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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Friday, Aug. 1O.

julie La Croix, an early settler at
Dayton, Henncpin county, died Of
heart failure.
Hon. L: X. Aaker, merchant of
Alexandria, died Of heart failure after
an illness Of three weeks.
Mrs. James Croker, wife of Homer
Croker, an old resident of the town
of 1nman, died suddenly.
The Staples-Attlee Saw Mill compa-
ny's boarding house was badly Quilted
ted by fire at Saltwater. Loss, $500.
G. Erickson, a farmer, nearly sew
cred his thumb from his right hand
by being caught in the wheel of his
wagon at Milan.
David VOLTS threshing outfit burned
at Window, making the second thresh-
ing outfit to burn. The fire seems to
be of an incendiary origin.
The plans Of Wengenstein & Baltic,
Duluth architects, for the new court
house at 1tasca county have been &C.
cepted. The building will cost $4,000.
The steam threshing outfit of An
drew Johnson's was burned at Win
dom. Besides the threshing rig sew
eral stacks of grain were burned
Graceville' is to have a mill for the
manufacture of fax straw into up
holstery tow, $1,000 having been rails
ed for the purpose by the Graceyille
Industrial union.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
HE COULD NOT REST.
How a Murderer Was Driven to a
GnnRosainn

How a Murderer Was Driven to a
Confession.
Tweed, Ont, Aug. lion the 10Th
of August last Annie Calendar, an En-
glish girl, disappeared, leaving no
trace of herself. To-day Edward
Dowdell, section foreman at Sheffield.
found under the timbers of a bridge. a.
few miles east of Tweed, a piece Of
board, about 10 inches square, on
which was written the following state
ment
sheffield, April 26, 18g5-To all the
World-a greeting: This is to certify
that l did, on the night of the 10Th Of
August, 1894, murder Annie Calendar,
young English girl, in the little Gem
etery at Peterboro, and with a piece of
rope and railroad iron sunk her dead
body in the lake. I did it to hide q
crime. 1 feel that God will never for
give me for it. I cannot rest day or
night. I would like her body taken I'D
ana buried. (Signed #. R."
The case is in the hands of the de.
tectives.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

The woman on the wheel is pro
voking a good deal Of discussion
among the medical writer's. Some OF
them are contending that she is GER
tain to be injured by such exercise.
but the prevailing opinion seems to ba
that she will derive benefit from it.
One Of them calls attention particu
larly to the fact that women are NOT
by nature weaker than man, but that
they dress with such disregard of nat.
ural laws that their strength Is i'm.
paired, and the bicycle forces them
to correct this fault by adopting q
costume that IL calculated 20 promote
health and 3sneasl vigor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Personal Mention.

Lucien Bonaparte Wyes, noted for
his explorat tons in Central America,
died at Paris, aged fifty.
Chief Detective William Owens was
stricken with apoplexy at Louisville,
Ky, and his life is despaired of.
Walter Mattocks, a wealthy lawyer
of Chicago, dropped dead at the Calu-
met club.
Brew. Maj. Francis H. Bates, retired,
of the United States army, died al
Washington of paralysis. He was re-
tired in 1893.
Frederick Arson, of noble English
lineage, is a public charge at San
Francisco.
Samuel Gompers and p. T. Mcclure,
delegates of the American Federation
Of Labor to the British trades union
congress, at Cardiff, Wales, left for
Europe on the Berlin.
Baron Bernhard Christian Tauch-
nitz, the celebrated publisher Of Greek
and Latin classic Hebrew and Greek
Elbles, and continental editions Of
British authors, is dead ct Leipsic.
Mrs. Goforth, wife of Rev. Jonathan
Goforth, left Toronto to join her hus-
band In China. She was accompanied
by six other missionaries, who are
going out to various places in China.
Fannie Gordon. eldest daughter Of
Byron Gordon Of Moline, ILL.,, was mar
ried at Des Moines to J. G. Lloyd Mo-
nette, young drug clerk in the EN-
ploy Of G. H. Sohrbeck. It is her Sec
ond secret marriage.
Jacob Urban, one Of the inmates Of
the Lutheran Home for the Aged, at
Mount Airy, Pa, has just celebrated
his 102d birthday anniversary He
can read without glasses. and is an
,, inveterate user of tobacco.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
MINNESOTA IN BRIEF
INTERESTING EVENTS or THE
WEEK IN MINNESOTA.
Important Occurrences In the North
Star State Day by Day-A, General
Resume of the Weeks Do1nEs Ar
ranged for Rapid Reading.
Thursday, Aug. Is.

