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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26
AROUND THE GLOBE.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OFsTHE WORLD.
All Important Occurrences Of the
Past Week, Boiled Down and ARR
anged for Rapid Reading, From
Home and Abroad.
Washington.

Secretary Hoke Smith has returned
to Washington after several weeks at
his home in Georgia.
It is understood that owing to un-
expected and unavoidable delays the
Columbian worlds fair diplomas Will
not be ready for distribution until
about next February. *
Marquis Imjeriali, secretary Of the
italian legation at Washington, IS
about to exchange places with Signor
Malaspina, secretary of the legation
at Brussels. ~ T.
The naval authorities made test
of the new 13-inch gun, projcctile from
which penetrated a 14-inch plate.
There is no doubt among naval au-
thorities that the shot would have
penetrated any armor. ~ ...' ...,
Commodore Sampson chief of the
bureau of ordnance, has made re-
port to the secretary of the navy on
the recommendation made by Chief
Constructor Hirchborne, that hereafter
in letting contracts for the constrllc-
ton of vessels the armor be included
IN the contract.
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Wednesday,, Sept. %.

Reports from the country show much
damage by the storm near st. Charles.
Howard Giffen, who as injured by
threshing rig, at Echo died from the
effect of his injuries. -t-. =
While duck hunting near Browns
Valley Jeff Carter accidentally shot
himself in the arm. .su st. g
J. A. Sem, Of Sank Rapids, county
attorney for Benton county, had both
bones Of his right leg broken below
the knee While visiting the Pine Tree
sawmill at Little Falls.
George G. Edwards, the wealthy sill
yerware manufacturer of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, arrived at Albert Lea and at
once set about negotiations looking
to the putting in of a line of street
cars to run in connection with the
electric light plant, if an exclusive
franchise for a long enough term of
years can be secured. No doubt the
council will grant the franchise.
The body Of man 5 feet 10 inches
tall and about 80 years old was found
in Roberds Lake near Faribault. On
it was found about S14 in money,
some jewelry, a watch and some pa
pers. 1t is thought the deceased is
John III. Monaghan, of Hartland, or
Albert Lea, MINI. There was a rope
about eight feet long around his neck
and to the other end was securely
tied "a stone weighing some 40 or so
pounds. There is a strong suspicion
that the man was murdered and his
body sunk in the lake to cover the
crime. Mr.. MOnaghan's friends here
say he was known to have some
money more than was found on the
body. The coroner is. investigating.
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PeODle in Print.

