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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
GOES TO TIL {, JUR 7
ADOLPH LUETGERT'S FATE IN THE.
HANDS OF HIS PEERS.
me prosecuting Attorney Concludes.
HIS Argument After Which Judse.,
Auth1n Delivers His Charge to the.
- Attorneys on Both Sides.
We're Confident of Verdict E,-
s. Voraole to Their Sidc-The Publfe-
Looks for n Disagreement.

Chicago, Oct. 19-The fate of Adolpl1
lAuetgert. accused of numbering his:
wife and dissolving the body in a vat
Tiled with caustic potash is now in
the hands of the jury Judge TuthilE
finished his charge to the jury at 4:45
and live minutes later the i1ry filed
out and was locked in the Jury room
Supper was sent into them a short
time later, and after it had been dis
posed OF they set earnestly to work on
the evidence. Judge Tuthill took I'D
quarters near the criminal court build
Ing in order to be within easy call if 4
verdict should be reached during the
night. At midnight not a word of any
sort had come from the Jury room.
Rumors of 10 to 2 for conviction and
later OF 10 to 2 for acquittal foated
around, but there was no authority for
either story. The attorneys on both
sides were confident at midnight of Il
verdict favorable to their side. while,
the opinion of the Eublic was turning
toward disagreement.
Ihe latest information from the iury-
room was to the effect that a disa-
Sreement had taken place. both sides.
being obdurate and the chances for an,
agreement being very slight The ma.
!orlty OF the jury is with the state and
DESTROYS of a conviction. Just how
the jury stands could not be learned.
but it is now generally thought that
the final outcome will be disa gree.
ment
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

impossible. Several times, however.
he rallied, but toward night began to
sink. During the night there were
feeble rallies, but they did not last
long. Sunday morning it was seen
that the end was but a few hours OIL
and his attendants remained almost
constantly at his bedside. The end
came quietly. The extreme heat Of
Saturday and Friday had much to do
with fastening death. On Friday Mr..
Dana showed signs of distress and
everything possible was done to relieve
him.
He had been weakened by his long
Illness, and during the summer was
several times thought to be- on the
verge of a fatal collapse, but each
time rallied. He did not improve much
with the coming of cool weather and
the sinking spells became more fire.
quent. On Friday he was able to
take only the lightest nourishment,
and this condition continued. Paul
Dana and his sisters, Mrs. Draper,
Mrs. Underhill and Mrs. Branan, were
at his home on Saturday morning and
we're warned to remain there. They
were at the bedside when death came.
The cause of Mr.. Dana's death was
crrhosis of the liver On June 8 he
was at his office apparently strong and
healthy. The next day he was taken
i'll and he never afterward visited New
York. He was 79 years DID,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Personal Mention,

?. e. Studebaker, the carrlagenaker
Of South Bend, Ind. died at the SAM
tarium at Alma, Mich.
D. G. Fairchild has been appointed
to have charge of the seed and plant
importation division of the department
Of agriculture.
Capt. James B. White. ex-congress-
man, died at Fort Wayne, Ind. He
was one of the Wealthiest and most
prominent business men in Northern
Indiana.
Lieut.. Commander D. Kennedy has
been ordered to duty as inspector of
the Eleventh lighthouse district at De-
tro.t upon the detachmane of Commo-
dore Folger.
The London Post announces that a
marriage has been arranged between
Count Charles Seilern and Miss Antoin-
cite Woerishoffer, daughter Of the late
Charles WOerishoffer of New York.
Rev. Father L. f. Kearney, D. p,
of st. Thomas church, GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
has been elected provincial If the Do
minican Order in the United States.
This is the highest dignity that can be
conferred in the order.
Thomas William Adams, who was
prominent in the Tammany society a.
years ago, and who was chairman Of
the committee which escorted the body
of President Monroe to Richmond, Va,
died at his home in Brooklyn, aged Is
years.
Thomas w. Adams, who was prom
inent in the Tammany society forty
five years ago and who was chairman
OF the committee which escorted the
body of President Monroe to Rich-
mond, Va, died at his home in Brook
lyn, aged seventy-five years.
Horatio c. King has been nominated
for congress by the Shepherd or indie
pendent Democracy Of the Third dis
trict of New York, where a vacancy ex-
lists in consequence of Francis Fl. Viii
sons resignation to accept the post
mastership 1T Brooklyn
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Accidental HappenInEs-

