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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-01
Tennessee Saloons Must be Closed

Nashville, Tenn, June N.-The
supreme court has rendered decision
holding that the Adams Law, which
was passed by the last legislature, is
constitutional.
The measure was temperance re-
solution and provided for the abolition
of saloons in towns. having popula-
tion Of 5, ,000 and under, upon the sub
misssioa of the question to popular
vote,
Thece are only eight towns in the
State shat are exempt from the laws
operation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-01
The Foundation of Health.

Nourishment is the foundation of health
--life-strength. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is
the one great medicine that enables the
stomach and digestive organs to digest,
assimilate and transform all foods into
the kind Of blood that nourishes the
nerves and feeds the tissues. Kodol lays
the foundation for health. Nature does
the rest. Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and all
disorders of the stomach and digestive or
gans are cured by the use of Kodol. Sold
by j. s. Hughson d Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-01

Yokohoma, June 2s.-A dispatch foom
Seoul, Capital of Corea, reports that
a Corean military officer, who has
reached the Yalu River, says that one
hundred and fifty Russian soldiers have
crossed tie river and are now stationed
at two points on the Corean side.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-01
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DR. Kings New Life
Pills. These pills change weakness into
strength, listlessness into energy, brain
fag into mental power. They're wonder
full in building up the health. Only 25e
per box. Sold by j. F. W.eDeLorme.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-01
No Pity Shown.

"For years fate was. after me contin-
uously" writes F. A. Gulledge, 'Ferbens,
Ala. ST had terrible case of Piles eaus-
ing "a tumors. When all failed Buck
lens Arnica Saive cured me. Equally good
for burns and all aches and pains. Only
25c at J. F. W. DeLor1ne's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-01
A Low Deal.

Little Charlie Charleston,
Drinking Tiger" rum,
Asked the President ''for bread
And Teddy gave Crum.
Little Charlie Charleston,
Now is cussin' "Ted, -
Says he wanted white cake,
Damn his ginger bread.
-Waycross (Ga. Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-01

csssnve ;sssss ssshuSsni snistrasion il only to
tnrn the aascals ont. Take the pre-
sent sisuationin the postohee depart
uaenE Roosevelt be sincere IN ms
desfrs TO EnosecnSe those who have
aesuasly stolen from the Government,
but even he IS loatll TO expose the
rascalisy of republican appointees ana
ne is afraid TO get rid OF Payne VINO
IS 3 professional politician and whose
every effort is bent to the saving OF
his colleague on the republican nation
al committee, Perry Heath, and other
republican friends, Just as he strained
every nerFs 30 save Hsnnas'; friend
Machen.
Two more indictments have been
secured In The postal cases, one
seaiflst Ex- Congressman briggs OF
BroekIyn. the. other sgainst j. V.
Miller Of the same place. Machen and
tae Grofs have also been indicted
again as have also George E. Lorenz
and his vile. Ex- Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith has made puo-
lie lengthy statement In which he
attempts to outline what he chooses
To regard ais evidence OF coliusion on
Lh6EpafJ OF S0ymOAf H- La.io>.t a. .SSA0 -
Inspector Smith, the man who mace
the report inclosed in BristoWss reply
10 the Tulloch charges and which
was souufavorable to Mr.. Smith $ ad-
{ nrainistration. Mr.. Smith bases his
charge OF collision on the facs that IN
several instances Smith and Tulloch
nse the same language. This is all
avnlained atthe Postoffce department.,
boweyer, whore it is learned that both
+he Tulloch charges and the Smith
renort we're based ON the letter OF Comp
sroiler Of the Treasury Fraceweli and
the similar terms referred TO were
those originally used by him when ne
objected to the payment of certain
r. has been stated il various guar
+e-s that Postmaster General Payne
;ntanded to resign bet this Mr. Payne
denies. He has been quite i'll but is
Tnuch better now and was present at
the last cabinet meeting before the
Pres;dent left Washington. Mr..
Roosevelt left for Oyster Bay where ne
wiI snend the remainder Of the sum-
msr, on Saturday. Nest Of the en-,
bassies and legations are closed, ana
Washington has asumad ITS usual
sumner quiet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
TIE PRINCETON UNION; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER as, 1908.