Fred Aitchison lost two fingers
while repairing the fingers. of his
threshing machine at Montevideo.
!, The man Hilyer Finger. who was
run over by train near Winona las
week and had his leg amputated, died
of his injuries.
company was incorporated at
Faribault for the purpose of putting
in a creamery establishment here,
with a capital of $4,000
A violent electrical storm prevailed
at Brainerd for two hours, with little
rain. Lightning struck a barn, en-
tirely consuming it.
The office Of the train dispatcher of
the Hastings & Dakota division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St., Paul rail-
way, which was removed from Mon
tevideo last fall, has been returned.
The resignation Of Charles e. Saw
yer, cashier of the First National bank
Of Crookston, was presented at a meet
ing of the directors in that city last
night and accepted. His successor, ].
w. Wheeler, was Immediately elected.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

thrown into the water by the capsiz-
ing Of sail boat at Yale's Ferry,
Conn. and their boomers buoyed
them up until assistance arrived. AL.
though the skirt has thus saved WON.
en- from drowning, the new bicycle
costume is undoubtedly a better life.
preserver than the common skirt. The
bloomer has recommended itself as a
yachting costume by this exciting in.
cident.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Lower the Flar

st. Vincent, MIMI, Aug. 17.-Fort
Pembina was to-day abandoned, and
the flag was lowered for the last time
at 10 o'clock, when Company e, 22d
infantry, Capt. Hoten, marched to St.
Vincent, where a special train on the
Great Northern was in waiting to take
them to Fort Assiniboine, Mont.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Ash bUry Let OFF Easx

Helena, Mont. Aug. 17.-Hon. Judge
Knowles, of the United States court.
to-day sustained the demurrer to one
count of the Indictment against Shir-
ley c. Ashbury, ex-president Of the
helena National bank, charged with
embezzling funds of the bank While
president. The effect of the decision
IS to release Ashbuly from the charge
OF embezzlement unless a new indict-
ment is found, and he will 80 to trial
on the other count, which alleges sim
ply misapplication of funds.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

at New Orleans against Maurice ].
Hart, who controls municipal legiela-
tlon there.
G. III. Henderson,, lawyer, shot
and killed himself at Spencer, Iowa.
He is alleged to have been short in his
accounts with an Eastern loan asso-
citation.
Policeman Shea was killed at Victor,
Col, by Bill Gibson, who, with his
brother, has fed The murderer fig
ured in the recent Wells-Fargo ex-
press robbery.
In resisting eviction at Iowa City,
Iowa, George Smith drew a revolver
and fired at Sheriff Jones. He missed
the officer and hit and dangerously
wounded four children.
An unknown person fired two shots
at a Michigan Central passenger train
near Wayne, Mich. Fortunately none
Of the bullets took effect. Detectives
are at work on the case. .s
Thirteen tramps attacked Conductor
Lou Jackson on the Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati, Chicago & st. Louis road at
Columbus, Ohio, but he laid one of
them out with coupling pin and put
the rest to flight with revolver.
Ida Dooley lies at the morgue at
Pueblo, Col, with a bullet hole in her
chest and her lover, James e. Doyle,
is at the county Jail with bullet hole
in his left shoulder. Both wounds
were inflicted by the woman.
George w. Loehmer, for several
years bookkeeper at the Cleveland city
Workhouse, was arrested on the charge
Of embezzlement of city money. In
the evening he was found dead in a
cell at the central police station, un-
der circumstances which indicate sui
eide.
Leroy Cardiff, aged only nine years,
committed suicide at Warsaw, Ind, by
taking a heavy dose Of poison. His
mother recently obtained a divorce
from her husband, and the little boy
left a note saying he could no longer
stand the taunts Of his playmates
about Il.
James Shea, a middle-aged jewelry
peddler, inveigled Tracy Willmers,
aged fourteen, from her home in HUI
rontown, a suburb Of Houghton, Mich.
The couple were married O. few days
ago in Kewenaw county and Shea
has been arrested and is in Jail there
charged with abduction, as the girl is
under age.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
The Casualty Record.

