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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09
People in Print,

Henry George is candidate for the
Manchester, Eng, consulship. ....
Archbishop Kenrick of St. Louis is
improving in health. ..~s4. 4. -.
II. O. French. president of the Manhat-
tan Trust company Of New York. died
at Tuxedo.
Col Frederick Rain. for fifty years
leading German newspaper man of
Baltimore, Md. is dead.
A new county in the pine country Of
Northern Wisconsin has been named for
Senator Villas.
American Consul General J. G. New
will leave the consulate at London Nav
is.
The late DR.. Norvin Green did not
leave will. His estate will be set
tied as the law provides in such cases.
His widow has qualified as executrix
1t is reported that DR.. Green left a
fortune of about $75O,OOO.
Bernhardt seems to have taken Italy
by storm. At Rome she attended a
gathering in honor of Goldoni. the dra-
matist. and entered the hall on the
arm Of the minister Of public instruc-
ton.
Mr.. Gladstone claims direct descent
from Henry ILL.,, king of England. and
from Robert Bruce. king of Scotland
1t is thought that the reason why he
has invariably refused any title or peer
age is because of his knowledge of his
royal descent from the kings of both
England and Scotland.
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Casualty.

Five buildings burned at Lehigh. Iowa,
with a loss Of $4,000. ~
A naphtha launch capsized at San
salito, Cal. and Fred Lee and another
man were drowned
-Four oyster boats were wrecked in
Tangier sound, Chesapeake bay, and
seven oyster men were drowned.
Samuel Price, railroad employee, was
so badly frozen near Pittsburg that
his hands and feet were amputated.
Andrew Peterson of Negaunee, Mich,
was killed by falling rock in the Cincin-
natl mine, Mesaba, range, MINI.
Eugene Frost and A. r. Church went
duck hunting in the Alviso marsh, thirty
miles from San Francisco, and did not
return. 1t is believed they have per.
ished.
The business portion of the town of
Goldthwaite, Tex, embra cling thirty bust
ness houses and seven residences, were
burned. Loss, 100000; insurance, $685.
OOO
At Chicago. while a gang of men were
working on the construction of the Alley
elevated road, a section of the trestle
gave way. throwing the derrick, construc-
ton engine and engine shanty to the
ground. J. E. Mcclure and J. Mullen
were seriously injured, and six men
who were in the shanty had narrow es-
capes. The trestle had not been suf-
hciently braced.
Capt. Townsend. formerly an officer in
the regular army and a graduate of West
Point, was burned alive in little shack
at Kalspell, Mont. The case is sur
rounded in mystery, which the coroner g
jury is now trying to unravel. When
the fire was first discovered Townsend
could be seen lying on bed inside, but
seemed helpless. and was beyond the
power of man to save him, as the little
structure was mass OF flames.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09

English country houses have fires in
only a few sitting rooms, the halls are
cold and there are no bath rooms.
When the Romans occupied the same
country years ago every villa was
thoroughly heated with hot air pipes
and had both Turkish and cold plunge
baths. Within one Enclosure are the
than 1000 years ago, perfectly fitted
with heating and bathing appliances
and a modern house--six times the size
OF the other-warmcd with four open
crates.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09

The evolution of names from foreign
& tongues into English Us, in Hnany cases,
easy. From the German Bauer to the
English Bowers, and from the French
Boulanger to the English Bullinger is
but step, as it We're. But there are
no people who are oftemer more humor-
$ously accused of altering their names
than the Irish. Thus, Crehan has be-
come Rehan; Carroll. Kari; Dillon,
SDyllyn; Diver, Devere and Devyr;
AcCarty, Macartee and Makart: Stat
terry, Slater and Satterlee; OBrien,
sObrion and Breen; McGiunis, Guinness
and Inness; Reilly, Relyea: Duffy,
Dufay; McGuffn. Magof6n: Quinn.
Queen; Fogarty, Fougert; Haggarty,
Haggart; Sully, Soule. The English
singer, Dra1an, merely dropped a let
ter when he went on the stage He
was q Hebrew, and his real name was
Abraham.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09
The late duke Of Marlborough s

The late duke Of Marlborough's will
contains the following peculiar and
characteristic clause: II particularly
dislike the eXclusiveness of family
pride, and desire not to be buried in
n the family vault at Blenheim, but in
such convenient place as others of my
generation and surroundings may
equally USE No doubt there will be
no great rush ON the part of others of
his generation and surroundings to be
buried in the same vicinity as the late
festive duke. 1Hde after :all-and es-
pecially family ptide--is moe exclu-
sive tEan some persons are disposed to
regard it.
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General News.

