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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

An English writer says that the un-
happiness Of international marriages is
largely due to the American wife's love
of constant excitement. AS foreign no
blemen marry American wives for
money, and get it, they should not ex-
pect more than is nominated in the
bond, least of all such big premium
as happiness.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

New England working people appear
to have found 1895 an unusually pros
porous year. Depositors in the Massa-
chusetts savings banks increased their
accounts no less than 22,491 ;s43, an
amount never reached before except in
the years 1892 and 1871. The savings
banks of Connecticut report an increase
in deposits for 1895 of sc, 230,2e5.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

The last annual report of the post
master general showed that the cost
Of carrying and handling second-class
mail matter for the past fiscal year
was $21, 225, 600. The government re
'ceived for the service $2,65S, 600, leav-
ing a net loss Of about SIS, OOO, 600, or
nearly double the postal deficit for the
year. No other department has to carry
such an absurd burden as this.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
Benefit to Breeds

Washington, Feb. 5. The Indian at
fairs committee Of the house has
agreed to a clause to be Incorporated
In the appropriation bill providing that
all children of a marriage between a
white man and an Indian woman shall
have the same rights and privileges to
the property and annuities of the
tribe to which the mother belongs as
any other member Of the tribe. The
reverse Of this proposition is now the
law.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

Count Cesti and lie Compile de Civry
Ire two titled wretches now under a
cloud in Paris through implication in a
Matchmaking scheme. It's pity that
the French republic permits the sur
vlHal Of aristocratic titles. AS plain
citizens these rascals might have had
less success in securing the confidence
of their victims.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

The bicycle exhibition in New York
has drawn greater crowds than even
the horse show, the attendance last
week exceeding $4,000. A season Of
lively wheeling may be predicted for
1896.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
Terms:- 200 per year in advance.

The car of Russia and the future
King of England are the sons Of two
sisters, but this will not count for much
when the world has just witnessed the
spectacle Of a young emperor shaking
his saber at his grandmother.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

Brooklyn is concerned to hear that
che postmaster general has authority
to make it a substation Of New York,
and that he is likely to do it as a meas
ure Of efficiency and economy. If
Brooklyn's autonomy is to be snuffed
out in this style it will accept consoli-
dalton with thanks. nj.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

"A cablegram says that Lord Salisbury
looks tired and distracted, and is apt
to pass his cabinet associates on the
street. He even failed to see that the
Monroe doctrine is a part Of interna-
tional law until his attention was point
edly called to the fact that it is there
In big type. ..:aaas., al.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

A pretty San Francisco stenograph-
er-of course all these prosecuted girls
are y-horsewhipped lawyer the
other day for pursuing her with disa-
greeable attentions, and now the other
kind Of typewriters are largely in de
mand by the attorneys.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

Two earlier claimants to the art of
photographing through solids have
made their appearance, but they have
decided to become noisy about it too
late. The man who discovers a good
thing and keeps quiet about it for ten
years may be set down as having more
luck than brains.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
Identifies Her AssafIant

Iowa Falls, Iowa, Feb. 5.-The man
Stork, who was arrested in st. Paul,
mas mas been brought back to Iowa and
has been Identified by Miss Brandt,
the young woman whom Stork assault
cd. It is conceded that Stork will re-
ceive long sentence in the pen for
this break Of his.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

Charles Francis Adams of Quincy,
Mass, has made an acceptable gift to
the historical society of that town. It
is the old house in which lived his
great grandfather, President John Ad-
ans. The multiplying historical asso-
Citations Of the time have no reason to
feel discouraged.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
Pension RiII

Washington, Feb. s. The senate
committee on appropria atoms to-day
agreed to report the pension appropria-
/ ton bill AS it came from the house
this bill carried $141, 425,8 800. The SEN
ate committee added $50, $50.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

The news from Armenia continues to
be of horrible nature. There is an
Increase instead of decrease of out
RACES and Turkish ferocity has full
sway. England could put stop to it;
all in day, but she prefers to give her
attention to the gobbling of territory in
Venezuela. .,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
No Use for Life.