Destructive fires are raging in
washington State.
John Lawson, the "Terrible Swede,"
broke his collar bone in bicycle race
at Chicago.
A fireworks explosion not down on
the bill caused two possibly fatal in
juries at Thornton, Ind.
During storm at Cleveland the car
barns of the Cleveland Electric Rail-
way company were blown down.
The factory Of the Central Stamping
company at Newark, n. j., was
burned. Loss, 100000.
Emmett Burns, superintendent for
the Emmett Mining company, was
killed in a mine near Galena, ILL.,, by
the explosion of blast.
George Elsbec's hone, one mile from
Lewis Center, OSio, was totally con-
sumed by fire. and Mrs. Elsbec per-
tshed in the flames.
The steamer Gypsy was sunk in a
collision in Lake Winnipesaukee, New
Hampshire, seven persons having a
narrow escape.
The mill and concentrator of the
Katie mine, in Jefferson county,
Mont, burned. Loss, 100000; insur-
ance, 100000. One hundred men es-
capped from the depths through an air
shaft.
Mrs. Alice Trinc9 died at Peoria, Ill.,,
from the effects of bedbug poison,
taken accidentally. She had been in
the habit of drinking wine, but got
the wrong bottle by mistake. She was
sixty-tive years of age.
BY the overturning of a hose reel,
caused by the horses taking fright
while running to fire, in Cincinnati,
Capt. Ed Meyers and Pipeman AL Do
herty We're fatally injured and Driver
John Sherman seriously hurt.
A terrific explosion occurred at the
Empson canning factory, Longmont,
COL, in which five men and one Wo-
man were injured. One Of the steam
watts used for boiling peas exploded
while the factory was in full blast.
BY the explosion Of a large boiler in
factory Of Woolworth & Co. at Castle
ton, N. Y, one man, James I1awton,
the Waterman, was killed, and anoth-
or the engineer, was SO badly injured
that it is believed he will die.
A Wcst-bound freight train broke in
two mile from Pomfret station, in
Connecticut. The two sections came
together after the break. wrecking
seventeen cars. Brakeman Benson
was slightly injured and three tramps
We're killed.
An explosion and resulting fire en-
tirely consumed the plant of the Peer
less refinery, at Findlay, Ohio, with
a loss of 100000 half insured. Two
still men,, William Adams and Will
lam Bemis, were probably fatally
burned.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
PITH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF, THE PAST WEEK. IN
T.. A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important
News of the World, Culled From
the Telegraph Reports of the
Proes Associations. ~.
WQShinHtOn.

Spai* decides to pay the Mora claim
In September. 49,
A commission appointed by the Sec
rotary of the treasury begins it's in
Quiries to learn whether the Chicago
drainage canal will seriously affect
navigation on the great lakes. =
The cruiser Columbia was officially
inspected at New York, when it was
found the breaking of the plates of
the keel had caused cracks in the con-
crete packing. The leakage can easily
be stopped after the keel plates are
Strengthened.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

No country in the world records
more revolutionary attacks and crimes
ut the present time than Russia. Dur
ing the year 1SS6-S7, the last authen-
tic report that could be obtained states
that 5000 persons were deported to 81
IBERIA for life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Lend Ore Found I'm wi.co,.,

Madison. Wis. Aug. 17.-Mike Mo-
ran and Chris Simons have discovered
what promises to be very rich find
OF lead ore one and a half miles ~.
rectly west Of Verona in this county.
A shaft is to be sunk immediately and
mining operations will be begun as
soon as possible.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Criminal DOinHs,