Ex-Lieut. Gov. J. G. Reddick died at
San Andreas, CAL, aged fifty-one. =.
Lord Rosebery's fad is collecting
odds and ends connected with Napo-
leon the Great.
Prof. William H. Gibbs died at Clin-
ton, Iowa. He was widely known as
an author, lecturer and scientist.
John NJ. Butler, a leading attorney
Of indianapolis, Ind, died in New
York city.
Mrs. Lulu V. Reynolds, editor Of the
Living Issues, Michigan's Prohibition
state journal, died at Harper's hospital
in Detroit.
Cary A. Wilson, chief engineer Of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail
road, died suddenly at New York,
where he had gone for rest and recre-
alton.
Mark Twain has arrived at Sydney
on his tour through Australia. His
plan for lecture at Honolulu en- route
was interfered with by the outbreak
of cholera there.
Henry M. Stanley, NJ. P, and ex-
plorer, has accepted the appointment
Of associate editor Of Bishop William
trated Africa.
Rev. H. D. Kitchell, a Presbyterian
| minister who has filled pulpits in Chi
| cago and Detroit, died at East Liver
pool, Ohio, aged eighty-four. He was
formerly president Of Middlebury col
lege, Vermont. -'
Capt. G.. E. Bancroft and Miss Mar
garet Kendall, son and daughter of the
favorite actors of those names, were
married at All Saints church in Lon
don. Among the guests was Rev. I.
w. Hill of New York. ,zs +. la.
Mrs. Laura l.. Phillips, an actress
died at New York. She was born in
Boston and made her debut in that
city at the Howard Atheneum with
E. L. Howard. For many years she
was the best exponent Of old woman
parts on the stage.
Mrs. Cleveland has recently appear
ed in a new role at Gray Gables-that
of skipper. She has become devotedly
attached to the Esther, the presidents
new yacht, and has learned to guide
the yacht with skill and in perfect
safety.
Riley Grammar is himself authority
for the statement that he has wo1
more than $125, 900 since the beginning
of the Saratoga meeting. It is sale
that Grammar had a total capital o,
$50 at the Saratoga track on the open
. ing day, July 20. .'.~4- ;
Gen. Dragomiroff, one of the mos
noted of the Russian Panslavists, wh<
would, in all likelihood, be supreme il
command of the Russian army were
the car at war, is to be the chief CUES
Of France during the autumn maneu
vers near the German frontier.
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Capt. Sumner, of the Columbia, was
court -martialed and sentenced to repri-
mand and to be put on waiting orders
for six months, because he took it for
granted that the British dock officials
were trustworthy and didn't personal
ly look after the docking cf Lis vessel.
1t is probable that the next time a
United States warship is obliged to
use a British dock all hands, from the
skipper down to the smallest mildly"
will be mustered and put on the look
out to detect imperfections and tricks.
Jonathan can't be too careful when
dealing with Johnn- 1f"'l
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the contrary. She also assured him
that she prayed nightly for his speedy
deliverance
Adolph Oppenheiln, a pawnbroker,
testified that on the 4th and 10th Of
April Durrant came to his store and
offered for sale ring with a sm2ll
chip diamond. The witness selected
a ring from those identified as be-
longing to Blanche Lamont, and said
that was the ring offered him by Dur
rant. He had declined to purchase
it, and Durrant had taken it away
with him. The witness stated that
since testifying at the preliminary ex-
animation he had received two letters:
offering him brides to modify his
testimony. One Of the letters offered
him $500 on condition that he stated
Oh the stand that he could not posi-
lively identify Durrant. He was not
to see any one in connection with the
bride until after he had given his
testimony, when the money would be
paid to him. The second letter was
of similar character. The witness
said he had turned both letters over
to the police.
Crimes stranger and mere terrible
than those with which Durrant is
charged have never, perhaps, startled
this continent. He is quite young.
medical student, and previous to the
discovery Of the murder and mutila-
ton of two young and innocent wo-
men, was esteemed a model young
man. The two girls were last seen
with him, so people began to study
him, and in a week enough was found
out to prove him dispicable wretch,
if not murderer The details of the
crimes are well known If Durrant is
found guilty America will see in the
murderer q character like Stephen
sons terrible and fanciful creation,
DR., Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE.
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Interesting to Lawyers,

Creston, Iowa, Sept. 22.-An inter
esting legal question has been raised
in the district court which will like
ly go to the supreme court for final
decision. 1t comes up in the cele
brated Metcalf case that has created
considerable interest ali oyes the coun-
try, and is to determine whether the
personal presence Of the defendant
is necessary at the final preliminary
hearing This is new question, and
one that has not been decided by the
supreme court of Iowa. AS it has been
the custom heretofore that no man
could be tried without his personal
presence the decision will be awaited
with interest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26
Hot in Chicago.

Chicago. Sept. 22.-Such a heated
term in the latter part of September
as has existed for the past three days
was never known before in Chicago
The mean temperature for the three
days was 81. or I degrees above the
normal for the past twenty years.
The maximum temperature yesterday
was 81 degrees at 3 o'clock. The de-
crease in the humidity of the atmos-
phere tended to greatly reduce the
number of prostrations from heat
However, several fatal cases were re
ported,
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Saturday. Sent. p.

Peter McKenna charged with the
Bacon murder at Grand Rapids was
held to the grand jury without bail.
Hon. Thos H. Garfield of Lake Park
received from Gov. Clough Of his ap-
pointment as delegate to the interna-
tional deep waterway convention
which convenes at Cleveland, Ohio.
Sept. "a. .g IT,. g.. .
A tramp incarcerated in the city Jail
at Mortified escaped through a hole,
which he eXcavated in the wall. The
previous night he remarked to the
jailor that in the morning he would
show him trick with a hole in it,
The following property was burned
at Fairfax;J. G. Fullerton's house, pop
factory and barn; the German M. T..
parsonage; J. C. +Brennesholth's house
and barn, occupied by Dr.. Lee, who
lost three horses, his carriages, har-
ness etc. Loss $4,000.
Pauline Marx, president Of the Marx
& Wire Cigar Company of St. Cloud
by direction of directors, signed a deed
Of voluntary assignment, o. H. Vavill,
cashier of the Merchants National
bank, assignee, The cause Of the ac-
ton was a suit begun by Nicholson &
Spencer, wholesale tobacco firm,
against the company.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26
sins md sinners.

