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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

EMBEzZLERs and defaulters have
been star performers the past week.
The prince himself was one Willard S.
Allen, of Boston, who was treasurer of
the Methodist Preachers Aid society
and who disappeared with Sl25,000
that belonged to the society. A bright
young student of the embezzlers' art
was a young man at Duluth who
wrecked the banking institution for
which he was cashier by overdrawing
$4,000 of the banks funds. He was
specializing in wheat and society events
as we'll, as he was great social leader.
A small operator in the embezzline
line was Jas. A. Ennis. cashier of a
milling company of Minneapolis who
stole over 1000 and weht his wav tc
ruin. Just as long as there is tenpta.
ton there will be thievery. and wher
trusted officials. get so they live beyonc;
their means there is bound to be trou.
BILE sooner or later.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

A SPEAKER at Chautauqua New
York, expressed his views OF the psy-
chology Of a mob. OF course about all
he could do was to refer to such
strange, wierd and wild outburst of
human feeling. To describe the psy-
chology Of a mob would be like at
tempting to describe a West Indian
tornado at the height Of it's fury. The
Reign of Terror when Paris was red
with human blood and the torch of the
wild populace was a most horrible in
stance of the psychology of mob. 1t
could never be properly described, for
such awful abortions Of human feelings
and desires simply beggar description.
They are great human nightmares.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20
4 VIEW OF SAYINGS BANK DEPOSIT!

Il VIEW OF SAYINGS BANK DEPOSITS.
JUDGE GROSsCUP Of the United States
circuit court thinks that the fact that
savings bank deposits have increased
from 100000 to $40, 900, 900 during the
past ten years is not as encouraging a
sign as some might think. He says
that under normal conditions this vast
amount would be invested by the labor
ing classes, but because of ''polite
swindlers and high-up rascals who are
able to subvert the laws and give stocks
a value they do not possess" this money
is left with the savings banks. Judge
Grosscup says the laws should be
changed SO that no set of men can Or
ganize a corporation except upon a
strict legal basis, and they should all
be under rigid supervision. There is
much truth in what Judge Grosscup
says but it must be remembered that
A''eIAJ t-1olAos-AlNo VI f'COp1C VIII udVO
small deposits in savings banks are sat-
istied to take what little accumulation
to the principal they can get in the
shape Of interest, rather than invest in
stocks of uncertain value. Industrial
stocks would not necessarily be an alb
solutely safe investment if the govern
ment exercised the most rigid super
vision over corporations, as the govern
ment cannot control commercial and
industrial conditions that enter into
trade, and conditions which arise from
many unforeseen causes. Were all cor
porations on as sound a footing as the
Bank Of England many people would
not care to use>their small savings on a
speculative market. There can be no
gloomy appearance in the horizon be-
cause OF the fact that the savings bank
deposits Of the country are rapidly in
creasing. ..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

REV. J. S. MONTGOMERY, the popu-
lar Minneapolis divine, who has lust
returned from Europe, says he found
the Irish people as ever brisk, bracine.
and breezy, and the Scotch rugged and
rough. Rev. Montgomery says: ''They
fill up on stout Scotch whisky on Sat-
urday and praise the Lord all day Sun
day. In Edinburgh made the obser-
walton that sobriety is not necessary
companion to orthodoxy" He says
Norway and Sweden are great coun-
tries, and on every hand there is pros
perity, frugality and contentment. In
Germany especially in student and
professional life, there is much i'll feel
ing manifested towards the United
States, because Of our commercial ag-
precision
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

The Bulgarian government has pre-
sented to the ''powers" of Europe list
of the cruelties and atrocities COM
mitted by the Ottoman government.
The list shows the old Turk to be hell
itself magnifed a few thousand times
We punished Spain for cruelties in
tlicted at our doorway, but the powers
of Europe dare not NEEDLE with the
Turks affairs for fear the equilibrium
might be disturbed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20
GREATER NEW YORK.

