The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-14
General.

UcneTuL~
Rukeyser & Bash, neckwear, failed
for 100000.
Creedon and Mccoy are matched
for finish fight between Dec 1 and
80.
The firm of Goldberg & Rich of
Nashville, has assigned. Liabilities,
$4,000; assets believed to be far less.
Chief Justice TAFT of Montreal and
former Chief Justice Hagarty of the
Province of Ontario, have been ga
zetted knights.
An epidemic OF measles prevails at
Webster City, Iowa. The health Of
ficer says over seventy cases have so
far been reported.
A delegation Of Tennessee citizens
called on Secretary Long and present
ed arguments in favor of establishing
an armor plant in that state.
The European edition of the New
York Herald asserts that the Indian
government declines to reopen the
Indian mints to silver.
Maj. Benjamin H. Rogers. Eight,
infantry, has been retired and Capt.
Casper II. Conrad, Thirteenth in
AuAAIAS, "do W ndJOI.
The charge of lese majestic brought
against the Frankfurter Zeitung for
criticising the alleged cratic course of
Emperor William has been dismissed.
Marcus DAILY denies that he has,
with other Anaconda officials, pur-
chased a controlling OF any other in
terest in the Butte & Boston property.
At Oakland, CAL, Joe Wheeler made
a new worlds record for four-year-old
pacing geldings by pacing a mile in
2:O1 IL over a track that was two sec
Onds slow.
George F. Lawrence of North Ad,
ans, Mass, has been nominated for
congressman by the Republicans of the
FIRST district to succeed A. B. Wright,
deceased.
Col. Guy V. Henry, who has been
with his old regiment, the Third cav
airy, since his promotion, has been
ordered to join his new regiment, the
Tenth cavalry.
r.. G. Stanton, former manager of
the Metropolitan house, New York,
has been declared a bankrupt at Lon
don, with liabilities amounting to 1926
and no assets.
Maj. Moses P. Handy has secured rs
per cent additional space for the
American exhibits at Paris, making
the space of the United States equal
to that of other big nations.
All but four of the thirty-three sail
ors on the United States revenue cut
ter Perry, at Seattle, Wash, quit be-
cause of reduction in wages from
$2S to $50 per month. " -:
Oscar Gardner knocked out Johnny
Van Heest in the eleventh round Of
what was to be twenty round fight
at 12O pounds before the Navarro Ath-
letlc club at Lexington, Ky.
The Farmers Loan and Trust COM
pany has brought suit at New York
against the Hudson River Tunnel
company to foreclose first mortgage
deed of trust amounting to $2,75O,OOO,
Lieut.. Henry G. Cabel, Fourteenth
infantry, has been ordered to report
to the governor of Oregon for dutv
with the national guard of that state.
relieving Lieut. Col. James Jackson.
First cavalry %'
Two hundred of the 300 employees
Of the Bradford mills at Philadelphia.
conducted by John and James Dobson.i
manufacturers Of dress goods and
Worsted cloth, have gone on a strike
because of a refusal of an increase Of
10 per cent in wages.
The controller of the currency has
declared dividends in favor of the
creditors Of insolvent national banks.
as follows: First National Bank al,
Newport, KY, Is per cent; National
Bank of North Platte, Neb., 5; Chem1-
cal National Bank of Chicago, 5.
The local manufacturers at st. Louis
have announced their intention of
manufacturing smoking tobacco.
thereby developing new phase in the
bitter fight now raging between the
Western Tobacco companies and the
American Tobacco company.
The wheat trimmers at the terminal
elevator plant at West Superior have
struck for an advance of % cents
over the present wages of $1.75 per
day. They did not get it, the manage
ment securing new men at the Old
wages and resuming work after few
! hours delay. 1880