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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

knowledged queen of comic opera.
Then she formed her own company,
which has since continued with more
or less success.
Her beauty and graceful manner
have not only made her a successful
actress, but have also attracted low.
ers by the score. Many a heart has
been shattered by her frOwn. Some
have found favor, but her affection
has never rested long on any one.
Harry Braham, her musician, was the
first man who led her to the altar.
Welded bliss was of short duration,
and they separated. Teddy Solomon,
the orchestra leader, next vowed eter-
nal love to her at the altar, and for a
time 1t looked like a happy match.
But It was not, and they separated.
Two years ago Slgnor Psrugini, once
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

to make the whole world talk. This is
known as the Keene deal. There were
involved in this corner 25,0OO,0O0 bush
els of wheat. and when Mr.. Keene had
finished his costly amusement he was
out just $7,000,000. This began in May,
1882, and continued until December
Wheat started at OH, ran up to $1.40
and broke. The Western farmers broke
Mr.. Keene's corner, for they sent their
wheat to market too quick for him. He
found himself totally unable to handle it.
In less than two months Mr.. Keene
dropped $13,000,OOO. John w. Mackay
and James G. Flood in 1890 became the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28
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BaLTltoRE

r. D. Jefferson completed the feat Of
riding a bicycle a distance of 6.57A
miles in $50 days.
GOV. Budd, of California, says he
thinks the fraudulent coyote scalp
claims will aggregate $4,000.
Every morning Mrs. John BURNS ,rIfo
OF the great labor leader, reads for
rour hours before breakfast.
Mrs. Buckner was one of the most
FAMOUS bellies of Virginia before her
marriage. AGA
Inc sultan of Turkey Of late has been
given quite a number of nicknames.
The last to come to the surface is that
OF "Hamid the Hangman."
DR.. Livingstone used to tell how,
whilst travelling in Africa, he was 60
hard set for food that he made a meal
OF two mice and a light, blue-colored
mole.
The Queen of the Netherlands is not
as strong as might be, and it has been
decided to take her to Italy, and, per-
haps, to Egypt for a good part OF the
winter
Car Nicholas has become a patron
OF literature. He has commissioned NJ,
Istomine to make a collection of the
popular songs and patriotic ballads Of
his empire.
Mr.. George Faudel-Phillips, the new
lord mayor-elect of London, is the
fourth Jew to hold that office. His
father, Sir Benjamin Phillips, who was
lord mayor in 1866, was the second.
Sir Henry Irving Is one of the best
sWordsmen in England. He has prac-
ticed scientific workmanship for
many years. One of his fencing mas
tiers was Prof. McLaren, now of Olym-
pia.
The oldest living graduate Of Har-
ward Is DR.. William Lambert Russell.
Of Barre, Mass, who was in the class
OF '26. He Is also senior alumnus of the
medical school, being in the class of 81.
The Belgian Government has Just
conferred the civic cross of the first
class upon a man Of the name of AchI-
les Vandercamp, in recognition of his
having saved the life of King Leopold.
Emile lola spends money with law
ish hand. His house at Milan cost
100000 francs, and the objects of art
which 1t contains are worth 5000 600
more. One table in his drawing room
cost $4,000.
Emperor William has sent Queen Vic.
toria three large photographs of him
self, in the full, undress and field uni
forms Of the First (RoyaD Dragons.
the British regiment Of which he Is the
honorary colonel.
1t is reported that the Empress Eu.
genie has recently made her will, Ieav.
ing the bulk Of her fortune to the Prin.
cess Eugene, daughter Of Princess Bea.
trice and granddaughter of Queen Vic.
ttOria,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