George Conklin, a hacklnan, was
Killed i'll runaway at Mason City.
Iowa.
Wallace and Viola Sedo, aged -four
and two. died at Black Greek, Wis. as
result of eating poisonous berries in
the woods.
An explosion in tunnel ON the Mex
lean National railroad ait Monterey,
Mex, killed four men and injured
ten others.
While Eli Stedn1an of Wrightsville.
Wis.,, was hunting, his ;gun was dis
charged and his head was blown to
fragments He was about twenty
years old
Roy lIongley, sixteen year-o1d Doy,
was fatally injured in runaway at
Mlssoula, Mont, and died one hour
alter the accident. He was driving a
team which became frightened at
switch engine
"A little girl about five years old, a
daughter of Fred Hannah, q farmer
near Prescott, Wis. was burned to
death, her clothes catching fire from a
burning straw stack around which she
was playing.
Mrs. Emma MaIm of Omaha WAN
dered away from home at Corning.
Iowa, and cannot be found. Sire was
forty-three years old. The authorities
are dragging all ponds and rivers inn
the vicinity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
The Mad ME!Iah '-Tha praat m

The Mad MIllah. THE great mu-
tiny in India forty years ago was large
Iy indicated by the preaching of a ia
natical priest, the Moulyie of Fyzabad.
Another fanatical priest, the so-called
Mad Mullah," or Moulvie, of Haddah
is the most conspicuous leader in the
present troubles on the northwestern
frontier OF India. He expects a power
full influence over the Momand and 9TH
ar Mohammedan tribes, and the Brit
sh agent at Cabul estimates his disci-
pies at one hundred thousand. The
home of the Mullah, who is otherwise
known as Najam-uddin Ahkoond-zada.
that is, disciple of the Akhoond,-is
at Haddah, in the Jelelabad district.
He was active in fomenting the hos
Utility to the English which was the
cause of the Chitral expedition of 1895.
Lately he has been preaching a holy
war against them, and he led in person
the tribesmen who attacked Mainland
last month.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

The Boston subway, one of the most
interesting experiments in under
ground rapid transit, was opened, in
part, September first. The section in
use is somewhat less than a mile long,
and extends from the entrance in the
public Garden to the corner of Park
and fremont streets. 1t is practically
an underground street, holding part
Of the way four tracks, and a part of
The way two, SO constructed that there
is no crossing of tracks at the same
grade. Fourteen street car lines, run
ming ninety cars an hour, are using it,
to the great relief of surface travel
on fremont and Boylston streets.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Otherwise.

Many farmers near Belle PLANE.
kas., report that grasshoppers are do
ing considerable damage to growing
wheat this fall.
The Methodist conference. before
adjournment at Dubuque, Iowa, voted
almost unanimously in favor of equal
lay representation.
Miss Clara Barton, president Of the
American Red Cross society, has re-
turned from the international Red
Gross conference at Vienna. ...5r=
lit is said that a party of wealthy
friends have offered to buy a 100000
hotel at Dawson City, Alaska, and es-
tablish Jim Corbett as manager.
Forty head Of b1ooded cattle on
Hackerett & Fife1d's ranch, near AL
ton, Has, died from eating volunteer
growth sorghum sugar cane recently.
The Degroff Bros forty-acre lease
of lead and zinc lands, and their big
concentrating plant at Empire, Kas.,
have been sold to syndicate for
$4,000 cash.
s Grasshoppers and chinch bugs in
large numbers are reported in the
south part of Dickinson county. Kan
sas, doing much damage in the fields
OF new wheat.
Nebraska grain men predict that at
least 200000,000 bushels of the states
corn crop will be stored, and not be
placed on the market until next years
crop is assured.
A. r. Love, justice Of the peace at
Macon, Mo-, will give a solid silver
spoon, engraved with the brides name
and date of ceremony to each couple
married by him before New Years.
There is a great dearth Of cotton
pickers in Noble, Payne and Lincoln
counties, O. T.. The farmers report
that they could furnish employment
to 5000 cotton pickers for the next
month.
The bimetallic commissioners who
remain in Europe are enjoying a holt
day while waiting for the reply Of the
British government to their proposals.
Senator and Mrs. Wolcott are in Carls-
bad, and ex-Vice President Stevenson
and Miss Stevenson are sojourning il
Paris r. s -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
COASTER WRECKED.
Two Hundred Lives Lost or the Gu
ban CnaAt

