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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14

To the editor: The recent incendi-
airy fires are evidently the work of
some one who does not realize the
gravity of the offense he has CON-
mitted. If he should be found guilty
OF starting an incendiary fire, no mat
ter how worthless the building con-
sumed may have been, he would have
long time to ponder over his offense
while serving a term in prison. If the
fires are set simply to give the fire de-
partment practice, as some have sug-
gested, a mistake is made, too. The
boys will willingly turn out to do their
utmost to preserve property, but when
sequence Of such fires as the last two
occur it is like shouting ''wolf'' once
too often-the boys won't come. I
hope that whoever has been guilty of
starting these fires will take warning
before it is too late and cease from
breaking the law and disturbing the
citizens of this village. A CITIZEN.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
State Will Get Only Pro Rata Share.

Under the provisions of the law I'M
der which the special forfeited tax
sale was held, lands on which taxes
were delinquent for 1895 and prior
years could be sold for fifty per cent
for the taxes due. It was the general
opinion that in case lands were sold
for only fifty per cent of the taxes due.
the State would receive it's full share,
the same as if the lands were sold for
the full amount of the taxes due. But
the attorney general has rendered an
opinion in which he holds that the
State can only get its proportionate
share ofzthe proceeds. 7 The opinion is
as follows: - ,,~-
Under section of chapter 1922 of
the laws OF 1899, the proceeds of the
forfeited tax sale provided for in said
chapter are to be distributed pro rata
to the several funds for which the
taxes were levied, and that the State
receives its proportionate share of the
proceeds, and no more. ''-Aitkiu Re-
1]NbicOn
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
Why Do Not Farmers Advertise:

A shrewd farmer in the southern
part of the State recently said as fol-
lows: II live in one of the best coun-
ties in Wisconsin where I own and till
a large farm. In addition to growing
all kinds OF grain I raise both cattle
and hogs. I live within convenient
distance of four RAILROAD stations, each
having number of grain buyers and
stock dealers. When I conclude that
I am ready to sell my stuff, I insert a
local in three or four local papers pub
lished in those villages, stating the
amount and quality, and, if stock,
when it will be ready to go. Then, in
stead of being compelled to go from
one dealer to- another in order to re-
ceive fair price, they come to me and
by mail and personally put a price on
it. The buyers know nv methods and
also know that other dealers are after
me, and as consequence they bid the
highest prices they can afford. I al
ways get the best.prices going, and my
little outlay in advertising pays me
big. Then again: if I want to buy a
milk COW, what is the use of my driv-
ing all over the country, inquiring
from every Tom, Dick and Harry for
the desired article, and spending four
! or five dollars worth of valuable time
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
By By Her Err own. HAND.
Mrs. Christine Peihl, Of dreenbush,
Committed Suicide at Her
/ ..:.-':. = s.z.. Z 49,. r.. '
Home Last Sunday. =.
49, :''s*1..s = I.-..< T.
She Had Not Been In Her Right Mind
for Several Years, But Death =
tt5 s. Was Unexpected. Il.

| 4. Assecond suicide within few weeks
shocked the citizens of Greenbush last
Sunday, when the body of Mrs. Chris
tine was found dangling from
beam in a barn near her late residence.
| MRS. Peihl has not been in her right
mind for several years, but as her
halN VACCINATIONS have always been of a
harmless character, none of the family
we're prepared for the tragic end.
Last Sunday Mr.. Peihl left the house
about the middle of the forenoon to
| walk in his fields and when he returned
TO the house about noon he found his
wife gone, but thought nothing of it as
she Frequently. visited the neighbors.
Hens Peihljr. had gone to one of the
neighbor's houses to remain for the
daysso Mr.. Peihl picked up lunch
for Hhis dinner and waited for the
family to return. About o'clock one
of the neighbors came to visit Mrs.
Peihl and, her husband went to the
nearby farm houses to inform his wife
Of her neighbours presence. He found
no trace Of her and returned to his
home. Before starting out on the
search again he thought that he had
notified the calves in the barn and
started to do it. When he opened the
doorAhe was Mortified to discover the
bodpof his wife hanging in front of
him.S
! The body was Immediately lowered
but1 life was extinct, and nothing re-
mained to be. done but to notify the
coroner, which was done. Coroner
Nichols, after viewing the body and
hearing the circumstances, decided
that an inquest was unnecessary.
i ], Mrs. Peihl was So years of age and
came with her husband to Greenbush
about twelve years ago. Some years
since. her mind became impaired, but
as she never appeared to be violent no
3 attention was paid to her actions. A
+ Wess orstwo ago &she again showed
{ signs of dementia* and this time her
Authorization was that a secret society
was endeavoring to make way with
her. None of the family regarded the
case as serious and her death by her
own hand was severe shock to them.
The funeral took place last Tuesday
and was attended by a large number OF
the Borrowing friends of the family.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14