In New York city the air is being
pierced with sky-scrapers, the rivers
are being spanned by great bridges,
while the ground is being tunnelled
and gouged with innumerable sideways
to care for. the rapidly increasing popu-
lation during the busy hours of the day
and at times when several million peo-
pie are struggling to get from their
business to their homes and vice versa.
The improvements that are now under
way to build sideways for rapid transit
roads involve the expenditure of mil
lions of dollars. The estimated cost
of these subways is estimated at no less
than $3.50, 1000, 900. When the Brooklyn
bridge was completed less than a quar-
ter Of a century ago it was constructed
to accommodate 30,000,000 people an
nually, while as a matter of fact no.
100000 cross the great structure every
year, and then it does not begin to take
care of the travel between Brooklyn
and Manhattan. New York and
Brooklyn are to be connected with
three new bridges. There will be a
new East river bridge to cost $40, 0O0,-
900, equipped with two elevated and
four trolley tracks, two wide promen-
AIDES, two carriage ways and two bicy-
Gle paths. Then there will be an in
termediate bridge or Manhattan span
to cost $l8,000,O00. It will have four
elevated and four trolley tracks and
a roadway and promenade with fire.
proof floor. The other bridge will be
at Blackwell's Island and will cost
81, 000,0 900. 1t will have two elevated
and two trolley tracks and two prom
enades. The system of subways to be
constructed by the city and by the
various railways contemplate honey
combing the earth under the great
city with loops and lines Of electric
railways to carry the congested traffic
The Pennsylvania road will build a
tunnel five and half miles long from
Jersey City to Long Island City, under
the river and under the city, with a
central station of palatial quipment
and to cover FIVE blocks. The New
York Central will build a system Of
loops under the Grand Central depot
and have fine hotel, theatre, depart
ment store and all the comforts of
home so that one can run into the CITY
and shop without ever being annoyed
by going up on the busy thoroughfares.
Great is Greater New York.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20
WHEAT reached the dollar mark last

WHEAT reached the dollar mark last
Friday when that price was paid for
No. l Northern. The price is no spec
ulative one as was the case in 1898 when
Joe Letter attempted to corner wheat.
The stock Of old wheat is very low and
the harvest is late and millers are
hustling hard to get enough wheat to
last them until new wheat reaches the
market. Prospects are bright for a
good stiff price for wheat until another
crop year rolls round unless all signs
fail.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

The cotton industry of the country
represents an investment OF $500, 900, 900
and gives employment to $1,000 peo-
pie, while the annual production of
milling products is nearly $500, 900, 900.
The new south is getting to be a dis
turbing factor in the cotton industry of
the country. In 1880 the south was al
most as poor as at the close of the war.
but to-day the cotton mills of the south
represent an investment Of SIP, 900. 600.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

IT is estimated that since the govern
ment was organized 100000 immi-
grants have found homes in this coun-
try. The largest arrivals in any one
year with the exception of the past
year, was in 1882, when 1888, 992 foreign
ers arrived. During the past year $751;
046 persons from various parts of the
globe came to this country. Without
the heavy immigration this country
would be yet a wilderness in many
places, and much of the foreign blood
has been a powerful factor in the de-
velopment Of the country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20
AN EMPH4TIC DENIAL.

St. Paul Globe Aug. 49, Former
State Auditor Robert G.. Dunn declines
to pay any attention to the strenuous
efforts of the administration machine
to draw him into the open as a candi-
date for the gubernatorial nomination
Mr.. Dunn was in St. Paul yesterday
for the transaction of business con-
nected with the Northome Townsite
company, of which he is vice president.
He said:
II am attending strictly to my pri-
vate business and must decline to dis
cuss politics or my alleged political am
billions. AS for the latter, discussion
by myself seems entirely unnecessary,
Thomas Lowry and his friends seem
to be attending to that assiduous]v
enough.
II am too busy to talk politics and
may remain too busy, but if I do Get
ready to talk politics or enter the no.
litical field again I shall do so without
asking the consent Of anybody.
"As far as any combine between NV
self and Joel Heatwole. or between
myself and anyone else is concerned. T
know nothing of it. I have not seen
or conversed with Mr.. Heatwole either
by word Of mouth, letter, telephone,
telegraph, in person or proxy, since
last January"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