The cattle census reveals a very large
decrease IN the number Of stock cattle. :.
Princess kaiulani arrives in America
and issues an address to the people,
The battleship Indiana lis successfully
launched at Philadelphia. r."
Mrs. Sarah Hawn died at Oakland,
ILL.,, aged 1o5 years. ~
The Incandescent Light and Power
company of Norwalk, Ohio, failed Liza
bilities, $4,000. -.
George B. Barslow, a Salem, Mass.
butcher, has fallen heir to a fortune Of
$4,000 by the death of a cousin, Mrs
Abbie White of Santa Barbara, Cal. :.
In a suit in which the Milwaukee road
is interested. Judge Thayer, of the United
States district court in st. Louis, declares
pooling contracts void. .a.. {
The Kansas Populist representatives
decide to obey the supreme courts de-
cision and take their seats in the Re:
publican house. =.
A package consigned to tile Tyler,
Tex. National bank from W. l.. Wells
of. Dallas, Tex, purporting to contain
$4,000, when opened was found 10 con-
tain only paper. -....
The Coffode & Taylor company. oper-
ating the Reading roller mills, is in the
hands of receiver. The company, a
Philadelphia concern, has capital of
$5OO,OOO rs. b. Il ~: Z. 81
a rare edition of Episto1a Christofori
Coloni, printed in Rome in 1903, was sold
at Sotheby's auction in London for
$1.515. This work is believed to have,
been the first printed account of the dis
covery of America r.
Emma Patai.!ard, known in the mu-
| scum world as .Aama, the French giant
ess, died at Des Moines, Iowa. She was
sixteen years old and eight feet high.
Her weight was 2S5 pounds. She died
of consumption.
A convict war is again threatenin to
rent Tennessee. Gov. Turney has an
nounced his intention Of withdrawing
! the standing army. The miners held q
| meeting and decided by vote to liberate
| the 500 convicts in the valley and fire
| the stockades.
| Suit has been brought bs the State of
Maryland against the State of West Vir-
ginia to recover the entire territory lying
| between the north and south branches
of the Potoma J. river. Six large counties
| with a population of nearly 100000 are.
involved.
John and Thomas Pagan, aged seventy
nine and eighty-one respectively, were
found dead in their farm house near Hol-5
~, Mich. They had been dead nearly
! week, and. although both were rich. died
| of lack of proper food and general ex-s
posure. The sum of $14,5OO was found
concealed in the house
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09

At one of the performances Of "Cym-
beline' by Modjeckas company one Of
the audience heard man behind him
say to another: What is this piece,
md where did she get it?" "Oh,' an
swered his companion, something she
picked up, I suppose All this seems
less reprehensible when Dr. Johnson s
criticism of "Cymbeline" is recalled
TO him it sounded like the creation of
q lunatic without single lucid inter
val Il.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09
The Foreign Budget.

a battle, occurred in the Congo state,
where Europeans are in danger. #
France has taken possession Of the
Island of Desolation. in the Indian ocean.
/ Emperor William Of Germany present
cd the pope with a cos,:y topaz ring.
NJ. Dnmontcil, member of the French
chamber of depulles, was wounded in 8
duel with III, I.issagaray, Il Paris Jour
nalist
Technical college. in Rio Janeiro, was
burned to the ground. sS l.3-
Twenty-six anarchist were arrested in
Rome while engaged in making bombs.
The accounts of the Panama Canal
company show the total amount paid
contractors to be over 500, 100000.
a Jewess in Russo-P Poland, who had
renowned her faith and married. was
abducted by her parents and sent 10
America. ratis q Y .et
A motion made by Mr. Gladstone in
the house of commons for the second
reading of the home rule bull was car
ried by a majority of AZ.
endum on the question of universal suf-
AAoSC' Lie IS IIVOfeu, ny a
great majority, apparently. ,sz
The provincial government Of Hawaii
has ordered a large number of military
uniforms from Columbus, Ohio, firm
They will be similar to the fatigue uni
form of the United States army.
The pope is greatly displeased by the
abandonment of the American pilgrimage.
He attributes the abandonment of the
undertaking to the disputes between
Archbishop Satolli and the American
bishops, and has ordered an inquiry.
The Viscount D'Arnos, Brazilian min
lister to Great Britain, states that the
agitation in the Brazilian province of
Rio Grande do Sui is purely local af-
fair and carries no menace of serious
consequence to the general peace of the
Brazilian republic. -,
Sir Henry MeyseyThompson, Liberal
Unionist member of parliament for North
Handsworth, Staffordshire moved in the
house of commons recently that the
British government should use it's in
fluence to bring about reassembling
of the international monetary confer
ence. with the object of finding a remedy
for the evils attendant upon the diverg-
ence of values between gold and silver.
After much discussion the motion was
rejected.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09