New York, Feb. CORNER Police
commissioners Stephen B. French com
mitted suicide to-day by shooting him
self through the heart. 7.s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK in A
CONDENSED FORM.

a General Resume of the Most Im-
portnnt News OF the Week, From
all Parts Of the Globe, BoIled
Down and Arranged In Con.
venient Form for Rapid Pes
usnl by Busy People.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06

The bricklayers and hodcarriers are
all out in Cincinnati today on account
OF cut from Sc IA to As cents per
hour for bricklayers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
Casualties,

. s
Maggie Wafford,., aged twelve, of
Newcastle, KY, was smothered to
death in folding bed.
Fire completely destroyed the re-
claiming mill of the rubber plant at
Lambertville, N. j. The loss of $4,000
is fully covered.
The house Of John Steele of Pitts
burg, Pa, burned and two children
lost their lives. The mother was IA
tally injured by jumping from a win
dow.
The exploration of the gold mine
near Tylorstown, Wales, which was
wrecked by a fredamp explosion, has
been completed and it is found that
the total number Of killed is fifty-sfx.
Advices from Alaska state that the
steamer Rustler picked up thirteen
starving men in a row boat The men
were on the way from Seward CITY to
Juneau and had not had food or wa
ter for two days. They acted like
wolves.
The south bound Southern Pacific
passenger train on the coast division
ran into a washout twenty miles south
Of San Francisco, derailing the loco
motive and four cars. Engineer John
Keyer was killed and several passen-
gers injured, but none seriously.
Mrs. Isaac T.. Harmon of Cammack,
Ind, had her bangs shot off by her
reckless fourteen-y ear-old son. He
was handling a rifle in the yard, when
it accidentally exploded, the ball
crashing through a window and plow-
ing furrow in her forehead.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-02-06
People In Print.

Gen. Alfred Baker Smith Of Pough>
keepsie, N. Y, died suddenly.
S. Faulkner died at Middletown, N.
T., aged 1O2.
Lindley Hoffman Chaplin, millionaire
and clubman, died at New York from
heart failure.
Capt. Marcus L. Taylor, U. s. n, re-
tired, died in hospital in Philadelphia.
He was about forty years old, having
entered the service early in life.
Gen. Ruger, who was born in 1923,
will reach the age limit and be obliged
to retire from the army in about two
years.
Prof. G. A. L. Totten, former in
,structor in Yale, has issued calendar
for past and future time, covering a
period of 67,713,25O years.
Gen. Arthur Ducat died in Chicago.
or recent years he was best known in
connection with insurance affairs, in
which he was prominent figure.
In view Of the active interest Secre-
tary Olney takes in the Red Cross
work of Clara Barton, it is interesting
to note that they are both residents of
Oxford, Mass.
The decree of divorce obtained by
Mrs. Pearl Cragie, the English author,
better known as "JOhn Oliver Hobbs y
on July last, has been made absolute
since. Ill
When in Rome Signor Crispi has an
escort of Twenty-Five police, officers,
which costs Italy $4,000 year.
When he leaves the city the expense
is increased to three or four times that
amount. ,..
Judge Culberson, the Texas congress-
man, has an unusual record as Grim
inal lawyer. He has defended 10
men charged with murder in the first
degree, and has never had client
sentenced to die.
Miss Yanotha, the court pianiste to
the German emperor, is making a visit
to Washington. She attended the re-
ception Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland at
the White House, and was received in
a private audience by Mrs. Cleveland,
when she delivered friendly private
message from Mr.. Gladstone.
Ex-President George r. Magoun. of
Iowa college, is very ill at his home in
Grlnnell, and is expected to live but a
short time. He was the first president
OF Iowa college and served for twenty
years. He was a member of the Amer
lean board, and is well known in relig-
1ous and college circles East and
West. Gs.t#
The herald., 1896-04-12
MORPHINE AND WHISKY.
The Combination Proved to Be Too Much TO
an Old Soldier.

The Combination Proved to Be Too Much tor
an Old Soldier.
John A. Quinn, O veteran, who has been
an inmate of tile soldiers home for over
five years, was found dead in bed in q
lodging house at 923 East First street early
yesterday morning. quinn was a cripple,
having lost leg in the army, it's place be-
ing supplied with an artificial limb. He
came to town Friday night and proceeded
to acquire all the liquor his skin would
hold. At about $3.50 he engaged q room
at the house named and paid to landlord
so cents, 25 for bed and the other
quarter with which to procure bottle of
whisky. This was supplied and Quinn re-
tired.
About / l o'clock he wanted more liquor,
but the proprietor refused to procure 1t for
him. At this he subsided and no more was
heard of him during the night.
In the morning he was discovered stiff
and stark in death, with an empty box
which had contained morphine by his side.
The body was removed to the rooms of
kregelo & Bresee, where All inquest was
held in the morning. A verdict of suicide
by morphine was rendered, in accordance
with the facts.
Quinn was 54 years of age, and served
in Company d, Fourth Maine infantry,
during the civil war. He was single man,
but has three nieces and a nephew living
in Worcester, Boston, Mass, and Free
port, Me. He was addicted to drink, and
often when out on furlough visited San
Bernardino or Santa Monica, where he
celebrated in becoming style. He had but
10 cents OH his person when found.
The herald., 1896-04-12
A TRIO OF THIEVES.
Hade q Business Of Stealing Tools AMI
BurgIcrizing Residences.