CORBETr didn't get it in the neck
but he did get it just a little lower
down about the stomach, and after
standing up before Jetfries for ten
rounds Corbett went down in as grace
full manner as possible under the cir
cumstances. 1t is said that Jetfries did
some very clever boxing while his an
tagonist did some very clever ducking
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20
A MAN in St. Louis drew a reVOlV

A MAN in St. Louis drew revolver
on motorman and compelled him to
stop the car so that it could be boarded.
The fellow had got tired waiting the
pleasure of the passing motormen and
came to the conclusion he had few
rights himself which he proceeded to
enforce, and the Judge sustained him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

SCIENTISTS have found gigantic
mammoth in the frozen Wilds Of Siberia.
When found it was in an excellent state
of preservation. In the stomach was
found various kinds Of grasses and a
wad Of green substance that looks like
the K. G. platform.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20
IT is unnecessary for the

IT is unnecessary for the UNION to
state that the Hill-HeatwOle-Dun COM
bination SO graphically portrayed in
the ST. Paul Dispatch OF the 18th inst.
exists only in the vivid imagination Of
the writer of the yellow article. The
Lowry-Van Sant-Munn crowd is getting
desperate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

THINGS have come to a pretty pass
in Minnesota if man cannot seek 90
litical preferment unless he will con-
sent to wear a Tom Lowry Or Jim Hill
collar. Bob Dunn may remain pri-
vate citizen the balance of his natural
life but he will wear no mans collar.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

GRAND ARMY veterans are having
a good time at San Francisco at their
reunion. The boys are getting old but
are just as young as they used to be
when they get together.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20
Minnesota State Fair,

The Great Northern Railway has an
nounced special rate of one fare plus
fifty cents for the round trip to St.
Paul. Tickets on sale August Doth to
September 5th inclusive. Final return
limit September It'll. For full infor-
nation apply to GEO. E. RICE, Agent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

The first race between the American
yacht Reliance and Sir Thomas Lip
tons Shamrock III will be sailed to-
day. Here's to the American boat!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

A LOCAL farmers alliance in north
ern Minnesota is advising farmers to
hold their wheat. There never was a
better time to sell wheat than this fall.
The time to sell any product is when
a good round price can be secured.
Always let the other fellow speculate
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

The wheat yield of Kansas is said to
be the greatest in the history of that
state. The yield is placed at over co.
600, 900 bushels.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

NEW YORK city is $50 years old
while Chicago on the seventeenth of
the present month celebrated its cen
tennial anniversary. Put on $50 more
years to the Windy City and it will be
a wonder Of the world.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

FOREST fires do not seem to be CIV
ing the fire wardens any anxiety this
year. There are some redeeming
features to the wet weather.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

NEBRASKA has declared for Roose.
welt. The rest of the Union is ditto.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

New England leather manufacturers
will try the experiment of raising goats
for their hides on the abandoned farms
OF New England. Foreign competition
has caused the innovation. The leather
will be used to make belts for police
mems ''billies,'' and for this reason
Billy goats hides will be the most pop
ular.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20
By The Way:

Farmers will always find places to
hitch their teams in front of our
store, and be given an opportunity
to leave them there while trading
with US.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

First Citizen-Did you hear about
the magazine explosion?
Second CiJiZen-NO. What about it.
First Citizen-It was in newspaper
row. A spring poem came in touch
with an old maids lament.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

We are scraping the sky and the
bowels of the earth with millions of
tons Of iron and steel and timbers and
building material of all kinds, and no
wonder the old volcanoes break loose
once in a. WHILE
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20

Maud-I see that Pope is dead. I
thought he died good many years
ago, but | guess I was mistaken.
Clara-Guess again. Maud, dear.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-08-20
Shavings.


