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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
SCHOONER IN DISTRESS.
Revenue Cutters Ordered to Go to
Her Assistunce

Revenue Cutters Ordered to Go to
Her Assistance.
Washington. May 1.-THE secretary
of the treasury has received 4 telegram
from the North American Commercial
company at San francisco, stating
that the schooner Gen. Sigi:n. one Of
their vessels, with eleven lives aboard
and considerable treasure and mer-
chandise. was seen on May 5 derelect
about 100 miles west of Queen Char
lotte island, British Columbia. One
body was distinctly seen dashed to the
helm. The secretary was asked to
send q cutter in search of the missing
vessel. This request was repeated in
a telegram signed by the San Francis
CO chamber of commerce, the Union
Iron works and the collector of the
port at San Francisco. In compliance
with these requests Capt. Shoemaker,
chief Of the revenue cutter service, has
directed the cutter Perry, now at Port
Townsend. to proceed at once to the
point indicated, and, if necessary, to
cruise in the vicinity for ten days.
The Corwin is also directed to sail at
once and assist in the search. The
Grant and the Rush in their cruise
north also will aid in the work. If the
Siglin is afloat it is very probable that
she will be found within the next few
days.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
SENSATION AT OTTUMwA.
The Alleged EldOn Bank Robbie
Implicated in Other Crimes.

The Alleged Eldon Bank Robbers
Implicated in Other Crimes.
Ottumwa.N Iowa, May 14.-The arrest
of Dick Dodd of this city and City
Marshal Stevens Of Eldon for the rob-
berry of the Eldon bank has been fol-
lowed with many sensations. In
searching Dodd the police found a
pocket knife with the name of James
l.. Ayelsworth On it. Aylesworth was
travelling man who came to this city
April 16 and was sandbagged and
robbed of number Of valuables. He
was badly injured and died at his
home in Chicago a few days after
ward. When Dodd was asked where
he obtained the knife he told a story
that led the police to believe that he
was in collision with a gang Of young
highwaymen, several Of whom are
from prominent OttuEwa families, and
the arrest Of Fred CRUDE. Jerry Devol
and James Ricrdan quickly followed.
Other arrests are expected. These
young men were seen with Ayelsworth
in several saloons on the night Of the
tragedy Ayelsworth's diamond ring,
which was pawned by Riordan in Bur-
lington, has been located.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
TRESTLE GAVE WAY
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A PASSENGER
TRAIN.
Fifteen Persons, Passengers and
Trainmen, Were Injured-Two of
Them Are Not Expected to Live
Cars Plunged Down Twenty Feet
The TrestIe Had Been Weak
ened by the Heavy Rains

Ardmore, Ind. T., May ia south
bound passenger train on the Santa
Fe road, known as the Chicago & Gal
weston express, went through a trestle
sixteen miles south of here. Fifteen
persons, passengers and trainmen,
were injured. Several Of these are
seriously hurt, and it is believed that
two will die. The accident occurred
near the town of Marietta. A heavy
rainstorm, amounting almost to a
waterspout, caused a sudden rise of all
the streams in that vicinity. The acct
dent occurred at point where deep,
narrow gulch was spanned by wood
en- trestle. The foundation work sup
porting this trestle was undermined
by the sudden rise of the stream which
flows through the gulch, and the
trestle went down under the heavy
weight of the train. So great was
the speed of the train, however, that
the engine and tender, the express,
mail and baggage cars and one pas
senger coach passed over the narrow
-chasm, though the trucks of several Of
the cars went to the bottom, twenty
feet below. The coach next to the
last, the one Immediately in front of
the Pullman, was left standing direct
~ over Inc cudSHl, one emu IeSllHS Ou
each end of the gulch. The Pullman
remained on the track The four
coaches which were dragged by the
locomotive across the broken trestle
were badly wrecked. The baggage
car telescoped with the passenger
coach. which was the smoker, and the
latter was all but demolished. The
NEST of the injured were riding on
these coaches. J. NJ. Grider the Wells
Fargo express messenger, was so badly
crushed by heavy car chest that he
cannot live. e. 7. Sparks of Oakman.
Ind. T., was crushed in the wreck of
the smoker and is MORALLY injured.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
More Chicago Is.

