A masked burglar robbed the saloon
Of A1nes Coles at Harrisonville, Ind
The amount taken is not known. Two
large horse pistols helped him to es-
cape. 4.
Previous to being sentenced to death
at Houston, Tex, for the murder OF
mother and aunt, Lawyer Nv. A. Shaw
made a speech in which he abused
everybody connected with the case.
Gottlieb Mueller shot himself at st.
Louis, Mo, leaving a note saying that
he was tired of life and willing the
So. 80 on his person to the man who
should find him.
Charles A. Winfrey, a constable, in
trying to levy upon some hogs belonging
to James Frame, hotel keeper at
Hastings, Neb., was shot, and he in
turn killed his assailant. The consta
BILE will recover. %
An attempt to wreck several trains
on the Burlington, railroad 1T Aurora,
Ill, was discovered before other dam
age was done than the derailment of
several freight cars.
r. B. Hutchcraft shot and killed
Daniel Stuart in Paris Ky. Hutchcraft
is the head Of the commission firm OF
r. B. Hutchcraft & Co. Stuart was
a farmer living at Muir Station.
Miss Julia Force will be placed on
trial at Atlanta, Ca, Tor the killing of
her two younger sisters, Florence and
Minnie Witnesses have all been sub
poenaed to appear and the panel from
which the jury will be selected has
been made out several days.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
& PRINCESS BISMARCK ILL.

London, June 30.-A dispatch received
in this city from private source in Ber-
lin states that the Princess Bismarck is
dangerously i'll at her home at Fried
richsrhue. Owing to her condition Prince
Bismarck has been compelled to decline
an invitation extended to him to visit
Leipsic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

A decree has been issued in Belgium
forbidding any Belgian to capture Or
destroy frogs, to consign them by any
conveyance, to expose them for sale,
or to buy or sell them, either whole or
in part. King Leopold is determined
his subjects shall cease to be frog eat
ers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
FOREIGN.

DR.. Nansen has sailed from Berlin in
search Of the North Pole. ~
Six men were killed and seven others
terribly burned by an explosion: in an
iron works at Magisburg, Saxony.
Germany has broken off the negotia-
tons with Russia for a commercial
treaty.
The Canadian government is robbed
Of hundreds of thousands Of dollars by
bridge contractors.
Mr.. Gladstone gives notice Of a reso-
luton which will expedite the passage
of the home rule bill.
OF the 316 members of the German
reichstag already elected, 166 are OPP
posed to the army BILL
The body Of a woman Of the unfortu-
nate class was found in suburb Of
London with the throat cut in the man
ner affected by Jack the Ripper.
A battle occurs between troops and
Mohammedans in Burmah, caused by a
British magistrate forbidding the sac
rifice Of an OK. Many men are killed.
Irish members Of parliament do not
like Mr. Gladstones home rule fnan-
ciaI propositions, and may vote with
the opposition. -.. ~ -. -.t".
| Rear Admiral Markham and the Off
GERS of the Camperdown are to be
court-martialed for the Victoria disas-
! ter. -a- '--s,@
| A union of French Canadians and
other Catholics in the Dominion is
urged by ex-Premier MERCER, of Que
bee. ia: %%r
| Goldsbrouga, Mort & Co., bankers
and merchants in Melbourne, Austria
liza, have suspended payment. = Their
liabilities are f2,5OO,OOO. They are ex-
pected to resume business shortly. s
The New York Herald's Salvador dis
patch says: "Great astonishlnent has
been caused by the reports sent from
Nicaragua that revolution had been
started in San Salvador. It is perfectly
quiet in this vicinity"
| 1t is understood that Rear Admiral
Markham will be court marialed with
3, the officers of the Camperdown, as that
7Vesesl car1uied his flag as second in COM
mand of the squadron, when she co..
hded with the Victoria. O..
! Harden and Glover, two American
J swlndlers arrested in Berlin on May %
for theft, robbery, picking pockets and
confidence work, have confessed to five
big robberies. Pearls valued at $685.
600 marks which they stole from jew
elers have been recovered. ..
The emperor and empress of Germa-
ny will attend the Cowes regatta in
August The emperor has written to
the Prince of Wales regretting that
the opening of the reichstag will pre-
vent him from being present at the
marriage Of the Duke of York and
Princess May.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

LIGHTNING'S FATAL WORK.
WATERFOWL, S. D., June ;,O. ~ larry
Jones, "a farmer recently married. vas
killed by lightning last night. His wife,
riding with him il a farm wagon, was ull-
hurt.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
The photograph is the name Of a COM
bined typewriter, cash register and cal
culator, invented by young man at
Euensburg, Wash.