w VAunurSu Lives Lost Off the Gu.
ban Coast.
Havana, Oct. 10. - The coasting
steamer Triton, from Havana to Bahia.
province of .Pinar del Rio, has been
wrecked between Dominica and Mariel
on the north coast of that province.
The steamer went ashore during heavy
weather, grounding eight miles from
the coast. The: purser and one of the
passengers have arrived at Mariel.
They say they have no knowledge re-
garding the fate of the captain, pas
sengers, soldiers and civilians, and the
thirty members of the crew of the
Triton. The missing passengers in
ciude several well known merchants.
1t is said that the Triton had on board
over 2OO passengers, soldiers and civil
ians, and it is feared they have all per
lshed, IN addition to the thirty men Of
the steamers crew. Among those who
were lost were two navy and two
army officers, a commissary official and
Seventy-seVen pr1vates. On board the
Triton We're $31, 900 in silver to he
used for the payment of the Spanish
imllltary forces. The Triton, it is
stated, was overloaded. She carried a
large quantity Of groceries and ammu-
nitlon and had On board ninety-three
rlnes tor the government troops.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

1t has been estimated, says the Loco
motive Firemen's Magazine, that the
present producing capacity of the world
Is such. by the aid of improved ma
ehinery, that if operated to it's full ex-
tent ten hours per day sufficient can
be produced in six months to sunn1v
the worlds demand for one year. This
being the condition with which the
people are confronted, it remains for
them to provide some means of greatly
increasing these demands ,or else so
control methods of production that all
who depend upon labor for means of
subsistence shall have an opportunity
to secure employment. If half of the
population by working ten hours or
more day can produce sufficient to
supply the demand of the entire popu
latlon, and this half insists on retain
ing monopoly of employment, what
is to become Of the other half-the half
who are unemployed? There are but
three courses to pursue: Those who
earn wages must contribute as charity
sufficient to sustain the unemploved.
The employed can Join with the unem-
ployed in dividing such EMPLOYMENT so
hat all may work ten hours or more
per day for half the number of DAYS.
Or. as Is now advanced by trade union.
ISIS, the remedy can be found by short
ening the hours of labor, SO that all tho
people can find some employment az
The time. ..u
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
KISSING RACE.
Lover Tries to Take 10000 In Ten

Lover Tries to Take 10000 in Ten
Hours.
Berlin, Oct. 18.-The Muncher Mach
richten records the experience Of a
young German who undertook to es-
tablish a kissing record. He gained
his sweetheart's consent, the terms be-
ing that he should take 10000 kisses
from her lips in ten hours with a brief
interval for refreshments every half
hour. Umpires were appointed, and
the attempt to make the record began.
The young man secured 1000 kisses
the first hour, and 1000 in the second.
He had reached $50 in the third hour
when his lips became paralyzed and
he became unconscious.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Criminal.

May Darling tried to kill Attorney
IoWell at Cleveland, alleging that he
ruined her.
Fred Hicken was placed in Jail at
ronu du Lac, Wis.,, on a charge of
having beaten his ive-year-old son to
death.
IN light between settlers and shep-
herds in Long Valley, WASH, 4 man
named Barber was killed and several
persons injured -.
jerry Mahoney, dock laborer, was
found with a broken skull back of a
saloon at Marquette, Mich. A Jury de-
clded that he was murdered. There is
no clue. -
John Lenning, a notorious cattle
rustler VINO has operated in Montana
ana Idaho, was captured at French.
Town, Mlssoula county, Mont, by Sher-
III Mclaughlin, and lodged in iail.
1t is reported on good authority that
Ole Bargett, a wealthy farmer nine
niles south of Glenwood, Wis. was
killed by his wife by striking him on
the head with an AK
Nicholas Burbach. an ex-rJnited
States soldier recently honorably dis
charged from Fort Sheridan. com.
mltted suicide at Chicago by shooting
himself in the temple. It is believed
that Burbach had been dissipating
since his recent discharge.
At Four Mile-House, a notorious re-
sort near Fort Missoula, Mont, Dick
Phlllips, of Company r, Twenty fifth
1nfan try, shot and fatally wounded Zoe
Moore, prostitute. Jealousy led to
the shooting. The woman will recoy
er, Phillips is in jail. '.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Petroleum Springs on Fire.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 49, A dispatch
from Baku, on the peninsula of Ap-
sheron, on the west coast of the Cas-
plan sea, a center Of the great oil pro-
ducing region in European Russia.
says that a petroleum spring at Ro-
many, suburb of Bal1u, caught fire.
The fire spread quickly to other springs:
in the vicinity until the whole valley
was a sea of flames. The losses are
enormous and the fires are still burn
ing. -Four springs and twenty-three
bore-holes have been DESTROYED. as,
we'll as several magazines and houses.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Foreign Notes.

