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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
Convicted Of Double Murder.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Nov. 1l.-Fred Irle,
aged twenty, was given sentence of
thirty years in prison at Savannah,
fourteen miles from here, by a jury,
for the murder Of Henry Speth and
Guy Shilliam of Platteville, Wis. The
crime was committed July 20, 1900.
All were runaway boys travelling to-
gether. The double murder occurred
in a boXcar attached to a train.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
Notice of Hearing on Ditch Petition.

Notice is hereby given that petition, of
Wnlca the following is copy, has been filed in
county, Minnesota, and that a hearing will he
hao on said petition at the next session of the
o ooara OF county commissioners of said county,
November, 1903 at the office of the county an5i
Tor IN the village of Princeton, county OF Mile
Laos and State OF Minnesota:
. E. E. WHITNEY,
Auditors SeaL]
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth. Nov 1O-Wheat-T arrive
NO. 1 hard, 79Ac; No. 1 Northern,
7SAc; No. Northern, 75%c On
track-No. 1 Northern, 78Ac; No. 2
Northern, 75%c; No. spring, 72%c;
Dec, 74A; May, 1870. Flax-In store,
on track, to arrive, Nov. and Dec,
94Ac; May, OSLO.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
Wisconsin Postoffice Robbed.

Merrimac, Wis, Nov 11.-Four
burglars oVerpowered the only police
man OF this place and, after robbing
him and locking him up in the town
Jail, blew open the postoffice safe,
ritled it of it's contents and fed. The
burglars secured about $1,000 and val
tables belonging to the postmaster
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

ST. Paul, Nov. 10.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, s3.75@5.OO; common to
fair, $3.25@365; good to choice COWS
and heifers, s2.75@3.50; veals, $500
@5.25. Hogs-S4.05@4.95. Sheep
Good to choice lambs, s4.25@4.5O;
fair to choice, $3.75@4.25; good to
choice wethers, s3.25@3.50; heavy.
S3O0@3.25.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 10-Wheat-Dec.,
771Sc; old, 77%c; May, 771Ac; July,
1875. Corn-Nov.. 423sc; Dec, 42%c;
May, 421a @425sc: JAM, 1890. Oats
Nov. $3.50; Dec, 3472c; May, $3.50;
July, 33Ac. Pork-Jan., $1175; May,
s11.S5. FlaX-Cash, Northwest, 95kc;
Southwest. Ole; December. Gle; May,
96c. Butter-Creameries, 15@21hc;
diaries, 14@1Shc. Poultry Turkeys,
12c: chickens. &c; springs, 10hc.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
Dan Patch PAGES a Mile in 2:O3M.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 11-Dan
Patch paced mile on half-mile
track here during the afternoon in
2:O3A, lowering the only worlds rec
ord for PAGERS outstanding against
him. The record previous to this was
2:O3h, held by Prince Alert
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, Nov. -Wheat-Dec.,
TBc. On track-No. 1 hard, 1870;
No. I Northern, 7SRc; No. North
ern, 76Bc; No. Northern, 69A @74c.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
Gath Day of November. 1903.

at o'clock in the fornoon in the office of the
county auditor at Princeton Minnesota, will
offer for sale the following described unsold
State lands:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12
SALE OF
School and Other
State Lands,

State of Minnesota, Land Office
St. Paul Oct. r. 1903
Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday. the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12

County Auditor, Mile Laos County, MINI
[Auditor's seal
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-11-12

