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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
STR s 7 ; * /, !. E.RS ARE SHOT
FIGHT IN A MINING
TOWN IN KANSAS. %s%s
strikers Attempt to Drive worlxmcn
away and Are Fired Upon-Four OF
Hill Them Injured--AIore Trouble Ex-
II pected. &5 <#E# 4a55a&5 EF9s3 8

Weir City, Kan, July 21.-The ex.
pected crisis has, come in the Kansas
miners MIN s strike, and blood has been shed.
The feeling Which has been growing
Z more and more bitter for several DAYS
eliminated yesterday in a fierce battle.
+ at Clients pit, one mile south Of this
city. All the forenoon there were MIR.
murlngs of the approaching storm. and
the ieellng was universal that serious
trouble was at hand Just before noon
pand OF 500 strikers headed by 100
Women, which had been marching to.
the various strip pits, reached Clients
Pr and sent IN a committee to persuade
tne miners working there to quit This
they refused to do, and when the com
mlttee reported the entire body of march
efs moved on to the works to force the
men out. The strip men were ready for
them, and when they passed the trespass
line they We're rfed upon and a general
battle followed, in which Winchester
rifles, pistols and clubs We're used. Over
one hundred shots We're fred and it is
nothing short of miracle that nobody
was Killed. One man was wounded in the
forehead, another in the leg. a boy in the
loot, and one of the women got a. bullet
through the arm. None of the wounds
are fatal, and it is believed that none of
them are dangerous. A number on both
sides were badly beaten up with clubs.
AS result of the battle the men in the
strip were routed by the strikers and
We're forced to flee for their lives, pursued
ny the bowling mob which would have
lynched them had they been caught.
The excitement continues at high pitch
and further bloodshed now seems ineyita-
BILE.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
KILLED BY LIGHTNING

. Nashville, Tenn, July 21.-News has
just been received that near Sadlersyille.
this state, while James Witt. his son.
aged fourteen,and daughter, aged twelve,
accompanied by his brother, Jack Witt,
We're walking home, a slight shower fell
and they took shelter under tree, ex-
cept Jack Witt, who would not, and who
warned them that it was dangerous. AS.
he was talking binding fash Of light
ming came, the tree was struck, torn to
pieces, and both the children killed. The
bones in their bodies were crushed.
James Witt lost an eye and had rib
broken and is in a precarious condition.
Jack Witt was insensible when found,
but will recover. -:-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27

DR.. Vercoutre, Of the French army
Medical corps, has made careful ex-
animation of the tattoo marks with
which the faces and the bodies Of the
natives of Tunis are generally covered,
and has ascertained that when these
tattooings are thoroughly done they
reproduce very closely the type Of hui
man figure, with outstretched arms,
which was to be seen on the ancient
monuments Of Phoenicia and Carthage.
and which represents the symbol Of
the Punic Trinity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
THE WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important News
OF the World, Culled From the
Telegraph Reports Of the Press
Associations. ii 4.
WASHINGTON.

\ Treasury officials are confident that
the critical financial situation is practi-
cally thing of the past.
Secretary Morton proposes to save
public money by causing packers to
pay the costs incident to the inspection
of meats.
Len w. Hoch took the place Of Gen.
William Humphrey as postmaster at
Adrian, Mich Humphrey was removed
for questioning Cleveland's patriotism.
The report of the naval trial board
on the recent trial trip Of the practice
ship Bancroft shows that the vessel met
every requirement satisfactorily, PROV
ing herself to be a good sea boat, and
her guns were fired with good results.
The report has been referred to the
various bureaus of the department for
examination. e.. II -.
Since their issue last year not one of
the Columbian half dollars had found
its way back to the treasury depart
ment until yesterday, when one was
received. In a package Of money sent
for redemption by an Atlanta bank.
Columbian half dollars readily bring
double their value as souvenirs, but
the treasury department does not rec
ognlze any sentiment in connection
with hard cash and, therefore, the At
lanta bank viii receive only 50 cents
for its sample. Treasurer Morgan Sc
cured the coin as a souvenir.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
PERSONAL,