winch w. t,n Hooded the meadows and kept
them flooded is accountable for the
present condition. It would have
been an easy matter for the farmers to
nave provided against this shortage
in the hay crop, had they been awake
10 the real situation. Judge Searle
on MS Pleasant Lake farm raised an
excellent crop of fodder corn, which
was planted as late as the 23d day of
July. The acres of fodder corn to
each farm in Stearns county would be
worth thousands of dollars, not only
Tor It's immediate value, but to keep
the stock through the winter. In all
probability there will be a big advance
IN prices next spring, and those who
have feed to keep their herds through
the cold weather will be repaid.
Another crop which will pay the
farmer to grow next season is speltz
or emmer. 1t is cereal-and is de-
scrlbed in the seed catalogue as "a
golden combination of oat, wheat,
barley, rye, corn, hog peas and timo-
thy hay.' It is excellent for feed and
is a great producer. Bowling Bros.
on their farm in LeSauk, last spring
planted seven acres, and while it was
an especially poor year for most small
grains, this crop of speltz averaged
sixty bushels to the acre. The market
price is about fifty cents. It has been
grown for years in Austria and Ger
many, and is highly recommended for
feeding cattle, horses, swine, sheep
and poultry.
The farmers who have been caught
this year with a barn full of stock and
no hay to feed it will be wise to take
no chances in the future. The raising
OF beef cattle for the market must in
the necessity of the case be one of
profit to the farmers-except of course
under such unusual conditions as the
present.
The American people like beef, have
the price to pay for it, and the great
percentage of the supply must come
from the small farmers. The big
ranches are growing smaller and less
in number year by year.
No crop on the farm is more easily
raised than corn fodder, and supple
mented with speltz, the breeder of good
cattle, who has plenty of both, comes
pretty near being the king of the
earth.-St. Cloud Journal-Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
HOnOrs for Hutchinson Buttermaker.

The Hutchinson Leader says: I'M.
Sondergaard, buttermaker of the
Hutchinson Produce Co.'s Model
Creamery, has been adjudged the best
buttermaker in the United States. The
decision was arrived at in the educa-
tional butter scoring contest which has
been conducted during the year under
the auspices of the National Creamery
Buttermakers' Association, and the
department of agriculture of the
United States government.
''The purpose of this annual contest
is educational. Each. buttermaker en-
tering, and there must be at least 500
to start the contest, receives notice by
wire when a sample of butter is wanted
and his tub must 60 forward by the
very first train, thus giving no time to
make special preparation.
''The scoring in the contest just
closed was done by W. D. Collyer, one
of the most expert butter scorers in
the United States, assisted by B. D.
White of this State, and the scoring
was done at Chicago
Mr.. Sondergaard' average score
was 96M.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
The Wheat Supply.

The aggregate supplies of bread
stutfs-aour and wheat-in the United
States and Canada on Nov. l, 1903, as
compiled by the Daily Trade Bulletin
and the Minneapolis Market Record
exhibited an increase during October
equal to 9,446,O0O bushels compared
with an increase of l7,l15,O 600 bushels
during September, and an increase of
20, 996, 900 bushels during October, 1902.
The increase was mainly in the south
west, northwest and in Canada.
Through the central west supplies
were slightly reduced. Farmers back
ward about selling.
During the month of October the
supplies of wheat in the United States
and Canada were enlarged $3.50, 900
bushels compared with an increase of
Is, 1853, ZOO bushels during September,
and an increase of l9,772,OOO bushels
during October, 1902. Supplies were
slightly larger through the east, we're
decreased slightly through the central
west, and increased considerably in
the northwest, southwest and in Can
ada. Supplies in the interior eleva-
tors of the northwest were enlarged
1886, 900 bushels during October, COM
pared with an increase of 1860, 900
bushels during September and an in
crease of $4,000 bushels during Octo-
Der, 1902. Aggregate stocks are re-
ported at 6,0Ol, 900 bushels compared
with 4, 665, 200 bushels on Oct. l, and
s, 238, 900 bushels on Nov. l, 1902. The
aggregate supplies of wheat in second
hands in the United States and Can
ada on Nov. l, 1908, were 22,648, 900
bushels less than one year ago, and
20, TAB, 600 bushels less than two years
ago.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
\ VERY NEAT SWINDLE.