y
stuffed the horses name into her ears.
The big muscular bully who had made
everybody in the SangamOn country
afraid of him, and shaped public
opinion for the Grove, was taking soma
cruel advantage of a clean wrestler, I'M
used to sledge-hammer brutality. Then
hush penetrated even the horsehair,
and Peggy looked as Lincoln knocked
Red Clary fiat beneath the chin of a
startled animal. He fell against it's
hoofs, and being pulled into the clear
space by one of his friends, lay still.
Il reckon said Lincoln, pulling his
own shirt collar wider open, and sitting
on the chest of drawers to breathe.
he has the wind knocked out of
him.
"Goody!" Peggy's own cry of thanks
giving was the first sound heard by the
vanquished man. He sat up. blink
ing at those who had seen him
humbled.
Lincoln bent over until his BODY de-
scribed right angle, and shook one
long horizontal arm at the unim-
paneled jury who would have to render
verdict in this first case which Yates
and he had associated themselves to
win.
"A boy" he painted, sis like a white
dress: soil him, and he can be washed
and made clean again. But a girl is
like glass bottle: if you let her fall.
or throw her down and break her, she
is broken forever. Now, men, are you
determined to have this poor little
bottle destroyed?"
There is often spaacH> WHARF, there. is
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
ROCK ISLAND AGAIN
FEATURE OF MARKET
Opens With Gain, But Later Declines
a Point-Speculation Narrow
and insignificant.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The moderate
Improvement with which the market
opened today did not hold much beyond
the first half hour. Speculation became
quiet and prices generally sagged on
apparently through the sheer hamilton
OF the dealings.
Rock Island early advanced = per cent
on the report that the company had
abandoned its proposed extensive re-
funding and Improvement mortgage. but
subsequently, declined nearly a point
Missouri Pacific continued to show con-
siderable firmness. In most instances.
however. railway shares declined frac-
tionally from the best prices of the in
itial dealings.
The industrial group was about as dull
ae the standard shares. but prices gem
orally ruled with more steadiness. There
was also some Improvement in Vesting-
house Electric. Brooklyn Rapid Transit
sold up q per cent. but then lost most
of the gain, although it showed consid-
erablc firmness at the concessions.
The speculation was too narrow and
professional to possess any significance.
Government bonds unchanged. Rail-
road bonds quiet.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
ENLARGED AQUARIUM
ALMOST A CERTAINTY
Advocates of Plan Declare They See
No Obstacle in Con-
greSs.

Advocates Of the enlargement OF the
display of fishes in the local building OF
the Fish Commission into a first-class
aquarium are confident help is to be had
from Congress, and have gone TO work
to prepare figures on the matter.
1t is the intention to make the aqua
rum the largest and most complete in
the United States, II not IN the world
The only aquarium of Importance in the
country at present is in New York, and
so popular has this display become that
people from all over the country, espe-
cially students of matters relating to
fish. go there to study the collection on
exhibition.
Commissioner Bowers has managed
with the few facilities at his disposal to
make a fair collection OF the fish bred
BY the men under him, and while in a
way this exhibit Is a good one, It is
wholly inadequate for the purposes in
tended. Should the present idea pre-
vail, the Washington Aquarium will be
az much a feature OF the Govern
ments exhibits as the displays in the
National Museum, the Army Museum,
and the Smithsonian Institution
While the whole scheme is stin in a
nebulous state, plans have been dis
oussed so far that IL Is expected to have
the present Fish Commission building
enlarged so that specimens OF about
every kind Of fish in the world can find
a home in the structure. The cost of the
Improvement is put down at about
81 ,OOO. 600
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
WOOD MAKES A REPLY
TO ATTACKS OF ENEMIES
Presents His Side of One Case at War
Department and Says Runcie Is
Behind Charges.

Secretary of War Root made public
Wood has issued in answer to the many
attacks made upon him. The reply is
in the form of a letter. dated Manila
July o. and is addressed to the Assist.
ant Adjutant General of the Army.
General Wood says:
Il have the honor to invite your at
tention to statements made in the edi,
torial columns of the New York Sun.
of June 2 4. and 9, snd later dates,
which clearly charge me with conduct
of most censurable character: perhaps
contemplate would be a better word.
II also invite your attention to the
source from which the paper claims to
have obtained it's information, namely,
statements of First Lieut.. James Rum
Gle, late major, United States Volunteer
Cavalry, made to various reliable par
ties and to request that the matter be
referred to the Inspector General of the
Army for such action as may be re-
quired under the circumstan IS, or to
any other authority which the War De-
partment may deem proper. 1 inclose
herewith a statement OF the Facts in
the case. together with true copies of
letters, extracts from letters, etc, bear.
ing on the subject.
The matter is now one of three and
one-half years standing, an during tho
greater portion of this p,riSa ] have
been within easy reach of 1nS aggrieved
party or parties. The statement in
closed gives the addresses Of most or
the persons who have more or less
knowledge of the affair.
1T win be noted that many of the
letters are confidential in character. the
originals of which are in the confidens
tiaI files OF the Secretary of War
The statements referred 90 in the let.
tiers have not been made public.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
POSTMASTER GENERAL
GETS WYNNE REPORT
Deals With Recommendations and
Grievances From Two Branches
Of the Postal Service.

Robert J. Wynne. First Assistant
postmaster General. has transmitted to
the Postmaster General his report on
inc recommendations made by the class
ihcauon committee Of the national or
sshization OF postmasters, and those
mede by the legislative committee OF the
National Association OF Postal Clerks.
The recommendation OF the postmas-
tiers relate TO changing the official titles
or number Of men who are now on the
rolls as clerks or bookkeepers, but are
really acting as superintendent or as
sistant superintendent. The postal
clerks desire shorter hours and larger
pay for several OF the lower grades of
clerks, and desire TO see promotions put
upon more satisfactory basis than
they are now, when favoritism is said TO
have much TO do with increased salaries.
Postmaster General Payne will take
up the reports In the near future
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
SEEKS CENTENNIAL Funds
FOR DISTRICT CHARITY
Commissioners Heed the Appeal of Sec
retary Charles F. Weller, of the
Local Relief Association.

