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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28
MOndny, Nov. %.

Fire damaged Py1hian Castle hall at
Winona to the extent Of $500. -.
The declamatory contest held at
'Slayton resulted in the selection Of
Miss Pauline Fowler and Frank
Morse to represent the Slayton high
school at the district convention, to be
held at Luvernc. ..-s=5l...,.. ..... .g
John Swan, aged. seyenty-fve years,
living between Dodge Center and
Claremont, died very suddenly about
noon. Mr.. Swan was father Of Mrs.
H., Harner of this place, and has re-
sided in this county for many years.
Mrs. Anna Plank of New Paynes-
vile, aged sixty-nine, after two
weeks illness, died at the home Of her
son-in-laW, Dana S. Coleman. She had
lived the greater part of, her life at
Anoka, and will be taken there for
burial to-day.
An accidental shooting occurred
about two miles south of Mora. The
ten-year-old son of William Graeber
was shot in the shoulder, and died in
fifteen minutes from, loss of blood
The boy was out hunting with a hired
man by the name of August Shuttle.
Schultze was getting over log, and
slipped, discharging the gun.
County Superintendent Rocholl has
decided upon series of teachers
meetings that will hold monthly ses-
sions at nine different points through
out Stearns county to discuss educa-
tional affairs. Attendance is manda-
tory. The division at Belgrade is hold
ing it's first session underline direction
of Principal George w. Chisholm.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28
Friday, Nov. e.

The supreme court has denied the
application of Harry Hayward for
new trial. III IF ! .4%. T r.
A prominent citizen of Crookston
and one of the oldest physicians in the
Red river valley, DR.. Mathew Watts,
died in that city Of typhoid fever.
John Gatzke pleaded not guilty at
Saltwater to the charge of being I'M
duly intimate with fourteen-year-
old cousin. The judge sentenced him
to a term in the reformatory at st
Cloud. -.. 49,.
James Robinson, James Lynch and
Samuel Ray were arrested at st. Cloud
for stealing two fur overcOats from
Metzroth Bros. At a hearing they
were bound over to the grand jury.
Joseph w. Cloyse, aged. eighty-fve
years, died at his home at Kasson.
The deceased came to this county in
1866, and was formerly a merchant
here. -Four sons and two daughters
and his widow, eighty-three years old,
survive him. 49, A..
. The Crookston Commercial union, in
q special session resolved to call
convention to be attended by delegates
from each town and village in the val
ley to take action looking to the early
opening Of the Red Lake reservat on.
A midnight fire on the farm Of Mike
Dunn near Osakis. destroyed two
stacks Of wheat, four horses and har-
ness and buggy. A threshing machine,
four Jim Smith tank wagons and two
horses, one horse and harness for
George Byland. i. 4. e.. ..@% III +
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28
Dead Men Aboard.

I Paris, Tex, Nov. 27.-The federal
officials last night received telegram
from Arthur City, Ind T., stating that
a boat was found adrift on Red river,
near that point, unnamed and with
out pilot. A man lay upon the deck
with his head almost severed from his
body, and blood everywhere visible,
indicating horrible fight. It is re-.
ported that other bodies are Oh board.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28
Killed hy the Cars.

Charles City. Iowa, Nov. 27.-Mrs.
Martin Cunningham was killed yester
day by. being run over by the cars on
the Illinois Central railroad at a grade
crossing, about a mile south Of the de-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28
Masonic Fair.

Detroit, Mich. Nov. 1.-THE biggest
Masonic fair ever held in the West
was opened here to-day. Goods from
every state in the Union and every
country in the world are among the
exhibits
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28

Coffee drinkers will rejoice to know
that Columbia has an immense crop
Of that aromatic berry and prices will
remain within the reach of moderate
purse. is @ #@ Nr
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28
Evil Doinr1;s.,.


