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Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-19

indianapolis Journal: Instructor-What
is the difference between the positive and
negative electricity?
Student--It is positive when 1t is turned
on and negative when it Is turned or
Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-19

Chicago Tribune: Mr. Sfint--What kind
of present did your rich old Uncle Hay
croft give Benny?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-23
TILE PRIN CETON UNION tn RsDAY Z, MARCH a. 500
Financial Statement.
Mile Laos County, Minnesota.
For the Fiscal Year Ending January 3D. a. D. 1899
OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR.


, r, =, , - Princeton Mimi,
10 the Honorable
Of
OF the
everv
scrpon the
1''Spe'' T. T. WHITNEY, County Auditor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-23
PRINCETON CAMP, M. w. A..
No. 1882. ..ta

M regular meetings every second and fourth
tne naii over post office. Visiting members
G. n. FREES, Clerk. - '-' - -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-23
MlLLELAcS COUNTY.

Baldwin,. Berry. .............. Princeton
Blue Hill-Thomas E. Brown. ........ Princeton
Spencer Brooke. G. Smith. Spencer Brook
Wyanett--Ole Peterson. ....... ........ Wyanett
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-23
PRICES OF THE
Princeton Roller Mills and Elevator.

All goods delivered free anyw here in Princeton
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-23

STATE OF MINNESOTA.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in treasury .Jan.3.
1898: OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $769. SO
lax co!lectlons. ........... 2,777.O9
Collections state school Ids 3 .19S.OS
Principal and interest on
loans to school districts 3,O12 ~
Principal and interest on
loans to county 5.S5O.OO
Total receipts ......... - 81
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid state treasurer. ...... 81
Balance in treasury Jam 2,
1899.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-03-23

Costs in Justice Court-Criminal cases
E. D. Claggett sheriff's fee 90 .... "
and mileage, case of 81. ....s.
State vs. Roy Neal. S14,S5
E. D. Claggett sheriff's fee
and mileage. case of
State VS.. Jas. Wilson 800 ~... =.
f. d. Claggett, Sheriff's fee - vas
and mileage, case of
State VS.. A. Shegut 1000
E. D. Claggett sheriff's fee -
and mileage, case of
State VS.. Phil Anderson II 65
II. A. Norcross justice fee,
case of State VS.. Roman
johnson and Baker a.25
Finley Campbell justice
fee case of State vs. A.
G. Finney. .......... III
Iotal s., --.-- $40 40
case OF State vs.. Wilson and McCauley.
Fred Newton, services in
guarding prisoner STA. IN
Fred Newton, services in Iz7%f,1
# bringing prisoner from
Hennepin county jail non
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
ELECTRIC HOSE SIGNAL.
Not for Stockings, but for the Kind
Used at Fires.

Not for Stockings, but for the Kind
Used at Fires.
The board Of fire commissioners met
last evening and passed the usual bills
and accounts and spent the balance Of
the session in considering a imposition
Tor the attachment Of an electrical ap-
pl1ance to the hose for the purpose Of
signaling the engineer when to turn on
and shut off the current
representative Of the electrical COM
pany was present and explained the work.
1ngs of his apparatus Chief Cook was In
faVor OF the adoption of the system If it
eould be secured at a reasonable figure.
He explained that the plan Is In use in
Boston and several other cities. The an
pllance has button attached to the noz-
zie OF the hose and by its use, he said It
would be possible for the pipemen to stop
the flow of water in case of a break in the
pipe and In other contingencies or to OBJ
tain an immediate flow without having to
send a man back possibly two blocks to
give the necessary order.
What Is the cost?" inquired President
Kenneth Clark
They are only obtainable at 5000 per
annum for each engine" responded the
chief
The commissioner thought the expense
OF renting the apparatus too great and
the chief was directed to ask the chief at
Boston how the apparatus has worked
ana also to ascertain the cost outright
The chief asked that he be given two
dozen more of smoke protectors and the
request was taken under consideration by
the board
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27