for the establishment Of law and order,
and second for such measure of self
government as those people, whom the
fortunes Of war made wards of the ma
ton, shall from time to time show
themselves capable of administering.
This is all; and for this we are respon-
sible. .....: : -. p.
i People say sometimes that Dewey
should have turned the PROV of his
ships from the bay of Manila after he
had sent the Spanish fleet to the bot
tom. To have done so would have
been to inaugurate a maniac dance of
anarchy and chaos for which we should
have stood responsible at the bar of
earth and of heaven. For the redemp-
ton of those islands to liberty and
safety, we have given hostages to CIV
ilization: and by the help of God we
shall redeem our pledges. Stop the
fighting2 1t would have been stopped
long ago but for the aid and comfort
given from the United States. It
would have been stopped long ago, but
for the hopes held out that the
coming elections would change the
policy of the government.
This is not political question, and
any other man in the presidents chair
would be compelled by force of cir
cumstances to pursue the very same
course; but these delusive hopes were
held out and they have prolonged the
strife. The browning infamy of the
whole business, however, is to smirch
the name of George Washington by
associating with it the half-breed ban
dit who sold himself and his cause for
Spanish gold, deserted his followers,
and upon his return to the islands in
violation of his oath, signalized his
advent by issuing an edict of extermin-
alton against the deliverers of his peo-
pie. It is enough to make the bones
of the father of his country rise up in
protest against this last proclamation.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
CROP CONDITIONS.
The Report of the Weather Bureau for
the Week Ending Monday.

The Report of the Weather Bureau for
the Week Ending Monday.
Dry weather generally continued I'M
til the 9th, when there were light to
heavy local rains in the central and
southern portions of the State, and
light and more scattered showers in
the northern portion; the heaviest
rains occurred in southeastern coun-
ties. The drought effect had been
generally intensified up to the 9th, and
opinions differ as the condition and
the prospects, but some wheat is head
ing out very low; on ridges and dry
ground it is practically failure; in
some places wheat is being plowed
under and the ground seeded to millet
The rye crop is very poor. Barley is
beginning to head very irregularly,
and is short. Glover is generally
short, but some fairly good is being
cut in the southern portion. Early
corn is doing fairly we'll, but late
planted has come up irregularly, and
in some localities it has not vet
sprouted. The outlook for fax is
about the same as previously reported,
and the crop will be short. Strawber-
ries are ripening in the southern coun-
ties and in some of the middle sections.
Pastures were becoming very short
and in some localities some~h hay was
being fed, but with the rains of the 9th
improvement will be felt. Grass for
hay is thin and very short; tame hay
will be generally very light and in
some localities failure, but wild hay
is expected to improve with the rains,
though it will be short. Light frosts
occurred on the morning of the Sth in
Polk and Grant counties; light frosts
occurred on the morning of the 18th in
Polk, Becker and Hubbard counties,
and killing frost was reported from
Campbell, with minimum tempera.
ture of $50; only slight damage re.
suited. Grasshoppers are reported nu'
merous in portions of CLAW county.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
THOUGHTS FOR THE ANTS,
Rev. Marion ID. Shutter Delivers a Stirring
Address.