Arthur Dacre and his wife, & we4.
known English f actors, committed sui
eide at Sydney, N. s. W.. The former
cut his throat and the latter shot her.
Fred j. Pickard, member of good
family at Alexandria, Ind, and can
didate for appointment to West Point,
committed suicide by shooting.
Joseph Kilgore and John Jones were
killed, and John Handley fatally
wounded in a street duel In Birming-
ham, Ala.
The trials Of the notorious Scatter
field whitecaps have begun at Ander-
son, Ind. Another attempt to kidnap
Miss Hudson, the states principal wit
ness, has been frustrated.
White railroad tie cutters at Moss
Bluff, Fla, who resented the introduce
ton Of negro laborers, 1aided their
cabins at night, killing three. and
wounding many more.
Miss Mary Dudley, sister Of Rev.
Charles Dudley of Beatrice, Neb. com
mitted suicide Mt the Indian agency
at Ottumwa, ably cutting her throat.
Once before she attempted suicide by
drowning. -.
Mrs William Barrett, wife of the no
torious burglar serving a life sentence
in the Massachusetts state prison and
who disappeared after the arrest of
James S. Chaffey in Boston, has been
located in Jersey City. s
Mrs Mary Fleming, under indict-
ment in New York city for having
poisoned her mother, Mrs Evelina
u I, tn to0;T ~, he
prison, was, at the request Of counsel,
moved to the maternity hospital at
Blackwells island.
Judge Walters, who is presiding in
the trial of Col. Colt, Of Circleville,
O., ordered new jury impaneled on
the testimony of physicians that one
Of the jurors who has been sick, would
be unable to serve again. The case
has cost Fayette county $4,000 al
ready, and only one-tenth of the wit
nesses have been examined.
The murderer of William Krauer,
whose body was found in the rear Of
the restaurant he was about to open
at 1852 Second avenue, New York, has
been captured and has made COM
plete confession. The murderer is a
boy only Is years old. His name is
Joseph Beresheim. He gives his oc-
cupation as that of a peddler, and he
was formerly in the employ Of
Krauer.
Jewish society circles in Cleveland
are stirred to the depths. Mrs. Sarah
Baker sued her husband, Henry Bak-
er, clothier, for divorce, alimony and
the custody of their two children. She
alleged gross cruelty. arising from
| jealousy. Following this suit, Baker
sued his father-in-law, Jacob Mandel-
baum, and his brother-in-law, Moses
J. Mandelbaum, prominent merchants,
| for $4,000 damages for taking his
| two children away from him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

\ Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past week Culled From the Tel
egraph Reports The Notable
Events mt Home and Abr Dad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28
miscellaneous.

49, III M1scellanC GUS. a.. a.
Two pretty New York women are
going to1Atlanta in a twenty-foot row
boat. They are making the voyage to
win bet. 49,
Chairman Caldwell was for the third
time elected chairman Of the Western
Passenger association. The vote was
unanimous. x
Five theaters on the Midway at the
Atlanta fair have been closed on ac-
count of immortality. The proprietors
We're fined 500 each. .5.
Brooklyn day at the Atlanta exposi-
ton was one Of the most notable DAYS
set aside for the various municipali-
ties at the great fair. s
T. c. Coombs, who could give no in
formation regarding his family, died
at Newherry, Mich. He had been in
the employ of the WESTINGHOUSE
Church-Rivers company Of Chicago,
which sent word to have him well
cared for.
The troubles existing between Rev.
N. Cleveland, the brother of the presi-
dent, and his congregation in the Pres
byterian church at Chaumont, n. X,
have been adjusted and mutual con
scessions made, SO that the congrega-
ton is apparently once more united.
In the county recorders Office st 10
edo, deed was filed for record from
Franklin county, Kan, for the undi-
vided half of Presque Isle, from Susan
Naw-Te-Pay to John r. Jayens Of Pc
mona, Kan. It was executed in Au-
gust, 1888, and the consideration IS
$11,50O, The person conveying the
property claims to be the sole su1yiy.
ing relative Of Au-to-Kee, an Indian,
who held It under a grant.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-28
Foreign Gossip.

