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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
Casualties,

J. +. H. McKibbon, auditor of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
company, who was injured by the fall
ing of horse, died at Newcastle, Col.
A terrific explosion occurred at the
Maule coal mine shaft, near Princeton,
Ind, in which Charles Gasner lost his
life and Frank Turber was badly
burned.
The dry house at the Miami powder
works, five miles north of Xenia, Ohio,
blew up, killing Frank Rich, powder
boss, and Silas Higgins, engineer of the
works.
j. w. Fleming, secretary of the
Michigan Maple company, was
drowned at Traverse City, Mich, while
padding q small canoe across the bay
with Il. L. I4udgate, manager of the
Traverse City Lumber'company. ~
A car on the Frederick & Middleton
Electric railway jumped the track near
Frederick, Md, with no people on
board. Fortuna tely no one was killed,
but several were badly though not ia
tally hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. Bannon, a newly
welded couple from Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, went in bathing at Atlantic City,
N. j., and were swept out by the I'M
dertow. They were rescued after a
long struggle, by the combined efforts
of seven lifeguards. Thousands of
people watched the exciting scene.
About forty persons were poisoned
with ice cream made in a rusty can at
the home of Mrs. Edward Clark at
Muncie, Ind. Willie Bloom, Anna
Halliday, Matte Langdon, Linnie
Bowers, Eliza Miller, Pearl Hill,
Maude Clark and Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall Conner suffered the most, but are
now out Of danger.
Capt. Burnside and twenty-five of
the crew of the British tramp steamer
Moldava were picked up at sea in
three open boats by the Anchor line
steamer Circassia, which arrived at
New York from Glasgow. The Mol
dava struck an iceberg during the fog
at $50 D. m. last Wednesday.
Fremont Brannon. the boss of the
large coal mine of Bates & Kessinger
at Athens, Ohio, accidentally set the
mine on fire handling oil barrels, and
was seriously burned. Two hundred
men are thrown out of employment,
$4,000 worth of property is already
destroyed and the ultimate loss will be
many times that sum-.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

The New Jersey youth who shot
himself the other day because his
former sweetheart refused to renew
her broken engagement, is much dis
tressed because he is going to get well.
But there is some hope that this feel
ing will pass away presently. Ha
will discover that there are still cakes
and ale, and after he has lived down
his asinine performance he may be
able to induce some other young wo-
man to share them with him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

It is announced from Cairo that the
British forces will soon advance on
Dongola. After the successful move
southwark in the early summer, the
time has been occupied in putting the
expedition in perfect condition for a
more desperate service, and the rising
of the Nile has been awaited so steam.
ers could be used. The dervishes are
still ready to fight to the last gasp with
rude weapons and are not to be de-
spised.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

Gladstone and John Bright once
combined to entertain a distinguished
diplomat, whose acquaintance with the
the language was imperfect. They
turned the talk to COWS, and enriched
the theme with marvellous display Of
book-lore, scientific knowledge and va
ried experience, till the visitor was lost
in wonder that two great heads should
carry all they knew. He thought they
were discussing the agrarian interests.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

In view Of the fact that Ii Hung
Chang is carrying his coffin with him,
it wouldn't be bad idea for the I'M
dertakers to appoint committe Of
reception.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

Mr.. Laurier, the prime minister Of
Canada, is said to be worth $4,000.
That is about the price Of an opera
singer for one night. But. then, Mr..
Laurier cannot sing, which makes all
the difference.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

At the California agricultural college
they have succeeded in raising a
melon, much like watermelon, which
grows on a tree ten feet high. From
it's leaves pepsin is extracted, and it is
said tough beefsteak, placed between
the leaves or inside of one Of the
melons, is made tender in a few hours.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
Mrs. Mnybrick Ill.

London, Sept. Q. - Baroness de Roques,
mother Of Mrs. Maybrick, had an inter-
lew with the prisoner last week. She
says that she found her daughter very i'll
in the infrmary and thinks her condition
hopeless. The baroness adds that Mrs May
brick is not likely to survive the winter.
Mrs. Maybrick, according to her mother,
is absolutely crushed with despair and she
says it would wiring persons heart to see
her.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

Sporting editors throughout the
country are demanding more space.
Fitzsimmols has returned home, and it
Is safe betting that he and Corbett will
commerce calling each other names at
once.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

1t is considered to be remarkab BILE
evidence of the growth Of the woman
suffrage cause that the late petition to
parliament carried $4,000 signatures,
while in 1867 scarcely a thousand
names could be obtained for similar
appeal. The size Of petitions, however,
does not always accurately measure
the extent and intensity of public SEN
timent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

Iowa girls get so crazy over bicycle
riding that their parents have to chain
them in the house; or else Iowa par
ents are so tyrannical that girl with
a wheel improves every opportunity to
get away from home.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
Gold Coming Our Way.