The French academy has resolved to
abandon for the present it's Dicton-
naire Historique, a history of words,
which, after forty years work ON it,
has not yet, in four volumes, reached
the end of the letter A. Even the
academy has come to realize the brev-
ity Of life. When such phenomena as
this are made visible around us every
day it is safe to say that the meaning
of the term ''immortaT' is about to
undergo change for the better
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House..
TUESDAY, FEB. %.
Senate.

The Republican side of the senate was
subjected to great modification today in its
defeat by the minority side Of the cham Der
on a Motion which divided the two parties
into opposite camps. It was on a motion
to proceed to executive business
A renewal of the attempt couple of
hours afterwards met with like fate. It
was beaten by majority of two. The inn
portant features Of the days session were
the passage OF the naval and agricultural
appropriation bills. and of the bill regulat-
ing the sale Of Intoxicating liquors in the
District OF Columbia.
House bill extending for one year the
time for fling petitions in the court of pri-
vate land claims, was reported and passed;
also senate joint resolution auth r,zing the
loan Of the portraits OF the chief Justices OF
the United States for exhibition at the
Worlds Columbia Exposition.
The greater part of the day in the house
was consumed i'll the consideration of an
election case in which there was no inter-
est manifested. After three hours debate,
Turpin (Dem.). from the Fourth District OF
Alabama, was declared entitled to retain
the seat which he has occupied since the
opening OF the, present congress, and his
contestant, McDuffie. was declared to have
been not duly elected. The most i'm port
ant action was the passage without oppo-
sition of the bill con tanning pig tin and ore
On the tree list. ~ .tSasa. ~ H. H., 9#ss5 i
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09

Thunder storms are more frequent in
Java than in any other part Of the
world, there being an average Of nine
ty-seven days in each year upon which
they occur. Next to Java comes Suma-
ira, which never has less than eighty
six thunder days" per year. Then
comes Hindoostln with tifty-six, Borneo
with tifty-four, the African Gold Coast
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with fifty-one.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 4.
Senate.

:. HOUSE File 40. Representative O'Neills
bill to make insurance policies continue
whether premium notes are paid or not,
came up when the calendar was reached.
1t met with objection by Senators J. D..
Smith and Sanborn. who amended it
so as not to :ipply to marine insurance
or lnstallment notes. Senator Sanborn
moved to strike out the words in line 2
'or from any other cause" and to exempt
marine policies. Carried. Senator GRAY
ing policies on the installment plan. OBJ
jected TO-. Several other attempts to
amend We're made and objected to- After
a desultOry discussion the bill was passed
by a vote of 30 TO 8,
Mr.. Winston offered a resolution that
in recognition OF the fact that it is inau-
guration day and as a token of respect
for the respective outgoing and in-com-
ing administration, the house take re-
cess for one hour. II to II o'clock. Mr.
Winston said there We're other reasons
for this. The sessions OF the house had
been characterized by the generous, nom
partisan conduct of it's members in the
transaction of business. free from serious
differences and acrimonious debate. The
time proposed could well be spent in
personal, fraternal interchange, and in
short addresses by the members. The
resolution was adopted. ....js-# 81
Sundry petitions We're presented and
referred. -.
Committee reports were made from
the judiciary committee. with the excep-
ton of II. +. 5S2. to prohibit the giving
OF free passes to state officers which was
reported without recommendation. Also
for II. e. 25G. relating to inspectors Of
boilers and pilots. for which a substitute
was reported. H. +. Nos. 231, 256 and
259, on the same subject, were reported
to be indefinitely postponed. The reports
were adopted. s3@ -, >%t5=
The following bills were introduced and
referred: ~. .......s.1-1r
III. +. - to provide for the destruction
of grasshoppers and other destructive in
sectS and worms: II. F. ia, to abate
nuisances; H. f. 1876 to authorize boards
of park commissions to issue certificates
of Indebtedness; H. f. 736, relating to
weights and measures: FL. +. 737, to
provide a deputy state insurance com
mission: II. +. 1873, relating to work on
roads: H. r. 739. to prohibit the publica-
ton of testimony and the details Of trials:
II. f. 14O, to provide for the construc-
ton of Canada thistles. wild mustard
and other tnoxious weeds: II. e. al. re-
lating to terms of Office Of county audit
ors and trelsurers, terms are increased
to four years: II. +. 742, relating to clerk
of court of Hennepin county; it repeats
the special law of 1891 regarding fees;
IT. r. 613. recalled from the governor to
be corrected. was. on motion, amended
under suspension Of the rules and re
passed. 5% s
The house then Went into committee of
the whole on general orders.
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The Bon.pnrte Name Losing Charm

