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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30

. Chicago, Dee. 29.-Chiquita, the Gu
ban midget who has been on exhibit
ton in the leading cities for some time,
was probably fatally injured at the
ZOO. She was riding a bicycle in the
ring when she collided with a burro,
was thrown to the ground and received
several kicks in the breast. Chiquita
is only twenty-six inches high and
weighs 1884 pounds. The doctors
have little hopes of her recovery.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Prof. BelI Will Marry.

New York Dec. 29.-Prof. Alexander
Melville Bell, the distinguished SCENT
list Of, Edinburgh, Scotland, and the
father of Graham Bell the inventor Of
the telephone, will wed Mrs. H. q.
Shelby of Toronto in this city within
tie next two weeks. The wedding
will be strictly private.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
COLLEGE Base Ball.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Five Western uni
.versities We're organized into the West
ern intercollegiate Base Ball league in
this city. The following clubs will
compose the league: University of
Michigan, University Of Illinois, Uni-
versity of Chicago, University of Wis
consin and Northwestern university
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
A Misunderstanding X.

Constantinople, Dec. 29.-The Turk
ish government, replying to the repre-
sentations Of Greece, has explained
that the firing upon the Greek gunboat
Actium by the Turks at Preyesa on
Saturday last as the vessel was leav-
ing the Gulf Of Ambracia, was due to
a misunderstanding.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Killed His Sweetheart.

st. Louis, Dec. 20. - In Clayton, a
suburb of this city, Marcus Nassaur
shot his sweetheart, Miss Katie Dosen-
bach, and then blew out his own
brains. The girl is thought to be fatal
.ly hurt His attentions to the young
lady were not approved by her family.
and this, it is thought, caused them.
quarrel.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
WILSON Arreafed.

Il New Orleans, Dec 20. Alfred G.
Wilson of Chicago, wanted for obtain
ing money by false pretenses from the:
Chicago & Milwaukee road. was arr
rested here by the local police and
Chicago detective
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Stabbed to the Heart.

Haverhill, Mass, Dec. 29.-William
Dolan was stabbed to the heart with a
knife and killed by William DAILY, his
brother-in-law, who had lived with
him twenty years. DAILY is in Jail,
charged with murder. The men were
about seventy years old. They had
been drinking. E->.,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Label Was Decenttve.

gang of furniture movers came upon a
demijohn labeled Pure rye whisky.
in house from which they were cart
ing furniture. They drank of the con-
tents, and, as a result, James Flanni-
gan is dead and Patrick *McNulty is dy-
ing, while three other men are recov-
ering, after a severe illness The
de1nijohn contained corrosive subli-
mate. s
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Anticipated the Boom,

: Lansing, Mich, Dec. %. = 1t is an
nounced that Hon. A P. Swineford,
ex-governor. of Alaska, will go to
Alaska early next year to take charge
Of tie interests in that section Of the
United Mines Company of New York.
He is a stakeholder in the company.
having turned in his interests III prop
critics secured when territorial govern
or of Alaska. The company has a
capital of $1,5OO,OOO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Took Gas and Died.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 29.,-An unusu-
al suicide was that of l.. W.Kampel, a
tailor, who was found by his daughter
dead on his work bench. He had at
tached rubber tube to the gas jet,
and from it inhaled the gas until he
was overcome. He was at one time
quite. wealthy and had divided his
property among his children, whose in
gratitude wore on his mind. e."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Wrecked by Dxnamite.

Utica, N. Y, Dec 90 "A special from
Amsterdam says that one of the en-
CINE houses Of the Stafford carpet
mills was wrecked by an explosion,
presumably of dynamite. Only two
walls were left standing. No one was
injured. sz ii IS Il
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
AZ intetolr Nniol1,
r. c. Dunn, Publisher. Ass.
Terms: $1.OO per year I'm Advance.
Eating plenty of onions" says an
authority, will give one a fine COM
plexion." Yes, and the freedom Of
The car, too.

A former Dakotan, who has just re-
turned from several years sojourn in
the Klondike, reports that the climate
up there is no more severe than it is
IN the Dakotas. But whether he in
tends this as a recommendation of his
new home or drive at his old is not
aDDarent
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Nice KIND of a Joke.

. New York, Dec. 29.---Two prisoners,
Frank Barbara, an Italian, and Har-
sry McCallum, colored, attempted sui
eide at about the same time in the pen
itentiary at Caldwell, N. j. Mccall.
lum, who attempted suicide asa joke,
lis dead Barbara will recover.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Mrs. Mary Ander-
son and her two daughters, Edith and
Myrtle, aged 8 and years, respective
ly, were asphyxiated by Illuminating
gas in their home at 81 johnson ave-
nue.. The husband on returning from
work found the door locked. On fore
ing it open he found his wife and chill
dren dead in bed. Gas was pouring
from all the jets in the cook stove.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
H,rd Luck Of n British steamer.