Rev. Marion ID. Shutter Delivers a Stirring
Address.
Rev. Marion D. Shutter was the
speaker of the day at the Memorial ex
ercises in Minneapolis on the 3Oth,
and synopsis of his address will be
read with general interest at this time.
He said in part:
Ideplore war and Z, believe in arbi-
tration. But war is sometimes neces-
sary, or seems to be necessary. And
when this nation, for example, is act
ually engaged in war with any other
power-savage or civilized-I do not
know how others may interpret their
duty, but for my single self I shall
never be found holding mass meetings
to boom the cause of the enemy. You
old soldiers remember how that went
in the early sixties. You were be-
| tween two fires; that from an avowed
enemy in front was what you expected,
and was brave and manly; the other
was from the rear and was of an en-
tirely different description.
You remember how Mr.. Lincoln was
then called usurper, tyrant, cruel op-
pressor, because he insisted on putting
down rebellion in the south, as his sue
cessor to-day is striving to put down
rebellion in the Philippines. You
know how, in that day, every cess-pool
of SANDER and every river of mud was
searched with drag-nets for vile
epithets and viler charges to bespatter
the character of the man. whose name
is an eternal benediction and whose
memory is the light Of the century.
l am not here to institute COMPARE
sons. What I mean to say is that
those who we're opposed to his admin
istration and policy were mistaken.
Time may show that the parallel op-
position of to-day is equally mistaken.
The triumph of American arms is the
only hope of the Philippines. Any
other event simply turns the islands
over to civil war, where rapine and
murder will be the rule of the strong.
est. The charge that we are fighting
against liberty and independence in
these islands is the veriest fancy that
ever danced in the brain of an agitator
There are no names capable of more
monstrous perversions than the noblest
names in our language, such as justice
/ humanity and liberty. We are not
fighting against these things, but frs,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
INDIANS ARE MOVING,
Party of Twenty Chippewas Go to White
Earth.

Party of Twenty Chippewas Go to White
Earth. -"
Gus Beaulieu, of the White Earth
Indian reservation, with William
Bonga, of Pine Point, White Earth,
came in Saturday morning via the
Hinckley line with party of twenty
Mile Laos Indians, heads of families.
who later took a Northern Pacific
train for White Earth. The Indians
go there to select lands upon which to
make their future homes. Their re-
moval has been secured through
visit last week of Indian Commissioner
Oar Hall, Indian Agent Sutherland of
White Earth and Gov. John Lind.
Maj Sutherland, while at the lake,
paid off a large sum in annuities due
from former years.
William Bonga is a. son of George
Bonga, negro who early made his
home at Leech lake and married
squaw. His father was a man power
full in the counsels of the Leech lake
Chippewas and the son-who is now
past the meridian of life-is likewise
a leader of his people. He goes Mon
day to Leech lake in an effort to re-
move several families there to White
Earth. Bonga says that once the peo-
pie begin to remove to the reservation
at White Earth the others will follow
without any dihiculty.-St Cloud Jour-
nal Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14

when fifty cents invested in an adver-
tisement in the local paper will bring
such a throng of eager sellers as to
give my premises the appearance of
country fair ground" It is needless
to say that this farmer is prosperous.
We know several near here that have
the same idea, in less degree
WISCONSIN Leader. r,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
A LynX'S Pedigree.

Mr.. NJ. Moses, who lives about II
miles north of town, captured large
lynx, or American tiger, in his hen
yard last Monday morning. The
animal had dropped from a tree into
the yard, and after killing all the
fowls. some twenty-five, could not make
his escape over the high wire fence.
Mr.. Moses had not much difficulty in
dispatching the brute with a shotgun,
but the loss in poultry is quite heavy.
The lynx is closely related to the tiger
and this specimen bore close resem-
blance to his first cousin, and could put
up a pretty good fight, Judging from
appearances. Foley Independent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
To Protect 4 Horse From Flies.