show of power has already borne fruit,
as the dispatches show. The German
press has taken on an entirely differ
ent tone to that which has prevailed IN
it since the rupture in South Africa.
This was to be expected. Germany more
than any or all nations combined Is re-
sponsible for the present situation in
South Africa Had not the German en-
peror retreated so ignominiously from
his attitude of expressed sympathy with
the Beers at the time Of the jameson
raid England might not have been so
ready to engage herself in her present
undertaking. That he did so for con-
sideration is now regarded as undentable.
Just what concessions in the diplomatic
relations of England and Germany were
made to necessitate such retreat on the
in the near future will doubtless show.
At any rate it is plain that the German
press has received q sufficiently strong
intimation from the imperial government
lIldl us COuISc was ullS1SSSplap1C " IAAo
emperor to bring about the present nota-
BILE change. >
There will be no Interference from Eu-
ropean powers with the attitude or prep
arations Of England. Neither Russia
nor France IS at all likely to inject itself
into the difficulty. The hostility of the
three peoples in question toward the
British cannot be gainsaid: but it would
be a new development If any of them
should take any affirmative action at this
time showing their sympathy for the
South African republics.
The Beers must fight their fight out
alone. That they are doing so with much
more effect and vaior than the world IS
permitted to know cannot be much longer
concealed. The concealment Of the facts.
to which the British military and civil
authorities are now resorting, Is made
very plain. Censorship in modern war
is evidently not confined to our own great
military and civil chieftatn at Manila.
Lord Wolseley has blundered into reveal
ing his opera lions in that directions more
plainly than his government. or people
like
The time may come when even our own
government will be forced from humane
considerations to intervene. but that time
will very plainly not come at least until
England has landed in Natal the bulk OF
the tremendous military force with which
she expects to crush the hapless Boer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
ENGLAND AND CONTINENTAL
EIROPE

The tremendous demonstrations Of
power being made by England both by
land and water can no longer be regard
ed as having reference alone to the stu
alton in South Africa They are, beyond
all doubt, dictated by the pronounced
hostility of other European nations to-
ward her course with reference to the
Beers
From time to time for ten or twelve
years past there have appeared such con-
ditions in Europe as would indicate that
hostilities were not impossible in the
near future. All such occasions have
passed away, and the world has settled
down to the conviction that so complete
have the facilities for war been made
among those nations that they have vir-
tually made a general war an impossi-
bility
The present situation Is not likely to
be productive of any more serious re-
suits than those of the past Englands
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
AN 1MpERrAL1sr THANKSGIVING.


The closest approach which we have
yet made on this side to the British
state paper known as the queens speech
is furnished by the altogether renarkabl
Thanksgiving proclamation Of President
Mckinley. It is a pity that it cannot be
subjected to the same criticism and an
alysis which attend the royal pronounce
ment.
1t is the first -tifnol that such docu-
ment has been made the vehicle for con-
veying to the people q Qualification Of
the policy of a partisan administration.
or that we have been asked to accept
as blessings direct from heaven the con-
sequences of a given political policy as
those consequences present themselves to
the eye of a president exhausting every
means, fair and unfair, to perpetuate his
own and his party's power.
It is hardly to be wondered at that the
imperialist press should start out as It
has to anticipate the criticism which must
necessarily attend the PRONUNCIATION Of a
document which closely borders on +ese-
Grafton IN many Of its suggestions. It is
peculiarly the product Of the spirit of
thank God because our national finances
have been strengthened, and because
those engaged in maintaining the honor
of the flag have been. spared from dis
should bring Us to our Knees before the
Most High, according to this political
Turveydrop, is that the power Of the
United States is being rapidly es alb
lished throughout the Eastern archipel-
ago.
This is refreshing. even to the point Of
perversion of the Christian principle from
which our practice of setting one day
Of each year aside for Thanksgiving
arises as to sugges st thoughts of the value
of religious ard moral hypocrisy as a
political agent.
Heaven be thanked there are mani
Io1u DRESSINGS LOT WHICH lHlS people Should
approach in reverence and thankfulress
the Author of all good without offending
against every canon of true Christian
belief by dragging the sordid concerns
Of partisan politics into the sanctifed
domain of religious duty. 1t is an insult
to all true ideas of Christian feeling, as
we'll as to the character and dignity of the
American people, that such wretched
travesty as his on religious devotion
should be chargeabIe to an Ameri, an
president.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
PACIFIC CABLE PLANS.
Project to Link America with the
PhiIinpines and Points BEYOND