Morrill, and Graham Farmers Victimized
to the Tune of 1886 Each.
A clever swindle that was worked
last September in Morrill,. Graham,
Alberta and perhaps other towns in
this neighborhood has just come to
light. Two young men claiming to be
doctors and to represent the ''New
York Hospital,' of St. Louis, can
vassed the towns in question and
offered four months treatment for
S36.40. No matter what your ailment
might be-consumption, rheumatism,
heart disease or any other i'll that man
is heir to-you would be cured and if
you didn't have the ready cash to pay
for the treatment they would take your
note. Medicine would be furnished
and it you were not cured after the four
months treatment there was to be no
pay-so the contract read and so the
oily-tongued agents explained.
Upon this promise of a positive cure
or no pay many signed notes for vari-
GUS amounts, from $36.4O to S45,
among the number Ignatz Mehalska,
of Morrill,, and he was in town Tues
day to find out if he could be forced to
pay the note he signed for S36. 40. The
Treatment" he bought was for his
wife who has been suffering for some
time with heart trouble. No medicine
was furnished and the slick swindlers
disposed of the Mehalska note. to-
gether with number of others, to the
Bank OF Rice. The notes being in the
hands of an innocent third party the
farmers can be forced to pay them if
they are financially responsible and
the doctors" took care that none
others were STANDARDIZATION Ban
ner.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
Where the Farmers Lose.

The sacrifice of cattle in this section
OF the State by the farmers means a
loss of many thousand dollars. The
shortage of the hay crop has forced
many farmers to sell their COWS and
steers at what they could get, and they
are getting very low prices, as a nat
ural consequence. Good COWS which
year ago could not be bought for
less than thirty or forty dollars, now
go begging for buyers at ten and fif-
teen.
The late and unusually heavy rains.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
Gus Marks Confesses to Participating
in Murders at CHICAGO.

SuS WdFkS NonIeSSeS 10 participating
in Murders at Chicago.
; Chicago, Nov 25-The mystery
surrounding the hold-up of the cashiers
office of the Chicago City railway last
August, during which two Of the en-
ployes of the Office were shot and
killed without warning, was cleared
up Tuesday by the confession of Gus
Marks, who was arrested last Satur-
day for the murder of Detective John
Quinn, whom Marks shot down while
trying to escape arrest.
Harvey Vandine and Peter Neider-
meier are named by Marks as his &C.
completes in the car barn murder Ac-
cording to Marks story the three men
went to the Office of the railway COM
pany for the purpose of robbery.
Marks says that when he ordered the
men to throw up their hands they
obeyed, but Neidermeier burst in the
window of the Office and commenced
shooting. Vandine then broke down
the door with a sledge hammer, Marks
says, and went into the Office and took
all the money he could find, in all
$2,250 was secured, and Marks says
the money was evenly divided between
the three men, She next day Marks
and his two companions went to Den
YER, then to Cripple Creek and in a
week came back to Chicago, since
when, according to Marks confession,
they have been implicated in a num-
Der of hold-ups and shooting affairs
Marks confessed that in addition to
the two murders at the car barns he
had been connected with four other
murders since that time. All of these
crimes were similar in character to
the killings in the barn, being the rob-
bling and shooting of men on the street
and in saloons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
SAW BATTALlA'S BODY,
Two Young Men Near the Scene When
He was Killed.

ne was Killed.
Minneapolis, Nov. 25.-Lewis Ro-
KEN and Arthur Nelson, young men
who live near the Franklin avenue
bridge in Minneapolis, saw the body
of Salvatore Battallia lying on the
bridge last Wednesday night.
The boys had not reported this to
the authorities, but last night &C.
knOwledged to a detective that they
had seen the body lying on the bridge
before the alarm was given, and RO-
KEN said that he had heard somebody
running away.
Neither, however, would admit that
he had seen any one close to the body
as they had been reported to have told
their friends.
These friends say that the boys had
been visiting on the East Side until
about $50 O'Clock, when they started
home.
AS they reached the east end of the
bridge, walking on the right hand side,
they saw two men lifting something
between them that appeared to be
heavy and carrying toward the railing.
The men evidently heard them ap-
preaching, for they dropped their bun
die and ran in their direction, but on
the opposite side of the bridge
The young men kept on and saw the
body of a man in the roadway at about
the center of the bridge and noticed
blood scattered about.
Terror-stricken they broke into a
run and went home. They did not re-
port to the police, fearing to be mixed
up in the horrible affair."
The police believe this story will
throw considerable light on the case.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
SIX BODIES RECOVERED.
Thirteen Men Believed to Have Per-
ished in Mine.