Chicago, May 1.-THE special grand
jury has been Investigating the af-
fairs of the grain inspectors office, the
Globe Savings bank and the private
banking firm of e. S. Dreyer & Co.,
which went down in the crash of the
National Bank Of Illinois several
months ago, has voted indictments
against E. S. Dreyer, Robert Berger,
Dreyers partner, Carl Moll, ex-cashier
of the National Bank of Illinois, and
Adolph Nissen. The indictments
charge Dreyer with the embezzlement
of $40, 900 Of West Park board funds,
receiving deposits after knowing the
bank to be insolvent, and obtaining
money under false pretences on mort
gage deals. Berger is charged with re-
ceiving deposits knowing the bank to
be insolvent, and obtaining money I'M
der false pretences. Nissen is charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, and Moll with illgal disposition
of public funds.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
Arctic Exploration.

The Swedish government has made
official announcement of the purpose of
Prof. Andree to start from Danes
island near Spitzbergen, about the end
of June with his balloon in search of
the North Pole, and has requested Off
Gals in high ATTITUDES to report the
balloon if sighted. The government is
giving Prof. Andree's project hearty
support, and as his balloon house at
Danes Island is already complete and
much of his equipment is there. the
annoying delays of last year which
caused the abandonment of the attempt
should be avoided Lieutenant Peary's
plan for attempting to reach the Pole
by succession of sledge journeys with
bases of supplies for line of retreat,
annually renewed by vessels sent out
for that purpose, has been approved by
the council of the American Geographic
cal society and aid promised.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
a PEEP INTO AFRICA.
Marco Polo's Account of the Nafiy

Marco Polo's Account of the Natives
and the Animals.
s The eastern coast of Africa was an
Unknown region in Marco Polo's day,
and when he had travelled so far to
the southern end of Asia that he be-
gan to get glimpses of Africa he could
not believe that he heard reports from
the eastern side Of that continent-of
Whlch ne already knew something, as
It formed the southern border of the
y sea, says st. Nicholas.
50 ne speaks of Madagascar (Which he
calls Madeigascar) and Zanzibar
(which he calls Zanghibar) as though
tney were parts of India. Il we re-
member that Marco was the first writ
er' European or Asiatic, to mention
Madagascar by that name, and almost
The nrst to give the world any infor-
nation concerning that unknown land,
we may excuse the fact that his geog-
raphy is sometimes mixed. But his
description Of the people and the ami
hals OF eastern Africa are pretty ac-
curate, as may be seen: They are all
olack, their hair is as black as pep
per and so frizzly that even with wa
ter you can scarcely straighten it.
ana their mouths are SO large, their
noses SO turned up, their lips SO thick,
| the1r eyes so big and bloodshot, that
they look like very devils; they are in
| lact SO hideously ugly that the world
nas nothing to show more horrible.
mere are also lions that are black
ana quite different from ours. And
tnelr sheep are all exactly alike in coll
| OF the body all white and the head
.piacK! no other kind of sheep is foued
there, you may rest assured They
| nave also many giraffes This is a
beautiful creature and must give you
d description of it. It's body is shert
ana somewhat sloped to the rear for
us hlnd legs are short while the fore
legs and the neck are both very long,
ana thus its head stands about three
PAGES f1om the ground. The head is
small and the animal is not at all MS
cnleVous. It's color is all red and white
I IN round spots and it is really a beau
tl1ul object The women of this island
are the ugliest in the world, with their
great mouths and big eyes and thick
noses. The people live on rice and
nesh and milk and dates, and they
make Wine OF dates and of rice and of
good spices and sugar. There is a
great deal of trade and many mer-
chants and vessels go thither."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
"A Second Jim BIudso.

An incident realizing John Hays IA
nous story of Jim Bludso, engineer Of
the Prairie Belle, who held her nozzle
agin the bank till the last galoot', was
ashore, has occurred on the Chatta-
hooche river in the wreck of the steam
er Griggs. The steamer struck a snag
and ripped open her bottom. She be-
gan to fill and the pilot headed her to
a sandbar, while the engineer crowded
on all steam, though the water was al
ready running over a portion of her
deck. Reaching the sandbar the yes
sci careened and the water rushing in.
caught the brave engineer at his post
in the engine room. He died there.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
A DISCRIMINATING DOG.
Crafty Canine Which Fastened the