65O,0O0. Good judges place their loss
at 81, 100000. In all the history of Amer
lean speculation in the cereals, there
never has been an instance where a cor
ner brought ruin TO so many persons
as the now famous corner of 1887, in
which the prime mover was Edward L.
Harper, of Cincinnati, then the president
of the Fidelity Bank. The first effort
TO form the corner was made March 10,
1887. Wheat at that time was selling at
20, and within the next ninety days
steadily advanced until it reached 94A
cents June Is came the break, and in
almost the turn of a die, wheat dropped
to 73. An idea of the tremendous ex-
element this Occasioned may be formed
from the fact that the total trading on the
Chicago board that day amounted to
100000 bushels of wheat. The trad
ing in New York the same day was 3d.
100000 bushels. The total loss to the
Harper clique by the collapse of the
corner was in round numbers $500, 900.
The total amount of wheat involved was
100000 bushels. The sequel of this
corner, so far as Harper is concerned, is
a matter of criminal history. The ruin
thus forced upon him disclosed the fact
that he and one of his relatives had ny
pothecated the securities of the Fidelity
Bank and robbed the depositors right and
left. For this Harper was sent to the
One of the most unusual
corners was "Old Hutch's" last furry ON
the Chicago board. 1t was not precon-
ceived affair. There was no more
system in his speculatiOns than there is
ice in a great fire. His deals were the
results of reckless plunges. His corners
were formed on the impulse of the mo-
ment. That is just the way it was with
his last corner, that of 1888, when he ran
wheat up from S9% cents to So, and
cleared 100000, although he only han
died about 100000 bushels of wheat.
Old Hutch is one of the few, the very.
very few, men who can sag they ever
made cent out of a big corner in wheat
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28
THE recent great operations in

TIME recent great operations in
wheat caused a tremendous commo-
- ton in the market, and centered the
eyes of the American and foreign specu-
latoFs on this country's greatest cereal.
Everybody has been talking about wheat,
and that talk naturally drifts back to the
corners in wheat that made all days
Black Fridays for the men who engi-
neered them. If all the wheat cOrnered
In America were loaded into freight cars
1t would make a solid train that would
reach from New York to Baltimore, or
If piled into one pile it would be four
times as high as the statue of liberty in
New York harbor. 1t is a curious fact
that never in the history of speculation,
with one or two rare exceptions, has big
corner in wheat resulted in other than
utter ruin for the men who planned it and
carried out their ideas. The first really
great corner in wheat was in 1872 1t
was engineer by Ira Y. Mum, ]. B. Dia-
mond and John B. Lyon & Co., and the
field of operations was Chicago. 1t be-
gan in February, and did not come to an
end until August. 1t was in May wheat,
and the price ran from $1.15 in February
up to S1.61 in August Then it dropped,
at first, 30 cents bushel, and before the
results of that corner were over wheat
was selling at 80 cents. Then there be-
gan to be stories about deception, and in
vcstigation proved that there were false
bends in the elevators, as well as false
bottoms. There were 100000 bushels
of wheat involved in this deal, the total
value of which, at the highest point
touched by wheat, was SIC, 100000. The
value of this wheat, when prices struck
bottom, was S5,1O0,000, making the total
loss to those who took part in the corner
81 100000. OF course there were nu-
merous little corners after this one, just
as there are every year. People are
ruined or made millionaires by wheat
every season. 1t was not, however, until
fully twenty years afterward that there
was corner in wheat of sufficient size
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28
AIRY, FAIRY LILLIAN. "

h Operate Ex-Queen Who knows
something About Matrimony
Walter Jones, a comedian of minor
degree, with n keen appreciation Of
advertising, astonished the theatrical
world the other day by announcing
that he was going to marry LILLIAN
Russell, as soon as she could get a
divorce from ;ignor Perugini. EIe
was in st. Louis when he spoke and
Lillian was far up in Iowa. Lillian
reads the Sunday papers and before
noon the next day she was out with
the announcement that she wasn't go
ing TO marry any one. Thereupon
Jones declared that the whole thing
was a great mistake, but limited that
there would soon be a divorce.
Whatever the cause or the outcome
Of this much circulated rumor. one
thing Is certain. Matrimonial ven
lures are not novelties for Lillian.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28
Political Support.