Thirteen Men Believed to Have Per-
ished in Mine.
Fort Smith, Ark, Nov. 25.-Thirteen
miners were killed and great damage
was done by an accidental explosion of
gas Tuesday afternoon in coal mine
No. 20 at Bonanza, Ark, twelve miles
from this city. At nightfall only six
of the victims had been recovered.
When the explosion occurred there
were about $50 men in the various
shafts. All escaped without injury
except the thirteen who were employ
ed in entry K, the scene of the explo-
sion. The force of the explosion was
so terrific that timbers were torn from
the walls Of the passages for several
hundred yards at the mouth of the
entry. The passages were so CON-
pletely obstructed that the work of res
cue was tedious in the extreme and
several hours were consumed before
the first body was found.
1t is believed that the gas accident
ally was ignited by a miners lamp
Many who escaped with the aid Of 9TH
ers summoned from nearby shafts i'm
mediately set about clearing away the
debris in the hope that some Of the
men who were entombed had survived
the explosion. By nightfall six bodies
had been recovered and the work was
still in progress. 1t is now consider
ed certain that all of the entombed
miners have persisted.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
POTATO BLIGHT.
"A Scientific Report of the Cause of the PO-
.s tatO Failure by Rot, I'd

SeaSO Wy 1NOCs
The following communication from
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
to Judge Crosby of Hastings, was
furnished us by the kindness of DR..
Buchanan, who has taken a great
deal of interest in a scientific investi-
agtion of the cause of the blight of the
potato vine and the rotting of the
tubers this year. A careful reading
OF this communication by our farmers
will give them information they ought
to know and practice.
Washington, DC, Nov. 9th, 1908.
Hon. F. M. Crosby,
Hastings, Minnesota.
Dear Sir:-Your letters of October
Both and November 3rd, together with
diseased potato tubers, have been re-
ceived.
From an examination of the mate
rial sent it is impossible to determine
for certain what the cause of the rot is.
Doubtless the wet weather has had
much to do with increasing it, but it
is very evident that these weather con-
ditions are not the first cause of the
trouble. Certain aspects of disease
make US believe that the primary trou-
BILE is a fungus, Phytophthora infest-
ans, which causes a bad blighting of
the tops and later a decay of the tu-
bers. Other tubers, on the other hand,
seem to be rotted with bacterial rot,
caused probably by Bacillus solan-
acearum. This is a very soft white
rot, and gives to the tuber very often
sive odor. This soft rot, however,
may not be due to the parasitic organ
isms named, but may be secondary
rot caused by soil organisms which
follow the fungus decay and which
have been largely aided in their
growth by the wet weather. At this
season of the year there is nothing
that can be done to prevent the decay.
1t is almost certain that the soil where
the diseased potatoes have been raised
have been infested to such an extent
that it would be impossible to grow
crop there next year. Care should
be taken also in selecting healthy seed
for planting
DR.. Erwin Smith, who is in charge
of the pathological laboratory of this
office, is out of town at present but
will return in about a week, when the
matter will be referred to him for
further investigation.
Will you kindly send us another lot
of the diseased material, using the en-
closed frank to cover postage. Select
various stages of the decay, and also
send some of the potato vines which
show any blight, or, if such cannot be
found, send any vines from hills where
the tubers have decayed.
have written to the other growers
to whom you refer, asking for detailed
information about the blight of which
you speak and which is probably very
closely connected with the rot affect
ing your potatoes. It is the wish of
the department. to do all in it's power
to combat the disease, and we trust
that further investigation will re-
veal the exact cause of the rot.
Yours very truly,
A. F. Woods,
.lPathologist and Psychologist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
Six Persons Severely Injured.

Chicago, Nov. 25.-Six persons were
severely injured and scores of others
thrown into a panic Tuesday night
when an engine on the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois railroad crashed into
a crowded electric car Of the Chicago
General Railway company at Twenty
second street and Stewart avenue.
None of those injured will die.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
A Vent For Hot Air.
was 964

Our Canadian friends failed to get
Alaska, but they are taking it out in
kissing the American flag. It doesn't
hurt the flag, and it gives the same
sort of real devilish comfort that one
gets in exclaiming ''Oh, fudge!" when
he has pinched his finger in the door.
New York World. .~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26

Governor of Chi Ii Would Attack Rus.
slams in Manchuria.