New York, Sept. Traditional gold i'm
port orders this morning bring the aggre-
gate amount ordered since the movement
started up to $1s,250,OOO. The total de-
posits of gold at the subtreasury this morn
ing in exchange for legal tenders up to
11:30 a. m. amounted to 100000. J. P.
Morgan & Co: deposited 81, $780, 0O, Hanover
National bank $4,000, Lazard Freerds
$500, 900 and the Bank Of Montreal 500, 600.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

A sea serpent has been caught in
Florida waters after having hauled a
six-knot excursion steamer at the rate
Of twelve knots for two hours. And
yet we have been saying that the
South is not advancing. No sea SER
pent which visited the New Jersey or
Massachusetts coasts ever displayed
such intelligence.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
Silver Convention.

Chicago Sept. 2.--George. P, Keeney OF
New York, secretary of the national silver
party and president of the Associat ton of
National Silver clubs, arrived in Chicago
to-day to make arrangements for national
convention Of free silver clubs to be held
in this city Sept. %. He denied the state
ment that the free silver sentiment had
reached its high water mark. IF any per-
son thinks that the silver cause is waning"
said Mr.. Keeney, ''he ought to look over
reports. Clubs are being organized at the
rate Of 100 day."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

Worsted Mills Resume Work
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 2. = The Turner
Worsted company's mills of this city,
which have been closed down for some
time past. and which usually employed
between 400 and 500 hands, resumed opera
lions to-day
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
nrowned in the zumbro

Wabasha, Mimi, Sept. "a. p. Fetzer, a
highly respected citizen of Glasgow, was
found drowned In the Zumbro last evening.
He left home while insane last Thursday,
and nothing was heard Of him till @ound
IN the river. His insanity was caused by
financial troubles, and it was evident that
: he committed sDicide. 4 10 ...s F.. e.. x
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
An AGED Woman Murdered

Cincinnati Sept 2. Mrs. Mary Haney,
aged sixty, Is dying at the hospital from
injuries supposed 10 have been received
from having been thrown from tenement
house where she lived with her husband
and daughter. There Is a mystery about
how it happened, but the police theory
Is that some one III the tenement house.
in quarrel or disturbance Of some sort,
must have thrown her to the ground.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
THE GAS TURNED. ON
A Wealthy Chfcagoan Found Dead
sg in His Bed Room

in His Bed Room
Chicago, Sept. Pit was learned last night
that Emmett r.. Schall, a Chicagoan Of
wealth and many years residence, was.
found dead behind the locked door of his.
bed room in his residence on Prairie ave-
nue.. The gas in the room had been turned
on and Schall had died from asphyxiation.
Mr.. Schali's two sons talked with much re-
luctance regarding their fathers death.
They said it was case Of suicide arising
from dependency. They said he had not
been In good health, and that since the
death of his wife, fourteen months ago, he
had been much depressed In spirits
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
Fleeued in a Saloon.

Eau Claire, Wis. Sept. "a man giving
the name Of George Williams, and claiming
Buffalo, N. Y, as his home, complained to
the police department tonight that he had
been robbed of $500 while asleep in the back
room of saloon this afternoon. The au-
thOrities have no clue. ,-. r. =:zl e
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
a Candidate STRICKEN.

Alpena, S. D., Sept. 2. = J. W. Harden,
the Popul'st nominee fer secretary of state.
living near Alpena, was stricken last night
with paralysis of bis entire eft side The
attack may not prove fatal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

When Lord Russell finished his adj
dress at Saratoga the applause contin-
ued for fifteen minutes. 1t wasn't a
nominating speech, either. |
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
Receiver Appointed.

f. New York, sept.s2. Is The Kings County
Elevated company, operating in BROOKLYN,
Las been placed IN the hands Of lHceiyer.
Gen. Jourdan, president. Of the company,
was named as receiver.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
only Her Inauguration.

ottumwa, Iowa. Sept. 2.--.t now trans
pires that Miss Farmer. wis created such
excitement and nearly caused the lynching
insane.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03
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
cgrnDh Reports-Thc Notable
:. Have Attracted Attention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

Mrs. Ballington Booths new work is
to be with the convicts in the New
York state prisons at Sing Sing, Au-
burn and Clinton. She will do every
thing possible for their good by means
of personal interviews and CORE
spondence, and hopes to bring many of
them to Christ. A plan very near her
heart is to build home for released
prisoners and to establish an employ
ment bureau, to aid them in getting an
honest living. She expects to hold
public meetings for this purpose, be.
ginning with one next autumn i'm Car.
negie hall, and hopes to enlist well-to.
do citizens in her enterprise.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

a crank mas SET OUT from chicago TO
walk around the earth. We suggest
! that he try a meridian instead Of a
parallel. s@- -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-03