The st. Petersburg Gazette semi-of-
ficially announces that cholera has APP
peared there. ~.
Rustem Pasha, formerly Turkish am
bassador to Great Britain, died in Con-
stantinople. >.es'
Sentiment is being cultivated in Hon
Olulu to grant Princess Kaiaulani, heir
apparent to the throne, pension of
$4,000 year.
It is said that after the trouble in
Turkey is over Sir Philip Currie will
succeed the Marquis Of Dufferin as
British ambassador to France. A.
Another massacre Of Christians by
Turks has been reported, the victims
numbering 800. American missions
were sacked and burned, but the mis-
sionaries escaped. ss Il
The Constitutional Union party OF
Cuba, at a meeting held at MAINTAIN
zas, renewed it's adhesion to the gov
eminent and Geo. De Campos has ex-
pressed confidence that some reforms
would be introduced at an opportunc
moment. .
The report that the Spanish generals
Aldave and Suarez Valdes have been
killed, and that Cen LuQue had been
wounded In engagements with the in
surgents, prove to be untrue, as also
is the report that Maxine Gomez. the
insurgent commander, was drowned.
According to a dispatch received at
Madrid from Havana, the Constitution
al Union party Of Cuba, at a meeting
recently held at Mantanzas, renewed
it's adhesion to the government and
Gen. De Campos and expressed conf
dence that reforms would be introduced
at the OppOrtune time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
Kansas and Oklahoma Returns.

LEAVENwORrH, Kan, April s.-The
officers of the United States internal
revenue district of Kansas and Okla.
homa, which has headquarters in this
city, stated that returns have nearly
all been received from those expected
to pay the income tax, and the number
was $50. The amount expected to be
paid in does not exceed S54, 900. Most
of this if from corporations and inter.
est on bonds. One of the officers said
the decision of the supreme court
would reduce the revenue from this
district at least one-third.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
NO UNEQUAL TAXATION.

The Kansas Supreme Court Holds That
Railroads Must Be Fairly Treated.
TOPEKA, Kan, April s.-The supreme
court to-day handed down a decision
holding that railroad property must
not be assessed at a greater valuation
on the dollar than any other class OF
property and that an injunction would
lie to restrain the collection of tax on
an excess valuation. In 1893 the board
of assessors of Atchison county agreed
that all property except railroad prop
erty should be assessed at 25 per cent.ot
its actual value. The tax levy was made
accordingly and the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy, whose property had
been assessed higher than 25 per cent.
by the state board of railroad assessors,
refused to pay county taxes on more
than 25 per cent. The court below re.
fused to enjoin the county treasurer
and the company carried the case to
the supreme court, which by this de-
cision sustained the railroads position.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
TWO PENSION DECISIONS.

Assistant Secretary Reynolds sustains the
Decision of the Commissioner.
WASHINGTON. April 9.-Assistant Sec
rotary Reynolds of the interior de-
partment has recently rendered several
pension decisions of more or less in
terest In sustaining the decisions OF
the commissioner of pensions in the
case of Hannah Chapman, widow
of Samuel Chapman, who claimed
enlistment in the SiXtleth Indiana
volunteers, he holds that the question
whether a man is enlisted rests it'll
the war department, and where the
war department shows that soldier
was not enlisted it is final; also that
an offer of enlistment by a soldier
must be completed by its acceptance
by the government.
In the case of Susan Landraff, widow
of John Landraff, of Illinois, the sec
rotary affirms the decision of the COM
missioner rejecting her claim for a
pension under the act of 1890, on the
ground that she had an income con-
siderab1y in excess Of the pensions
allowed widows.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
RAIN MAKING.

The Rock Island ROsd Making Arrange.
ments to Conduct Further Experiments
I'm That Line.
Topeka, Kan, April S.-The Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co has
apparently not lost confidence in the
Eftimate successful demonstration of
the rain making theories of Clayton b.
Jewell. who has been conducting ex-
periments throughout the arid belt in
the west for three years Last year
the company fitted up three cars with
complete laboratories designed for
coaxing moisture from the clouds. The
campaign met with indifferent success
and the repeated failures reported at
the close of the season shook public
confidence in the success of the ven
ture. The Rock Island officers, how
ever, appear to have faith in the the
Dry, for they have ordered the con-
struction of three additional cars at
their shops in Holton, that will be put
into service together with the three
that were in commission last season,
making total of six. The company
has interested the department of agri-
culture at Washington in the enter
prise to the extent that agents of the
department will be sent out with the
Kansas rainmaker this season to give
the rain making method a thorough
scientific investigation with view to
determining whether it is possessed of
anv aofnal merit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
WANT AMERICAN APPLES.
Germany, France and England Splendid
Field for Our Fruit.