An old chronicler tells of a pretty in
cident connected with Gen. Washing
ton and the old-time election days.
Washington voted at all the Fairfax
elections until the close of his life, uni
formly supporting the Federal candi-
dates,
Although he lived at distance from
the court house at the Alexandria mar
ket, he generally voted early in the day.
The polls were reached by a flight of
steps outside the building, which in
1899 had become very shaky from old
age.
When Gen. Washington reached
these steps, he placed one foot upon
them, and shook the crazy ascent, as If
to discover how much strength was left
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

in it. Instantly twenty brawny arms,
one above the other, grasped the rickety
stairway, and dozen mems shoulders
braced it firmly. Nor did single man
move from his position until the ven
cradle chief had deposited his vote and
descended the stairway.
Il saw the generals last bow" said
one of these supporters half a century
after that day, land it was more than
kingly."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

the corn that the good farmer threw to
his feathered cratures with a liberal
hand.
Instead efattending meeting one Sun
day recently the aggrieved farmer re-
manned at home, determined to take
radical steps to rid himself of trouble
and his barnyard Of his neighbors'
chickens. He took pint of corn and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

prime movers of a corner that lasted the
longest of any in speculative history 1t
was two and half years before the cor.
ner scheme was really ended. The total
number of bushels involved in the corner
was 100000. The highest point in price
reached during the progress of the corner
was $1.0S14, in April, 1890. The lowest
point touched was in October, 1892
691h cents. The total value of the wheat
at the highest price reached was $1O,-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

An Easy Living.-"Where are you
working now, MaryT' "Ain't working
nowheres. am In business for my
self. l got couple dozen ladies that
pays me a quarter a week to come
around and ask 'em for place, and II
makes the hired girl they got mad and
che won't leRvs"-oinclnnati Enquirer
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

through the center
Of each kernel he
bored a hole. Then
he took some silker
thread and fasten,
ed Il short piece &c
each kernel. On the
free ends of the
thread he attached
small slips of pa
per. ON which
among other sentl,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

late he has Deen
sorely distressed
because of vista
lions to the barn
yard of fowl be-
longing to h / s
neighbors. The I'M
ted chickens
would not only ruff
he the feathers of
those that W e r e
there by right, but
would feed uDOn
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

A committee has been appointed to
raise an endowment of $3.50, 900 for st.
Paul's school, Concord, N. H, which
became so famous under the late Rev.
DR.. Colt
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

UtuIs, Was lusVTIU-
cd: 'Trustint the Lordand feed your own
hens" I'VE do not cast our bread upon
the waters for broilers," mo free meal
tickets" and please keep me at home
and I'll not get in trouble" In due time
the ncighhor'S chickens gathered In the
good farmers barnyard and swallowed
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

[ II g kernels [ o
W h &c b the sentl-
ments were q /
tached, 1t didn't
take those chickens
that drew prizes
long to reach their
separate roostlng
places. and t b e
town Of Sayville
was aroused by the
sight of fowl max
the byrOads, while
fiuttered slips
The good farmers
respected, but his
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28
F DwaaDl -1ARptR
MoTToEs On oHloKENs.

Long Island Farmer sends His Neigh
boris Fowls Home for Their Feed.
a good farmer near Sayville, L. l.,
takes great pride in his barnyard and
In the chickens that feed therein. Of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

common Jack Chatterton, married her,
but again there was a separation,
though no divorce has ever been Oh
tanned
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

ing tracks through
in their immediate
Of white paper.
l>3rpyard is now
chickens rooSt higl
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-11-28

So many men do not think; they have
nothing to think about
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-30
Lord Eilenborough's Wig.

Lady Peterborough, renowned beau
ty, on one occasion accompanied the
judge on circuit, on the distinct under
standing that she should not incumber
the carriage with bandboxes-his alb
horrence. During the first day S journey
Lord Peterborough, stretching his legs,
chanced to strike his foot against some
thing under the seat. 1t was bandbox.
Down went the window and out it few.
The coachman, thinking the box had
fallen out, at once pulled up, but his
master furiously roared out the order to
drive on" On reaching the next assize
town, Lord Ellenborough proceeded to
equip himself for the bench. "Now, :"
said he, where is my wig?" My
lord" replied the attendant, sit was
thrown out Of the carriage window. -
Temple Bar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-30
ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY.
The Experiment Suggested by Franklin an
Performed BY DAlibard.