Hard Luck Of n British Steamer.
I London, Dec. :29.-The British steam
er Hebron, Capt. Sutherland, from
Shields for Charleston, has put into
Stornoway with ballast shifted, steer
ing gear defective and all her stores
destroyed. The captain and three Of
the hands are suffering from injuries.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Six Men Injured.

p Scranton, Pa, Dec. 29-Six men were
injured by IAN explosion Of gas in the
Bellevue shaft of the Delaware u
Lackawanna company. John Alexan-
der and John O'Brien were so badly
hurt that they may die. Alexander
was frightfully burned and both of
O'Brien's hips were broken. The ex-
plosion is supposed to have been
caused by a naked lamp. f.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
woman's Rights In Turkey.

The Turkish woman is maria eahle
ut the age of 8 years, and by Turkish
law at that age, if married, she is con,-.
petent to manage her property and dis
pose Of one-third Of her fortune. The
law allows her to abandon her hlls-
bands house for just cause, and will
protect her in SO doing. She cannot
be compelled to labor for the support
of her husband. San Francisco
Chronicle b
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
5Lf HUNG Chanu q Nor IN n.

London, Dec. q. The Chronicle as.
sserts that the negotiation with Ger.
many on behalf Of the Chinese govern
ment are no longer being conducted by.
III Hung Chang, but by Chang Yin.
I uan, who represented the Chinese
emperor at the diamond jubilee to the.
queen.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
s5oo.ooo Goes Up in nnoke.

---7----- !s3UU,JUU Goes Up ---------
4. London, Dec. 29.-A fire broke out IN
the Cry goods store of Messrs. Jormyn
& Perry. High street. The local fire
engine collapsed and the flames spread
sr;lpidl;. soon destroying a number Of
tie adjoining business houses. The
total damage is estimated at flOO,G COO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30

The United States Board on Geo.
graphic Names, which meets at stated
intervals, has just rendered decisions
determining the spelling of 149 geo.
graphic names. These include a num-
Der in Alaska, significant at this time
in view of the Klondike excitement.
Many variations of nomenclature for
the same place are encountered, and
the boards action settles the uniform
usage. Following is a summary of &C
ton taken relating to places conspic-
uously mentioned in the gold stories:
AS to Klondike, the decision is to spell
it as here given, and not Clondyke,
Klondyke, Chandike, Chandik or Deer,
Reindeer, Trondike nor Thronduck
One of the lakes Of the upper Yukon
was named Lebarge by the Western
Telegraph Expedition in 1868 after
Mike Lebarge, a member of the explor-
ing party, who is now living some
where near Ottawa, Canada. Late pub
LEGATIONS have fallen into the error OF
spelling this Labarge, but the board
adheres to the original form, Lebarge
There is a Lebarge river in Alaska,
When Schwatka descended the Yukon
In 1883 he named one of the lakes on
it's headwaters Lindeman after Dr.
Moritz Lindeman, now vice-president
of the Bremen Geographical Society
This sometimes appears enormously
as Lindemann and Linderman. The
board adopts Lindeman. One Of the
principal tributaries Of the upper Yu-
! kon is the Lewes river, named by Mr.
Robert Campbell, Of the Hudson Bay
Company, about 1848.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Believed to ne Drowlncd.

Ashtabula, Ohio, Dec. 20. Oscar
Young and Gus Anderson, Swedish
fishermen, hired a sailboat last
"Wednesday for a trip on the lake
They have not returned and it is be-
Leyed both have been drowned. A'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
5Blexv Ont His Brain,

4 Bethlehem, Pa, Dec. % George a.
Morast, aged hfty-six years, shot his
wife and then blew out his brains.
The woman will recover. 81
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scorc;hed 100000 WORT

New York, Dec. 229.--Fire IN the At
las Safe company Eve story store.
building did damage to the extent OF
$780, GOO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
Russian Occupation.

st. Petersburg, Dec. %. The Rus.
slams have occupied Kin Chau, north
of Fort Arthur. KS Is #
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-12-30
PlTH OF THE n EWS
EVENTS Of TIE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

A General Resume Of the Most Inn
portant News of the Week From
All Parts of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged in Con-
venient Form for Rapid Perusal
BY Busy People. H.
The herald., 1897-01-11