A Horseman-To protect horses
from flies one remedy is to rub the
animal with concentrated oil of laurel.
Another is asafetida, one pound; vim
egar, half pint; water, one pint. Still
another remedy is to take common
smart weed and make strong decoction
by boiling. When cold apply to neck,
legs, ETC., and for twenty-four hours
flies and insects will not trouble the
animal. None of the above remedies
are in the least injurious. Fergus Falls
Journal. ..v $3.50 4
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14

"a Clew by Wire" will be COM
menced in the UNIONS next issue.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-10

The Treasurer of the State has called
nv attention to the fact that there are
number of old bonds which have hitherto
been reported as fundable, but which un-
der the Act of 1895 are now no longer so,
and among them are the bonds claimed
BY the State Bank Blue Ridge Railroad
bonds of 1850 to the amount of S57 900.
The Act of 1895 referred to prohibits the
State Treasurer from funding or paying
any bonds after the expiration of twenty
wears from the date of maturity. The
bonds above mentioned matured on July
1st, 1879, and the twenty years limitation
expired on July Ist, 1899.
These bonds, it may be recollected,
have been the subject Of several applica-
tions to the General Assembly for pernis-
sion to fund them without the surrender
of the bonds themselves. One hundred
thousand dollars of these bonds were, 1t
is alleged, plundered and taken from the
Bank in February, 1865, by the Federal
troops in their march through the State.
They have from that time been constantly
claimed by the Bank, the receiver Of
which obtained an injunction from the
courts as early as 1870, restraining the
Treasurer of the State from paying prln-
cioal OF interest of any Of them to any one
but to the receiver, and under that in
junction all of these bonds but the thirty
seven now remaining upon the Treasur-
er's books have from time to time been
recovered by the receiver of the Bank,
and bv him funded No one has during
the thirty wears since the injunction has
IL;
ton, and the Courts of the State have de-
clared that they are the property of the
State Bank, and that the receiver OF the
Bank is the only person entitled to fund
and collect them from the Treasurer Of
the State.
The State owes these bonds to some
one, and the objection which the General
Assembly has hitherto had to the funding
of them has been, it is understood, the
fear that some one might still produce
and present them TO the Treasurer. for
funding under the funding Act Of the
State, aud that the State might in this
way have to pay them twice. This OBJ
lection seems now removed, as no one but
the receiver Of the bank has the right to
ask to have them funded, all other per
sons being now barred by the statutes from
applying to the Treasurer for that purpose.
But however this may be, some action
must now be taken in regard to them.
They can no longer be carried on the
books of the Treasurer as bonds fundable.
1t rests with the General Assembly to say
what must be done in the matter.
\ short time ago received commu-
,ication from the Secretary of the Treas
u-v at Washington calling my attention
to claim of the United States Govern
rrent against the State of South Carolina
and an Act of Congress passed March sd,
1899, requiring him to institute such pro-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-10

very satisfactory manner and the finances
of the institution are in very healty con-
dition He found it necessary to do much
repairing on the buildings at the institu-
ton and OH the farm and there is much
more work that is necessary to be done.
When he took charge there was turned over
to him by his predecessor SII4.55 III cash
and he found it necessary to commence
buying provisions to support the inmates
at once and from March 18th to the har-
vestiEg of the new corn crop he was corl-
PEELED to buy 3,5SS bushels Of corn and
meal. It does not appear to me to
be good business Judgment, with the
farms that are worked by the State,
to be forced TO buys SO large guam
t;tv of corn and meal when they could
and ought to to made on the farms.
l am glad to be able to state that the Su-
perintendent thinks his supply of corn
made during the past year will be suffl-
cient to supply the institution during this
year until the new crop comes in. There
was also large crop of oats made, some
thing over 4, 900 bushels having been sold.
The Superintendent says: The year ag-
riculturally has been satisfactory, consid-
ering the late start and other disadvant-
ages under which the work was done"
The cotton crop will amount to nearly
six hundred bales.
There has been no serious sickness
amongst the prisoners except few cases
of miningitis, from which there were sew
eral deaths. The Superintendent informs
me that there are several prisoners who
are suffering from consumption and close
confinement only aggravates the disease.
have thought it would be wise and hui
name to secure a report from the physi-
clan of such cases and have them turned
out, or placed in separate building re-
mote from other convicts, for their
punishment was not intended to be
slow death There have been only
IS escapes under the present man
agenent and II of these were from stock
ades of private parties who have convlcts
leased. I understand that the Board of
Directors have been making contracts
for the lease of convicts when there was
not sufficient number to fill existing
contracts I do no: consider this good
business Judgment Neither do think
it wise to make contracts for long term
of years, for conditions might arise which
would not leave sufficient number to
work the States property. ask a care
ful consideration of these contracts. These
are made only in the interest
of the efficient management of the instltu-
ton and not with view of criticism.
There has been slight total increase of
convicts during the past year, as the fol-
lowing statement will show:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-10