At Quincy, ILL.,, Policeman Anderson
Sidney killed Louis Dade, colored, in
self-defenSe. j rs
Near Lagrange, Col, 1sidore Rem
tario, who killed Ramon Ariaza, was
killed by posse after he had shot q
Mexican constable. t:ss B.
Near Blacks mill, eighteen miles
west of Giddings, Tex, Oscar Hennin-
gan blew out Martha Bradley's brains
because she rejected his suit.
DR. G.. w. Hudsreth, prominent
physician in Little Rock, Ark, has
been made the correspondent in a suit
for divorce brought by M. J. Mytinger.
Lee johnson was killed near Russell
Vile, KY, by Henry Morgan. Morgan
came home unexpectedly and caught
johnson with his wife.
Contractor Frank Osborne. III charge
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

A distinguished London physician
has written an article to prove that
Sir Walter Scott was an imbecile dur
ing his last Hines. No doubt the
Scotch literary wizard suffered from
brain exhaustion toward the eud Of
his great labors, but it will be glor-
ious day for the world when it can pay
homage to such another genius, even
if he becomes a magnificent ruin in
old age
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May Result in Murder.

Chicago, Sept 22.-The condition of
Aid. hammers, who was assaulted at
the meeting Of the Republican central
committee by Aid. s'Buck" Mccarthy,
has grown crucial, and the attending
physicians say he may die at any
moment. Brain fever has set in and
the alderman is delerious most Of
the time H.. .,s
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.Otl,efwiae.


Fox, Clinch & Corn merchants of
Gloucester, Eng, failed with liabilities
aggregating 100000. st>
William Rogers died Of lockjaw at
Clinton, Iowa. He was 70 years of
age and a wealthy farmer. He had
stepped on a rusty nail. Ia
Louis Dekraker a deaf veteran be-
longing to the Holland, Mich, G. a.
R., post, failed to return home from
Louisville with his comrades. 1t is
said he was robbed at the ensamp-
ment. +E s.s5=I.
A volunteer fire company is being or
ganized among the students of the
Missouri State university. The pur-'
pose of the company will be to pro-
tect the new university building in
case of fire. H
Mrs Charles Jenkins, wife of the
chief clerk Of the Hollenbeck hotel ut
Los Angeles, Cal, has discovered that
she is a direct descendant Of the late
Lord Antrim Of Ireland, who left an
estate of fSOOO,0OO.
Health Officer Hunkefer, of Piuua.
i Ohio, appealed to the state board of
health to aid in abating a peculiar nui.
sance which threatens the health OF
the people of that part Of the state.
Snails are innumerable and get into
the houses, wells and cisterns.
Gov. Merrill of Kansas las taken
steps that will reduce the state oil in
spector's income from $4,000 to ST.
200 a year. Heretofore the office has
paid the state nothing, and the govern
or purposes making it remunerative,
as it is supposed to be by the law
Edward Mcneil receiver Of the Ore
gon Railway and Navigation company,
has begun suit in the United States
court at Portland, Or, against the Liv-
erpool, London and Globe Insurance
company to recover $500 insurance
on the property destroyed in the big
elevator fire on September So, 1894.
Arrangements are being mace with
English capitalists to purchase sever
al hundred thousand head Of Mexican
cattle and take them to Texas where
they will be fattened on cottonseed
meal, and then shipped alive to Eng
/ land. Thousands of cattle are also be-
ing brought into Texas for tie Ameri-
i can trade. s.s &.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