Rumors of a massacre of Christians at
Trebizond, which originated by the
statement that an italian gunboat had
been ordered thither, are untrue. 1t ap-
pears that an italian subject named
Marani was secretly shipped to Trebi-
zond for exile to Erzeroum The ltal-
ian ambassador, Signor Pansa, demand
ed the immediate return to Constantine
pie for proper trial and threatened to
send gunboats till the porte gave writ
ten promise of compliance. The Incl
dent has caused a sensation at Constan-'
tinople on account of the belief that
Italy was backed by the powers.
\ dispatch to the Daily News from
Rome. on the same subject, says; EN-
erybody remarks that the sultan mas
never had such humiliation as for an
ambassador to openly refuse to accept
his promise. but to insist upon written
confirmation.
y Brussels dispatch says the Turkish
Reform league has issued from Brusseis
an appeal TO the people of Europe de-
claring that the sultan has planned a
massacre to take place during the ap-
preaching Ramazan feasts, and lmplor-
ing the powers to interfere. depose the
sultan and proclaim Reichad Efendi,
younger brother of the sultan and heir
presumptiVe. his successor. with
council of state made up of equal num-
bers of Moslems. Chris tians and Euro
The herald., 1897-01-11
ALONG THE RAILROAD LINES
The Big Four Line Makes New Speed
Record
And Incidentally Secures Some Naiua-
bic Advertising for Theatrical
Company-A Big Mortgage.

CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. 10.-A special
train bearing the Geisha company. un-
der the direction of Sir William Jardine,
lert St Louis via the Big Four route
today at $40 a m. The train was COM
posed Of two coaches. two baggage care
and a private car. 1t was delayed two
minutes by Wabash freight in the
ST. Louis yards; lost nine and one-hali
minutes for water at Litchtield and
Pana, five minutes changing engines at
Mattoon. and seven minutes at Paris
ana Terre Haute for 4 doctor for Miss
LLOYD. who was i'll. There We're slack
ups al Kansas and Green Castle. With
total loss Of % minutes. they made
the run of 2G2 miles in 27s minutes from
St. Louis to Indianapolis-fiVe hours
and five minutes elapsed time and four
hours ana thirty-eiSht minutes run
ming time. 1t took thirty minutes for
lunch at Indianapolis. Leaving there at
2:o2 p m. il reached Bellefontaine. 142
miles. at ASS p. m. They lost nine min
utes at Anderson and Union City for
water, making 142 miles in TWO hours
and % minutes elapsed time and two
hours and "A minutes running time.
They changed engines at Bellefontaine
and made the run to Gallon, CT miles,
in one hour and 10 minutes. They We're
delayed at Caledonia five minutes for
water: stopped at Gallon five minutes
for orders and oiling engine, arriving
at Cleveland al l:45, making the so miles
in one hour and - minutes. The total
distance OF 54S miles from st. Louis to
Cleveland was run in elapsed time of
II hours 10 minutes, ana running time
10 hours and four minutes. This 54S
miles in Goa minutes is a record for the
Rig EOur
The herald., 1897-01-11
the revenue-veterans-th professional

the revenue-veterans-t professional
tramps.
The double standard of morals, to-
gether with the mythical superiority OF
male sex, have acted as efficient recruit
ing officers for Bacchus Perhaps there
are, or have been, mothers who are not
altogether blameless; some who have
l failed to teach their sons the social and
moral duties of virtue temperance and
self denial. Fatal omissions. maternal
folly and blind culpabilty. With shame
and sorrow l admit that some women
sin and fall. Nevertheless, such die
young. To them death and nature are
more merciful than society, or their
cannibalistic devourers. An old, fallen
outcast woman is impossible. 1t is their
male counterparts who are doomed to
live. This is their punishmcnt-thei
greater expiation. No man can SOW
the wild oats" of society with impun-
ity. The third and fourth generation
will be proof that the way of the moral
and physical transgressor is hard
Doubtless the poor, old trembling
tramp has sinned and fearfully trans
gressed nevertheless there is a greater
sinner and deeper nsgressor-the
complacent and self-admiring public.
Behold. the Licensees selling majority,
Consider their avarice. their unholy, Of
iict2L mercenary selling OF our brother
~
of a license fee-bood- money to swell
the municipal or national revenues,
Right ard righteousness are not beg
gng bread; neither are they selling our
young men to Bacchus for blood money.
Truth is not always pleasant. but there
are times when truth will make us free
Our Venal. mercenary license system
our cannibalistic methods Of augmenting
the national revenues. are active agents
in perpetua ting drunkenness-tramp
making. Nine hundred million dollars
spent yearly in the United States for in
toxicants, means poverty and beggary
for the victims.
To wink at evil for a price. to permit
and protect the same for cash consid-
Grafton. is an authorized abomnation,
an unspeakable prostitution of II = fun
damental functions of a just. wise and
good government A hoWiinE mockery
of law and JUSTICE There are ways and
means of raising revenues besides those
which debabch, betray and ruin the
weak and unwary.
Even little more direct taxation
were better than this partnership
with evil. What is the value of a human
soul?
Moreover, the poor. old. hungry. pro
fessional tramp is entitled to a fair AMI
impartial hearing. Let us know wheth-
er he or the law makers have the loudest
tdii u WISH tHe jail, tHe TUCK PIE ana
the chain gang.
The ragged, hungry old tramp is the
isabled veteran, the worn-out revenue
patriot, who has spent his youth and
manhood, earnings and fortune in re-
plenishing his countrys 'sinews of war
the municipal and national Golfers
True this may not have been his direct
motive and design. Doubtless he yield
ed to inherited tendencies, being born
with an aptitude, a genius for drunk
enness; society did the rest, by placing
temptation always within his reach
Our Frankensteins mock and annoy
us. Society has ''sown TO the whirl-
wind. The tramp, the vagrant, is our
harvest-the ripe fruit in all its bitter
mellowness and maturity.
LYDIA PLATT RICHARDS.
Pasadena. Cal.
The herald., 1897-01-11

