The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-15
Foreign Gossip.

to temperance work.
Foreign Gossip.
Three strong earthquake shocks
were felt at Noltri.
Signor Amilcare, the italian socialist
leader, has been elected a member Of
the chamber of deputies for Forl.
a dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from bombay says a plague of locuSts
in North India threatens to aggra yate
the sutferings of famine.
Alaska papers Of June 26, just re-
ceiveu at Tacoma, state that the vol
cano on Douglas island, opposite
Juneau, is in state of eruption.
Egypt's population according to the
census just taken, is 100000, an in
crease of 100000 since 1882, or about
~ per cent in fifteen years.
Three hundred citizens of the United
States, residents Of London and visit
ors, sat down to the annual dinner OF
the American society in London, to
celebrate Independence Day.
\ remarkable thunderstorm passed
over Italy on April "a The rain was
mixed with sand and seeds Of the car
CUB, that must have come from Afri-
ca, according to Prof. Tachinni of
Rome.
Saint Saens made a short speech at
the dinner recently given in Paris to
celebrate the one-hundredth perform
ance Of ''Samson ct Dalila." In an
swer to toast to his glory he said:
"Generally glory only comes after
death; let us wait until then"
A purple-blue orchid of color never
seen before in England, discovered by
NJ. Robelin in the Philippine Islands,
5000 feet above sea level, has just
been introduced to the British public
under the name of DendrObium Vic
torae Reginae. Three hundred of the
driedup roots were sold in London ~
from 81 to $40 apiece.
1t is rumored that a Dry dock is to
be built at Old Superior, Wis.
The Bell Telephone company of Mis-
souri, has increased it's stock from
100000 to 100000.
Miss Anna Hegeman, niece and
ward of Chauncey NJ. Depew. will be
BrisSon.
Rev. A. j. Krieds, pastor of the Car
! melite monastery at Falls View, Ont,
was elected provincial Of the order in
the United States and Canada.
The National Tin Plate Company Of
Anderson, Ind, and the American Tin
| Plate Company of Elwood have start
ed their plants according to the new
wage scale.
Most of the men required on the
Crows Nest Pass railway in Manitoba
will be hired in st. Paul and Mime
apolis. Master Of Construction Haney
will be there this week.
An important combination has been
! formed by the principal transatlantic
steamship lines and the principal
Western railroad lines for the main
tenance OF through rates for steerage
passengers.
Ihe Socialist-Labo party Of Virginia
has put up J. j. Quantz Of Richmond
for governor and Il. II. Maycomber OF
Fredericksburg for lieutenant govern
! OF.
Con Doyle of Chicago put out Jack
| Crawford Of Canada in two minutes
and a half of the second round before
the Queen City Athletic club at Ell
mira, N Y.
The queen regent of Spain has par
doned 1OS Cubans who had been de
ported to the Spanish penal settle
ments at Cauta, Fernando and the
Chatfarine islands. The men par
doned will be permitted to return tt
Cuba.
The president has pardoned U. 6
Pitts, sentenced in South Dakota tt
five years for mail robbery, and Chas
Bode, sentenced in Wisconsin to tw,
years for embezzlement. Pardon ha
been denied to Edward Shimbersk.
of Minnesota.
Ten of the largest breweries in ALE
gheny county Pa.) have consolidated
the company being capitalized at $40
100000. The sole object, the manage
ment says, is to better control tn
market and lessen expenses, and den,
that any attempt will be made to in
crease prices.
A party on Commodore Charles Nor
gan's yacht, Acorn, sailing off Slater
Island and coast, came upon the bod
of man, fully clothed, floating fac
upward. Wounds on the body ind
, Gated that he had been murdered. Th
body is believed to be that OF vesse
captain or mate.
: Special dispatches to the governme en-
: at Madrid announce the complete pac
fication of the Philippine islands, an
= on the strength OF these Marshal Pre-
7 mo Rivera, the captain general at Mar
= lila, has been authorized to revoke tn
order confiscating the property of tn
! rebels.
Col. e. H. Sellers of Detroit, who ha
been prominent member of the A. I
=, A. and all organizer in patriotic assc
3 citation movements, has mailed sewers
:, thousand copies Of an address, urgin
= the formation OF q new political part
and calling a convention for that pu]
pose at st. Louis Aug 25. ..-a
G. B. Pride is completing detaile
plans and specifications for the deye
e opment of water power on App]
0 river in Wisconsin, the power fro1
; which is to be transmitted electrical
to New Richmond for manufacturin
purposes. About 1000 horse-powe