There is a report at London tina,
France will try to annex Siam.
The Reichs bank, Berlin, has raised
it's rate of discount from to 5 per
! cent. 49,.
The president has appointed Rafael
Madrigal of Maryland United States
consul at Cartagena, Colombia.
The budget committee of the French
chamber of deputies has voted to in.
crease the standing army by 10000.
The reichsrath censured the Ger.
man Nationalist Iro and the anti.
Semitic GregOries for insulting each
other during debate in the house.
The sultan has appointed the minis
ter Of foreign affairs, Tewfik Pasha, as
the plenipotentiary of Turkey to ne
gotiate the defective peace treaty with
Greece.
The municipal expenses of London
are $7O,OO,OOO. The municipal ex-
penses of Paris are $65,OOO,OOO The
municipal expenses of New York are
$40, 100000, !
The Bank of England has raised the
price of eagles a half-penny per ounce.
This, and it's raising of the price of
bar gold will avert it is expected. a
further advance on the bank rate this
week.
Attorney General McKenna has sus-
tanned the customs officials in their
contention that diamonds imported
into this country from another country
not contiguous to Canada must paw a
discriminating duty of 10 per cent.
The British government will be I'M
able to fulfill the promise Of the chan,
cellor OF the eNchequer to give the
United States silver commissioners a
reply early during the present month.
Line British want fuller details.
"A deputation from the town of Gas.
reIfane, in Basses-Alpes-o on the Verden,
France, has invited Comte Boniface de
Castellane to contest it's parliamentary
seat at the next election against NJ.
Francois Delocie, the we'll known
deputy.
The transfer of the congressional
library from the capitol to the new
library building has been completed.
The library has been closed since the
LIST of August, and it is now claimed
that the removal, with the incidental
displacement and packing of books.
papers, ETC., is the quickest ever made
IN 80 extensive "a library.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Madrid says: Commissioned
secretary by the queen regent, Father
Colonna, well known Jesuit. has re-
Gently visited Barcelona and distribut-
ed gifts to the widows and children Of
anarchists executed at Montjuich fort
ress in recent years.
That the British government is at it's
wits end to secure the additional 49,
600 men which parliament will be
asked to- add to the permanent strength
of the army, is shown by the plan
elaborated by the war office, by which
the volunteers of Great Britain will be
liable for service abroad in case of
war.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
CHARLES A. DANA, OF THE NEW
YORK sun, is DEAD.
The Distinguished Editor Brenthe.
His Last at His Home in Glen
Cove, L. Hills Death HAD Been
Expected for Several Hours ana
He Was Surrounded by the Menu
bers Of His Family When the End
Came-He Had Been Failing for
Several Months. ~E.. #~ IT,. ~ s.,.

New York, Oct. 18-Charles A. Dana,
editor Of the New York Sun, died at
his home in Glen Cove, L. l., yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Dana's death had been
expected for several hours and his
family and physicians were at his bed
side when the end came. His condi-
ton had been such for several months
that the members of his family have
kept themselves in constant readiness
to 60 to his bedside at any moment.
On Saturday morning he had a relapse
and it was apparent that recovery was
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Washington Talk.

Assistant Secretary of War Mikel-
john left Washington on tour of in
spection of military posts in the West
Before returning to Washington he ex-
poets to visit all the headquarters Of
the military departments Of Dakota,
Platte, Columbia, California and Tex
as, and intermediate army posts and
stations.
The bureau of foreign commerce Of
the state department is just now bust
ly engaged in the preparation for pub
licatiOn OF the volume known as
Commercial Relations of the United
States" embodying annual reports
from United States cOnsuls in every
country in the world upon the trade
conditions in their respective districts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Another Fire in Nova Scotia.

