The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29

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The international convention of tn,
y. NJ. @. A. opened at Mobile.
The steel freighter Constitution was
launched at.West Superior. Z
Settlers on Northern Pacific lands get
a favorable decision from the national
supreme court. $
The Burlington road, it is said, will
extend to the Pacific coast through the
Kootenai mining country. .
Fruit in Illinois, Indiana and South
ern Wisconsin has probably been killed
by frost. .55
After eighteen rounds Of rapid fight
ing Frank Erne got the decision over
Joe Hopkins at Buffalo, N. Y.
The Central Iron and Steel Company.
of Harrisburg, Pa, has been incorpor-
ated. The company is capitalized at
$1,OOO,OOO. s
The italian Geographical society has
received news of the safety Of the
Botego expedition reported to have
been destroyed by the Abyssinians.
In the peninsula section Of Virginia
there was a heavy frost recently and
some damage to early fruit and veg
etable resulted.
The strike at the American Tube and
Iron oompany's plant at Youngstown,
Ohio, has been settled. The men de-
cided to accept the cut Of 10 per cent.
The ore dock managers have de-
cided to reduce the wages Of ore
handlers for unloading ore vessels at
all Lake Erie ports 10 per cent.
A ten-round fight between Jack Nc
Clelland and Pat Murphy at Carnegie,
Pa, was decided in the third round
when McClelland knocked Murphy out.
The order detaching Rear Admiral
Beardslee from command Of the Pa
cific station has been modified so that
he will continue in command until
July. @
A life buoy marked Samaria has
been washed ashore at Long Beach,
Wash. The Samaria is a British bark
long overdue from Puget sound for
San Francisco. @
The st. Paul and Northwestern lines
unite with the Wisconsin Central in
reducing lumber rates about 2 cents
all around, which will be equal to a re-
duction of SO cents per 1000 feet
The New York senate has passed the
bill taxing inheritances. The assem-
bly, has already passed the bill and it
is understood that Gov. Black will
sign it. s5
The Southern Pacific company is
making arrangements to build a bridge
to cost $5.000,OOO across the Mississippi
river at New Orleans. 1t will do away
with the transfer by boats. RI
It is estimated that the heavy frost
has destroyed fruit and vegetables in
/ lower tidewateic Virginia and Eastern
Carolina to the value of probably a
million dollars.
From $50 to 300 employees of the
Addyston Pipe Company of Cincinnati,
Ohio, have struck against new reg
ulation requiring them to work by the
15piece instead of by the day. s.,
| The tube works at Youngstown, O.,
has taken an unexpected turn, and
now the management has announced
that the plant has been suit down in
definitely.
Billy Vernon Of Hayerstraw, N. Y
was knocked out in the fourteenth
round by Leslie Pearce of Camden al
the Olympic Athletic club at Phila.
delphia. 5
Billy Birch, the old time minstrel
died at his home in New York OF
/ paralysis of the brain and chronic
Bright's disease. He has been very il
for over a month.
The resignation of Frank l.. Palmer
of Wisconsin, chief of the division Of
accounts in the Indian bureau, anC
formerly chief Of the education divis
ion in that office, has been rendered a
the request of the secretary and takes
effect at once. ..
Cleveland, Ohio, parties incorporated
the Mexican Investment and Manufac
turing Company Of Dubuque, with al
authorized capital Of $5,OOO,OOO, to re
ceive concessions from Mexico, raise
coffee, cotton and fruit. build rail
roads and 90 everything else.
Jim Watts, the Louisville negro
made a poor showing with Joe VOL
colt at the Broadway Athletic -cluh
i New York, being handicapped by veal
legs. He frequently slipped to tn
floor to save himself Watts went dow
frequently lin the fourth round TIL,
police inspector interfered and the ref
cree decided to call the bout draw
Judge Severns, in the United State.
court at Grand Rapids, Mich, hel(
that Henry Anderson and John Foster
directors Of the defunct Bank Of Green
vile, are fable for all losses sustained
by the bank, through President Moore
between July 1892 and 1893, the dat
of suspension.
The Bridge and Structural Iro
Workers union of Chicago has dc
cided to strike for an increase i
Y wages on May 1. The men deman
45 cents an hour instead Of the oil
scale of Al 10 cents. About ], 200 me
will be involved.
!, Some Strange Accidents.
There are many people in the worl
who would not travel ON railroad {
on steamboat through fear Of acc
. dents. They never seem to realize thu
an accident may eventually come I
those even who spend their days in a
armchair. There was once a Kansa
Z City man who, ON getting out Of be
Y one morning SnaeZed Violently and X