Earl English, rear admiral, retired.
died at Washington, aged sixty-nine
years. -
George Vanderbilt is expanding $685.
600 on lawn tennis court at his villa
at Asheville, n. C.
Charles Breck, considered the oldest
Mason in the United States, died at
Milton, Mass. He was ninety five years
Of age.
Miss Margaret A. Moody, a teacher
in Boston public school, has resigned
after a continuous service of tifty-two
years. -..>.>.>
1t is said that President Cleveland has
offered to Supreme Court Justice Edgar
ment to the supreme court Of the Unit
ed States in the place of the late Just
ice Blatchford.
Legrand Larow Of Barton county,
Mo-, who is six feet in height, has
whiskers just seven feet in length. He
was born in Tompkins county, N. Y,
and comes of family whose men
We're noted for their long boards.
Through the efforts of Mrs Lewis
Rice of Frederick, Md. enough money
has been collected to put an imposing
monument over the grave of Francis
Scott Key, author Of 1.-THE Star Span
gled Banner His remains are in
tered in a Georgetown %. g. ceMe-
terry. ..-a H. Dr.. r.
Prince Eitel Fritz, the German kai-
ser's second son, was ten years old last
Friday, and on that day he was en-
rolled with the Foot guards. He is the
smallest soldier in the empire, a dis
tinction previously belonging to the
little crown prince. H..
Thomas E. Walsh, president of the
University Of Notre Dame, died at Mil
waukee, where he has been under treat
ment for Rrights disease. Rev. DR..
Walsh was forty years old, and has
been for twelve years president Of No.
tire Dame.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
A BIG BLAZE.

New York, July o1.-. At 1890 O'clock
this morning fire started in the block.
bounded by Fourth and Fifth streets
and Jackson and Vernon avenues, Long
Island city. In the block are st. Mary's
new Catholic church, valued at 100000.
the parish house, the new parochial
school and number of business houses
The flames jumped across Fifth street
to row Of fiat houses at the corner of
Vernon avenue. Then the fire caught
hold of the fat house in the rear of
those on Fifth street. The church and all
the buildings in the block were destroyed.
Loss, $3.50, 600.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
CHINA TAKES A HAND.

Tien Tsin, July 21.-Information has
been received here from Pekin to the
effect that China has taken measures to
supper; Siam against the French. Siam
has for many years paid tribute to China,
but only as a matter of usage and con-
vchience, and it is now apparent that
China is determined to assist the Siamcse
against ncroachment upon their terri:
tory. The interference of China will add
most interesting feature to the Franco
Siamcse dispute, end will probably re-
suit in modification of some If the de-
mands Of France IS contained in her
ultiDlatum. F
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.CONF7EDE CRATES. soUEALED. y

& AAtoka, Ind. !, July 20 y Three men
whom. it is positively stated participated
IN the attempt to rob the train near
Springtown a short time ago, have been
brought here by Deputy United States
Marshal w. w. Mccall. The men are
! Dick Dow, George England and jim Nc
Coy, members of a gang Of notorious
whisky peddlers from Coal Gate. Ind. T.,
who stood Deputy Marshal Wood off
on July 4, and shot hole through his
nat The men We're given away by
three confederates who revealed a plot
to assassinate Marshal Ward, and also
a plot to rob the Missouri, Kansas Il
Texas railroad train. IF @@ =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
II1ALULD w l'l't1 RAPE
FOUR INDICTMENTS AGAINST Faru
Err CONNOLLY AT DULUTH.
The indictments Charge Rare an
Two Occasions, Abduction und In
decent Assault-COnnelly's Sister
Indicted for Completely. 4

Duluth, July 20.-.rhe grand jury Of
Lake county has returned four indic+-
ments against Father Connolly, the Cath
Ole priest who is charged with raping
4, Lena Sutherland, an eighteea-year-ol
girl On May 30. Two of the indictments.
are for. rape on separate occasions, one
Tor abduction and one for indecent as
sault. It is alleged that the priest in
@duced the girl to come to his house.
drugged and then assaulted her The.
defense does not deny criminal intimacy.
but sets up that it was with the girls
consent; that the offense was often re-
lested, and that there was a money con-
sideration. Father Connolly's sister, who
was his housekeeper when the alleged
rape took place, is also indicted for CON-
plicity in the abduction. The defense will
move for change of venue
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27

There is found on the edge Of Death
valley, in California, a lizard some
whet similar to the ella monster, al
though more agile. This fellow is
called the chuckawalla by the Coahuila
Indians, who are said to be very fond
Of his flesh. The meat Of this cousin
Of the dread monster is very white,
tastes like chicken, and Americans
who have eaten it are not reported to
have turned up their noses at it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
POSSIBLY KILLED.