The bottle manufac turers have cork
ed up their difference and agreed to do
business on business principles. Their
action should be initiated by business
men in all lines who are permitting
competition to force prices below the
cost of production.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

of the government work at Grand
Marais, Mich, Is alleged to have fled.
with $500. He is in debt to stores
and employees. sS
At Cleveland, Ohio, a fight which
was started by a quarrel over q Wom-
an resulted in the shooting OF Thomas
Itanne and Thomas Angelo, who are
in a hospital. a. BIZ
It is believed that James Mcdonald,
alias "Los Angeles" the murderer Of
Detective Alfred Moore of Denver,
Col, is under arrest at indianapolis,
Ind. 552
+ Witnesses in the Durrant murder
case gave evidence contradictory to
the defendants statement as to his
whereabouts on the afternoon of the
day of the murder. .sss
J. M. Mclean, a Scotchman, owner,
and Capt Jensen Of the CHILEAN vessel
Atacama, with lumber from PortsG ia M
BILE to South America, are in Jail at
Seattle, Wash, charged with cruelty
on the high seas. 81
Richard Walker, colored, was shot
and killed by Gilbert Johnson, also
colored, near Clifton, Ohio, as the re-
suit Of a dispute caused by Johnson's
dog destroying vegetables in Walkers
truck patch. h
Sidney Blackman instantly killed
James Catchings at the house of a
young lady to whom both were pay
ing attention. Both were prominent
young men Of Green Pond, Ala, where
the tragedy occurred. En-
The charge made that Rev. w. w.
Brown, head of the "True Reformers''
at Richmond, Va, has made $50, 900
out OF the order has created scandal.
The organization has 10000 members
among the negroes. a.
Henry Klus, the young man accused
of cutting Miss Wayne ~Pence's hair OF
the other day and subsequently beat
en- by her father at Anderson, ILL.,, has
brought suit for $4,000 for the whip
ping and false imprisonment.
G. Coberson, a deputy United States
marshal, with headquarters at Fort
Smith, Ark, was arrested at Wichita,
Kan, and taken to Arkansas to an
swer to the charge of bride taking.
He is said to have released territory
whisky sellers on the payment Of $25
each. E..s., r.''-% ar Is
Detectives have arrested William G
Wheeler, who says he is a hotel. clerk
at his home in Brooklyn. He is the
last member of a notorious gang OF
mail robbers and forgers, who have
operated in the principal cities Of the
United States during the last two
years. The total proceeds of Their
crimes are $4,000. ~" i
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He Killed His Sister.

Pekin, ILL.,, Sept. %. = In the Ease
we'll county circuit court to-day Al
bert Wallace was convicted of MUIR
der in the first degree and sentenced
to death. The crime for which Wal
lace was found guilty was the killing
of his sister, Mrs. Bowlesby, which
was a most cold FLOODED act. It was
the home of the murdered woman In
Dillon township, near Pekin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

On the same day that a young bust
ness man in Minneapolis met his
death from bicycling, Prof. Riley Of
Washington, an eminent scientist, was
thrown from his wheel and killed.
These accidents will probably not
brighten people from the exhilarating
and fascinating sport Of cycling, but
they should have the effect of in
ducing extreme care and caution in
pursuing it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

We can give our English cousins
points on yacht building, but they
have the best Of us in some Of the
small matters of life, simplicity of
Technology, for one thing. Our use
of the word Elevator" is noticeable
instance of this. Why not say "lift'
as the English do, instead OF using
four syllables to express what is said
just as we'll and as properly in one?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

The aggregate cereal yield in 1895
is the largest on record, but the prices
are low. The total value, though, of
the crops will be greater than for
many years past. This means pros
perity for the farmers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

One thousand more Spaniards have
gone into Cuba as targets for the in
surgents. Spain will have to send men
in bigger patches than this to crush
the rebellion. 1t seems to have far
more life and tenacity than were evinc-
ed by previous attempts of the Cubans
to throw off the Spanish yoke.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26
M1N'NEsOTA In BRIEF
INTERESTING EVENTS or TIT
WEEK. IN MINNESOTA.
Important Occurrences In the North
stnr stntc Day by Dny-A General
Resume of the Weeks Dotnra Ar.
ranged for Rapid Reading.
.YhursIny, Sept. I

