The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-01

for life. His frauds were particularly
heartless ones on poor people.
Editor Otto of the Artist, weekly
paper published at Dusseldorf, has been
convicted flibellirg Iona Barrison, of
the notorious BarriSOn sisters. The pa
per spoke of her as an indecent person.
Otto was fined 500 marks and was or
dered publicly to retract. The editor is
regarded as a martyr. o nleaving the
court house he was presented by his
friends with a large wreath of laurel.
The Pickwicl1 hotel is burned at
New Orleans.
Western Reserve college Of Cleve-
land has made President Mckinley an
Ill. d.
The MasOns Of Detroit formally dedi-
Gated their new temple with impress
sive ceremonies.
The president has nominated Will
fred w. Montague to be postmaster
at San Francisco.
A treaty for the provisional union of
the five republics OF Central America
has been signed by Guatemala.
The directors Of the Steel Barge COM
pany Of West Superior have author
lied Capt. McDougall to procure esti-
mates OF cost for a second stationary
dry dock.
The Georgia State Papulist conven-
ton met at Atlanta with about 200
| delegates. A platform was adopted
denouncing fusion and reattirming
Populist principles.
The San Francisco & North Pacific
railway has established q Matching for
trout in Gibson canyon, near Uklah.
These hatcheries have capacity for
several million eggs.
An international chess congress for
women players has begun in Masonic
hall Of the Hotel Cecil, London. Some
twenty ladies, representing nine differ
enu countries, are playing.
The Tennessee Central railroad was
sold to the highest bidder by Master
Dunbar. Col. Jere Baxter bought the
property for himself and assOciates(St.
Louis and Chicago parties) for $125,-
600.
The big South works of the Lacka-
wanna Iron and Coal company OF
Scranton, Pa, has been forced to
close down and about $500 are aut Of
employment because of dispute over
a reduction in wages.
About fifty cadets at the United
States Military academy have been ap-
them being Philip H. Sheridan, son of
the late Gen. Phil Sheridan, who is ap-
pointed cadet at large.
The Rio Grande Western railway
has purchased the Utah Central rail-
Nh( 1N1.i1n iSr Tho
Utah Central is a narrow-gauge road
running from Salt Lake to Park City,
the famo is silver camp.
The Free Methodists have begun a
camp meeting that is to last until at
ter the Fourth of July. They have a
large tent capable of holding 500 PEG.
pie, and they will have many able
preachers from all parts of the state.
The statement that Bishop Fitzger.
aid will be removed from Little Rock
Ark, to New Orleans on account OF
the death of Archbishop Janssens is
denied by high Catholic authority
. Bishop Fitzgerald is senior bishop OF
: the diocese.
E. G. Burleigh Of Augusta, Me-, was
elected to congress from the Third dis
trict to succeed Seth l.. sMilliken, de
ceased. The victory was an easy one
over Frederick w. Plaisted, the Dem
ocratic candidate. The Populist vote
was meager.
Another naval relic of the Japan
China war in the shape of the Shi1
Pathan has reached Seattle, Wash
She is entitled to the distinction of he
ing the only vessel captured by Chin:
during the conflict so disastrous to tn,
FloWery Kingdom.
In response to resolution of in0uir,
in regard to the foreclosure proceed
ings against the Union Pacific roa<
the attorney general says he knows O
:, no suit to procure a judicial declara
e ton of forfeiture Of the rights, priv
$ lleges, franchises ETC., of the Paciti
Railroad companies based on sectio]
: IL of the act of 1878 or otherwise.
= David Foutz and wife of Saratog:
T. Wyo., were expelled from the Dunkar
} church because his coat and vest wer
t. not cut just right, and because Mr.
Foutz did not wear a handkerchief
d around her neck while cooking and ha
t. lace curtains at her windows and
Y framed picture Of her brother on ii
! wall. -
+. 3. Maltby, in charge of a govern
ment corps of surveyors, has gone 81
II to take look at the big basin five mile
It west Of Laramie. The basin is m
y posed as site for government rese
,. volr, and is probably the greatest nat,,
g al basin on the continent, as it is tU
$ miles wide and ten miles long, with he
9, feet natural walls. It will hold Nv
2O,OOO,OOO.OOO cubic feet Of watnr 53ss S5s