Nation, H., July 2o.-The opinion is
gaining ground in the light of suisse
quent Developments J: that Mail Carrier
Charles Miller, who shot Miss Mary
Mock, was pursued by parties at present
unknown, murdered and thrown into the
pond where his body was found. The
theory was that Miller had committed
suicide after shooting the girl. The be-
lief that Miller was murdered is strength
ened in view of the fact that immediately
alter committing the crime he was threat
ened by large crowd that assembled
about the house. ~ .-.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
FEMALE CONVlCTS ESCAPE

Atlanta, Ga, July 21.-Five female
coovlcts have escaped from Maddox's
camp in the past three weeks, and the
rest Of the prisoners there arc democrat
lied. The camp is situated in Gilbert
county near Savannah river. All the
female convicts were sent to this place
All were tracked by dogs to the river.
where all trace of them We're lost Two
OF them were sentenced to life imprison.
ment for murder. It is thought friends
outside the camp must have aided them
by securing them boats. s.-& -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
.SWEpTrBY FIRE

Susanville, Colo, July 20 Fire cleared
out every store in this town, five bust
ness blocks being burned, causing a loss
of $250,00O, only about one-quarter of
which is covered by insurance. The flames
started in an outbuilding of the Steward
house. They soon spread to the hotel,
leaped across the street, and, urged by a
heavy wind, swept everything before
them. In all sixty: buildings were
burned, and to-day only one eating house
remains to supply the hungry.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
CASUALTY.

Three persons have been poisoned
at Mansfield, Ohio, by eating impure
pressed beef.
During the electrical storm John
Burns of East Alton, ILL.,, was killed
by lightning.
The European hotel at Carbondale,
ILL.,, was burned. Loss, $4,000; insl1r-
ance, $4,000. ~.
While attempting to save his drown
ing son John Wick of Detroit was
dragged down and both men persisted.
Eddie Lowry, nine years old, acct
Gentally shot Will Love, a playmate,
at Evansville, Ind. Love cannot re
cover. "a.
Mrs. Annie Brant of Ridge View
Park, Pa, was bitten four times by a
copperhead snake, and it is feared she
cannot recover. -1s.zs.. Is 1,-..r I'LL, ..
" William Smiley, a farmer living near
Nation, ILL.,, was instantly killed in a
runaway accident. His team became
frightened at a balloon. .....
Mrs. Henry Ahrens, one of the old
est German residents of Marseilles, ILL.,,
was struck by a Rock Island passenger
train at that place and instantly killed.
y. -. carter, IL w lCulld, Adu., SCOCk-
man, drew 500 out Of a bank and put
it in jar in a haystack. Lightning
struck the stack and the money was
burned.
A street flood at St. Louis, caused BY
a heavy rain, swept John Rupp into q
manhole and half through a sewer,
where he became wedged. The street
was torn up to release him. .sss-I
' T. = ~ +. T : s F
Near Streator a Wabash train ran
over the body Of a man who had been
killed and placed on the track.
Hans Davis went to sleep on the Big
-Four tracks ut Mansfield, ILL.,, and q
train ran over him.
The coal barge Regulator, Pensacola
to Galveston, with Loo tons Of coal
aboard, sank on Galveston bar. She
rad the regulation wooden huh, draw
ing thirteen and half feet when
loaded. It is supposed she made water,
putting her down one foot.
The Fresno Touring mills and West
warehouse, California, were totally
burned yesterday morning. Loss,
100000; insurance, unknown. The
Buckeye store and other buildings OPP
posite We're destroyed The Touring
mill was recently sold to Sperry & CO.
Of Stockton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
TELEPHOTO

Buffalo, July 20.--A successful test of
Boughton's telephotos was conducted
here last night. The dots and dasles Of
bright light, produced by electric mean
descent lights could be distinctly seen
by the witnesses, on Bird Island pier,
about mile away, and letter con-
tanning ninety words was sent in fifteen
minutes. 1t is also claimed that the
signals were read at Point Abno, ten
miles away. The telephotos will be eS-
hlbited before the army and navy boards
of the old world. H.S, ~...
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
GENERAL.

