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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

The Armstrong Gun Company has
shown some very interesting expert
ments with the latest ordnance. A g.
inch gun was fired four times in twenty
seconds, an S-inch gun three times III
thirty seconds. A torpedo was driven
satisfactorily with cordite us powder.
There was a search light which would
keep it's beam upon an object no mat
ted how violently the vessel rolled.
A 10-iDch thirty-ton gun, when it was
fired, opened. the breech screw by the
recoil and wound up spring, which,
when released, would close the breech
again. A 4 ITO field howitzer anchor
ed itself after the first discharge by
driving a spade-shaped plate into the
ground, after which it's recoil was met
by a jacket which surrounds it. A g.
inch gun, with light portable disappear
ing mountings, for siege train, could
be taken apart SO that no portion
weighed more than three tons, ten
hours being required to mount it. A
6-inch naval gun fired five rounds in
sixty-nine seconds, each time at diff
ferent range and target. A plate of
special steel designed for a shield re-
ceived rife and Calling gun fire at 100
yards range without single penetra-
ton, while the plate hitherto used was
penetrated at every shot, the Calling
gun almost cutting it iP two.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
The Casualty Record.


An earthquake shock was experienc-
ed at San Jose, Cal.
The Phoenix brewery at Detroit,
Mich, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$35, 900.
Thomas Lowry, laborer, was killed
at Galveston. Tex, by heavy boom,
which fell on his head.
Eighteen girls were overcome by
muriatic acid fumes in a New York
laundry.
A gasoline tank exploded in q feed
mill at Wayne, Neb., and Bruce Rose
was killed.
Tim Wilson shot and killed his broth
err, Bird, while" hunting near Silver
Greek, Neb.
From the effects of injuries received
in a runaway, Charles N1ishler, of
Champaign, Ill, died.
During the blizzard in Oklahoma
Walter Smaller froZe to death, and a
family of five are frozen so badly they
cannot recover.
A cyclone storm passed over Ala
bama, doing considerable damage, At
Cat City a church was blown down and
three persons seriously injured.
Judge Louderback, of Valparaiso,
Ind, was hit with an inkstand during
4 fight between two attorneys in his
court.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
Criminal beings.

William Pegs, horse thief, escaped
from the state prison at Columbus, 0.
The Bank of Deshler, Of Deshler, o.,
was robbed Of $1,000 by safe-blowers.
Samuel Hissong, farmer, hanged
himself in his barn near Bourbon, Ind.
George 3. Swift was fatally stabbed
by his SON Joseph in Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Burglars made a rich haul in James,
A. Christman's dry goods store at Du-
buque, Ia,
Harry Reeves and Charles Drake, ne
groes, fought in a street duel at Law
renee, Kas. Both We're killed.
Jacob Grozier, a veteran prospector
of Chloride, N. NJ, committed suicide
by shooting.
John Gardner, q miner in the Summit
mines near Colorado Springs, Col, was
>nysteriously shot dead.
After years of labor to solve the per-
petual motion problem, Charles Heine
hanged himself in New York.
H. S. Hackett arrested at Topeka,
Kas., with an Ell1hart Ind, girl, must
answer a larceny charge in Chicago.
In a quarrel at Pittsburg Charles
Messner, u years old, fatally shot his
stepmother and then killed himself.
E G. Brown, collector Of the Spring
field breweries at Kenton, o., is short
1854. He claims to have been robbed
Bell and Willis, the Sigourney, Ia.
swindlers, were sentenced to pay fines
and serve short terms in the peniten
tiary. .--
Billie Graham, colored, shot and kill
ed Louis Williams, at Houston, Tex.
| and was arrested, being barely saved
from q mob.
Pastor Jones, of Union Grove, O..
negro church was arrested for follow
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
Beware the Reds Water.

Winnipeg, Feb. 12.--Dr. Patterson has
reported to the local government that
he has investigated the epidemic at pres
emit existing to the south Of this prov
ince, at Grand Forks and other places,
and found it to be typhus. The doctor
declares that it is due to the use of Red
river water He says the reason why
Grand Forks escaped so long was that
exposure to nj: and sunlight purified run
ming water. but when covering of ice
and snow upon the surface of the water
nullified tho action oft he sun it became
n mere continuation Of the Crookston
sewer, and the people of Grand Forks
drank thereof
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
A Big Strike.