London, Nov. 25.-Private advices
from Picking are to the effect that
General Yuan Shi Kai, governor of Chi
Ii province, has informed the en-
peror that he is prepared to declare
war against the Russians in Man.
churia
General Ma is said to be ready to
march into Shan Hal Kwan at the
head of 1S, 900 men.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
ALDERMAN UNDER ARREST.
Charged With Soliciting and Accept.
ina a Bride.

Milwaukee, Nov. 25.-Charles Cook,
former alderman Of the Fourth ward,
was arrested Tuesday, charged with
soliciting and accepting a bride of
$1,000 from John e. Fitzgerald of the
Milwaukee Boiler company in connec-
ton with an ordinance. The arrest
was at the instance of the committee
of ten
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
Louisville Firemen Dismissed.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 25.-Chief Ty.
son of the fire department Tuesday
dismissed six fremen for refusing to
testify at the hearing of the men
charged with looting during the prog
ress of the Old Masonic Temple fire,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
TWO TRAINMEN KILLED.
Seven Coaches of Great Northern
Train Ditched in Montana.

Glasgow, Mont, Nov. 25.-Passen-
ger train No. on the Great Northern
was wrecked at Lanark, about 100
miles east of here, at p. m Tuesday,
Engineer Hoey and his fireman, Artie
Taylor, we're instantly killed. Seven
coaches were ditched. The wreck
was caused by stock being on the
track.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-26
DSCLlNEs TO GRANT INJUNCTION.
Judge Lacombs Refuses to Restrain
Production of "Parsifal,"

New York, Nov 25.-Judge La
combe in the United States circuit
court Tuesday declined to grant the
Injunction asked for by Cosima Was-
ner and Seigfried Wagner heirs OF
the late Richard Wagner, restraining
Manager Heinrich Conried from pro-
ducing the dramatic festival play
"Parsifal."
The decision of Judge Lacombe in
sures the production of "Parsifal'
scheduled by Manager Conried for
Dec. "a at the Metropolitan Opera
House, with an all-star cast.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-07-11
Colorado springs Dynamite Plot.

Colorado Springs, Colo, July 81
About 2 o'clock this morning the en-
ployes at the power house of the Colo
RADIO Springs Electric Company. four
miles north Of this CITY,. felt a terrific
concussion and at the same time TWEEN
ty panes Of glass in the north or rear
wall of the building were shattered as
at one blow. The explosion was heard
for a mile around and caused intense
excitement One OF the engineers
rushed and discovered a small FIRE
burning in the vacant lot a few feet
distant from the north wall. Upon
stamping 1t out he found that the ma
terial was made Of the paper surround
ing dynamite sticks.
A hasty investigation revealed moth
Ing further until daylight. when Cen
eral Manager George B. Trip and the
chief engineer having been commune
Gated with. thorough search was In
stituted. Scattered within radius OF
200 feet about the vacant lot north or
the wall were broken and entire sticks
Of dynamite, which, when put together.
approximated seventy-flve pounds.
There were $50 sticks in all, each being
one and one-half inches in size.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1903-07-11

compel the management to accede TO
their demands for an eight-hour- day.
THIS plan was adopted after the re-
fusal of Manager Guiterman to confer
with the members of the union and his
subsequent departure for Pueblo.
There was no hint Of trouble up to
the time the men walked out. After
persuading the 800 men at the Omaha
and Grant Smelter to strike the mem
bers OF the union and the employees
Joined forces and went to the Globe
smelter. President Meyer of the West
ern Federation OF Miners was. apprised
Of the trouble and got up out OF bed
and went to the Globe smelter.
After leaving the Grant smelter
the men who were agitating the strike
together with the sympathizers. whom
they had gathered at the Grant shelter.
marched In body to the Globe. Al
2 o'clock this morning they were at
work at the latter place endeavoring
to induce the employees to quit work.
They succeeded after a few minutes
endeavor
The loss which will be sustained by
the smelling company will be very Sc
we're. 1t is estimated thy 1t costs at
least $1,000 to start the fires in each
smelter.