Crime.
is something of an honor to be
a governors dog, but there is a ca
nine out in Missouri which is entitled
to fame from not only that official
standpoint, but by reasons of his
own making, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. Fritz, for that is the dogs
name, belongs to Gov. Stevens of Mis-
souri,, or Lon" Stevens, as he is
known from Kansas to the Mississippi
river. The governor is a good deal
OF a wonder in his way himself, and
the dog patterns after him. Before be-
coming governor Mr. Stevens was
state treasurer and to this day Fritz
is not reconciled to the fact of his
master changing from the treasurer's
to the governors Office. So he will
go each day to the former place, climb
into the treasurer's chair and howl
dismally because of the change. Some
days ago, just before the governor was
going to entertain number of state
! officials, four "trustees''-that is, con-
victs from the penitentiary who were
on their good behavior-all negroes,
were utilized to arrange the furniture
in the parlors. Fritz exhibited mark
ed antipathy to the quartet, showing
particular dislike to one convict. The
following day it was found that $3.50
| worth of silver plate was missing
Search of the prisoners cells at the
penitentiary revealed the fact that
the negro convict whom Fritz had dis
liked so thoroughly had stolen the sill
yer and secreted it in his CELL There
are plenty Of other stories about Fritz
and every one of them goes to show
that, small terrier though he is, he
possesses more intelligence than many
human beings
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
Forrer Plead. Gu,Itx.

Fort Wayne, Ind, May IA. Charles
+. Moore. the noted forger. check raiser
and draft manipulation, who has swim
died banks and building and loan as
sociations in many cities Of the United
States during the past three years, has
entered a plea Of guilty to the charge
of forgery and was sentenced under
the new law to do time from two to
fourteen wears
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
NOT A TREspASSER.
Willow River C1uh SE;t Decided for
- lof

Willow River Cluh sEit Decided for
tite Defendant.
Hudson, Wis, May 14.-The suit for
trespass brought by the Willow River
club against Frank Wade was con-
Guided here and Judge Bailey acquitted
the defendant. He decided that any
person reaching the stream from a
highway and fishing in it from a boat
was rot a trespasser, even when with
in the boundary lines Of the persons
owning the land upon both sides of
the river and owning the bottom Of
the river. An appeal will be taken. as
this is test case which both parties
now think they will get before the SUI
preme court on it's legal merits
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
Cause of the Paris Calamity,

Paris, May 1.-THE origin of the fire
on may 4, at the charity bazaar on the
Rue Jean Goujon seems to have been
established. A man named Bellac, an
employe Of the Cinematograph booth
of the fair, has confessed to have ac-
cidentally caused the confiagration.
Bellac explained that finding the cine
matograph lamp burning badly, he
tried to fill it with ether. In order to
be able to see better, he struck match
and the vapors ignited and instantly
spread to the hangings around the APP
paratus. Bellac ana his assistant have
been allowed their liberty PROVISIONAL
w. "~r ~ -#y
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20

Yankton. S. D.. May lathe. grand
lodge Of A. 0. U. W. of South Dakota
has elected these officers: J. T. Smith,
grand master workman, Yankton; j.
D. Howard, foreman, Sioux Falls;
Henry Court, oyerseer, Spearfish: ].
D. LAWN, recorder, Aberdeen; f. P.
Farr, receiver, Pierre; S. C. Cornell.
guide, Arlington; j Ohm Reierson, inside
Waterman, Mitchell; w. G. McPher-
son, outside Waterman, Milbank; Rich
ard Williams, trustee, Langford; J.
D. LAWN, Fl. E. McNutt, Aberdeen, and
]. Z. Smith. Yankton, representatives.
Sioux Falls was selected as the place
of the next meeting
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
Beet Sugar Seed Scarce.

Washington, May 1.-THE beet sugar
seed which the agricultural depart
ment has been distributing is practi-
cally exhausted, about 10000 pounds
having been sent out to farmers in
about four-ifths of the states. The
seed has been distributed in packages
of from an ounce to half pound,
purely from experimental purposes.
The beets grown from the seed will be
analysed and the saccharine matter
determined to ascertain where beets
can be proftably grown for the pro
duction of sugar.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
BUCKEYES ESCAPE.
Bribery Trial Dismissed on Acce

Bribery Trial Dismissed on Account
of Tecbnicniity.
Helena, Mont, May 14-Judge Smith
has dismissed the indictment pending
against Martin Buckley, the expelled
member Of the legislature, accused Of
accepting brides during the session of
the legislature. The county attorney
said he could not convict the defend
ant the law in effect being that a
person testifying before the grand jury
on a matter for which he afterwards
is indicted, as in Buckley's case can
not be tried for the offense.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. His Creed.