The father of Lillian Lowe, at New
York, is still confident he can produce
evidence that the girl was murdered.
Warrants have been issued for the
deputy sheriffs who killed Dick Will
let at Hennessy, O. T.
Robert w. Golzan, a wealthy ard
supposed shrewd broker Of st. Louis,
allowed two gamblers to skin him out
Of $4,70O.
At Galesburg, Ill , John Householder
knelt on railroad track and let q
train cut his head off. He was drunk
and Respondent ..'.
It is feared F. r. Jeburt, John l..
Morrison and Henry Campbell, three
Americans from Minnesota, have been
murdered In Mexico.
6ix indictments have been returned
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Tried to Strnnrle Them

Washington. Aug. 17.-Mrs. Eleanor
Biting, who lives on the Foxhall road
above Georgetown, with a family Of
seven children, attempted to take
their lives to-day by strangling them.
She had choked two of them severely
before their cries attracted the atten-
ton of the neighbors, who rescued the
children from their mother The won.
an lost her husband Monday, and her
mind has become impaired by her
troubles.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

Townships No. 63, 81, 10 and IL, FOR a
consideration of between $3.50 900 and
500, 900. The pine is east Of Ely, and
will keep the purchasers. mill well
supplied for several years. Rupp
picked up the pine several years ago
when it was very cheap, and will real
lie handsome profit on his invlst.
ment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

The most easterly point of the
United States is Quoddy Head, Me-;
the most westerly, Alto island, Alas
ke; the most northerly, Point Barrow.
Fla.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

1t was stated some time ago by one
Of the heads of departments Of the
London & Northwestern Railway, that
the company issues yearly fifty tons Of
railway tickets.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

Temperature Of wineries should be
about 65 deg by night and IS deg. by
day Ventilation when the thermom-
eter registers 70 deg. and close when
the tempera ture falls below that point.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

The first regular peal of bells hung
In England was that sent by Pope
Calixtus I'LL, as a present to Kings
college, Cambridge, in 1856. For three
centuries 1t was the largest peal in the
country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

In Paris total of 2,4O1 newspapers,
trade journals, reviews, etc., are pub
lished. OF these, 1877 are medical; 1913
financial; 166 POLITICAL; 81 financial and
81 literary. The city supports only
three humorous papers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Wednesday,, Aug. Fl.

1t is reported that the demand for
space for exhibits at the state fair will
exceed the capacity of the buildings.
Gov. Clough has appointed delegates
to the Atlanta exposition, and named
Oct. % as Minnesota day.
Joseph J. Kovars, proprietor of the
Riverside mill at Owatonna, which
burned some time ago. has made all
assignment to Anton J. Kovars AS
sets and liabilities, unknown.
George Ryno of FentCn, Mich. had
been working in the harvest field for
Patrick Lennon Of Verlnillion. Be-
coming ill, he was removed to the poor
farm, where he died.
John Martinson, an old resident of
Port Douglas. was kicked in the side
by Il horse and died almost instantly.
His age was tifty-eight years and he
leaves a wife.
Judge Charles l.. Lewis, Of the Elev-
enth judicial district of Minnesota, re-
siding in Duluth, forwarded his resig-
nation to Gov. Clough, to take effect
on Sept. 1. Judge Lewis has been on
the bench about two years, but prefers
to practice law.
" Lille Mis-. JUIu CuduCI, kVENAuI
girl and ten-months-olG baby, of Rem
vile county, were coming into Red
wood Falls they overlook Jasper Steg-
ner, riding a wheel, on hill near
North Redwood. The horse became
frightened and overturned the buggy,
throwing the occupants out and crush
ing the skull of the infant, causing it's
death in about twelve hours. s,~
A very serious fire visited Ovation
ma, and had it not been for the fact
that no wind was blowing at the time,
the result would have been most dis
astrous. The Winona Lumber COM
pany's yard and Office building were
entirely destroyed; also, the cooper
shop and warehouse belonging to G.
d. Holden. The loss Of the Winona
Lumber company will reach $4,000;
partially covered by insurance. Hol-
denis loss is $500, with $1,000 insur,
ance.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

While a vast deal of comment is
made on the fact that boomers are
now an optional costume with woemn,
no attention is paid to the coinci.
dence that men are adopting knee
breaches in similar sports. 1t is an
era of evolution in dress, and not OF
boomers alone.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

Eighty railroads report an average
Increase in their gross earnings for
the fourth week in July Of 5.11 pm
cent, which is about one-half of 1
per cent below the previous week, .
very fair showing for this season of
the year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

Modern maids Of all work commonly
object to waiting on the table. The
objection was indicated in the case OF
a Far Western maid in search of a
place, by the inquiry do you do your
own reaching?"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

"a mysterious fluid about which moth
Ing is known" This is an old deflni-
ton of water in Kentucky, but it does
are IDENTICAL
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Rioters In Jail.

Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 17.-K special
from Winston says fifty negroes who
participated in Sunday nights riot are
IN Jail. The grand jury has returned
true bill against parties connected
with the trouble. 1t is estimated TIM
more han 200 negroes have left VIII.
ston since the riot. Il 49,, - :.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

Swiss newspapers report that the
number of American tourists visiting
that country this summer is one-third
larger than it was at the same time
last year.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

Fish are disappearing from Cana
dian as well as American waters in
consequence Of the fact that fish
weighing less than a quarter Of a
pound are sseined out with fine nets
and marketed. 1t is the business of
state and provincial legislatures to
stop this abuse of natural resources.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

Chicago, Sidney and Buffalo have
about 100 gallons water supply daily
per inhabitant; New York, 70; Mar
settles, so; Paris, 80; London, 80; Ham,
burg, II.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

Mr.. Gladstone is very old man and
out Of office, but the sultan fears a
speech from him more than anything
else in Europe. It is an example of
the power of character in human af.
fairs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
HI. H. HOLMES TRIAL..
1t VIII Take Place in Chicas
Soon

1t VIII Take Place in Chicago
Soon.
Philadelphia, Aug 17.-It has practi-
cally been decided that H. H. Holmes,
the alleged murderer of Minnie and
Mamie Williams, B. r. Pitzel and a
half dozen others, will go 10 Chicago
for trial for the murder of the Will
Jams girls. This, it is said, was the
outcome of lengthy conference held
in this city to-day between w. A. Capp
OF Fort Worth, Tex. and District At
torney Graham. After the conference
Lawyer Capp said that he had urged
the district attorney to allow Holmes
to go to Chicago. and that Mr.. Graham
could hardly refuse to grant his re-
quest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
COrbett's New wife

New York, Aug. 1.-THE statement
IS printed here that James J. Corbett
and Jessie Taylor, known as Vero
StanWood, We're married at Asburv
Park to-day. The wedding is said to
have been private.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

An average Of three British seamen
lose their lives every day by drowning,
and three hundred British steamers
and sailing vessels are lost yearly at
sea.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22

Viewers Strike.
Thompsonville, Conn, Aug. 17.--Ewo
hundred and fifty weavers empio1K6
n the carpet factory struck to-day {8f
higher wages.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
Saturday, Aug. II.

The only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl.
G.. Young of Lake City. died Of cholera
lnfantum, aged about eighteen months.
Frank W.. Miller, who lived in the
town of Lake, just outside of Lake
City, and who has furnished a large
number Of customers in Lake City
with milk for the last twenty-five
years, died at his home last evening.
Miss Ruth Hunton of Lake City,
formerly of Minneapolis, and Robert
Slater of Hudson, Wis.,, were married
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. G.
Clement in Lake City.
The ladies of st. Johns Episcopal
Church Of Moorhead will issue a wo-
mans edition of the Moorhead Daily
News Oct. IS. Mrs. +. L. Tillotson is
editor, and Mrs B. T. Markall and
Mrs. John A. Baker associate editors.
At large gathering Of citizens of
Hinckley it was decided to have fitting
memorial services, commemorative of
those who persisted in the forest fires
Of Sept. /, 1894 General invitations
were extended to the public to meet
and participate in the memorial cxer-
ciSeS.
The bottom Of one of the muskegs
at Columbia Junction, on the Duluth,
Missabi & Northern railway dropped
out, and no trains from Duluth have
arrived via the Missabi road since.
All available material along the line
and all the men that can be hired are
being sent to the new lake.