.a .. is 3 r ( rT J ~ . s ia Z 4 f
The Bonspnrte Name Losing Charm.
The Bonaparte family is said to be
losing its charm in the eyes Of the
French people. With the death of
the youthful son of Napoleon II. the
dynasty, it it can be designated BY
that term, virtually came to an end and
its influence on French men has since
been ON the decline. There is no prom
inent figure left to represent it, and,
according to one of the society Journals
Of Paris. the Bonapartist section OF
fashionable life is passing into oh
livion. There are Bonapartists in the
legislative assembly and adherents Of
the cause III the country. but the draw
ing room existence of the party is grad
ually disappearing. Boston Journal.
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THE WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK
a IN "a CONDENSED FORM. 81
The Latest and Most Important
News OF the World, Culled
From the Telegraph Re-
ports Of the Press
b Associations.
The capltal.

The debt statement for February
shows an increase Of $615,7O9.
The whisky trust investigation by the
house committee has been finished.
Russia will be represented at the Col
umbus naval display by three vessels
in command of a vice admiral.
Earl B. Coe has won his suit against
the government for title to the Algodone
land grant of 10000 acres in South
western Arizona. The property is val
ued at $12,OOO,OO0. ..-..-.
The suit of D. r.. Williams to recover
the old Spanish land grant of $4,000
acres in Texas has been discontinued.
The case has been in the courts twenty
years. Two thousand settlers have
hon. On tbs grant.
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Sporting Scraps.

The Ryan-Dawson fight at New Or
leans is declared off,
The various prize fighting clubs of San
Francisco have declared prospective
matches off and the fighters have ceased
training. The California Athletic club
has. closed and will retire from business.
All this is one of the results Of the kill
ing of Billy Miller by Dial Hawkins at
the Pacific club. ,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09

Some tireless Eastern genius has con-
state out of the northern section Of
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
To this he would give the name Of
Superior, not because of the peculiar
character which would be supposed to
attach to the district, but because it
forms the lower fringe Of Lake Su-
Ierior.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09

The total number of letters carried in
France during 1891 was 57O,0OO,00O, as
compared with BE, 100000 in 1877. The
number of postal cards during the
same period increased from 3O,OOO,0O0
to Al 100000, and newspaper wrappers
from 49,, 100000 to sOO,OOO,OOO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09

In the forests of Oregon, Washington,
Montana and British Columbia there is
a species Of fir tree that has a contin-
nous and copious dripping of pure clear
water from the ends of it's leaves and
branches 1t is called the weeping"
tree >&.' .--
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-03-09

rs When Gen. CORVALLIS surrendered
in Yorktown his army of Englishmen
consisted, according to military reports,
OF Z, 247 soldiers and $40 sailors S, OS7 in
all. The number of locomotives now in
use on American railways is 80, 1870, Or
four times as many as CORVALLIS
soldiers and sailors The number 81
cars is 1000, 900.
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ate 500 for the purpose Of having the.
names Y n; s. Of two companies of sharpshootcrs
Inscribed ! upon a tablet to be made part
I OF the Gettysburg monr ment. ss &