-:~QrchiteCt::;;>
W6-jo7 Bradbury BQlldlng
THE TWO WIDDYS.

Now that's how II all began &aughter-
That's how IL all began,
For she war WILDLY woman
An he was a widdy man.
Uar thoughfs had gone back to dear ouid
A fine alri she was. though trihe con-
trary.
sh. married an Englisher. rich as q
An, snre II was wrong Of her mother to
make her.
Tbangn she couldn't forsee that he'd up
ar forsake her.
Irlsh !oyes best. by our Mary so sanity:
ghe hears IN ber day dreams the old song
"AcusfJa rnavourDeenl-a phrase that
sounds gIaiHty
Her hands have dropped onto her lap.
md shf' = thinking
OF mountain and stream. ana her plack
eyes are NirkinR
WaAf Terfencs 0rops In, ITS strong tay
ges'gs bseD drinking!
sfsN ayAy pM your foolin' ah. Terrence
%abenf. ron,
Tek gGtf af-fum from me waist and place
laye ms alone now; ~.
n yEsftA tn Vrars you're forty, you ould
skin IN. bone. now!'
";.htsss ~ Twelve years an more since
size tWe of as parted;
f'tyrf HnEys IN hivin an the mouse ID
Tffss TAftehee. not In the laste bit dis
eaHsAftsG
'tbA GfeAfa ~ their young day at last has
ftyff4h true dear.
>f6fyfa oder by twinty years split twixt
fHs tWO. dear. .
y:af in yon we're IN their place what would
yDa do dear?
Mou tnats how it all began daughter
That's how it all began.
For she was u WILDLY woman,
An ne was a WILDLY man.
Atlanta journal.
The herald., 1897-01-11
BR1GDE wORKMEN KILLED.

BUTTE. Mont. Jan. 1o.-While a gang
of workmen employed repairing tine
trestle on the Great Northern road just
ountside Of town today, big iron truss
which was being put in position slipped.
carrying down with it Peter Hishon and
John O'Connell. The latter was kille I
outright Hishon lived an hour. The
men We're members of a bridge crew
brought here recently from Chicago
DR.. Freurd, the company physician. WAS
on his way to the scene of the accident
on a switch engine. when a collision oc-
CURED with light engine. The doe
tor was thrown of. sustaining serious
but not fatal IN iuritS
The herald., 1897-01-11
THE LONDON MARKET.
Money Firmer. With Foreign Securities
Strong-Wheat Prices Steady.

LONDON, Jan. 10.-A firner money
market has caused a reaction of local
securities, which were easier foreign
securities continuing strong. Spanish
securities We're largely bought on the
expectation Of the United States inter-
vention in Cuba being accepted. Turk
ish securities We're firm on the report
that the Banque de Paris had purchased
large parcel of bonds from the Otto
man bank. Uruguay securities were
down on the reported revolution. The
upward movements in Argentines ap-
pears to have ceased for the present, but
Brazilians are advancing. Mines were
stagnant. American securities were
quiet ard generally firmer Grand Trunk
advancing The increases We're: Chi
cago, Milwaukee and ST Paul Louis
vile and Nashville. Reading tirsts. Il.
other changes Were FRACTIONAL
The weather during the past week has
been mild, foggy and damp. and the crop
accounts are promising. An increa ed
area has been sown, but no definite es-
Inmates OF the yield have yet been made.
Wheat in the market varied in price in
Response 10 American new. Trade has
been quiet, but the offerings 0f mo6er-
ate holders We're fairly steady. Califor-
MIA wheat, prompt delivery. was quoted
a 36s Sd. Northern spring wheat. par
cells. January and February delivery.
was quoted at SIS a 33, Cd Flour was
firm and not active. Maize was quiet.
American is now easier; mixed steamer
d destination asked buyers a 13s Cd.
Barley was finn and not active. Oats
We're firm: American white clipped.
FEBRUARY delivery, was quoted at I2s Cd
The herald., 1897-01-11
OREGON LEGISLATURE.