BurgIsrizing Residences.
AZ result of some clever work on the
part of detectives Auble I'd Hawley,
there Is now behind the bars Of the city
Jail trio of old convicts and thieves who
have been operating in this city for some
time.
Many complaints had been received of
thefts of all kinds of tools from carpenters
machinists, blacksmiths, etc. 1t became
evident that gang of expert sneaks we're
at work and the detectives set out to run
them down. John Cur!ey was the first in
the tolls. He is now serving a sentence on
the chain gang for petty larceny. Curley
has served two terms In states prison and
since he has been on the chain gang has
made two or three attempts to escape, the
the last one only day before yesterday.
On Thursday last Joe Edwards, alias
White alias Wilson, was arrested under
the Macy street bridge where he had liked
up a sort of den. Edwards was placed in
Jail 10 await further developments. These
came Friday night when detective Hawley
got the last man OF the trio, Harry Wells,
alias James Clark. Complaints were yes
terday sworn out charging Edwards and
Clark with burglarizing the residence of j..
S. Johnson on the night of March 2S when
they got away with fine suit of clothes.
against his name. He is IMPLICATED In the
robbing of the house Of Reuben Weller
OH Mission road near the county hospital.
While the family were away the premises
were rapsacked and numerous articles
taken. Edwards is also an ex.convict,
having put in two terms in the peniten-
tiary. OF Wells or, Clark not so much il
known. All the gang are tough looking
customers of 80 Or 50 years OF age. These
two were arraigned in judge Owens court
yesterday afternoon and had examination
set for april IA. Curley will be up for
arraignment on Monday.
The tools, clothing and other articles
stolen during the past few weeks by these
men will amount to hundreds of dollars in
value and their capture reflects great credit
on the officers, who have worked long and
hard on the case.
The herald., 1896-04-12
Licensed to Wed

The following marriage licenses were
issued by the county clerk yesterday:
John G. Chambers, a native of Scot
land, aged 35 years, and Susan G. Dill
Ion, native of Massachusetts,, aged 2S
years, both residents of Los Angeles.
James Langdon, a native of England,
aged 36 years. and Minnie Mulder, a ma
tive of Michigan, aged 80 years, both
residents of Los Angeles.
Louis A. Hayes, native of Minne-
sofa, aged 34 years, and Annie r. Allen,
native of California, aged Il years,
both residents of Los Angeles.
George w. Paterson, a native of Wis
cOnsin, aged 25 years and a resident of
Butte, Mont, and Katie ThaXter, also
native of Wisconsin, aged % years and
u resident of Florence.
Gust Swanson, aged sc years. and Au
gusta Green. aged 36 years, both natives
of Sweden and residents of Los Ange-
les.
Adolph II. Rudorff, aged 36 years, and
Alice Il. Sainsevain, aged % years, both
natives of California and residents of
Los Angeles.
The herald., 1896-04-12
CONCERT AT WANNAcK's
A Choice Selection Of rlusie This Afterno,
and Evening

A Choice Selection Of nusie This Afternoon
and Evening
Two concerts will be rendered by J.
Browns orchestra at 2:3O and 8 pm. to-
day at Wannack's park at the end of the
Downey avenue electric car line. In adj
diti on, there will be balloon ascension
during the first concert. The program is as
follows:
PART
March, The County Hunter Rixner.
Waltz, Thousand and One Night, Strauss.
Spanish Serenade, La Media Noche. Aviles.
Grand selection, Grand Duchess, Offenbach.
PART III
Overture. Sounds From the South, Isenmac
Clarinet solo. Fantasia-Mr. T.. Strong.
Waltz. EspagnDle. Andalusia, There.
March, The Honey Moon, Sousa
1hlilling balloon ascens
PART III
Grand selection, The Tyrolean, zeller
La Berceuse Hau.er.
Forget Me Not, Giese.
Galop Jerome Park, Fahrbach.
The herald., 1896-04-12
Fell Flat

Assistant District Attorney Williams
yesterday went out to Monrovia to try
q Chinese arson case. A Christianized
Chinaman was charged with setting fire
to a washhouse run by another China
man., the property belonging to J. S.
Slauson. On the examination it de-
veloped that there was not the slight
est evidence against the accused where
upon the charge was dismissed and
the costs, amounting to $27.7O, taxed on
the prosecutor, which he paid
The herald., 1896-04-12
Board Of Trade.