Halifax, n. s., Oct. 19.-News of an
other serious fire was received from:
Yarmouth county, where bushing fires;
have been raging since Saturday, en-
dangerlng a number of small villages;
ana many lives Flames yesterday at
tackled Comean's Hill, a small coast
settlement, twelve miles from var
mouth town, destroying eleven dwell
ings and a number of barns and out
buildings, sparing only one house. At
Forbes Point fire, which caught from
the burning woods, destroyed a church
and one house. Fires are burning
close to Chegoggin and Plymouth.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
ALGER TAKES ACTION.

Issues an Order Anent the Alleged
Scandal at Fort Sheridan,
Washington, Oct. 1S.-Secretary Alc-
er, after a further consultation with
the president and with Gen. Miles, has
issued an order to Gen. Brooke at Chi
cago in relation to the case of Capt. T..
A. Lowering, Fourth infantry, who is
charged with the ill-treatment of Pri-
vate Hammond at Fort Sheridan. The
order is withheld from publication un-
til it reaches Gen. Brooke, but it is be-
lieved that it directs the trial OF the Of
fcer by court martial.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

An east end of London boy of eight
years who was put on the witness stand
said he did not know what lie was.
DO you go to SCHOOL," Yes, sir"
Don't they teach you that it is wrong
to tell lies?' mo, sir" What do
they teach you, them" Sums, SIR
What a picture of a mechanical edu-
cation which cares for figures and not
for faith; for marks and not for man
illness; for catch question more than
for a clear setting forth of the fun
damentals of morality!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
SufCide in mil

OelWein, Iowa, Oct. 1S.-E. J. Nevil-
Ter, living near West Union, stole ten
head of cattle near Randalia, drove
them to this place and sold them. The
Sheriff notified the city marshal to ar
rest him. The marshal began search
Ing him when he quickly pulled a re-
volver from his overcoat pocket and
shot himself.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

Wilhelmina, the young girl who will
presently be queen of Holland, refuses
TO marry the prince her mother picked
out for her and insists on choosing her
own time for marrying and likewise
the man who is to be her husband.
That is sheer rebellion. No prospective
queen and no real queen has any right
10 such privileges. They are reserved
solely for the young sovereigns of the
world who have nothing to do with af
fairs of state.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Br1an Honors Hts Mother,s Memorx.

BrFnn HonOrs HIS MOther's Memory,
Benton, ILL.,, Oct. 49,. - w. J. Bryan
has offered large sum Of money to
Ewing college, to be known as the
Mary Elizabeth Bryan prize fund. The
income is to be used annually during
commencement week in cash prizes for
the best essays on the science of gov
eminent. Mr.. Bryan's mother was
student at Ewing college. She was
principal of the young ladies' school,
and resigned on account of ill health.
Mr.. Bryan's sister was also student
there. Judge Silas Bryan was strong
supporter of the school. Ewing is a
Baptist college,. -. :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
Conclusions on Lenrosx

Berlin, Oct. 1S.-The sessions of the
international leprosy conference have
closed with the recording of the con-
illusions unanimously reached. They
are as follows: The leprosy bacillus
Is the true cause of the disease. Man
is the only animal in which this bac-
illus exists. Leprosy is contagious.
but not hereditary. The isolation of
patients is desirable, and, under cir
cunstances such as exist in Norway,
should be compulsory.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
KILLED BY HIGHNAYMEN,
Man Resisted the Demand for
Money and WnS Shot

"A VNuAa Ncs1SteU the demand for
Money and Was Shot.
Dayton, Ohio, Oct 19-Julius Kreuse,
a butcher, was shot and instantly
killed by highwayman within a quar-.
ter of a mile of his home on the Bea-
vertown pike south OF Dayton. Mr.
kreuse, after closing his place of bust
ness in this city, started in company,
with his wife and sister-in-law for
home in an open wagon. Three men:
sprang from behind straw stack at:
the roadside. One grasped the horses:
head, another stepped to the wagon
and, leVeling his revolver at Mrs..
kreuse, demanded money Mr. Kreuse,.
who sat on the seat behind his wife.
replied with threat In an instant
the highwayman turned his weapon
upon kreuse and fired. The ball struck
him in the pit of the stomach and he
fell dead: The three men fed.
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Bryan Denies 1t.

chicago, Oct. 10. Referring to the.
belief expressed by the followers of
Henry George that recent utterances:
OF w. }: Bryan indicated his support
OF the George ticket in the Greater,
New York campaign, Mr.. Bryan wired
the following to the Associated Press:
Il nave not expressed. any opinion in:
regard to the New York mayoralty
campal gn and don't care to express
any opinion in regard to it,