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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-26
She Looked Out Hope1essly Across
the Gray Fields

the Cray Fie1dsS
Thanksgiving and felt herself poor
and sorroWful indeed. Across the froz-
on road she looked eastward over a
great stretch Of cold meadow land,
brown and wind-sWept, and crossed by
Icy ditches 1t seemed to her as if in
all the troubles she had ever known
and carried before this there had al
ways been some hope to hold, as If she
had never looked poverty full in the
face and seen it's cold and pitiless look
before. She looked anxiously down
the road, with a horrible shrinking
qnd dread at being asked, out Of pity,
TO join in some Thanksgiving feast,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-11-26
Ill.

A dead limb Of one of the old trees
had fallen that autumn, and poor fire.
wood as It has been, it was Mrs.
Robb's own, and She had burnt it most
thankfully. There was only a small
armful left, but at least she could have
the luxury Of a fire. She lad feeling
that it was her last night at home,
and with strange recklessness she be-
gan to ill the stove as she used to do
in better days.
Still get me good al warm, Z she
said, still talking to herself, as lonely
people do, .sand I'll go TO bed early.
It's comm on to storm 3
The snow clicked faster and faster
against the window, and she sat alone,
thinking, in the dark
There's lots o. folks I love" she said
once. They'd be sorry i amt got no.
body to come, an no supper the night
afore Thanksgivin'. I'm dreadful glad
they don't Know And she drew a
little nearer to the fire and laid her
head back droWsily III the old rocking
chair
It seemed only moment before
there was loud knocking, and some
body lifted the latch of the door. The
fire shone bright through the front
OF the old stove and made a little light
in the room, but Mary Ann Robb
walked up frightened cnd bewild ered.
J. \
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
rrlrhtful RAILROAD WRECK.

A railroad wreck. attended by serious
loss of life. on the Santa Fe road, oc-
Cured near Usage City, Kan. Seven
dead bodies have been recovered from
the wreck. The engineer should have
stopped for water at Usage City, but
being behind time he endeavored TO
run 10 the next tank. The train had
run but two miles when two terrific
explosions were heard. The boiler
had exploded and the locomotive was
completely shattered. The express,
baggage and passenger coaches came
crashing upon the wrecked engine and
the forward coaches were piled up in
the heap of wreckage. The rear
coaches were all derailed, but the pas
sengers riding in them escaped serious
injury. The wreck was marked by
scenes of the widest confusion among
the terrified passengers. VIM. Becker,
of Los Angeles, Cal, en- route to Chi
cago, seemed to lose his reason en-
tirely. When the crash came he drew
pistol and in the presence of car
full of terrified passengers took his
own life. He had been drinking
heavily. Later.-The number of dead
is 10; injured IL.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09

Cooler weather and continued purchases by
Interior merchants. notably west and south,
continued the slight Improvement In trade re-
coried in preceding weeks. Merchants at pri-
mary cotton markets and at large centers in
the spring wheat region report better move
ment OF staples. due TO unusually htavy re-
ceints OF those crops. Throughout the central
Nvest the volume OF trade falls behind that OF n
wear ago in some instances. but IL is equal TO IL
in others. At eastern centers the improve
,nent Is seen In greater ease in the money mar
kets and more disposition TO discount CONNER
clal paper. although at unchanged rates.
wholesale merchants report better feeling
very generally. but few anticipate any material
increase in the volume OF business this month.
Mercantile collections continue slow and as
ditiicult to make as heretofore. The more con-
spicuous demand at larger interior cities Is for
clothing shoes. hardware. leather and lumber.
There is also better demand for pig iron and
for steel
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09

riSpencer academy, 10 miles west of
Antlers, |. T.. burned TO ashes, together
with all the furniture, and four Choctaw
BOYS were cremated. The origin of
the fire is supposed to be incendiary,
as no one was occupying the room in
which the fire broke out and there had
been no fire in it this season. The
academy was built by the Choctaw ma
ton and 1oe boys were there when it
burned. Everything is atotal loss as
the nation did not carry any Insurance.
Niles authorities are much alarmed
at the prevalence of diphtheria and
scarlet fever. The schools may close.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
Bishop Ksans Removed by tho Pope.