having to borrow any money or overdraw
his account, and still has balance in the
Treasury. give herewith statement OF
the receipts and disbursements OF the past
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-10
COY. MCSVEEuEY'S MESSAGE.
CITES WONDERFUL MATERIAL PROGRESS
IN The STATE,
ENDORSES THE DIsPENSARY SYSTEM AND SUGGESTS
SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW.

The Finances of the State in aHealthy
and Good Will Prevail Throughout the State--Df-
ferent Departments of the State Reviewed.
Numerous and Timely Suggestions Made.
AS to Taxation Claims Against General
Government--GoodR Roads--Readit.
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supplies made on the farms to be used in
the maintenance of the institution are not
included. This, it appears to me, is q
good showing and demonstrates good
business management. 1t seems to me it
would be wise for the Superintendent to
keep on hand sufficient amount Of this
money to meet current expenses and to
pay the cash for what he is compelled to
buy, for by so doing he can run the in
stitution much more economically, and
thus in the end be able to save money for
the State. I commend to your careful
consideration the report of the Superin-
tendent and Board of Directors.
EDUCATION.
Along with the material progress that
has come to our State there has been
lively interest in the education of our
youth. Not only has this been manifest
in our higher institutions of learning but
the country schools and the primary
schools throughout the State have been
greatly improved. In almost every lncor-
porated- town and many of the country
districts the three mill constitutional tax
has been supplemented aud the schools
are kept open for the full school year. The
teachers are educated Christian men and
Women who have gone out from our col
leses and training schools fully equipped
for their work. In government like ours
the education of our youth IS Of para
mount importance. Any legislation that
will foster and encourage our common
schools should receive your hearty ap-
proval and endorsement, for you may fos-
ter and build colleges as you please, the
fact remains that vast majority Of our
children can never avail themselves of
collegiate training. If the means are
available it is within the range of posi-
bilitv for all of them TO obtain common
school education, and thus be equipped
for the proper discharge of the duties Of
citizenship. Intelligent citizens make
intelligent voters Educated mothers
rear intelligent citizens. When you put
money in education you invest capital
that will give you ever increasing return
and can neither DC lost nor squandered. To
secure efficiency in our common schools
three things are OF paramount importance:
First. YOU must have the means with
which to operate them. Second, you must
have educated and consecrated teachers.
Third, you want intelligent aud efficient
County Superinteudents Of Education.
Unfortunately with the money which the
State is able to expend for common school
education the average length OF the terms
of the public schools where the public
schoolt not supplemented is only from
three to four months. 1t is impossible to
secure that efficiency and thoroughness
which we should have unless the schools
could run longer. The teachers as rule,
are efficient and competent and their pay
is far too small for the work they render
fear that the parents too often feel when
they have paid their tax that they have
shifted the responsibility for the educa-
ton of their children from their shoulders
to the State. If the parents could be
made to realize the importance of this
matter and their responsibility and duty
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-10
FINANCES.

take pleasure also in congratu.ating
~ou on the condition of the finances OF
the State. The State Treasuter has been
able to meet all of the obligations OF the
State promptly and also the interest on
the public debt without the necessity OF