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-In official and
dinlomatie quarters attention is being d.
rected TO the question of a Pacific cable,
linking this country with the Phlilp-
pires and points beyond, and 1t is under
stood this government and foreign gov
ernments which would be affected by the
cable are now actively considering the
subject. The officials here are assem-
bling data and preparing cable maps,
with the expectation that the matter Will
he brought to the attention of congress
In a general way, the project IS for
cable of four links, viz: From San Fran
cisco to Hawaii $500 miles; from Hawaii
to Wake island, 2.0H miles; from Wake
island to Guam, 1898 miles; from Guam
10 Manila, 1850 miles. These landing
points are all within the control of the
United States, our flag having been rails
ed on Wake island not long ago This
would connect all the American possess
sions in the Pacific by a line crossing no
foreign territory Besides this, the plan
permits of an expansion so as to secure
two outlets to Asia and the far East.
The first of these would be from Manila
to the Japanese island of Formosa, from
which island Japan has built a line ito
the Japanese coast and the main land
of Asia The second outlet would be
from Hawaii south to l'annirgs island,
at which point the newly projected Brit
ish cable from Vancouver to New Zeal
and crosses.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
NOT so ROSY.
British Victories In Battles with
Beers Dearly BOuc1,t

LONDON, Oct 26.-The Dispatch from
the front are SO diversified and contrary
that 1t is difficult to outline the situation
with any degree of precision Three or
Iour main facts, however, stand out prom,
inently Gen. Symons fight at Glencoe
was not anything like the decisive victory
at first alleged, and Gen. YuIe would in
all probability have been annihilated or
nave met with the same fate as the cap
tured hussars If he had not retreated,
Gen. Whites artillery duel at Riet-
fontein was a very severe engagement
in which the rifle did great execution, and
which success was also achieved at a
distressing cost.
The lbombardment of Mafeking has COM
menced, with unknown result, and the
Beers have got their hussar prisoners
safely in Pretoria. Altogether the cam
paign is being pushed by the Beers so
strenuously and on such sound strateg cal
lines that the situation of the British
must In all probability give them cause
Tor deep anxiety for some time to come
1t is difficult to see how the concen-
trated force at Ladysmith will be abe to
take the aggressive immediately Apart
from fatigue, regiments like the Gordon
H1ghlanders and Royal Rifles have been
practically without officers since the
nights, and 135 additional officers have
been ordered to leave England as speedily
as possible.
An official British account Of the fight
Ing at Rietfontein, given out at Cape
Town, says:
The enemy posted a battery two miles
south Of Modderspruit and opened with
infantry fire at long range on the British
4 9eaptb guard. Consisting Of the Nine
artillery fire directed with considerable
accuracy against the British guns. An
actlon lasting six hours ensued at Rlet-
Lonteln Friday. The enemy We're driven
from the hills commanding the roads,
Sir George Whites object being accom-
pIlshed, the column returned to Lady
smith.
Other accounts dwell on the severity
of the rifle fire at Reitfontein. They say
that when the Beers finally retreated the
lapcers cut them off from their horses
and inflicted severe loss of life The re-
treat; 1t is added. ended in a general rout.
Ladysmith, dated Oct %, that strong re-
Inducements of infantry and artillery
have arrived there from Pietermaritz-
burg. 1t 1s also reported that the Beers
are again masSing near Elandslaagte and
that Free State force. several thou
sand strong. is occupying Besters Station.
There Is little news from the western
border. The Gordon around Kimberley Is
drawing closer, but hopes are expressed
that flying squadron. will shortly be sent
to It's relief. The Beers have occupied
Windsorton, an unprotected town. The
magistrate, with the consent of the in
habitants, surrendered on demand. condi.
tiOnal upon the lives and properties of
the people being respected. There is in.
tense anxiety for further news from
Mafeking, where 1t is believed a number
of officers, who were supposed to be on
Through, joined Col. Baden-Powell.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.