An extraordinary coincidence has
startled the Roman Catholics of WASH
ington and of the entire country. Inn
mediately following the arrival Mt
Washington of Archbishop Martinelh,
the new apostolic delegate, the an.
nouncement is made that Bishop Keane
is deposed by the pope as rector of the
Catholic university, one of the greatest
educational institutions under the
management of the church. 1t is gen.
orally assumed by Roman Catholics
that the removal of Bishop Keane is
the first of series of important
changes in church management TO be
made by Archbishop Martinelli. This
is denied, however.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF.

Mary Anderson Navarro, the former
American actress, is the mother of
bouncing baby boy.
The Cigarmakers' national conven-
ton at Detroit, sat down on the social
list members rather hard.
Appeals are being made for aid for
the people left alive in the cyclone
swept district of Florida. They are in
utter restitution.
British powder magazine exploded
at Buluwayo, South Africa, killing five
whites and scores of Kaffirs camping in
close proximity.
Lansing +. Lincoln, Peoples Party
candidate for governor of New York,
declined the nomination and asks his
party to vote for Porter and Schraub
the silver Democratic nominees and
thereby assist in the election of w. j.
Bryan.
A terrible tragedy has stirred up
Prairie county, Ark. At Devalls Bluff
Bud Chaffin and his five children are
believed to have been murdered, and
suspicion points to Mrs. Chaffin and
John King, her paramour, as the muir
derers. as they have left the country.
The crime had been committed several
DAYS before the bodies were discovered.
During parade at Burlington. Iowa,
| at the Iowa semi-contennial celebration
the reviewing stand containing Vice
/ President Stevenson. Gov. Drake. of
Iowa and staff, and MANY other promi-
nent people collapsed, throwing all to
the ground and injuring some 30 peo-
pie. President Stevenson and
Gov. Drake escaped with slight wounds
Representatives of Great Britain anc
Germany are having an interesting
suuabble at Zanzibar After the re
cent bombardment of the sultan
palace at Zanzibar by the British the
pretender Seyd Khalid, who had pro
claimed himself sultan, found refuge a
the German consulate. The British con
sui protested and considerable warn
diplomatic correspondence passed be
tween Germany and Great Britain. An
other insult has been heaped upon thu
British by the German consul placing
Sevd Khalid on board German cruises
TO take him to place of safety.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
Tho Storm in washington.

Reports received from the suburban
towns about Washington show that
great damage was done by the big
southern cyclone. AT the Catholic uni
versity, just outside the city, the dor
mitory in process of construction was
demolished. At Brookland, the town
hall was partially destroyed and many
other buildings were unroofed and
otherwise damaged. On the outskirts
of the city few localities escaped. The
White House was slightly injured by
the storm, a portion of the copper
roofing being stripped off and other
DANA. &c done. The tall flagstaff dis
appeared completely: % of the splendid
trees, elms, sycamores. walnuts and
magnolias. some of great age and of
historical association. were completely
| leveled. while fully 80 other trees are
permanently defaced. The state and
navy building lost part of its roofing;
the new naval observatory, one signal
service building and a ship house at
the navy yard all suffered considerably.
A large amount of other like damage
was done about the city.
Baltimore experience considerable
loss and the wind blew so strong that
several schooners lifted from the water
| into the center of Pratt street.
Various sections of New York state
were also visited by the storm anc
more or less damaged.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
ror,.t FIRE, IN tne Upper Peninsula.

Dispatches from Marquette say that
destructive forest fires are burning
two miles south of the city along the
line of the Marquette & Western
railway. The railway telegraph lines
are down and the lines of the Postal
Telegraph Co. are in danger. A lum-
boring camp, operated by Bice q Be
COLE, burned. Marquette was threat
ened for time, but a change of wind
averted. the danger. Nestoria juno
ton, on the d., 5. S. &c A. rail
way, 20 miles west of Marquette, is in
serious danger. The junction is but a
small hamlet of half dozen cottages,
but is an important station on the line
and the location of much valuable rail
road property. Forest fires are also
raging in the immediate vicinity of
Humboldt, mining village OF 200
population, 80 miles west of Marquette.
The town of Sidnaw is also reported to
be in great danger unless the wind
changes.
Later-Showers have greatly abated
the forest fires about Marquette and
the danger has probably passed.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
sensntlonnl WedhIng Episode.