Germany, France and England a Splendid
Field for Our Fruit.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-United States
Consul-General Dekay, at Berlin, says
In report to the state department
that there is demand for good, sound
American apples in Germany, but no
supply. This arises from the fact that
hitherto large fruit buyers have been
unable to induce the trustworthy firms
in the United States to furnish them
with fresh fruit of a given grade at all
seasons. Either no fruit at all can
be had, or shippers send over half
rotten, unassorted stuff. The fault
lies in America. The fruit grow
ers should pack carefully the kind
of apples that remain solid many
months, and firms should keep them
selves posted in regard to the needs OF
German commerce, and by the exercise
of intelligent, faithful care, establish
and keep up steady connections. Apples
at retail bring very high price in
Berlin during the winter months, and
there would be a good demand for
dried and preserved fruit
Very much in the same tenor are the
reports of Consu1-General Samuel E.
Morse at Paris and Consul-General Pat
rick A. Collins at London.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
The LABOR BUREAU.

Sketch of the Een who VIII Furnish Labor
Statistics fer the Next Two Years.
In noticing the appointment of Mr..
William G. Bird, OF Wyandotte county,
as commissioner OF labor statistics, the
Wichita Eagle recently referred to him
las power of great significance in his
relations to labor, having been con-
nected with labor organizations for
several years. He is a young man, and
upon the rising young men depends
the progress of advanced principles
and civilization. He is represented as
a very active, earnest man in anything
he undertakes, knowing no such word
as fail His first official act was the
appointment of Mr.. John Speer as his
chief clerk. We have known him (NIr.
Speer) as uniform advocate of labor
interests and member of the Typo
graphical union, always sustaining the
union and on the other hand the union
was always fair with him.
The Eagle halls the appointment OF
MIR. Speer as an evidence of the good
judgment of the new labor commits
sioner and his knowledge of men, as
probably no man in the state has bet
ter knowledge of the working people,
nor is truer to their interests than is
Mr.. Birds assistant.
In this connection it may be proper
to remark that Mr.. Speer is a veteran
editor and pioneer newspaper pub
Usher. He was one of the early set
tiers in Kansas, locating in Law
renee soon after the organization OF
the territory, where he established the
Kansas Tribune. and conducted it with
great spirit and ability through times
that tried mems souls" His vigorous
pen was ever welded on the side of
freedom and in favor of the oppressed.
The laboring men always found in him
an ardent friend. Himself a prac-
teal printer he drew others of his
family into the same field, no less than
five of his own family and seven or
eight of his relatives being printers.
Mr.. Speer has filed many honorable
positions in the state and Labor Com
missioner Bird in selecting him for an
assistant has not only appointed ca
pable man, and one who is entitled to
party recognition, but the appoint
ment will meet with favor generally
by the craft"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
OFFICIALS prsPlRlTED.

The Treasury Department. Believes the Su-
preme Courts Decision VIII Result In q
Great Loss OF Revenue.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Treasury of
ficials are greatly dispirited over the
supreme courts decision on the income
tax case. and while admitting that
they have no reliable data upon which
to form an accurate estimate they ex-
press the belief that the net result of
the decision will be a loss of at least so
per cent in the receipts from incomes.
In some cities the loss will be far
greater than this, notably in the city
of Washington, where the loss is ex-
pected to reach rs per cent.
Comparatively little was expected on
state, county and municipal bonds, but
the total loss. it is thought, will fall
short of SIS, ZOO, GOO or $40, 900, 600 for the
first year and this loss is expected to
increase rather than diminish in sue
ceeding years, should the law remain
unrepealed. The loss of this revenue,
however. is not the only cause of regret
among the officials. The fact that
the court was evenly divided on the
main constitutional question, it is ex-
pected, will result in almost endless
litigation, thus very materially adding
to the expense of collecting the tax.
Persons who have already made their
returns and paid the tax will be adj
vised of the change in the regulations,
and as soon as possible the proportion
ate amounts of tax paid by each on
rents and bonds will be refunded to
them.
Acknowledgement Olney was much
surprised at that part of the decision
which exempts rents under the income
tax. AS to the section of the act re-
| lating to bonds, the Encouragement
rather expected an adverse decision,
but he regards the action of the court
on the rent proposition as having been
taken on technicalities, which he be-
lieves will not stand the test of time,
and cannot remain the permanent law
of the land. On all other points the
government, he believes, has no Sc
rious cause for complaint.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
The KANSAS PENITENTtARY.