Over 1000 men are out Of employ
ment at Elwood, Ind. 4
California astronomers discover that
the new comet has a twin.
Sheriff Warner of Crittenden county,
Ark, was shot and robbed Of $11 900
a! Memphis. He will recover
Ignoring Il warning, Dan Mccarthy
attacked one Ncthrow at Marysville,
Iowa, and wis fatally shot. #
Officers were forced to shoot u Ma
vajo Indian, who resisted arrest near
Albuquerque. Trouble is feared.
|. One if not all the Western roads will
establish a one-fare rate to the worlds
fair about Aug. Z. +.
The neutrality-suspicious. line will run
steamers from San Francisco to points
on the Mediterranean.
Commander Lyons, Of the Mononga
hela, has been found at fault in the:
collision with the Speranza. j
T. v. Powderly is back Of a scheme
to form 4 new labor party in Kansas
which will defeat Republicans. Il
A serious split has occurred in the
ranks of the $1,000 or more colored
knights Of Pythias Of America.
Prof. e. D. Morris is the only remain.
ing member Of the Lane seminary facul
ty. The others have resigned.
Engineers who have surveyed the
Pam American railroad route, declare
the proposed enterprise is feasible.
Lehigh Valley railway employees are
making another effort to induce the
company to grant the increase in wages
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
q LOATHSOME DISEASE.

Il Grand Forks, n. o., July 90. o. "a case
OF genuine leprosy has been discovered
I west west Of here in Nelson county The
y victim victim is Q. H. Nelson, a young man who
came here from n orway three years ago.
symptoms were first noticed four years
ago. The disease is now. III the secondary
stage, and the victims hands and feet
are rapidly decaying. Dr.. Engstad Of
this city, who was called to Investigate
the case, says Nelson S condition is pitt
I: f 1ll. and hopeless. He pronounces the
case genuine leprosy. #sl.5 Fl? s s}5s :;
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27

The great calamity of the 10th hos
resulted in careful inspection of the
worlds fair buildings, and several de-
fects have been discovered and RENEE
died which might have caused great
loss of life. The management cannot
be too prompt in making all buildings
on the grounds as safe from fire as
wooden structures can possibly he
made. -. -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27

The human hair is absolutely the
most profitable crop that grows. Five
tons Of it are annually imported by the
merchants Of London. The Parisians
harvest upwards Of 100000 pounds
equal in value to $4,000 per annum.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
! BIG FIRE IN IONDOO

London, July pa warehouse fire in
the district bounded by Mendenhall street
and Revis, Marks ard Cammomile streets
burned over an area of 500 yards square
before the flames were extinguished.
Thirty buildings We're entirely destroyed.
1t is expected that the loss will reach
100000. The. burned district is but a
short distance to the eastward Of the
Bank of England, the royal exchange
and the Mansion house, the residence Of
the lord mayor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
CHOLERA IN MOSCOW

London, July 20.--The cholera is ram
pant among the poorer classes in Moscow.
Such Indignation is felt in Russia be-
cause the director Of prisons upon learn
ing that there was cholera in the Moscow
prisons, ordered majority of the pris-
oners to be removed to four other cities,
thus increasing the danger of spread
of the Infection. There has been nc eases
thus far in St. Petersburg. In Pagotla
and other infected places the death rate
has not lessened III ~
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gored IN the Bull ring at San fernando,
Isla de Leon, and died half an hour