SALEM Or. Jan. 10-The nineteenth
biennial session of the legislature will
meet at noon tomorrow. The contest
for United States senator to succeed
Mitchell ovsrshadoWs everything else
here tonight. a call for a caucus was
circulated today and il was given out
tonight at Mitche's headquarters that
three signatures had been secured. 1t
is claimed by the Mitchell men that they
have pledges enough to obtain the forty
six votec necessary TO an election. The
opposition to Mitchell have put forward
no candidate and a present Will give
out no figures.
1t is unlikely that the anti-AIitchell
men will so into caucus and the strength
of the two factions cannot be measured
untu q vote is taken
The herald., 1897-01-11
PAID EARLY FOR PREJUDICE
Epidemic of Smallpox Caused by the
Opposition to Vaccination

A pamphlet just issued by the Jenner
society of England outlines in a most
effective way the history of the terrible
and utterly needless outbreak Of small
poX which last spring and summer con-
victed the residents of Gloucester OF
stupid ignorance. 1t seems that in the
ten years from 1856 to 1895. 15. .682 child
rem We're born in that city. OF these
81 IS died. 1918 were Vaccinated and the
other lO.12S grew up without any pro-
lection from the dreaded disease. This
was because the place had become a
noted center of the anti-vaccination
craze, and the local authorities had
either shared or yielded to that form OF
lunacy and allowed all who chose to
violate the law that has made civil
lied communities as safe from epidemlcs
of smallpox as Nova Zembla is from
yellow fever.
The result of this was that the total
number of vaccinations there which
amounted to 1895 in 1856 fell 10 Az in
1887 to 140 in 1883. and to "A in 1894 A,
last, of course, somebody brought the
malady TO Gloucester. That wac toward
the end of 1895. 1t attacked about 2QgG
persons. of whom about 800. chiefly
young children, died. and Il vas
stamped out in little more than ,uf,
months by systematic and dillgent vac
cnation and reyacclnatlor. 70 that
having attacked IA persona In Aprn.
1896. 1t had wholly disappeared By thc
end of the following July. In all the4e
months not one Vaccinated person fcgk
the disease -Nev Worry rgroez
The herald., 1897-01-11
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

OAKLAND, Jan. 10.-Albert Miller,
who. with his mother. Matilda Miller,
and his brother. John Miller, is confined
in the city prison awaiting the investi-
cation of burglary charge. made de-
termined attempt 10 kill himself in his
cell last night. He blew out the gas and
stood over the jet until he became un-
conscious and fell. The fall attracted
the jailcr's attention. He was speedily
revived. All of the Millers are morphine
fiends and to the fact that he has been
deprived of the drug since his arrest is
ascribed his desire TO die.
The herald., 1897-01-11
MONETARY EXPERTS
VIII Advocate the Appointment of q
tInaucisl Commission.


INDIANAPOLIS, ND. Jan. l0.-OnIv
a few members Of the monetary. confer
ence have arrived in this city. John p
Irish OF California. W. j.. Dodge of y Az
York and +. Y. Smaliey of =. Paul ba-
ing the most prominent Of those already
here. The majority of the DELEGATES
which had been thought TO number 800
are expected to arrive tomorrow II is
almost settled conclusion. however,
that commission shall be created by
the convention. whose duty il VIII be 10
submit final plan to congress and urge
its adoption by that body Differences
OF opinion exist as to whether this cofn-
mission shall give extended hearing In
various plans for reforming the cur-
rency system or shall draw up what =
considers wise without much vast. of
time. Whether any free and fun dis
cussion % finance will transpfre in the
conference also remains an undecided.
point, there Being not few of the dala-
gates who have expressed themselves -
opposed to such q course ana rather fa
ror placing of the whole subject in I'M.
commissions hands with as LITTLE d.
bate as possible. The general feeling is
it will not avail much to urge financial
reform on the spring session of congress
owing 10 the tariff legislation havfr~
the right OF way