Law and order are not synonymous.
A pound party is often a very LIGHT
affair.
Cold facts are better than hot sus-
picions. 81
A snap in timber-after the cyclone
has gone over.
An insurance adjuster is not always
small shaver.
A bare-faced lie is much better than
cunning deceit.
A deep voice does not always indicate
a deep character.
Some prospectors make out to carry
a very heavy lode.
Corbett suffered from knockout drops
in San Francisco the other night.
The summer girl-she is thing of
beauty principally clothed in her
thoughts.
The seas of matrimony can never he
sailed smoothly if the wife is a good
revenue cutter.
Pewter-Parks is such an ornament.
Sinks-I never noticed. In what wav?
Pewter-He is such fine cigarette
holder.
The English parliament has been
prorogued until next November. Good
ness sakes! Does this account for the
St, Louis shock?
Maud-I see that Pope is dead. I
thought he died q good many years
ago, but [ guess [ was mistaken.
(N9ra-(1lpSc arain NGo,,1 doc,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
BIG CONCERNS MERGE
KniCkerbceker Ice Company Buys the
Property OF Its RiyaI-'he
Consumers Ice co.
kENOsHA PROPERTY AFFECTED
Trust Now Has Control of Nearly All the
Ice Houses In the Lake District Prices
May Be Boosted.

A deal was completed in Chicago
Saturday afternoon whereby all the
property of the Consumers Ice Com
pany, both in Chicago and in the in
land lakes of this county, was trans
ferred to the Knickerbocker Ice Com
pany, and that company now has a
practical monopoly of all the ice bust
ness in the cities about Chicago. The
sale of the property of the Consumers
Company will undoubtedly have con-
siderable effect on the ice industries in
this county, and incidentally it may
result IN the price of the summer com
modify being largely Increased In Ke-
.nosha. The deal was completed by
Chauncey Blair the president of the
CONSUMERS Company the negotiations
having been made at Mr.. Blair's new
home at Powers Lake. The property
IN Kenosha sold to the big ice COM
bine, consists of several large houses
at Powers Lake, one at Twin Lakes
and several hundred acres of land on
the banks of the different inland lakes
in the county. It is said that the
knickerbocker company is now negot-
iating for the purchase of the proper
ries of the Jefferson Ice Company
which is practically the only indepen
dent ice company in Chicago.
The holdings of the Jefferson Com
pany in Kenosha county are larger
than those of any other Chicago Ice
company, and the company has large
houses on all of the Kenosha lakes.
It is said that the Knickerbocker
Company paid $3.50, 900 for the property
of the Consumers Company and Mr..
Blair will become director in the Ice
Trust. It is difficult to tell at this time
what effect the sale will have on the
prices of ice in Kenosha. At least one
of the largest Kenosha dealers had
secured his supply from the Consumers
Company, and he will now be forced to
trade with the Knickerbocker COM
pany, and this will give the big COM
pany monopoly of ali the ice sold in
Kenosha. In other cities along the
lake shore where the Knickerbocker
company has gained this advantage
the prices of ice have been raised
several dollars on the hundred and it
is probable that this will follow in
Kenosha.
The greatest loss by the merging of
the two companies will come from the
closing of the ice houses of the Con-
sumers Company, and the mum Der of
men employed in the ice fields will be
reduced by several hundred if not by
several thousand. The Knickerbocker
company took possession Of the proper
ty this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
ORGANIZATION is COMPLETED.

Frank Holt Is Elected President of the
Pleasant Prairie Telephone Company.
The first meeting of the directors and
stockholders of the Pleasant Prairie
Telephone Company was held on
Saturday evening at the office of the
company In Pleasant Prairie. The
orga IMITATION of the company was COM
pleted by the election of officers as
follows:
President-Frank Holt.
Vice Notwithstanding Crow.
Secretary and Treasurer B.
Maloney.
The officers, with Frank Stanley
and E. A. King, will compose the
board Of directors of the company.
The capital stock of the company is
$4,000 and one half of it has been paid
in. There are about twelve stockhold-
ers in the company. The company is
considering plans for the extension of
the present exchange of the company
and these changes may be made dur
ing the coming summer and fall.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
AN EYE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL.
BURGLARS in the western Part of the olty