Henderson, Ky, Feb. 12.-Henderson
was visited by the most disastrous con-
1agration that has ever occurred in the
history Of the place, starting with John
H. Barrett & Co.'s large tobacco steam
merry at the corner Of Main and Fifth
streets, the fire was waited by strong
wind to the factory of r. II. Soaper on
the opposite corner. Both these build
ings, containing about 100000 pounds
of tobacco, together with four brick
dwellings were quickly destroyed. The
total loss was something over $150,00O.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
MISS l..ALrl MURDERED
CHARGES MADE by REI;ATIoNs OF
THE DEAD ACTRESS.
They Insinuate That Her Husband
Caused Her Death in Order to Sc
cure Her Estnte-Thc Chlrses De-
MED by MIR. FulfOrd.

New York, Feb. 12.-Robert Fulford%
actress, Annie Pixley, ''the Child Of the
last, Under, it is clli1ned, mysterious cir
American line steamship New York. Mr..
Fulford was accompanied by his sister,
Mrs. w. A. Frazer, and by Annie Joyce,
the late Miss Pixley's maid, who is said
tc have administered certain powders to
her. thus being instrumental in causing
her death, in order that Mr.. F'ulford
might obtain possession of her estate,
valued at from $4,000 to $4OO,OOU.
Upon tile arrival of the steamship New
York at quarantine Mr.. Fulford was met
by representative of the Associated
Press who acquainted him with the seri-
Gus charges which have been made.
against him by the Pixley family, as
published during the past week, as to
the circumstances surrounding the death
Of his wife, and the alleged forgeries in
connection with the transfer of deeds and
mortgages belonging to his Wife's es-
tate. Mr.. Fulford was considerably sur
prised and shocked when he learned the
serious nature of the charges. He. said:
1T is all the most absurd rubbish on
ealth. My wife died despite the atten-
ton of two of The most skilled ply
'icions in England. I have been quietly
rcstir with my people Yer SINE. The
course Of the Pixley family is no doubt
due to impatience on their part because
I have not hurried CT here and turned
over to them Armies estate. The idea
of charging me with SEEKING to get rid of
my wife is nothing short of silly on the
face of it. What had I to gain? Ger
tainly 10 nlercelary object would have
Influenced me, as there was no necessity
for it. All the money was mine wheth-
er my wife was alive or not. The charge
Of harsh treatment of my wife is like
wise untrue. My wife aid I lived to-
gcthec for tWanty-,'ne years iron, the.
tine of our marriage at Portland, Or,
t. her death, happily and without a
separation at any tire. Her death was
a serie us blow to me-
The Pixleys will make a fight for the
estate.
London, Feb. 1.-THE Associated Press
has investigated the London end of the
reported mysterious death of Annie Pix
ley, the well known American actress,
and the rumored disappearance Of her
property. Two eminent physicians, DR..
Pcramcre and Dr.. Barlow, attended the
deceased during her illness. Mr.. Robert
Fllford allowed his mother-n-law SIS
a month, which sum he promised to
continue after Armies death. Neve:the-
less, Annie's mother. when informed Of
her demise, wrote to Mr.. Robert Tulfoid,
hi, ting ut all kinds of dark deeds, and
concluded with the suggestion that ere
nation was resortel to in order to pre-
cll de- any further investigation into the
death of the American actress. La a
second letter Mrs. Tulford says Annie
Pixlcy's mother wrote: Now that she
is cremated nothing can be done to YOU
A, MES will is deposited in Philadelphia,
and Mr. Fulford has gone to the United
States in order to distribute her property
in accordance with thu terms Of the will
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

Army service has it's hardships, even
among the commissioned officers. A
lieutenant in the Fifth artillery regi-
Dent is about to be promoted to cap
taincy after having served in the in
ferior rank for about twenty-five years.
A quarter of a century is a long time
for a meritorious officer to wait for
promotion; but many of the most wor-
thy in the service are compelled to
death to give them an opportunity to
rise.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
A Princess Injured.

London, Feb. 1.-The Princess Ena,
The six-year-old daughter Of Prince Henry
Of Battenburg and Princess Beatrice, met
with serious accident while riding in
the grounds at Osborne, Isle of Wight,
on Saturday. A groom was leading the
pony on which she was seated when the
animal stumbled Princess Ena was
pitched headforemost to the ground. She
was able to walk to the palace, but soon
after arriving there fell asleep and has
not Awakened A specialist was sum
moned and he has since been in attend
ence upon her. 1t is feared that she
has sustained serious injury to the head
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

Hot milk is a regularly recognized
drink in some Of the German cafes. It
is served in cup and saucer, and
two Jumps of suwar always accompany
it. The drink has several things to
commend it, since it has none of the
dangerous qualities of tea, coffee, or al
coholic drinks, and it is actually an ex-
stomach arising from certain forms. Of
INDIGESTION
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
Monday, Feb. IL.