gored In the Bull ring at San fernando.
Isla de Leon, and died half an hour
afterwards. 81.
a largely attended meeting sc the
Pope County Alliance at Cove, Ark,
was broken up by mob and q rain
storm Of bullets was fred over the
heads of the crowd.
Mime. Buloz has obtained a divorce
from Charles Buloz of Paris, the fugi-
| tive editor Of the Revue Des Deux
Alondes. It is reported that NJ. Brun-
eterie will edit the magazine for her
until her nephew shall reach his major
ity.
Isaac Jenkins, colored, was lynched
near Norfolk, Va, for firing several
buildings. He was subsequently cut
| down and revived After the mob left,
according to his story he regained CON
seriousness, finding himself on the
ground, the rope having broken. Al. J.
The bodies Of a man and boy riddled
with bullets were found alongside the
Santa Fe track, about four miles from
Wharton, I. T. Nothing has been dis
covered as. to the identity of the muir
dered persons. 1t was almost at this
same spot that the last Santa Fe hold
up occurred two weeks ago.
Lillian Saulte, an eighteen ear old
girl employed as a chambermaid on
Mackinaw island, committed suicide by
taking a dose of laudanum. She left
two letters duplicating one of the sol
diers at Fort Brady, who, she said,
assaulted her while returning from q
village dance. zgal
LIE Provost de .Launay, deputy for the
Cotes-du-Nord, will interpellate the
government as to the dispatches sent
by NJ. de Blowitz to the London Times.
He will propose that Blowitz be de-
prived of his French naturalization iii
view of his statements in the Times
concerning French politics and public
men. '<". "a 5-- KY
A semi-oficial note is published at
Paris denying the assertion that France
has dlsavoWed to the Siamese govern
ment the action of Admiral Human IN
causing gunboats to ascend the Menam
river, and that the commanders of the
gunboats Comete and Inconstante had
exceeded their instructions in firing
upon the forts at Paknam
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
POISONED

Terre Haute, Ind, July 2O.-A miner
employed at a shaft near l'ontenet,
village of this county, took home some,
sort Of canred goods last Monday, and
it is supposed that they poisoned him
self and family. He died, also his wife
and one Of the children The informa-
ton comes through a farmer Of that
neighborhood who could not give the
names Of the victims &a fs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27

The Llano Estacado is, perhaps, the
most arid spot in the United States
east Of the Rockies. Scarcely any rain
falls on it. The steppes owe their
name Of Staked plains to the posts set
up through the wilderness to guide the
traveller or the caravan, or, according
to another explanation, to the stalks of
yucca plants growing on them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27

The Mayors Of Liverpool and Man.
chesters were recently conferred the IT,
ties of Lord Mayor by the queen. There
are only four Lord Mayors in all Eu-
rope, London and York; being the
other two cities so honored. .,-,.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
SWINDIED

Rome, n. Y, July 2O.-Two men from
Chattanooga, Tenn, came here yester-
day to investigate the value Of city lots
III n Highland Park Of which they had
e printed map. There is no such place.
IN this town. The locality indicated is
worthless sand lots called Pine Plains.
The scheme of selling city lots in that To-
cality is an old one The Chattanooga
men failed to tinr Highland Park, and
went back home wiser, if not richer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
PECULIAR DEATH

Omaha, Neb., July 20..-Charles Eek
man, boilermaker, was killed in a Pc
culiar manner at one IF the street rail-
way power houses to-day. He had
portable electric light inside a boiler he
was repairing. In some manner the ILL.,
sulation was destre yed and Eck1nan re-
ecived a shock that killed him instantly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
TORNADO IN ITALY.

Rome, July 20. - A tornado swept
down suddenly on Voghera and Casteg-
gio, in Piedmont. Hundreds Of buildings.
were wrecked. In one section of Vo-
ghera hardly a house is left standing.
Not a structure in either town was left
intact. Hundreds of persons We're in
jured. The number Of dead is not known
as the bodies are buried in the ruins:
only seven bodies have been recovered
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27

Italy stands at the head Of the wine
producing countries Of Europe. She
manufactures half as much again as
France. Next on the list is Spain;
then follow Austro-Hungary, Germany
ind Switzerland in the order mentioned.
1t is not generally known that the coun-
try outside of Europe which produces
most wine is Algeria.
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The Chinese not only inhabit the op-
posite side Of the earth, but most of
their habits are opposed to ours. They
shave off their hair and let their finger
nails grow; they drink their tea cold
and their wine warm; they wear white
for mourning, and a pupil reciting
turns his back to his teacher.
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DROPPED FROM THD ~RoLLs

DROPPED FROM THE ROLLS.
Washington, July 20.-Inquiry at the
pension Office elected the information
that the total number of pensioners
dropped from the rolls since March 4,
1898, was 245, and that the total num-
Der Of pensioners suspended since march
4, pending further Investigation Of
their cases, was 5000.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-07-27
RRUTATLY ASSATTTEn

Alton, Ill.,, July pa horrible story
of outrage reached this city this morn
ing. The crime happened on the Mis-
souri, shore opposite Alton. The victim
is the wife Of fisherman, and during his
absence three men came to his home and
choked his wife into insensibility and
then outraged her. The neighborhoctE
has organized a lynching party.