The Experiment Suggested by Franklin and
Performed by DAlibard.
To Benjamin Franklin belongs the
merit of having perceived that direct
experiment was needed to prove what
so far was only guess. In an article
entitled Opinions and Conjectures
Concerning the Properties and Effects
of the Electrical Matter Arising From
Experiments and Observations Made at
Philadelphia, 1749," the following pas
sage occurs:
ssTo determine the question whether
the clouds that contain lightning are
electrified or not, would propose an
experiment. to be tried, where it can be
done conveniently. On the top Of some
high tower or steeple place a kind of
sentry box, big enough to contain man
and an electrical stand. From the mid
die Of the stand let an iron rod rise and
pass, bending out of the door, and then
upright 20 feet or 80 feet, pointed very
sharp at the end. If the electrical stand
be kept clean and dry, a man standing
on it when such clouds are passing
low might be electrified and afford
sparks, the rod drawing FIRE to him
from cloud.
"If any danger to the man should be
apprehended, though ! think there
would be none, let him stand on the
floor of his box, and now and then
bring near to the rod the loop of wire
that has one end fastened to the leads,
he holding it by a wax handle, so the
sparks, if the rod be electrified, will
strike from the rod to the wire and not
affect him.
The experiment. suggested by Frank
lin was successfully performed in Marty,
France. by D'Ahbard, on May 10, 1852;
in London by Canton, in Spital Square,
on July 20, 1852, and by Wilson in
Chelmsford Essex, OH Aug. - of the
same year. FRANKLIN himself described
having used kite in Philadelphia in
letter dated Ocl 10, without giving the
date of his observations. But this must
be supplied N some passage which I
have pco been able to find, for Rosen-
berger ("Geschicbte der Physik, vol
ume ?, page 3l6) mentioned that 1t was
dono III June.
Franklin S disbelief in the dangerous
character of the experiment must have
received a severe shock when he heard
of the death Of G. W. Richmann, who,
in the year 1853, was killed by an cleo
trio discharge drawn from the clouds
BY means of kite.-Nature
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-30
THE PEOPLES CAUSE.

Forestspringfarm, Libertyville, ILL.,:
Aug. u, 1896.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
First Publication Dec. 10.
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.
NEFATTT,T HAVING haan ,noda ~ III.

DEFAULT having been made in the pay
ment OF the sum OF one hundred and
to be due and is due at the date of this
notice upon a certain mortgage, duly executed
and delivered by Rosa Price and James M.
Price, her husband. mortgagors, to Citizens
State Bank Of Princeton, Corporation Under dls1,
the laws Of the State Of Minnesota,
mortgages, bearing date the 18th day Of
contained, duly recorded in the Office Of the
register of deeds in and for the county of
| Mile Laos and State of Minnesota, on the 31st
day Of March, 1893, at o'clock P. NJ, in book G
of mortgages on pages 1S and 49,; which said
mortgage, together with said debt secured
thereby, was duly assigned by said Citizens
Engberg by written assignment dated the 9th
day of April, 1895, and recorded on the 9th day
OF April 1895, at clock P. M. in book of said
mortgage records: on page 81, and no action
or proceeding having been instituted, at law or
otherwise, to recover the debt secured by said
mortgage, or any part thereof;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given That
by virtue OF the power of sale contained in said
mortgage, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the said mortgage will
scrlbed in and conveyed by said mortgage, viz:
Commencing at the southeast corner Of the
north east quarter of section four ~, township
thlrty-seven (3O, range tWenty-Seven (27)
thence running north along the east line of said
section four az forty, (4o) rods, thence westerly
at right angle to said east line of said section
four % twenty co. rods, thence south parallel
said east line of said section four az forty (4O)
| rods, thence east twenty rods to the place of
beginning, containing tive@acres, in Mile Laos
county and State of Minnesota, with the here
ditaments and appurtenances: which sale will
be made by the sheriff of said Mile Lacs
county. at the front door of the court house. in
the village of Princeton, in said county and
State, on the 1st day of February, A. D. 1896
at ~ o'clock A. M, Of that day, at public
vendue, to the highest bidder for cash. to pay
said debt of one hundred forty-one and 17-10o
dollars, and interest, and the taxes, if
any, on said premises. and twenty-five dollars
| attorneys fees as stipulated in and by said
mortgage in case OF foreclosure, and the dis
burSementS allowed by law; subject to re-
demption at any time within one year from the
day of sale, as provided by law.
| Dated December 10TH A. D. 1895.
| HANS ENGBERG.
Assignee of Mortgagee
CHAS. KEITH
= MOrtgageeS Attorney Princeton MINI
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30