John Nelson a trusted employe Of the
Minnesota mine at Tower, was killed
to-day by falling rock in shaft No. 5.
He was a single man and 36 years old.
He has worked for the Minnesota for
years.
Gustave Truhn, who killed his wife
and child, was released from the hos
pital at Fergus Falls. He was commit
ted under the law declared unconstitu-
tional, and his friends wished to take
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
Lord Houghton, who occupies the

Lord Houghton, who occupies the
very lucrative berth Of Lord Lieuten-
ant Of Ireland, continues to be in
luck. His position as Lord Lieutenant
gives him salary Of 100000 a year,
and now by the death Of Lord Crewe,
he inherits all the estate Of the latter,
which is said to yield a rental of neal
ly 100000 year, and CreWe hall, the
principal country seat of the late lord,
is one Of the stateliest mansions in
England.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
Tuesday, Feb. 13.

P. X. Larson, who shot his wife last
November, broke jail at st. James and
was captured at Riverdale township.
Judge Ives of Crookston appointed
Charles X. Side, of Minneapolis, re-
ceiver of the Farmers Mutual Elevator
company on application Of the First
National Bank Of Minneapolis. The
company owns and operates six eleva-
tors along the line Of the Northern Pa
cifc railroad
A proposal is seriously made for a
new county with Fairfax as the county
seat. The villages Of Wellington, Ban
don and Cairo in Renville county, with
Grafton, Molke, Severance, Bismarck
and Alfsborg in Sibley county will be
included. AS things stand, many have
to travel 40 or so miles to county
seat
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
Bonacu,n Cleared.

lincoln, Neb., Feb, 12.--When the Bon
acum trial was called this morning the
defense moved the dismissed of the case
on the following grounds: That there.
is no evidence to prove that The alleged
libel was ever published in Lancaster,
county or that the word suspended"
is ibelous; that the ecclesiastical law
introduced by the state shows that the
bishop had authority to suspend Father
Corbett, and that the main article and
its publication was privileged. The
court sustained the motion and dismissed:
the case.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
Double Tragedy.

Birmingham, Ala, Feb. 12.-News
reached here Of bloody double tragedy
at Johns, twenty miles away. Dennis
Clements and Will Barge were in love
with the same young lady. They met
at her home and quarrel resulted.
Barge finally drew a pistol and shot
and killed Clements in the presence of
the Mortified young woman, who appealed
piteously for him not to shoot. Barge
fled and later on Deputy Sheriff Chat
Holman attempted to arrest Barge, who
drew pistol and said: II am fixed
for you and you can't arrest me- Barge
pulled the trigger Of his gun but it did
not fire. Holman quickly raised a shot
gun and blew Barge's head off.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
Personal Mention.

Senator John M. Palmer has been
dubbed 1.-The Gladstone of Illinois"
Miguel Norena, the famous Mexican
sculptor, is dead from typhus.
Gov. Mckinley will be the guest of
the Union League club of Chicago on
Washington's birthday.
President Cleveland now has
mounted policeman follow his carriage
when he goes out for a drive.
President Garnet has 50 far recovered
his health as to have been able yester-
day to preside at a cabinet meeting.
William Harring Won Ammon, the
man who introduced color printing in
TYPOGRAPHY in the United States, died
in San Francisco recently. He was a
native of Prussia.
Congressman Oates, Democrat, of Al
ALBANIA, has introduced q resolution in
the house to make the term Of office
Of United States supreme court just
Ices ten years and to abolish the system
OF retirement.
A dispatch from Abkasra announces
the death of Prof Theodore Pillroth,
the celebrated German surgeon. Prof.
Pillroth was born at Bergen, April 2G,
1922 and was the author Of a number
Of valuable works upon surgery.
Rear Admiral Benham, who is in
command of the United States ships
In the harbar of Rio de Janeiro, is
>hird highest ranking officer in the
Lazy. He will be retired on April 10,
having served the full term Of forty
five years.
cap" Ben Thompson Of Kennebunk-
port, Me-, celebrated his Tooth birthday
recently. His eldenst son, with the
characteristic rashness of a boy of II,
challenged the old skipper to wrestle.
The challenge was accepted and the
boastful son was put on his back.
BY unanimous vote the Society Of
California Pioneers have expelled H. II.
Bancroft. the historian, from honorary
membership in the society. Resolutions
announcing Bancroft for an alleged I'M
truthful statement about a pioneer i'll
his history were also adopted.
The late Constance Fenimore Wool
son had a prenonition of her untimely
end. She was a victim Of morbidness
and longed for rest from wandering
homelessly about the world. In one
Of her last letters to friend she says:
1.-THE world has never produced a more
home-loving woman than I am, yet by
4 strange fate I have been homeless
FOR twenty years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