Interesting Report Filed by Warden Chase
of Receipts, Expenses and Number OF
COnvicts.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 6.-According
to the monthly report of the warden
of the Kansas state penitentiary, sub
mitted yesterday to the board of di-
rectors the net earnings of that insti-
tuition for the past month were ST.
2s4.OS. The receipts from contractors
for convict labor, from the care of mill
tary, federal Oklahoma prisoners
and incidentals were IS. $50. "a. The
earnings of the coal mine were
Ss,214.2O. The number of convicts
in the pen March 1 is given at 926 and
the number received for the month
forty-two, making the total 96s There
were two pardons issued by the gov
ernor, forty-one prisoners were dis
charged during the month and one
died, leaving the number of prisoners
in charge of the warden April 1 at 924-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
strevnBound Over.

FORr SCOTT, Kan, April s.-The pre-
liminary hearing OF Noah Strevil.
charged with killing his father. Charles
Stewart Strevil, near this city, March
Is, resulted in his being held for trial
at the district court without bond.
Mrs. Noah Strevil. who made a written
confession few days ago accusing her
husband of being the assassin, was not
allowed to testify and the state was
obliged to rely on circumstantial evil
dence, which was very damaging.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
CATTLE IMPROPERLY FED.
The Recent Outbreak In Kansas EntireIy
Due to Farmers Carelessness.

The Recent Outbreak In Kansas Entirely
Due to Farmers Carelessness.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 6.-Chairman
Johnston and Secretary Moore, of the
live stock sanitary commission, give it
as their opinion that the mysterious
cattle disease which prevails in differ
emit parts of Kansas is due to improper
feeding. They have just returned
from Anderson county, in the east
ern part of the state, and Cow
ley county, in the southern, where
they had been summoned to investi-
gate. In Cowley they found that
w. o. Wright had lost ten head of cat
tie in forty-eight hours They discov-
cred that Wright had been feeding
wild rye, ignorant of the fact that it
contained ergot. The cattle also had
been eating decayed fodder and the
water they had access to was foul. s.
change of feed caused a better condi-
ton at once. and before Johnston and
Moore left there was not sick animal
in the herd.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
Battle of the Blue.

Topeka, Kan, April s-A handsome
$40, 600 monument to the Kansas
soldiers who fell at the battle of the
Blue is to be erected in the Topeks
cemetery. The idea is Banker G. G.
Cages, and he is carrying it out alone.
On October %. 1864, at the battle OF
the Blue, twenty-four Shawnee county
soldiers fell and many were wounded
and taken prisoners Mr.. Gage was
one OF the last He belonged to the
Topeka battery.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
HEAVY JUDGMENT GIVEN.
a Decision by the Supreme Court of Kansas
IN 70

A Decision by the Supreme Court of Kansas
OF Interest to Railway Employees.
TOPEKA, Kan, April s.-The supreme
court Saturday gave Mrs Anna Rowen.
of Wichita, Judgment for S1O,O 900 dam
ages for the death of her husband, who
was killed by being knocked from the
top of freight train by low bridge.
The lower court held that it was the
duty Of the railroad company to keep
it's track clear and the brakeman in
the performance of his duty had a
right to expect clear right-of-way over
head. The supreme court sustained
the lower court, giving the dead brake
mans widow judgment for $4,000.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
No salaries for Judges.

WARRINGTON. April 9.-The comp
troller OF the treasury has rendered a
decision in which he holds that Judges
Springer and Kilgore, recently ap-
pointed to the two districts in Okla
homa, cannot receive compensation for
their services as such judges until
after they have been confirmed by the
senate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-11
IMPORTANT TO sToCKMEN.
II They Stand on Top of 3 Moving Train II
Is at Their Own Risk.

FORT SCOTT, Kan, April s.-A dis
patch from Topeka says the supreme
court has rendered decision in the
famous case of ]. II. Sparks, a well
known cattleman of Wichita, against
the Missouri Pacific Railway Co., in
which Sparks was given a judgment OF
S12, 900 for serious damages received by
being Rocked off the top OF a car by a
low bridge at Eldorado.
The supreme court reverses the judg-
ment of the lower court, and Sparks
cannot recover damages, notwithstand.
ing that he had stock on the train, and
it was while going to attend to it that
he received the injuries, by reason of a
clause in the shipping contract forbid
ding him to go on top of a moving
train