- ,ne sS1 'I ysDurg mont ment. Ssas 8
B S House. ISIS
s. s resolution SO was passed limiting. debate
l,hu la.IioWlng members only one minute
lhe following bills were n+rod !, co,7
% empower cities and villa pas. - II
cense peddlers; to limit action on transfer
~ property IN certain cases: to estahI;sh
Tue Inability Of commission mercha hts. r.
appropriate 500 for bridge in C.hisapo
county to appropriate S1,2OO for . hrideo
~ tine Inc City; to amend the constitutinn
70 allow the taxation of sleeningS cor
INNING - telephone and telegraph: rel.,t ino,
~ executions in justice courts: ia annrn7
prlate 95,6OO.2l to pay for PRINTING, Extra t,t
copies OF the history of Minnesota frnnns'.
% appropriate $1,O3:} to reimburse . ! :
SssnInun1 a fal company; appropriating
s'o ~, LIZ q manual training building
.l,.. ny scnool OF agriculture: TO validate
certain mortgage sales; to legaTze cor
tam certificates of sale in cerfa;n =, s So :.
TO define the liabilities Of railroa5 ' nn,, ;
paliies TOT injuries sustained by emnlnyes
a.iu extending law to telephone and tale-
se"pn companies; to regulate the taxat;on
=! !afln lands within village Limits. nro.
wang Tor justice and sheriff fees ~ CO. CO.
IA; !alii cases; to amend law of 1878 ralat-
ing 70 occupation of real estate and az.
q ~. Title thereto: to amend chanter
~ ~: Laws OF 1881, relating to oualifca-
ion OF drug clerks, read third time and
p s,', 70 authorize county SURVEYORS to
co,,n: tlihoer IN unsettled townships: to
oG;anpei ra1iroad companies to furnish shin.
ping facilities for all SINNERS nf a, saip
TO NIX the fees of toWnshin s,1norr;<,t -. n''n
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Railroad. World.

The earnings of the Burlington during
the month of January were: Freight,
$2,OSO, 299.S6, a decrease of $14,5O264
from the corresponding week last year;
passenger. $614, 1882, an increase of
$50, SS1.2 % over the same week last wear.
the net earnings were $116, 95352, q
decrease of $1O7, $3.50 from the same
week last year.
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wedneHday, March L.
Senate.

The following bills We're introduced:
To appropriate ST 900 for a bridge in
Pine county: to provide for a new state
. house for the State of Minnesota; to
of the district court for the Eighth jul
dicial district: to provide for the assess
ment and collection of a tax upon the
estates of descendants; to legalize GER
tain deeds and mortgages and the record
thereof; to amend section 67, chapter IL,
ton SO, chapter IL, General Statutes of
1878; to amend section Il, chapter IL,
General Statutes 1878; to exempt mort
cages from double taxation: legaliZing
certain bonds heretofore issued: to amend
section 8, chapter y, General Laws of
1889, relating to state lands.
!. The committee on public buildings re-
ported a substitute for the new capitol
S bill, which they recommended to pass.
The bill was made a special order for
Wednesday.
Mr.. Greer moved that H. f. No. 592,
his substitute free text book bill, be made
a special order for next Tuesday at 2:3O.
The request was granted. 49,. .........
The following bills were introduced:
Making eight hours q days labor; a,l-
thorizing municipal corporations to aid
in the construction of Waterways; ex-
empting engineers from duty as Jurors
to amend the law Of 1859 relating to the
duties of county surveyors; fixing the
compensation of attorneys in personal
injury cases at not more than % per
cent of the amount recovered or agreed
upon in settlement: to legalize certain
bonds issued by towns, counties or other
public corporations; to define the boun-
Diary lines of Big Stone county more ac-
curately; to appropriate $500 for a bridge
in Wright county: to provide for the cleo
ton of railroad and warehouse commits
toner's; fixing attorneys fees for prosecu-
ton Of personal injury cases at 5 per
cent Of the amount recovered. per cent
for settlement before trial.. 10 per cent
for settlement after, trial, not more than
Is per cent in other cases A reasonable
fee for additional trials: for All additional
clerk to the secretary of state at 81 500
per year.
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qrinqetol1 Nllolr.
il. c. DUNN, Publisher.
II. G. DUNN, Publisher.
Terms;-2.o 90 per year in advance.

In Weld, Nc, is a large pond where
In the fishermen of Franklin county are
prone to cast hooks Not long ago two
men from Wilton cut a hole through
the slush and ice and caught sixty fine
pickerel =. +. y "2 ~ .@f|
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three years older than his wife. They
were married last December.
y. r.. Gilbough employed in the gem
eral Offices of the Santa Fe railway at
I Galveston, Tex, shot and killed Dora
WATSON, aged eighteen. and committed.
suicide. The girl had broken their en-
gagement. E55# Ss