The oldest ruins in the world are
probably the rock-cut temples Of Up
sambul in Nubia, on the Nile. They
are over 1000 years old.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

Washington died on the last day of
the week, the last hour of the day, the
last month Of the year, and in the last
year of the century. #e As
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
Friday, June 80.

Several daylight house robberies were
committed at st. Cloud while the ocCu-
pants We're attending the cicus per-
formances 7...S : va j..
In row over an inmate Of q bagnio
at Winona, p Rich was fatally shot.
The woman in the case is Ella OCon-
nell, on whose account Edward God
dard sllicided three weeks ago.
At a special meeting Of the independ-
ent school district Of Tracy it was de-
cided to erect ten-room building at
a cost Of 5000, and bonds to that
amount We're voted.
III. Willard, who claims to be a
printer who has worked in st. Flul,
was arrested at Little Falls by a Pink
erton detective who accompanies Ring
ling's circus, on charge Of shopli ting
in ST. Cloud. NJ
Though no definite statement has
been made, tile Liabilities Of the de-
funct Todd County bank at Long Fral-
RE, which closed its doors Saturday,
are placed at $4,000, and the assets
at 500, 600. Farmers are the greatest
losers. rs they had about $25,tl0O on
deposit. Business men lose but little.
John e. Fuller; 4 prominent real
estate man Of Duluth, committed sui
eide by firing a bullet into his head. He
went out in a boat to commit the deed.
He was thirty years old and unmarried
| Dependency over his financial losses
was the cause Fuller came from
Clinton, Mass, five years ago. He
had been suffering from nervous pros,
tration about three weeks.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06

Terms:-2.0o per year in advance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-06
Saturday, July

The Rogers block on Third street ST.
Paul is damaged by fire to the extent
of $50 600. 81
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-07-08
HAD TO PAY ANYWAY.

a Hurai Visitor Tries an Unsuccessful Plan
with q Worlds Fair Restaurant.
He came up from southern Illinois TO
attend the dedication of the state build
ing, and after it was over he began to
seek something to eat. He had been
told all about the high prices, and he
entered the restaurant in the Horticul-
tural building with determination to
resist all attempts to hold him M. He
studied bill of fare until the waiter at
his elbow grew tired and went to the
other side of the table to take the or.
der OF Chicago man who had Just en-
tered.
whats this here New England
boiled dinner?" asked the Illinois man
OF the Chicago man, as the impatient
waiter went off to fill the latter's order.
"Corned beef and cabbage, principal
ly," replied the Chicago man.
1t was the cheapest dish on the bill
OF fare, but it evidently did not suit the
Illinois visitor, and he resumed his
study of the bill of fare. Pretty soon
his face lighted up. His eye had caught
two items. One was mashed potatoes
no charge" and the other ssbread and
butter, no charge" Be saw q chance
to beat the caterer, and when the watt
er returned to take his order he said:
Bring me some bread and butter.
some mashed potatoes and glass of
water"
The waiter looked tilted, but he went
away and the Illinois man winked at
the Chicago man. The order came, and
with it check TO, twenty cents.
Whats that FORE" queried the nli-
nois man. This bill says thay's no
charge fo4 bread and butter or mashed
pot itoes. What's the twenty cents
forT'
For the water" said the waiter.
AM the Illinois man paid the fine with
gu. mpTmur.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-07-08
A Wonderful Number.

We have received from the Publishers Of
TIE fomfh's COMPANION q magnificent extra
issue Of thirty six pages devoted entirely to
the Worlds Fair. 1t has more than twenty
articles. giving full description of the diff
ferent departments of the Fair, many being
written by officers OF the Fair. There are
also Important directions showing how to
see the Fair, and what to zee each day.
The Illustrations are simply superb, more
than Sixty in number, there being thirteen
fuil.page Photographic illustrations of those
noble structures comprising '.The White
City," the like of which the world has never
seen. This issue has also a strikingly
beautiful cover, Autographed in ten col0rs.
1t is the most artistic and costly number of
any paper devoted to the FAIR. Its pubIica-
ton represents an expenditure exceeding
Fifty Thousand Dollars. The first edition
printed, of Seven Hundred Thousand
Copies, was exhausted the first week. The
second edition is now ready.
All Old subscribers receive this number
free, and any new subscribers sending 81 IS
for years subscription will also receive
copy. Single numbers may be obtained by
sending ten cents to The Youths Companion,
Boston, Mass, or of any newsdealer.