Fargo, N. D., May 17.-Among the
divorces granted was one to Rev. Fred
erick Southgate Hopkins from Sue u.
Hopkins. The plaintiff is an Episco-
palan minister at Larchmont, N. Y,
and his divorce attracted considerable
attention, as it is in direct opposition
to the tenets Of his church to secure di-
VOrceS and remarry
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
Stolen Money Found.

Albert Lea. Mimi, May IA. The
packages Of money stolen from the.
United States Express company have
been found. Only one had been
opened. The thieves undoubtedly hid
the money. expecting to return for it
when the scare was over
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20

Richmand, Va, May 14.-The tobac-
co board of trade of Richmond has
passed a resolution declaring that the
increase on tobacco proposed in the
senate tariff bill will be hurtful if not
disastrous to the tobacco manufacture
ers as well as the growers of the leaf.
The resolution requests the Virginia
congressional delegation to oppose the
proposed schedule
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
TO DEFEAT DOODLE.


Charged That $4,000 Will Be Spent
in Des NiOines for Fraud.
Des Moines, May 14.-There will be
the liveliest kind of a time in this city
for few days more over the special
election next Monday to decide wheth-
er Des Moines will allow an Eastern
firm to construct an electric plant, sell
light to the city for $4,000 a year for
six years and then turn over a plant
worth 100000 for nothing. Mayor
MacVicar charges that the other cleo
trio companies, which have grown fat
off city contracts, will spend $4,000
to beat the project.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
heath Bed Marriage.

& Windsor, Ont, May 19.-Ihe case OF
William II. Jewell. the. deceased IN
surance man of Detroit, who married
Miss Florence ,McDonagh. niece of
Sir John CARING, on his deathbed last
week, is causing much excitement
here on account of the disparity OF the
ages of the contracting parties. Pre-
8vious to their marriage Jewell had
transferred his insurance policies to
the young lady and his will has been
made in her favor.
TO Pave the Way for nm Income Tax
Washington, May 10. Representa-
tive Cochran of Missouri has intro
duced resolution for submitting to
the legislatures Of the states an
amendment to the constitution, which
follows: An income tax shall not be
construed as direct tax within the
meaning Of section 2 and section 8 ct
article / of the constitution, but the
E congress shall have power to lay and
collect n tax on incomes derived from
any source whatever without regard
I to apportionment or ennmera ton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
Flour Mill for SauIx RAPIDS.

Sank Rapids, Mimi, May IA A
movement is on foot among leading
business men Of this place to form q
stock company to build $4,000 -four
mill here this summer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
Charity.

Neither man nor woman can live by
bread alone, and the bread of charity
is no more nourishing than the other
varieties. Mary r. Plummer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-20
siciIinn Eartbo,alxe.,

Rome, May 17.-Advices are received
from Trapani, 4 town Of Sicily, that
an earthquake shock occurred there.
The record-union., 1897-07-21
Keeping Up Appearances.

A performance of THE Barber was
being given in honor of Rossini in the
local theater. While the overture was
in full swing, he noticed a huge trum-
net in the orchestra, manifestly blown
with remarkable force and continuity
bv a member of the band; but not
sound in the least akin to the tone or
that instrument could be heard. AT
the close of the performance, he in
terviewed the conductor, and asked
him to explain the purpose of the noise
less trumpet He answered: Macs
tro. in this town there is not living
soul who can play the trumpet; there
fore 1 specially engaged an artist to
hold one up to his lips, binding him
by an oath not to blow into it, for it
looks well to have a trumpet in an or
chestra ''-Argonaut.
The record-union., 1897-07-21
Discovery of Oil Painting.