In regard to the delay in the issue Of
prolongs the American Bell telephone
monopoly fourteen years, eX-Commis-
sioner of Patents Simonds very just
Iy says in an article in the North Amer
lean Review that 1.-The patent laws were
not at fault-they were abused" No
effort should be spared to discover the
official who abused them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
ing the vocation Of prophet without a

ing the vocation Of prophet without a
license"
James Skinner, Great Northern rail-
way agent at Culbertson, Mont, is
murdered for his money and the sta
ton burned to conceal the crime.
Mrs Elizabeth Bryan, and Mrs.
Mary J. Fowler Of Petaluma, Cal, arc
in Jail charged with the murder of
their sister, Mrs. Nancy Meagher.
Charles A. Kloeb, Of Celina, O., sued
George Kroeger for $4,000 damages for
publishing an article which lead to
klOeb'S defeat in an election.
Richmond, Ind, residents rejoice at
the arrest in Philadelphia of four gold
brick swindlers who operated in that
town.
Bert w, Metcalf, II years Old, was
arrested at Springfield, Mass, charged
with robbing postohice box. He con
fessed.
James E. Stone, sextuple Wrattan
murderer, awaiting execution at JEFF
ferson, Ind, has made another confes-
sion.
Pittsburg, Kas, is excited over an
other murder, a woman, the seventh
during the months Of January and Feb
ruary.
A negro robbed the Santa Fe station
at Guthrie, Ok, overawing the waiting
passengers and the agent with a revol-
yer
Jealousy caused a fight between
Thomas Lord and Frank Sucker, near
Blue Ridge, ILL.,, Sucker died of his
injuries.
An illicit whisky still has been seized
on the farm of John Laser near Bre-
men, Ind. Laser is a prominent farm
err and has always been regarded as a
law-abiding citizen.
All the convicts on the Retrieve plan
taticn i'll Texas, forty in number es-
capped, Rloodhounds are on their track
The convicts are mostly negroes and
were at work under the lease system.
William 1>eisa, said to be wanted in
New York for the murder of an Italian
a year ago, avoided arrest at Pittston,
Pa, by telling a detective his brother
Joseph was himself, William. Joseph
was arrested.
John Denny, a companion of Ike T.
Bulls has confessed and officers have
secured the counterfeiting apparatus
used by the men at Los Angeles. The
coins made had as true ring as any
turned out by Uncle Sam. Both men
are under arrest
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

Captain Benjamin Thompson of Ken
nebunkport, Me-, is lively specimen
of the "DownEast skipper" He cele-
brated his Tooth birthday short time
ago, and in a wrestling match proved
too much for his eldest son, II years
old, who lives with him. With the ex-
ception Of being extremely deaf the
Captain is said to possess all his fac
ulties.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
TIE WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest md Most Important News
of the World, CulleL From tho
Telegraph Reports OF the Press
ArsOc1ntiOns.

From the Nations Capital.
The sundry civil appropriation bin
is reported to the house, and it treats
the Northwest illiberally.
A. J. McLaurin, Democrat, will sue
coed Mr.. Walthall in the United States
senate.
United States Minister Baker has
transmitted to the state department. q
decree of the government Of Nicara-
qua, dated Dec. %, recognizing the
provisional government Of Polycarpo
Bonilla, president of Honduras. Mic
aragua is declared the ally Of the pro-
visional government under Bonilla.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

George Rea of Middletown, North
cumberland, who died recently, was
known all over Great Britain as most
successful agriculturist and 4 famous
breeder Of Cheviot sheep. He was the
and at the time Of his death had near.
ly 1900 acres on his hands.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