p Rochester, N. Y.-The Union bank has
gone into voluntary lQrid ton end de-
posted with the Central bank, of Roches-
ter, in cash, an amount equal to it's out
standing certificates Of deposits
Chicago-At a meeting of the Western
Parlor Furniture Manufacturers associa-
ton here today it was decided to make
an advance of 10 per cent in the price of
all furniture manufactured by members
of the association.
Detroft-Fifty-thre publications are
represented In the annual convention of
the National Pythian Press association,
which began two days session today
The welfare of the order in general and
policy of the Pythian press were dis
cussed in executive session.
3 Iron Mountain Mich.-Charles Nelson.
Richard Stone and Albin Forsterizon were
killed today by the premature explosion
or dynamite In the Cundy mine. They
We're preparing blast a the time
New York-The Liberty silk mill, in
Fifty-seventh street, was complete
ly tied up today by the strike of en-
ployes. OF 80 employees, but one a WON
an, was at work. No trouble was re-
ported.
Washington-Mr. sewau has Informed
the state department that H. e. Cooper,
at present attorney general of Hawaii.
has been appointed minister of finance, ad
interim.
Columbus, O.-The American Humane
association adjourned today. The cleo
ton of officers resulted as follows: James
NJ. Brown, Toledo, president; Francis III.
Rowley, Fall River, Mass, secretary. and
William A. Fuller, Of Chicago, treasurer
Negaunee, Mich.-The shaft house of the
Negaunee mine burned today just as a
shift of men had quit, work. The fire will
cause operations to be suspended for two
weeks rendering 250 men idle One miner
had narrow escape from death.
New York-Among the passengers who
quette from London were Sir Henry Mar
quette, from London were Sir Henry Irv-
ing and his company, comprising fifty-six
persons, among who were Miss Ellen
Terry, Miss Ethel Clark, Frank Tyars
and Lawrence Irving
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
RECEIVED IN SILENCE.
Arrival of British Prisoners at the
Boer Capital.

PRETORIA, Oct 26.-The British pris-
oners captured Friday near Dundee were
entrained at DannhauSer. They filled ten
trucks. The officers Travelled 1irst-cass,
and a separate van was provided for two
wounded officers. An enormous crowd as
sembled at the station here to witness
their arrival, but there was no demonstra-
ton. When they alighted, the prisoners
were received with 1onervai Silence upon
the part of the crowd. The greatest or
der and decerum prevailed while they
were traversing the streets.
The wounded, We're taken to a hospital,
while the other officers and men were
marched to the race course, escorted by
mounted burghers. and were encamped on
the spot where Jameson's troopers were
confined. The officers Q4isut. Col Moller.
Maj Greville and Capt Pollock. of the
Eighteenth hussars, and Capt Lonsdale,
Lieut.. Lemesieuer, Lieut.. Garvise, Lieut..
Grimsham. Lieut.. Maiendie and Lieut..
Spere, of the Dublin fusileers } looked IN
good health. They are quartered in
building apart from the men. On giving
their parole they will be allowed the free
dom of the whole enclosure. The men
appeared Indifferent, and spent most OF
their time smoking. They sleep on the
grand stand
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
THREE WE'RE REYERSALS.
Supreme Court Oyerturns Lower
Court in a Trio of Cases.