Of the 20 annual encampments Of the
G.. A. R. three have been held in In.
dianapolis. The old boys have met twice
in Philadelphia, Washington and Bos-
ton, and once in St. Louis, Columbus,
Chicago, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Harris
burg, New Haven, Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit,
Denver, San Francisco, Dayton, Spring
field, Portland, Albany and Providence
It is little remarkable that the G. A.
r. has never yet held an annual encamp-
ment in New York city. The reason is
that no great effort. has ever been made
to induce them to do SO. It is from New
York city that most of the nabobs hail
who call the veterans "bummers - It
does not seem that many Of the rich
men Of New Y ork ever wore the blue, or
they would have more decency toward
those who did. They or their fathers
were probably at home making money
off the government while the ones who
are now veterans did the fighting and
got hard knocks and poor pay.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
ST RAY FERNS.
LAKE FREMONT, Jan. %, 1896.

u s-5s
Several of our farmers attended the
institute at Princeton the past week.
Grace Henderson has returned from
q visit with relatives in Minneapolis.
Mrs. A. r. Pratt has returned re-
Gently from business trip to Mime
apolis.
Roy Carter went to Milaca Monday,
where he will haul piling the remand
.er Of the winter.
Lee Kilmartin, Of Livonia, is visiting
this week with his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. Tiff.
Miss Anna Stretch is teaching the
school in the Foley district, taught
by p. W. Kaliher in the fall.
Mrs. D. Kilmartin, of Livonia, en-
tertained her mother, Mrs. James Tiff,
as a guest several dayslast week.
We are informed that Miss Gray who
recently closed a term of school here
has been SO fortunate as to secure an
other school this winter in the vicinity
OF Otsego.
r. w. Kaliher returned last week
from visit with relatives in Sank
Centre, and the first of this week went
to Foley with a team owned by Felch
Bros, Of Elk River, to work on tank
wagon.
Several Of the farmers here have al
ready stored their ice for the coming
season, while others are busy at work.
There will be a large amount of ice
taken from Elk Lake this season as the
other lakes around this part do not af-
ford good ice.
SUB Rosa. b.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-01-30
As 1t Should Re.

a fashion letter says that rich people
are now hard put to it to find any fabric
SO costly that common" people cannot
eny at least a very good imitation Of it.
They are also consumed with anxiety Il.
discover some style SO elaborate and diff
icult Of attainment that working people
cannot reconstruct it. It is this noble
ambition which has evolved the balloon
skirts of the present day. Men are more
democratic i'll their requirements and
no longer attempt to do more than Sc
cure some fabric so high priced that
common: specimens Of their sex are
unable to purchase it.
This is exactly as II should be. When
the world is properly civilized, people
who do the most work, whether mental
or physical, WILDE able to get the best
Of everything that is going, and in
abundance too. We are on the road
thither now. A statistician has found
that men and women Of the present
day have is times as many Injuries as
their parents had i'll 1850. Mechanical
invention has cheapened books, food,
wearing: apparel, even jewels and arti
sles Of luxury till honest people who
work for days wages have more COM
forts and conveniences in their homes
than even Queen Elizabeth had.
So twill go on. The time is coming,
and it ought to, when all mankind will
enjoy equal comforts and Injuries Then
the only way in which one person can be
more aristocratic than another will be
for him to strive for and attain mental,
moral and physical perfection. Nobody
will feel jealous because beauty, good
ness and intellectual attachments are
initiated by common people. -