One of the most remarkable examples
Of mistaken criticism is found in Bent
ley's edition Of Milton. Whenever
either sense or sound did not suit the
critic he never hesitated to amend &C.
cording to his own notion, contiden-
TALLY assuring the reader what Milton
meant to say.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

Professor Lombroso, the Italian
scientist, concludes after investigation
that women Of the criminal and i'm
moral type are invariably larger of
than average women.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

Captain Albert r. Ryan, who died
this week at Norfolk, Va, at the age
of SO, was one Of three brothers, all
of whom were well known at that port
as sea captains, in the early part of the
century.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

The wonderful miniature watch Of
King George ILL.,, which was kept for
years as a curiosity in the Kensington
Museum, was about the size Of one Of
our silver dimes.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

Delmar Baldwin, employed in the
photograph gallery of Il. e. Whiting.
at Winona skipped the city last night
with from $75 to $50 belonging to his
employer.
A burglar entered the Occidental
hotel at Fergus Falls and robbed the
office. The night watch grappled with
him, but he got away with badly bit
ten thumb.
Another fatality occurred in the pin
cries. John johnson, a resident of
South Saltwater, was crushed beneath
a log at one of the St. Croix Lumber
company's camps, near Spooner.
The city election in Duluth resulted
IN the election of Lewis Rep.) over
Jenswold Pop.-Dem.) by about 5000
majority. All Of the sixteen aldermen
are Republicans. The free iron ore
schedule of the Wilson bill was the is
sue.
The Old Settlers Association of the
Lake Pepin Valley in session at Red
Wing elected the following officers;
President, w. Wrigley; secretary, Mrs
Herlinger; treasurer, J. Dixon. The
annual meeting was held at the home
of 0. 2. Francisco, Florence, this coun-
tV
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
DISEASE SPREAD DOGS.
Some Startling Statistics from the
French Republic Regarding Con-
sumption.

Some Startling Statistics from the
French Republic Regarding Con-
sumption.
Consumption now carries Off per
1000 persons in France, or 10000 4
year, says the London Dispatch. In
England the mortality has fallen to
2 per 1000. The towns where this
scourge is most intense are Paris,
where the mortality from it is one out
of five deaths; Dion and Nancy, where
it is one out of seven, and Marseilles,
where it is one out of six. At the
Protestant congress at Havre, held to
study special questions in practical
manner, DR.. Gilbert, who is con-
sumptive specialist, said that drunk
ards are particularly subject to it.
There is a drunkard's phthisis Now,
the habitations Of inebriates are dirty
and ill kept and cleanliness is a great
obstacle to the spread Of contagious
diseases. In La Cite Havraise, or man.
sions built for working class tenants.
the mortality from consumption is very
principles according to which the arch
itect worked. There were five out
Of twelve deaths from consumption.
This might be- explained from the
tenants habit OF splitting about. A
woman's dress that swept the spunla
of a consumptive on the stairs picked
up the germs, which she inhaled in
brushing the garment. DR.. Gilbert is,
for this reason, against tenement
houses or mansions for the DOOR, The
shaking of clothes and bedding from
the windows and balconies was anoth-
er source of contagion. The subject of
dogs as means of propagating con-
sumption was also gone into. A re-
port of Prof. Cadiot, of the veterinary
school of Abort, shows that they must
often be a vehicle for spreading it.
He had long treated dogs suffering
from tuberculosis for cancer, but latter
ly the microscope showed him what
their disease was. Between the 18th
of last March and the It'll of April
eight dogs died at Alfort of tubercu-
losis. From the list Of October, 1891,
to the 1st of August, 1893, he made
forty post-mortems out of 5000, and
found in all the forty cases tuberculosis
the cause of death. The disease is very
catching from a dog. 1t originates in
the intestinal mucous, because dogs eat
bones picked by tubercular patients
and lick up what they leave on plates.
They also keep about them, if attached
to them, and in this way some get af-
fected through the lungs. If the dog
is often contaminated by the human
patient he in turn spreads the disease
to other human beings.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15

The only piece Of furniture in the Of
fee of the secretary Of war that was
there during jeff Davis incumbency
is clock, which still keeps good time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-02-15
AROUND A GREAT STATE.
INTER ESTING EVENTS or THE
WEEK IN MINNESOTA. #

important Occurrences In the Nort,,
Star State Day by Dny-A General
Resume of the Weeks DoinEs Ar
ranged for Rapid IeeudinE.