Supreme Court Overturns Lower
Court in "a Trio of Cases.
Three out of five other decisions hand
ed down by the supreme court. written
by Judge Collins. reversed the findings
of lower courts.
The Aetna Insurance Company Of Hart
ford wins in case brought against It
involving the construction of the law
which invalidates policies on vacant
premises when proper notice is not CIV
EN- Of the vacation of the property An
sci B. Doten carried policy upon q
dwelling house which was for ninety
days without occupants. The building
was destroyed by fire. and the company
refused to adjust the loss on the grounds
stated. The case was decided against the
insurance company by the lower court
on the grounds that another section Of
the law modified the rule somewhat Tie
higher court puts a broad construction
on the law. and maintains that the com
pany is not liable.
The findings In the five cases We're as
follows:
Ansel B. Doten, respondent, vs., Aetna
Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn.
appellant. Order reversed. Collins, j.
Michael J. Reem. an infant, by j. j.
Reem, guardian ad Item, respondent, vs.
st. Paul City Railway Company. appel
Nichols & shepherd Company, respond
ents, vs.. August A. Soderquist appel
liant. Order reversed. Collins. j.
A. Klees. respondent. VS.. G. w. Ban
ford. appellant. Judgment affirmed. Col
job John wellendorf, respondent, vs..
Charles Teseh. appellant Judgment
affirmed. Collins, j.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
FInNsToN,s FLuMMERY,

The statement is imputed to Gen
Funston that, IF congress would drive
out the friars and confiscate every inch
of church property the bottom would drop
out of the instruction within one week,
as the inhabitants Of Luzon are COM
ship Of the statement has remained so
long undenied that 1t may be safely as
sumed that Gen. Funston did make the
statement imputed to him
The G 0 b believes the statement to
be false in its entirety, and in every par
ticular, and to have been dictated by
considerations unworthy Of any fair
minded man. The progress of events in
the Philippines for the past twelve
months offers the most convincing proof
of the falsehood of Gen. Funston's state
ment Those events have rendered it's
truth inherently impossible Let us look
at the statement in detail: If we drive
the friars out and conflscate the property
of the church the revolution will come
10 an emu w ny BECAUSE, according
to Gen. Funston, "the inhabitants of
Luzon are completely under the church. ;"
This implies, if it has any meaning, that
the church is backing the insurgents in
their present warfare. 1t may also be
construed to mean that were it not for
the fact that the friars have been allowed
to remain in the island and the church
allowed to retain its property there would
have been no insurrectton.
Either Gen. Funston's statement that
the Fiipinos would lay down their arms
if the conditions he mentioned Were real
lied is false and unfounded. or the state
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-27
DUNDEE REFUGEES.
Terminate Tramp of Forty Miles
in PitiabIe Condition.

LONDON. Oct. 27.-The Daily Mail pub
fishes the following dispatch from PETER
maritzburg, dated Oct. "a:
THE residents of Dundee had a weary
tramp of forty miles to the nearest town.
where they arrived in a pitiable plight,
having lost everything. The refugees in
Guided Harry Escombe, former premier
of Natal and the Dundee magistrate. one
of the Dundee people says that all day
Saturday trains were arriving a Com
mandant General Joubert's headquarters
at Dannhauser from the Transvaal bor-
der, bringing burghers. and there must
have been 10000 on the hills that sur
round Dundee. The natives report that
the Beers took sixteen wagons, loaded
with their dead, from the field of the
first battle at Glencoe Among the killed
We're several Natal Dutch a sad feature
of the engagement was that three Eng
lishmen, who were impressed at Krugers-
dorp, fought with the enemy one of them
being killed. Two others, greatly al
fected. said they were compelled to fight.
The Pietermaritzburg defense corps pa
raded today and was assigned position
in case of attack