The story Of the excavations recently
made in the vicinity Of Babylon, if
they can be depended on, will do some
thing toward changing our usual dates
of reckoning. It looks as if an i'm
portant part Of Babylonian history,
that goes back further than any ex-
listing data, had been discovered, and
the date assigned to it makes one al
most wild to think what it means for
the history of the older civilization, It
is an American teacher who is in
charge Of this expedition. and if ii
turns out that what he has found goes
back to 5000 b. c.. it will lead to great
results in ancient history.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-01-23

touching it, even when he was perishing
with hunger. Besides, he is there in
the kitchen, sitting on his launches,
with his eyes partly closed, and oc-
casionaily yawning. He is not think
ingof chickens"
The cook was SO profoundly puzzled
that she summoned her master, and |
came. The melancholy affair was laid
before me. i looked at Ponto. Ponto
was sitting there with a studied air of
Indifference, apparently half asleep.
called him: "Ponto!" He looked to-
ward me, and lifted his heavy eyelids.
''Did you call me, master? Twas only
asleep,i Twas dreaming was dreaming
Of my ball"
OF his ball, Ell? became at once sus-
picious. This was evidently a pretext.
But said:
81 think, Katherine, that you arc
right. The dog could not have stolen
the chicken. II he had stolen it he
would now be engaged in plucking 1t
somewhere in the garden"
"But look at him, sir-just look at
him. He has not the air of an honest
dog"
"What?"
a say that Ponto has not an honest
air"
turned and gased at him.
~Look at me. Ponto,"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-01-23

kitchen closed the door and began spy
ing upon him through the blinds of the
window. lie went Il few PAGES as if in
tending to devour his prey, and then
stopped, placed his chicken on the
ground, and thought deeply for a long
time. Several times he looked at the
kitchen door with his false and treach-
erous eye. Then, giving up all attempts
to seek an explanation satisfactory to
his mind, he contented himself with the
fact that he had the chicken, picked it
up and departed AS he disappeared
in the distance could see that his some
times timid tail, which had hesitated
throughout our entire conversation,
had again become bold and firm.
| Ponto's tail said: bah! have both
chickens. Nobody saw me take the
first one. IIurrah!"
stcalthily followed him from afar,
and | surprised him in the act of hastily
scratching hole in the ground with
his powerful forepaws. The chicken
that l had given him was lying on the
ground, and in the hole which he was
digging lay the other chicken. was
broken-hearted. My friend Ponto re-
| tained the instincts Of his remote an
cestors, the foxes AID the wolves, and
buried his PROVISIONS But, alas! being
a d)mcsticatcd animal, and having be-
come the companion of mankind, he had
| learned to lie.
Under the eyes of the treacherous
! and shamed-faced Ponto, made up a
little package of the longer feathers OF
the two chickens, and deposited this
little feather buster on my working.
table. Whenever, thereafter, was en-.
gagged at work and Ponto came to me
bringing his ball, and said. with light
and easy air: Game, comel Lay aside
that rubbish and let us play ball."
would invariably lift the little feather
buster. Then Ponto would drop his
treacherous head. His tail would stink
between his legs and adhere to his quiv
ering belly, while the ball would fal
from his neryeless jaws. AS he looked
at me he would say: rs II possible that
you are SO ruthless, so unforgiving
DO you never pardon?
Weeks passed, and | had not yet par
joned Ponto. But he was interchangeable
ia his attemps to win me over. So one
morning, when he came to me again
and when | seized the little feather
buster and poor Ponto was about tc
Withdraw, l said to him:
Look, Ponto," quoth |, look npor
this for the last time. Thus pcrishe.
The only token of your fault" and
hurled the feather duster into the fire
Ponto carefully watched the feather
duster burn. Then, without any hys
teric manifestations of Joy, withou
leaps or skips, but nobly, simply, will
dignity, he came and protfcred his paw
The crime was forgotten. We wer'
friends again.
Ponto was glad that he had been for
1 given. But be was not nearly go glad 81
/ that had forgiven him. -Argonaut
from the French.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-01-23
IN THE LAND OF THE FREE.
Ono Sacred, Hereditary, Inalienable Right
A.. A,ucrtc,,, ft,ixa, poaaaaaas