Muskegon was shocked by scandal
which was enacted in st. Mary's church.
The wedding of Albert Greenbaum and
Miss Estella Miner, both respected peo-
pie. was about to take place when Mary
Hughson walled in and informed Rev.
Fr. Whalen that she objected to the
ceremony as Greenbaum was the father
of her child now being cared for ut the
home for the friendless. The priest in
formed the couple that he would have
TO postpone the wedding long enough
investigate matters. The couple then
went TO Justice Collins AMI were mar
ried. The bride was Frustrated by the
euiSode
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
A, Old Hunter-IIermit Murdcrod.

Geo. Baruum. an old, eccentric her
init and hunter, was found dead near
Lake George with his skull crushed in
He had lived in a hut in the woods for
years and was a pensioner at Sl2 per
month. His gun, which he always car
ried was gone when the body was
found and $40 he was known to have
with him was also missing. He was
believed to be deranged, probably from
n wound received during the war, and
he claimed to be brother of i. T.
Barnum. An x-convict recently re-
Gently released from the Clare county
iail is suspected as the murderer.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
CANADIAN PACIFIC TIED UP.
Telegraph Operators Strike Against Long
Hours and Small Pay.


A strike of widespread proportions
was inaugurated among the railroad
telegraphers on the Canadian Pacific
railway in Canada. The entire force
of operators on the Canadian Pacific
system from the Atlantic to the Pacific
are out and the trans-continental line
was tied up as it had never been before.
There are between 500 and 900 tele-
graphers employed by the company.
The men ask in substance, first, that
standard salary of $50 month be
paid all operators; and second, that
operators be relieved of some of the
present mental duties. They are at
present receiving an average salary OF
between $35 and $40 per month and are
required TO be on duty for IL consecu-
tive hours, seven days week Besides
their duties as operators many of the
men are made to do such work as
pumping water for engines, cutting
the wood for station use, cleaning
lamps, checking baggage and handling
freight Almost every train on the
Canadian Pacific and $500" roads was
tied up by the strike, and the men are
confident of victory.
Developments in the telegraphers'
strike on the Canadian Pacific railway
show that the men are almost having
their own way. A very few men have
returned TO work and few more have
been imported from the United States.
On account of the latter feature of the
case the trades unions in Toronto and
elsewhere are urging upon the mem
bers of parliament the necessity ol
making regulations to prohibit the i'm
portation of American labor. The
most important question now agitating
both the railroad company and the
strikers is whether the engineers, con
ductors and trainmen will strike out o
sympathy for the telegraphers. There
is some strong talk of such action
Only few freight trains are running
on the Canadian Pacific and the vas
wheat crop of Manitoba is tied up at ;
time when it is usually being rushed
to the seaboard.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
Costly Blaze in Detroit.

A small gas stove exploded on the
third floor of the old Free Press build
ing, at the corner of Shelby and Larned
streets, Detroit, and in a few minutes
the rear portions of the third, fourth
and fifth floors were a mass of flames.
The room in which the stove exploded
was occupied by the Habbin Electro
type CO., and the floors were well
soaked with oils, causing the fire to
spread with wonderful rapidity and
before it could be brought under con
troll losses amounting to sos, 900 had re-
shifted. The Free Press Printing and
Engraving Co. lost S65, 1000; insured for
$4,000 Habbin Electrotype Co., So
600; insured for 1000. Cliff q Ilig-
gins, $1,000, insured for $4,000; and
several smaller losses partially insured
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
900 Armenians Beaten to Death.

A dispatch from Constantinople says
that the Turkish marines aided the
rabble To- loot the Armenian houses in
the town of Galatea. Another dispatch
says that the governor of Kharput tele-
graphs that a thousand Armenians
were dubbed to death at NilSde. This
dispatch also says that the sultan has
given el5O,00O to indemnify the for
eigners injured in the massacres.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09

Frederick Il. Coudert, of the Vene-
zuclan commission, has returned from
The Hague, where he examined the
old Dutch records relating to the Vene-
zuelan boundary. His researches were
rewarded by the discovery of valuable
testimony bearing upon the point at
issue between the United States and
Great Britain. lie could not say when
the commission would report.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09

Mrs. John Il. Ketcham, formerly
Toledo belle, secured divorce from
her multi-millionaire husband in 20
minutes in Chicago, and was given
$500, 900 worth of property
AS communication with the eastern
and middle portion of Florida is opened
up again the reports OF the destruction
of the big storm become more terrible.
A large number of towns not heard
from before report heavy damage.
The death list in Florida will total over
100 people.
The investigation into the death of
VIM. Leopard, whose,body was found,
near st. Louis, with n gunshot wound
in the head and a rifle near by without
a shell or cartridge in the barrel,
showed that the stomach contained
strychnine. The coroners jury would
not place the responsibility.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
Hard Blow to Ishpeming Miners.