The District Commissioners today d.
rected Auditor john r. Garrison to pay
to the treasurer of the Citizens RELIEF
Association such funds as are available
for disbursement from the interest ac.
emulation OF the centennial inaugural
relief fund.
Action was taken upo1 the request OF
Charles +. Weller. secreta-F to the Citi-
zens' Relief Association. ws.o says ad-
ditional funds for charitable work are
needed.
The centennial inaugural relief fund
is made up of any surplus moneys un>
expended by the citizens committee in
charge Of the Inauguration ceremonies.
This fund was started several years
ago, when the unexpended contributions
Of citizens for the work of the inaugu-
raj committees was turned into a reliei
fund instead of returning the money to
the contributors.
The fund was given into the care OF
the District Com missioners, as trustees
and each year the accumulated interest
Is turned over 10 the treasurer Of the
Citizens Relief Association for public
charity work in the District.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
MILK DRIVER ARRESTED
FOR ABUSE OF HORSE
Case Where Poor Employe Declares He
Is Made the Scapegoat of
His Employer.

Albert F. Moore this morning was
driving a milk wagon belonging to Pat
rick A. Cudmore, proprietor of the Eek
ington Dairy The horse was thrown
down by the swaying OF the wagon. near
the market. on Louisiana Avenue. being
so weak that he could not get up.
The incident was witnessed by several
policemen of the First precinct, and by
Agent ]. r. Rabbit, of the Humane SO,
ciety.
Agent Rabbit placed Moore under ar
rest. After being confined in cell.
Moore broke down and wept bitterly.
He told story which touched all who
heard it. He said he did not care for
himself. but was afraid of the effect or
his arrest on his wife, who is in a deli,
cate condition. Moore has been out of
work for some time.
On Monday week Moore had an CD.
portunity to go 10 work for Cudmore.
When ordered 10 take out the broken.
down old horse, he had no alternative
but to give up his position. which, IN.
der the circumstances. was impossible
He felt very keenly that he should be
made the scapegoat for the sins Of his
employer.
A man who heard the story promptly
put up collateral for Moore's release.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
SUES DOCTOR WHO PUT
BANDAGE ON HIS ARM
It Caught Fire From Match and Burned
Litigant Severely Before Flames
Were Quenched.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23.-Because a
liniment- soaked bandage bound around
his injured arm caught fire and severely
burned him. William II. Higdon, Of
Sparrows Point, now sues for $1,000
damages the doctor who placed the ban
'Iage on him.
Higdon worked in the shipyard of the
Maryland Steel Company. One day last
August he slightly injured his left hand.
He went to the Office OF DR.. J. S. Wood
ward. the company's resident surgeon,
and there had the hand bandaged by
DR.. Raymond Hussey, an assistant Of
Dr. Woodward. on the bandage Or.
Hussey used for a lotion a compound
tincture OF benzoin. commonly known
as Friars Balsan.
While on his way home Higdon stop
ped on a vaca,r lot TO light his pipe.
A strong wiit was blowing and in
striking a match against the bowl Of
the pipe the burning head fiewo off and
fell on the bandage. In an instant it
was ablaze and Higdon alleges thai he
was severely burned before he could ex-
tinguish IL.
In his bill of complaint Higdon as
serts that DR.. Hussey did not tell him
that the liquid on the bandage was
highly infiammable nor did he warn him
TO be careful. He bases his suit for
damages upon the alleged negligence Of
the defendant.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
.BEAD-NEAVING FAD
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Mrs Roosevelt Adds Another to Her Al
ready Long List of Ac-
complishments.