The total absence of all, even Incl
dental, reference among classic authors
to oil painting may be considered con-
elusive evidence that the ancients were
unacQuainted with the art. 1t is known,
however, from the frequent allusions to
them, that during three centuries ante
cedent to the technical perfection dis
played in the works of the brothers
Van Eyck there were what we may
consider tentative efforts in oil paint
ing. And so distinct is the evidence Of
the practice of oil painting long before
the beginning of the fifteenth century
when the Van EyckS f1ouriShed-that
the account of their invention or dis
covery, by Vasari the Italian biogra-
pher of artists, even understood re-
strictedly, has been denied altogether.
1t appears, however, that oil painting
was at first only employed for coloring
standards, banners and pennons with
heraldic devices, and for the subor-
dinate complementary and decorative
parts of pictures such, for instance.
as draperies and accessories. And no
examples Of figures or pictures in the
modern sense of the term, entirely exc
cuted in oil, before the time of the Van
EyckS, can De proved TO exist, NOT -
there a distinct record of such works
having been executed. AS might. there
fore, have been expected, research has
shown that the Van Eycks are entit-
led to our gratitude; not, indeed, for
having created the art, but for remov-
ing disqualifications which untitled 1t
to compete with, much less supersede,
the ordinary tempera-the egg vehicle
of the mediaeval painters. - Harper's
Round Table.
The record-union., 1897-07-21
Green
Shoes for
Children.

We have just received the latest
novelty in Shoes for misses, chill
dren and ir1fants-neat dark green
and in the latest style. Here are
the sizes and prices:
Infants Fine Kid Button Shoes,
new shade of green, neat square
toes and tips. Sizes to 6 and all
widths. Price, 81.
Children's Fine Kid Button
Shoes, new shade of winter green.
neat coin toe and tip. Flexible
turned soles and spring heels.
Sizes, 5 to 8. All widths. Price,
ST IS.
Misses Fine Kid Lace Shoes,
in a quiet but stylish green color.
New coin toe last, with kid tips of
the green leather. Sizes, II to 2.
Price, So 20.
The record-union., 1897-07-21
JEWELLERS IN CLIFFS.
AN ANCIENT ARIZONA VILLAGE
TO BE RESTORED.
It Will Give Visitors an idea How
These Wonderful People
Lived.

For the first time in modern history
by the cliff dwellers is to be made ac-
cessible to the public, and not only that.
but it is to be restored as nearly as
possible to its original appearance, and
we shall at last be able to see exactly
the sort of place in which those IA
nous people really lived
The dwelling to be restored is known
as MOntezuma Castle. 1t is located
about three miles from the abandoned
military post Of Camp Verde, Ariz, and
is perched high in a sheltering niche
of a huge limestone cliff, which towers
up from the left bank of Beaver Creek.
1t is one of the largest and finest cliff
dwellings in the United States, and
certainly the most picturesque ruin in
Arizona A castle this building must
have been indeed, and a well nigh i'm
pregnable one, too, when it's ladders
were drawn up, for 1t is over forty
feet of perpendicular cliff from the
ground to its foundations. Above it
the precipice rises sheer for nearly a
hundred feet more. As the tourist
comes suddenly upon this grand fort
ress, nestled beneath beneath it's pro-
tecting rim of grim brown rock, it pro-
duces an effect upon him which is in
describably weird
The precipice over which this human
eyrie is built IS an imposing one "a
fit setting for the quaint antiquarian
gem imbedded in its breast. 1t is a
much more pleasing experience to look
upon this old cliff than it is to scale
it on an afternoon when the sun shines
full upon it with blistering heat Once
attained, the building is found to be
composed of five terraced stories, and
measures forty-eight feet in hight The
walls are of adobe, built much after the
fashion of the present homes of the
Pueblo Indians. and entrance, as in
these latter, was originally gained from
the top. The roofs are constructed of
good sized timbers set in the walls,
across which, transversely, are placed
poles, and these covered with reeds and
mud. Twenty large rooms and eight
small ones in all are found in the cas-
tie, and one can find entertainment for
hours in exploring their recesses, while
out to the south and west, through the
openings in the castle walls, is spread
a magnificent landscape of which Bea-
yer Creek Valley, smiling with verdure,
forms the background, with low un-
dulating sand hills and the stern
Verde Mountains as background
The upper terrace of the building Is
rooted only by the projecting rock Of
the cliff, a, space of perhaps three feet
being left open between the top of
the outer wall and the rock above.
From two chambers in the inner wall
The record-union., 1897-07-21
Fish Nets, Denirns,
SCrim, Etc.

In our Carpet Department we
show new fancy figured art denims
in fall patterns. There are also
some novelties not shown before.
All at the close price of I21c yard.
New patterns in Silkoline Drap-
cries, 60 inches wide. I23c yard.
Fish Nets and Scrim in coin
dots and open-work patterns.
Price, I21c yard.