The Lake Angelina mine at lshpem-
ing, which in former and more prosper
GUS years paid S50O,oOO dividends an
nually, has closed down all its work
ings throwing 600 men out of work.
The company had sunk its surplus IN
improvements, and was unable to sell
ore or secure cash advances thereon.
The men offered to work for three
months for due bills, but the offer was
rejected
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
Serious Fire at Cadillac.

Fire visited the business portion of
Cadillac and wiped out at least half OF
the block on Mitchell street between
Harris and Cass streets. The fire
caught In the rear of o. l.. Davis or L..
T.. Finn & Co. IS drug store, aud these
two buildings were blazing in a few
minutes. The buildings in this block
arc all old wooden structures, and the
fire spread rapidly. The total loss was
over s25, 900, with insurance amounting
TO $4,000.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09

Fire destroyed the frame business
block owned by Patrick Flanagan and
located in the heart of the business
portion of Iron Mountain. Itcontained
a grocery store, restaurant, saloon and
plumbing shop. The loss will reach
sos, 1000. No Insurance..
II. Rademalker & Sons, of Grand
Rapids the largest manufacturers OF
base ball bats in the world, have filed
trust deeds TO Arie YanBrec to secure
creditors to the amo1nt of 100000.
The city banks are creditors for ST.
900 and the balance is for material ar
supply agents
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
Barge Foundered-Four Men Drowned.

The barge Sumatra, consort of the
b. w. Arnold, bound down from Chi
cago with load of railroad iron,
foundered off the government pier at
Milwaukee. Arthur Burnsted, Charles
Hemmer, Patrick Peterson and Peter
Anderson, all of West Bay City, were
drowned. The rescued are: Capt.
Charles johnson, John Burbeck, mate,
and Ira Purser cook, all of West Bay
City.
The Sumatra had about l 300 tons OF
steel rails for the Canadian Pacific,
valued at about S65, 900. twas insured
for its full value.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
village of Dushvine Badly scorched.

Nearly the entire business portion of
the little village of Dushville, situated
nine miles west of Shepherd, was de-
stroyed by fire. The town had no fire
protection and, as n consequences, the
flames had their own way. The loss
will probably reach 5000. There is
| little or no insurance.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
GRAIN. ETC.
REVIEW OF TRADE.

EDetroit Timothy hay. $40. PotatoeS, SIc
eggs. l5c Butter creamery. l4c; dairy, l4c.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
Sensational shooting and Drowning.

Felix Dulmente met George Z. Smell
don on the principal street of Hough-
ton, and without warning him, emptied
his revolver into Sheldon's body. Dull
mcnte then ran upon the bridge nearby
and jumped over the railing into the
water, 30 feet below, and was drowned.
Seldom was taken TO his home where 1T
was found that his jaw had been
broken, one arm paralyzed, and that
there was one bullet in his head, while
another had passed through his neck.
Mr.. Sheldon's brother, Carl ID. Sheldon,
is the Republican nominee for con-
gress, and both are well-known
throughout the upper peninsula and
state.
Dulmente was Sheldon's coachman
for several years and leaves wife and
five children. Recently the two men
disagreed at the Onigaming club house
over some lapse of duty on Dulmente's
part. The latterga Sheldon severe
beating, and Sheldon had Dulmente
arrested for the assault.
The Yale expositor., 1896-10-09
WITHIN OUR WALLS.
MERE MENTION OF MICHIGAN
MATTERS.
xIoughton Is the Scene of an Attempted
Murder and the WOuld-be Murderer
Suicides by Jumping from n Bridge
Ctgarmalers Convention ut Detroit.
International Cigarmakers' Convention.