Even the White House is not free
from the fads which delight American
women. MIS-. Roosevelt has added bead
weaving to her long list of accomplish
ments. and has become an adept in the
art which was formerly monopolized by
the Indian women OF America
With the thousands OF other women
IT. this country who are devoting their
leisure time to the making of bead
chains and belts. Mrs. Roosevelt il
manipulating the tiny looms devised bY
Indians centuries ago for the weaving
Of webs of dainty beads.
Ethel Roosevelt and her young friends
have chains and belts which are the
handiwork of the first lady Of the land.
Mrs. Roosevelt first learned bead needle
work while at Oyster Bay last sum-
mer, and since then she has shown
many OF her friends how TO make the
dainty beadwork articles which are now
so much in vogue.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-The cotton
market opened active with near posi-
tons lower, but late months higher.
Better cables from Liverpool and be-
lief that the Far Eastern situation was
better, had much to do with the early
demand. Commission houses appeared
to have large buying orders to cover
shorts, and there was some buying for
Southern account. Prices sold off under
a strong bear attack later. New Or
leans also broke somewhat. and Liver
pool then declined from the top. Liver
pool later steadied and caused a rally
here. So feverish was trade that sales
of the same option frequently occurred
on the opposite side of the pit at diff
ferent prices
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

C Street northwest between. Eight
eenth and Nineteenth Streets-Julia w.
Walker ct vir Edwin p. to Mary X
Harris. part original lot II. square 142.
$40.
Bloomingdale-Ann Candee ct vir.
Newton L., TO Florence V. Creamer. lot
81 block y. $780,
Connecticut Avenue HighIands-Con-
necticut Avenue Highlands Company TO
John Sherman, lots ], ?, and 70, block 2.
Bloomingdale-John sherman Estate
Company to Mary Z. Robinson. lot 20.
square r. 5000
Mount Pleasant ard Pleasant Plains
Eugene A. Atchison ct ux TO Johan and
Margaret KOerner lot 81 block 3. SO
Randle Park-F. Oakar Martin to
George j.. Schweppe and Philip
Ridge Street northwest. between
Fourth and Fifth Streets-Mary e.
McInerney, part lot 81. square 51s. 50.
Kate V McInerney ct al to John A
Roche. part lot IS. square 513. $40.
o Street northwest, between Ninth
tee, to Mamie Beckstein. lot Is. square
366. $40. Sarah A. Roe ct al. to same,
same property. $l0.
1895 Temperance Avenue northwest
Mary G. Schaefer to Newton NJ. Brooks.
lot 65, square IA $40.
Virginia Avenue northwest. between
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Streets
Virginia M. Wilson to Ollie Stafford,
part original lot 2, square 43, so.
G Street northwest, between Eighth
and Ninth Streets-Jane G. Hitz 20 Au-
gustus s. Worthington, one-eighth in
terest in lot 8, and part lot 2. square
405. SO. Same to John S. Flannery. one
eighth interest in same property $40.
Moore & Barbour's Second Addition
Louis II. Meyers ct ux. to Edwin A.
Mess. lot 20, block 8, SO.
Columbia Heights-Elizabeth c. Ross
ct vir David NJ. to James w. Walker,
lot 81. block q, SO
Barry Farm-Etta Lockwood TO Geor-
giana r. Simpson, part lot ., section
g. SO
Thirty-secOnd Street northwest, above
O Street-Ernest l.. Schmidt. trustee. to
Martha A. Swindells, part lot %, square
1880, $3.50.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
HOW OLD MUST DOGS
Be TO Be ARRESTED?
Health Officer Woodward Propounds a
Question Similar to How
Old as Ann?"

Dr. w. c. Woodward, Health officer,
has requested the Comptroller of the
Treasury, or the Corporation Counsel.
whichever official may be proper, to
submit an opinion for the guidance Of
the District authorities and of the
Poundmaster as TO whether a dog i'm
pounded under the provisions of the
present law, may lawfully be released
without payment of the pound fee be-
cause the canine is below any given age.
and. IL so. what the age is.
DR.. Woodward says it seems desirable
that some uniform rule should be es-
tablished with reference TO this matter.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
COURT RECORD.

