The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-10-06
Accidental happenings.

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Accidental Happenings
| Three persons were killed aud many
injured by a cyclone at Merriton, Ont
Two people were burned to death by
the burning of a bakery at Manchester,
Conn.
Five men were drowned by the
grounding Of a vessel at Sault Ste
Marie. "
\ Rev. Gabriel Hostetter is Under ar
rest at Canton, Ohio, charged with
counterfeiting.
Gordon Williams was instantly killed
in the basement Of his fathers store at
Malone, N. Y, by coming in contact
with live wire. y.
The Forepaugh circus train is report
ed wrecked and two men killed at Will
sondale, on the Norfolk, & Western
road, ffty-six miles south of Kenova,
W. Va. ~. he
News just reached Seattle, Wash, of
an explosion of a wagon load Of dyna-
| mite near New Whatcom. Two men
and one boy are reported killed. Sew.
eral other persons were injured.
A cyclone struck Tonawanda, N. Y,
yesterday. Many buildings were un-s
rooted, barns blown to pieces and
| fences and outhouses were wrecked.
| Several persons were injured, but none
fatally. 81
A northeasterly gale, accompanied by
rain, swept the New England coast.
| recently. Much damage was done to
I shipping, and reports received during
| the day state that a number Of vessels
went ashore. No loss of life. however,
has been reported.
Edward 7. Highland, assistant SUI
perintendent Of the Burlington 81 Mis-
souri, River road, living in Denver, cut
his wrist at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
New York. He was attended by a
Bellevue hospital physician and placed
in the insane pavilion. ~
..ha General.
The archbishop Of Santiago is likely
| to lose his job. <<. Z
Colombia has decided to resume di-
| plon,atic relations with Italy. :
I A project for national naval reserve
has been started in Chicago.
This years cotton crop amounts in
the aggregate to 11,199,994 bales.
The finances of the Omaha expos1-
ton show a profit Of $4,000 up to
| date. +
Sir John G. Allen, ex-chief justice Of
New Brunswick, is dead.
The death Of Stephen A. Northway,
! congressman from the Nineteenth Ohio
| district, reveals the fact that in seven
oil So
Lyors, France, the silk center Of Eu-
| rope. Pr +
| One hundred and ten passengers
| have re>ohed Seattle from DaWson, on
the Rosalie, with $4,000 worth of dust.
Forest fires are reported in the Far
! West. In many parts Of Wyoming the
farmers are fighting the flames.
! The steamship Topeka has arrived at
| Port Townsend, from Lynn Canal
| ports, with $50 Klondikers.
| Boring sea seal herds are vanishing
so rapidly as to threaten extinction en-
tArely of the sealing industry.
| Col. Bryan has succeeded in securing
the discharge or twenty-five enlisted
men of his regiment
Former President Harrison has con-
sented to open the Republican cam,
paign in Ohio He will make but one
! speech, and that at ,ToledOa
Hobson has finally succeeded III
floating the.Spanish warship, Maria Te-s
resa. She will be sent north for re-
pairs shortly.
ty-six years this district has had but
six representatives, among whom were
James A. Garfield and the famous Alb
olitionist, Joshua r. Giddings.
Iii Hung Chang has appointed two
Chinese women to be delegates to the,
/ international congress Of women next
year at Chicago
"A congress Of mothers will be held at
! Omaha Oct. 8, 9 and 10, by Invitation
4 of The trans Mississippi exposition. All
interested in the moyen EFT are invited
to attend. jts
There is q movement on foot among
physicians to have a national depart
n'ent Of health created, the head Of
/ which shall be a member OF the cab
met. u 81 81 3
DR.. "A. @. Carr, the new head Of the
Illinois state board OF health, is also
president Of the Army and Navy Med
zeal association.
Hugh Carroll an inmate Of the asy-
lum for chronic insane at Hastings,
Neb., killed Charles 4. Davis, an In
mate Of the same Institution, by hitting
| him on the head with an iron bar.