Valentin A. Boor, of Hastings died
from consumption, aged 80 years. He
leaves u wife and two children.
Johnnie McGibhon, 10 years old, was
seriously Injured at Sank Center by a
horse running over him
P. Lamb lost 300 bushels Of wheat
and 20 tons of hay at Sank Center by
fire fully insured. t"~
Herbert Dougherty, a lad Of IS, was
caught in belt and instantly killed
in Tilleston's mill at Nickerson. He
was the only son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Dougherty of Anoka.
Orson circuit died at the advanced
age Of 50 years at his residence at
West Concord after a long and lin
gering illness. He came to this state
from New York and settled in this
township in 1855. ~ @
Fire broke out in DR.. Lees barn at
Fairfax consuming the barn, two
horses. his residence, the German NJ.
p. parsonage, ]. G. Fullerton's resi-
dence, Fullerton's bottle works and
three barns. Loss $4,000; partly in
sured.
The 10th annual meeting of the gen.
eral Congregational Association of
Minnesota opened at Alexandria to
continue in session three days. Two
! hundred AID sixty delegates are ex-
pected. At the business session D. G.
! Bell. Minneapolis, was elected modera-
tor; DR.. Ingersoll, st. Paul, assistant;
II. B. Henley, scribe; w. G. A. Waller,
assistant. .
Considerable excitement was caused
at Benson over the attempted outrage
by tramp named Roberts on the per-
son Of Miss Bakken in Benson town
ship. Over a hundred men secured the
| north part of the county and captured
the miscreant. Threats of lynching
were quite general but at last better
! judgment prevailed and no interfer-
ence with the law is anticipated.
Some time ago Sheriff James e. Nc
Kelvy, put in bill to the county com
missioners of Stearns county, amount
ing to 1888. The board took excep
tons and would not allow the bill
claiming it was excessive. McKelvy
sued the board and to-day Judge
Searle decided that most of the claims
cut down by the commissioners were
valid and rendered a decision in favor
of McKelvy with the exception of fees
charged in summoning witness before
the grand jury.
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Peru has forbidden the recruiting
of Cuban insurgents. 49,, Z,
Eighteen persons were arrested at
Havana upon the charge Of being con-
nected with the insurgent cause. e.
Sidi Mustapha eldest son Of the Bey
of Tunis, died recently Of diabetes at
the age of SO. t"%
The journal Of the seventh Earl Of
Carlisle, who died in 1864, after play
ing a respectable part in politics and
literature, is to be published soon.
At Diss, in Norfolk, husband and
wife, who had lived to be SO together,
died within few hours Of each other
recently and were buried together.
Advices. from Honolulu state that
the city is in a state of alarm owing
| to cholera. Business is to be suspend
ed for a week While a house-to-h house
inspection is made. = -. T. - a.s...4
! The emperor of China has sanction
ed the immediate building of a railway
from Shanghai through Su Chau and
Chin Kiang to Marking, in order to
forestal the Japanese demands.
Queen Marie aof Hanover, widow of
George ", and mother Of the Duke of
; Cumberland, has lost the sight of one
eye and may lose the other. She is II
years of age.
Lord Salisbury's ministry is serious
ly considering the question of abolish
ing the lord lieutenancy Of Ireland,
and in it's stead sending some member
of the royal family to spend part of
every year in Dublin. IT,
A Babylonian tablet in the British
museum which has just been undeci-
phered has an account of the death of
King Sennacherib almost identical
with that in the Bible GIL, Kings, xix,
81. fs Is $E3s '}Es# FIT .s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

Last year the deposits IN the savings
banks Of Massachusetts increased by
nearly $17,OOO,OOO oyer the previ-ns
year. This was in a line Of deprcs
sion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

Nine. Sarah Bernhardt's declaration
that trousers OH women are objec-
tionable morally will have little influ-
ence in checking the rage of boomers
but when she says they are inartistic
she talks with the weight of an au'
th0rity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

he AtlTanta exposition was opened
in due form President Cleveland
touched the button, and started the
ponderous machinery, and the biggest
show in the country since the worlds
fair at Chicago, was ready for bust
ness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

The porte has made new promise.
So far so good. But the civilized world
has seen enough of Turkish promises
not to feel altogether sure that Arme-
mia is safe from further persecution.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

Millie Merz of Denver, aged nine,
endeavored to kindle fire in the
stove by using kerosene. The can ex-
ploded, the girl and her baby brother,
aged two, were burned to death.
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InsurEent. Repulsed.

Havana, Sept. %. = Dispatches re-
ceived in this city to-day report an
attack upon railroad train by in
surgents near Unica, in the district Of
Remedies. A detachment of the civil
guards. protecting the train. repealed
the attacking party and killed four OF
them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

The statement attributed to Yale
professor that there are 3,OOO,OOO
criminals in this country has been
called in. The right figures are 3OO,-
OOO and even these probably include
Sunday fishermen and men who eat
ole with their knives.