Equity Court. No. -1-Justice Ander-
son-Le NOR VS.. lie Noir; reference to
examiner for further proof. Birch VS..
Birch; auditors report confirmed
Beecher VS.. Beecher; defendant ordered
to pay certain money for maintenance
of complainant
Equity Court No 2-Justice Could
Almarolia VS.. Hoffman; pro confesso
as to certain defendants ordered. EN-
plre state Realty Company VS.. Hughes:
confirmation of auditors report vacated
and re-reference TO auditor Ralston vs..
herman; auditors report confirmed and
distribution ordered Boughton VS..
vs.. Herfurth; reference to auditor TO
state amount due S. Lyon as attorney.
Clarity VS.. Means; appearance OF abb
sent defendants ordered
Circuit Court No. 1-Justica Barnard
-Pabst Brewing Company VS.. Marinel-
II; judgment by default Hoffman VS..
Bartlett; on trial Kilian VS.. Raub;
notes sued on ordered delivered to plain
tiffs upon filing copy. Waller VS..
F'owles ct al; motion for new trial fled
Circuit Court No. 9, Chief Justice Cla-
baugh-Gans VS.. Bieber; leave granted
to amend motion to vacate; PLAINTIFF S
attorneys, Wolf & Cohen; defendants
attorneys. Wolf & Rosenberg Rittue
VS.. American Ice Company: verdict for
plaintiff for So, $50; plaintiffs attorney.
p NJ. Brown; defendants attorney, j. J.
Darlington Leach VS.. Ltssas; term
continued to settle bill OF exceptions
plaintiffs attorney, J. II. Adriaans; de-
fendant's attorney. J, ]. Darlington
Columbia National Bank VS.. Towles;
judgment by default against defendant
G.. Beverly Towles, for $500: PLAINTIFF S
attorney, u. +. Leighton. Hellmuth VS..
Brightwood Railway Company; on trial
plaintiffs attorneys, Bigelow & Bigelow
defendants attorney, J. ]. Darlington.
Probate Court-Justice Wright-Estatt.
Of Michael Burke; petition TO continue
business and for sale of stock. Attor-
neys. Sheehy & Sheehy.
Estate of Daniel p. Wright: answer
to rule to show cause Attorney. T. A.
Nl.NNman
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
CLERICAL CHANGES
IN NAVY DEPARTMENT

Clerical changes in the Navy Depart
ment have been announced as follows:
Appointments-B. Frank Cash. special
laborer 0ypewriter), at $3.50 per diem.
Bureau of Construction and Repair; D.
A. Teller. special laborer (bookkeeper).
at 500 per diem. Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts.
Promotions-Mrs. n. II. Crocker. from
custodiar of archives at 81. 200 per an
mum to custodian of archives at 81, 4OO
per annun. photographic office
Resignations-J. A Sedgwiclx. clerk at
N'6Oo per annum, Bureau of Construc-
ton and Repair
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
PUBLIC HEARING GRANTED
ON OLD DOMINION ROUTE
Commissioners Will Hear All interested
Before Making a Report.

The District Commissioners have re-
ceiyed from the Senate Committee on
the District OF Columbia, for consider
alton and report. the proposed bill au-
thorizing the extension, construction
and operation OF the Great Falls and
Old Dominion Railroad into the Dis
trict. The proposed route Of the road
was published several days ago in The
Times
The Commissioners announce that
public hearing on the matter Is to be
leld IN a few days, and before the re-
port CT the Commissioners is submitted
TO Congress.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23

From a purely speculative point OF
view the matter that is chiefly to be re-
garded is. perhaps. the fact that. in
spite OF the dullness of the market;
there is a well-nigh total .dearth Of Of
ferings of stocks That is to say, using
Wall Street phraseology, stocks are
scarce" Commission houses are carry
ing an abnormally small quantity of
securities for customers. liquidation in
the market ended two and half months
ago, and people who own stocks now do
not find the general business outlook in
the country so discouraging that they
feel impelled to turn these stocks into
cash. On the other hand, they are gov
erned by the conviction that with any
thing like normal business in the coun-
try assured for the coming year the
great majority of standard stocks are
cheap at prevailing prices and should
be bought rather than sold if further
declines occur.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

ALES-washington Gas Certificates.
!. 0OOd113Ss. 1.00OQ113Ss. 1.00od1l3Ss 1.OOOa
I13S.. 2.O00q1ls5z. 1.0ooa1lSl5. S.OO0allS1s,
1.0OOd113tk. 20Od11315.
Capital Traction. 30d122lk.
Arlington Fire. 25GS0
washington Gas, 1@5Tlz-
After Can-Cspital Traction, 2g123;
Lanston. 10067%.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23

The diplomatic negotiations now pend
ing between Russia and Japan are still
more or less of a damper upon activity
in this market. as in every other great
financial capital in the world. Great
pressure is evidently being brought to
bear on both Russia and Japan by the
great European powers for an amicable
adjustment of the difficulty Foreign
houses in New York have received dis
patches from their correspondents
abroad stating that feeling is much
more optimistic there than II has been
concerning the probabilities of a peace
able outcome of the matter
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
OFFICES TO CLOSE EARLY.

Louis A. Dent, Register Of Wills for
the District, announced today that his
office will be closed tomorrow at D. m.
John w. Dancy. Recorder of Deeds.
stated that his Office will be closed at
L noon.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 23.-The cotton
market opened excited this morning,
with prices 20 points up.
The Washington times., 1903-12-23
Getting Rich.

$50 the doctors making money. is hep
We'll. ] should say Why. he's reached
that point Of prosperity where fashionable wonl.
send for him to treat them for imaginary
ills."-Chicago Post.