The annual election by the members of
the Los Angeles board of trade. of six
directors, to hold Office for one year and
until their successors are elected and
qualified, will AXE place tomorrow at the
rooms of the board, 307 West First
street.
The annual meeting of the members of
the board will be held at 100 p. M, on
the same date, in the rooms of the board,
at which time the president. treasurer,
secretary, and attorneys will present re.
fiscal year ending March 3lst, 1896
The herald., 1896-04-12
Wanted q Complaint

yesterday called at the district attor-
ney's office for complaint against the
foreman of Judge Ross ranch, adjoin-
ing, for cutting ditch and diverting
water that should have gone to him.
The foreman was sent for to come in
and explain the matter.
The herald., 1896-04-12
Fell on the Sidewalk

An elderly man named II. 9. Holt fell to
the sidewalk at the corner of Second and
Broadway yesterday morning and was un.
able to rise. Detective Bradish was pass
ing by and conveyed him to the public
station. 1t was at first thought that he
had had q fit, but subsequently it was as
certained that Holt was only suffering
from too much "chile:concarne" or other
stimulating beverages.
The herald., 1896-04-12
flashed His Fingers

Frank Wooster is employed in marble
works OH Fourth street, and Yesterday
morning had the misfortune to smash two
Of the fingers of the right hand between
txo slabs of stone. The injured dieits
were dressed at the receiving hospital and
Wooster sent to his home at us East Six
teeth street.
The herald., 1896-04-12
Stockholders Meeting

YUNHERE WILL BE A SPECIAL STOCK
l. holders meeting of the Los Angeles Petro
leum Smelling and Mining company, called by the
board OF directors AZ their meeting on March 81,
1896 10 be held at rooms ia and ll5, Bryson block,
on Wednesday April 90, 1896, at 10 a.m., for the
purpose of removing a director and other import
ant business relating thereto.
BY order Of the board Of directors.
T.. J. REED, Secretary.
Los Angeles, Cal. April !, 1899. 22
The herald., 1896-04-12

To railroad employees, conductors, motor
neers, engineers, brakemen, tiremen,
policemen ann all others engaged in haz.
ardous occupation. We will Issue to you a
$500 life insurance policy, with weekly
accident benefits attached, good for one
year, upon the purchase of $40 worth of
shoes. See particulars on show window of
The Queen Shoe Store, l62 and l64 North
Main street.
The herald., 1896-04-12
sIo Reward for Capture of Wheel and Thi,

SIo Reward for Capture of Wheel and Thief
Stolen-A '95 bloomer Victor, No. Co..
53l, nineteen inch frame, twenty-six inch
wheels, goose neck post, rams horn bars,
rubber pedals. Rented by man giving
the name of Frank Mile, who Is short,
smooth-faced. dark.skinned fellow, wear
ing gray suit OF clothes. and talks with
a foreign accent. Send information to S.
G. Spier, 455 South Spring street, Los
Angeles.
The herald., 1896-04-12
The Charge Dismissed

The charge of assault with a deadly
weapon against Hall was yesterday dis
missed by the Township Justice on mo-
ton of the District Attorney, who stat
ed that there was not sufficient evidence
on which to secure a conviction.
The herald., 1896-04-12

The finest wedding Invitations or announce.
ments either printed or engraved, at reas on
able prices. furnished by H. NJ. Lee & Bro, lao
N Spring st.
The herald., 1896-04-12

Call tel. 243 for ambulance. Kregelo &
Bresee, Sixth and Broadway.
The herald., 1896-04-12
REASON.

The man or woman
who buys an article to
restore health should do
so on the same plan that
he or she would buy a
watch for service, not for
q toy.
The herald., 1896-04-12