Burglars In the Western Part of the City
stesi Porch Boxes In Broad Day Light.
Petty thieves who infest the West
side Of the city are lovers Of the beau
tiful and this fact was given an illus
trait on Monday afternoon when IN
the sring light of day unknown per-
sons went to the home of Fl. Field
.schau, at III Maple street; and stole
one of the porch boxes filed with
flowers. The box was torn from its
fastenings and carried away during
the absence Of the family.
After night had set in, the robbers
not satisfied with the one box, re-
turned to the Feldschau home and pro-
ceeded to make an effort to steal the
companion box from the porch. In
this they were not successful, as in
their enthusiasm for flowers the box
was broken and fell with crash to the
ground. It was impossible to carry it
away, but the noise awakened the PEG.
pie of the house and a merry chase FOL
lowed. The thieves escaped.
So much petty thieving has been
going on on the West side that the peo-
pie IN that neighborhood are arming
themselves for the protection of their
property, and there will be shooting
some night which will result in one of
the thieves getting all that is coming
TO him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
APPOINTMENTS HELD UP.

Delay in Civil Service Examination Delays
Appointments at Kenoshs Postofice.
The Kenosha postofice is very much
in need of some new men md the ap-
pointment of them is being held up on
account of the failure of the civil SER
vice officers to make any returns of the
recent examinations held in the city.
Two sub-carriers and a clerk are sadly
needed for the work of the Office, but
as no returns have been received from
the examinations no appointments can
be made. The returns of the exami-
nations have been held up in Washing
ton on account of the fact that when
the examinations were taken, one of
the candidates who was a naturalized
citizen failed to furnish the clerks of
the examination with copy of his
naturalization papers. It will probably
be several weeks before the report of
this examiua .i3a IS received.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
Michael Burns Formerly of This City
Meets Death at the Hands OF John
Goebel at Woodward, Ok.
HAD MET TO SETTLE GRIEVANCES.
1t is Not Known Which Man Fired First
But Burns Fell Pierced by Three Bull
lets.-Murderer is Arrested,

News has just been received in this
city that Michael Burns former resi-.
dent of Kenosha was killed in a duel
at Woodward, Oklahoma. on Saturday
eveuing, July 18th. The details of the
crime attending the killing of the
fornr2r Kenoshan are most sensation
al and bring back the days Of the new
west when due1s were a common thing
among the cowboys and ranchers.
Burns had gone to Oklahoma some
three years ago to begin life as a
ranchman and recently he had great
deal of trouble with man by the name
of John Goebel. Burns had been in
jured and he attributed his injuries to
Goebel. The two men had often dis
cussed their grievances and on Satur-
day evening they arranged to meet at
a saloon in Woodward for fual set
tlement of the troubles. Both men
were armed when they entered the
saloon and they retired together to a
small room where the settlement was
to take place. It appears from the
evidence that both men were determin-
ed and the battle was TO be battle to
the death. The men had been togeth.
er but few moments when the sounds
of shots were heard and the men in
the saloon rushing to the scene of the
encounter found the 1ifeless body OF
Burns laying on the floor. The Ke-
nosha man had been shot three times.
Once in the arm, uonce in the should
er and once over the heart. The last
wound is supposed to have caused in
slant death. 1t was impossible to tell
whether Burns,or Goebe1 fired first but
Goebel escaped the encounter uniniur-
ed and was hailed as the victor in the
duel. He was arrested later and is
now in jail awaiting trial on charge
of the murder of the'Kenosha man.
It is claimed that Goebel was of
quarrelsome nature and.th he has
record as bad man among the cow
boys residing IN the neighborhood of
Woodward. Burns on the other hand
was slow to take up quarrel but had
always given q good account Of him
self when engaged in any troubles.
The duel to the death caused the
widest excitement in the Oklahoma
town as all the ranchmen had mixed
up in the quarrel between the two men
and after the killing of Burns free
for all fight was narrowly averted.
The remains Of Burns were buried in
the cemetery at Woodward, but they
will probably be brought to Kenosha
later and inferred in the Burns family
lot in st. James cemetery.
The dead man was forty-fve years
of age and was born and raised in Ke-
nosha. He was son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Burns. ard his divorced wife
who is now Mrs. Mayme English and
one son Edgar Burns English are now
residing in the city.