International Cigarmakers' Convention.
The International Cigarmakers' con-
vcntion was held at Detroit with
very large attendance of delegates
President Perkins reported that the
trade had had no material improve
ment within the last three years. The
total product for consumption in the
United States alone for the past year
was 4.237, 1855, 943 cigars. The total
number of factories of all kinds re-
ported is 14,070, of which number,
7,I47 are strictly union and 6,993 are
mixed and non-union. The union fac
tories give employment to 1885 union
worknen. The open shops employ
1868 union and non-union worSmen.
The total amount of wages paid out
per year is SAL, 767, $50, and the value of
the product is Sl29, 693,s7
Charters have been granted to 6S
unions since the last convention, with
n gain in membership of 1876; "a
unions have discontinued for various
reasons, representing a decrease in
membership of 1905; the total num-
Der of unions in good standing in $50,
with total membership of %, 700.
During the past three years the re-
ceipts of the international Office from
all sources were SS7, and the eX-
penses Ss5, 572, leaving n balance OF
Sl,539 in the treasury. During 1895
S43I, 600 were paid out in sick, strike,
out-of- work and death benefits.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-01-04

tor who misrepresents the financial views OF
the voters Of his State. The cotton fac tors.
lumher exporters, and the growers OF rice.
corn and cotton, know that Georges silver
views do not represent the great bnsiness in
trests IF Vicksburg. Natch-z. Columbus
and Jackson, ard other thriving commani-
tics in the State
This is Numerically opposed to the truth.
Mississippi is perhaps the silver State par
excellence of the Union. OF ker Sc coun-
ties. there are not six which have not de
elared in favor Of silver. And If goldbug
statements be 50 far removed from the line
of veracity in the case of Mississippi. what
ON the ex-uno-disce-omn=sp principle. is likely
to be the precise market value of the gold
bug statements with regard to the other
seventeen State. '.naisrepresensed'' by she'r
Senators
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-01-04
Don't Plant Japan Rice.


AS the time for planting is near
ing we think it well to say a few
words against the extension of the
culture of Japan rice. We are led
to do this as we find that there is a
considerable enquiry for seed of this
description and it is evident that a
large number have an idea that the
result of it's cultivation has proven
much more satisfactory than that
which has formerly been obtained
from the old-fashioned domestic
sorts. Our objection is that it is
unlike the domestic and when by
chance it is combined Herewith,
depreciates the value of the entire
bulk. 1T might seem extravagant to
liken the introduction of Japan seed
to the Canada thistle, still it has
been bad enough as it has resulted
in a 'smongrel rice" neither one
thing nor the other. There have.
been exceptions where the outcome
was white, but tits generally agreed
that ninety per cent. is of low order
or more than one-half domestic red.
We have before US letter from
Messrs. Dan Talmage's Sons, New
York, in answer to request for
Japan seed by one of their planter
friends in this locality. They say:
"Don't plant Japan rice" The out
come as an entirety in this country
has been a fiat failure, and unless
planters give it up they are simply
heaping up for themselves lot of
trouble for the future. The japan
rice rapidly degenerates when re-
moved from the garden or band
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-01-04
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
DISTRICT OFFICERS:
Judge:
JULIAN MOUTOf1.
District Attorney:
u. ..MINOS T. GORDY.
Representatives:
J. q. BROUSSARD.
Clerk of Courts:
E.G. WORRIES.
PARISH OFFICERS:
Sheriff:
/. A. BROUSSARD.
Coroner:
DR.. a. r. TRAHAN.
wARD OFFICERs.

=
First Ward-Police Juror, Alonzo Lacey;
Justice of the Peace, Conrad Brandt; Con
stable, Alex Chiasson.
Second Ward-Police Juror. Jasper Spell;
Justice of the Peace. Preston Hofpauir;
Constable, Andrew Cummings.
Third Ward-Police Juror, Alfred FIebert:
justices of the Peace, T. A. McFaeidin. J.
C. Martin; Constables. l.. Hirsch. Thomas
Mouton.
Fourth Ward-Police Juror. Octave Their
lot: Justices of the Peace, L. A. Leblanc. ].
r. Domergeaux; Constables, Napoleon Me-
lancop, Philias Boudreaux.
Fifth Wart-Police Juror, NJ. Billaud, Jr.;
Justice of the Peace, Sidney Greig; Con-
stable, Alcide Leblanc.
Sixth Ward-Police Juror, &. e. Brown;
Justices of the Peace, Frank Abadic, o. P.
Guilbeaux; Constables, Simonette Breaux.
Anatole Cormier.
Seventh Ward-PoIice Juror, X. c. Lam
dry; Justice of the Peace. Alex Meaax;
Constable, Eustzche Comeau. I
Eighth Ward-Polce Juror, John Whit
tington, r.; Justice of the Peace, Charles
Dyeasx; Constable, Numa Breaux.