THE KELLEY INSTITUTE,
Corner North Main and Commercial Sts.,
Over Farmers and Merchants Bank.
The herald., 1896-04-12

once Hour sto6; evenings, 7 to 8; today 10 toll
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1896-04-29

gunos caballos, IL reses y los ranches
dispuestos, que no pudieron retirar, y
un prisionero.
FL corcnel Villa. persiguiendo a
Delgado, 10 encontro ocupando una
posicion ventajosa en- la Legua, cerca
del ingenio Claudio, atacando vigo.
rosamente el battalion de Cuba, que 10
expulso de las posiciones.
Sc ha notado poca defensa de estas,
bien por las sorpresas Q por falta de
municiones del enemigo.
La columna Valcarcel tuvo un he
rido de tropa; la de Villa un Official y
q de tropa heridos y 4 contusos. En-
la marcha rapida que tuvo que hacer
Incl n, murio ashxiado un cabo dc
San Fernando. A otros dos indivi-
duos del mismo cuerpo Sc les ha sal
vado.
Por efecto de la DISPERSION del enc
m;go no es facil calcular sus bajas
Ell coronel Villa VIC retirar muchas
Inclan recomienda con grandes elo
gios al coronel Villa y teniente coro
mel Valcarcel.
Las Columns Sc han racionado e.
Bramales y contin1an la persecucior
despues de habe. recibido refuerzos J
municiones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1896-04-29
GRATA REUNION.

Sc celebr6 el sabado 1ltimo, por la
noche, en- la morada del digno Jefe
del Partido, Sr. Villar Numerosos y
distinguidos correligionarios y ami =
gos, entire ellos muchos Compromise
rios para la election de Senadores,
visitaron 4 dicho Sr. Villar y su res
petable tamilia.
Los visitantes fueron esplendida
mente obsequiados con dulces, Ger
VEGA, habanos, la clasica Manzanilla
y ell aritocratico Champagne, entire
cuyos estallidos pronunciaronse ex
presivos binds en- honor del Jefe y
su estimable consorte, y Sc dedicaron
enthusiasts conceptos a la Patria, al
Rey, a la'primera Autoridad de esta
lsla, Puerto Rico, nuestros bravos
de Cuba, al Par.ido Unconditional. 80.
FL Sr. Villar Sc mostro en- sus fra
ses altahente complacido.
Mientras duro tan grata reunion
estuvo ejecutando la Banda de Vo-
luntarios, en- la calle, los mas escogi-
das composiciones de su repertoire,
precedidas por la gloriosa marcha de
Cdd,s.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1896-04-29
COS SUCCESSES DE CUBA
ACCI0N HER0ICA.

El Almirarte acaba de recibir tele
grama del Capi an eel puerto de
Manzanillo, dando cuenta del servicio
prestado por la dotacion del pequeno
cafionero Centinela, al mando del al :
ferez de navio D. Gonzalo de la Puer-
ia. al proteger la expedition por el
Estero, convoyando la embarcacion
con tropa y aguada que debia pasar al
destacamento de Zanja. A la entrada
del Estero fue recibido con nutridas
descargas de numerosa partida insu
rrecta, que ALI Sc encontraba, con ell
proposito de impedir su entrada, y Sc
lie desbaratC tan ventajosa posicion.
El sehor de la Puerta, que tantas We
ces ha sufrido el fuego enemigo en-
identicas CIRCUMSTANCES, iba en- zafa
rancho de combate y sin perdida de
momento rompio a su vez ell fuego
de canon y fusileria, consiguiendo re
chazarlos al interior, sin duda con
muchas bajas, pues hados en- ell nj :
nero Sc batie.on corta distancia y
en- condolences apropiadas para domi-
mar a tan debil enemigo.
Entire los heridos contamos un cabo
de mar de "a que 10 esta gravemente y
que Sc condujo con tanta bizarria que
su Comandante 10 juzga comprendido
en- el Reglamento de la Orden de San
Fernando. Los soldados Sc batieron
con su habitual arrojo, teniendo que
lamentar un muerto.
AL siguiente dia volvio la embar,
caclon de la tropa. siemp-e protegida
por el canonero. Tuvieroa aigun
fuego, y como el dia anterior llega-
ron hasta donde tuvieron aqua suh-
ciente para el calado de aquel.
Tan luego tuvo conocimiento DE-
tan glorioso hecho el Comandante
General del Apostadero felicito al bi
zarro alfereh de navio. don Gonzalo
de la Puerta, que en- una lancha tri
pulada en- total por trecc hombres,
continue batiendo tan numeroso ene-
migo, que al huir cob rdemente des.
de media hora de fuego, era batido
tan solo por cuatro hombres que eran
va los lnicos defensores que en- ella
habia
Tan her6ico comportamiento ser
premiado como corresponds. y la Su
perior Autoridad del Apostadero ha
telegrahado al captain del puerto de
Manzanillo ordenandole la inmedia-
ia formation dc juicio contradictorio
al cabo de mar de IA al senior de la
Puerta. que por dos veces, y en- fAta
les condiones. lucho con tan superior
enemigo, consiguie ado dispersarlo.