Ono Sacred, Hereditary, Inalienable Right
the American Citizen Possesses.
"Yes," said the Englishman who has
been for some years resident of the
States" america can fairly claim to
be the freest country on earth. l used
to think England was. believed that
in spite of your boosted republican in
stitutions and your universal suffrage
and your bird Of freedom and lots of
other things we had more real freedom
and more personal rights on the other
side than you had over here. But I've
changed my mind. The American has
more liberty than the Briton. But the
advantage isn't due to the form of gov
eminent or political institutions, or the
tariff, or the size and youth of the coun-
try. It's just in the matter of peanuts.
at is the sacred, hereditary and in
alienable rightof every free-born Amer
lean citizen to eat peanuts when and
where he pleases and to throw the shells
on the floor. Twas crossing the river the
other day on one of the ferryboats.
The deck hands had just swept out the
gentlemen's cabin and were even then
washing the floor. Two young men
came in, sat down on the side which
had just been washed and began to
eat peanuts. The deck hands who were
sweeping were not afraid to do their
duty, for they had very quickly sub
dued drunken tough who got bolster
Gus and they plainly saw the young
men throw the peanut shells on the
clean floor, but they no more thought
of Directing than they would think Of
debating to man what kind of clothes
he should wear. They respected the
first right of an American citizen.
give seen the same thing in elevated
and cable cars, in public halls, In the
aters--yes, even in church-and 1t Is
always taken as matter Of course
that the man who eats peanuts shall
| throw the shells on the floor wherever
he happens to be. Wepoor Englishmen
are slayes-we are scrfs and bondserv-
ants beside you Yankees."-N. Y. Her
ulJ
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-01-23
ORIGIN OF THE FEMALE.
Tradition of Cheyennes and Arapahoe
Gives Women the Inferior Position.

Tradition Of Cheyennes and Arapahoes
Gives Women the Inferior Position.
Among the many interesting tradi-
tions that have recently been brought
to light by man who has been making
careful study of the legends and folk
lore of the Cheyenne and Arapahoc In
dians of Indian territory Is one that &C.
counts in singular way for the origin
of woman. The Indians of these tribes
sniff disdainfully at the rib theory
when the resident missionaries try to
teach them the initial lessons of the Old
Testament regarding their first par
cnts.
The wise men of their tribes wrestled
with the fundamental facts of the crea-
tion long ago, and evolved theories con-
corning it which with the lapse of time
have come to be looked upon by the In
dams of to-day as historical truths. 1t
is little wonder that the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe braves look down upon their
women as inferior beings, in view OF
their supposed origin.
The legend says that originally all
men were created with long, sleek and
comely tails. These tails were their de-
light, and they adorned them with paint,
beads and wampum. Then the world
was at peace, wars and discord were un.
known. Men became prosperous and
proud, forgot their Maker and became
envious and quarrelsome. Their Maker
became displeased with them and sent
n scourge upon them to teach them hui
mility and make them realize their de-
pcndence upon the Great Spirit. He am
putated their tails, and out of these
beautiful members fashioned women.
Chicago Chronicle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-01-23
Ponto looked, but his head dropped,

Ponto looked, but his head dropped,
and he grumbled:
do you think that would be hanging
around here If l had stolen chicken?
Why, I'd be eating it,"
But this remark did notdivert my sus-
picicns. On the contrary, it confirmed
them.
KATHERINE" said l solemnly to the
cook, sit is Ponto. Alas! it is Ponto."
What had seen in Ponto's eyes was
terrible. l swear to you, reader, that l
am most serious. had distinctly seen
there an almost human lie.
1t is rather difficult to explain my
meaning. Ponto wished to assume an
appearance of sincerity in his glance,
and he did not succeed, because that is
impossible, even to a man. 1t is said
by profound philosophers that in men
the power of lying is confined to speech;
that the power of throwing falsehood
into glance is possessed only by wom-
en-.
Ponto exhausted himself in vain cf-
forts to lie with his eyes. But this un-
successful falsehood was even more in
eliminating than an avowal.
looked fixedly ut Ponto.
"IIere, Ponto," said l, take this" and
offered him the second chicken, which
katherine had just finished plucking.
Ponto looked at me reflectively.
"Hum!" he said, evidently you sus-
pect me. Why do you give me chicken
to-day? You never gave me whole
chicken before"
lie took the chicken in his mouth and
Immediately deposited it ON the floor
at my feet, and, looking up In my eyes,
he said:
"You must think am fool"
Instinctively said tomyself: "Thicf!
Scoundrcl! You have betrayed me. You
are perfidious dog. Your honest
canine existence of loyalty has now
come to an end, and you have been as
false as If you were only man." But
patting him on the back, added aloud:
Good Ponto, honest Ponto, nice Ponto."
This discrimination was rather too
deep for Ponto. Urged on by the savory
smell of the chicken, he took it be-
tween his jaws and started togo. But,
before he reached the door he turned
several times and looked at me careful
~ in order to see If he could fathom my
thoughts. AS soon as he had left the