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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-04
SITUATION AT TOPEKA,
The Known Dead at That Place Num-
Der Forty-eight.

The Known Dead at That Place Num-
Der Forty-eight.
Topeka, Kan, June 3.-The food
situation at Topeka can be briefly sum-
married thus:
known dead, 48.
River has fallen three feet and is
now receding at the rate of two inches
an hour.
Distress will be great among the
refugees.
Governor Bailey issued a proclama-
ton calling for aid for flood sufferers
of the state
Fifty deputy sneriffs armed with
| Winchesters go to North Topeka to
protect property with orders to shoot
looters whenever they are caught
stealing.
Governor Bailey's proclamation call
| ing for outside aid was decided upon
at mass meeting in the afternoon.
The plan is to make Topeka head
quarters and to distribute the aid from
here to the other parts of the state
| In addition to this general appeal,
an appeal to fraternal organizations
was made, and meetings in North To-
peka and the South Side were held to
arrange for the protection of property.
hmm ediately after the meetings q
large number OF armed men left in
boats for the North Side, where they
will guard property, and their orders
are to shoot. The river is three feet
below high water mark. The Blue,
the Republican and the Solomon have
spent their force and the volume Of
water spread over the Kaw bottom
will hunt its channel quickly
The situation in the f1ood-stricken
districts is better than it has yet been
for the reason that fewer people are
| marooned in trees and on islands.
Nobody is now clirging to trees.
Those clinging were either rescued or
have dropped into the river Not to
exceed 300 people are now in North
| Topeka
There is no way Of getting at the
amount of damage in Topeka and vi
cinity. It may reach s2,O0000O.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-04
THE / BINC GET ON JJNIO d:

pc ckingnouse. This is the tota!
amount of beef saved at that plant
Merchants Of Kansas City have bought
up large quantities of supplies which
will be shipped into the suburbs as
fast as possible.
People on buildings in Argentine
could be seen from Kansas City, Kan.
and number of rescues were effected
Nc!hlng came to light during the day
to base even IN approximate number
Of the victims Of the food. Bodies
we've seen floating, but even this is
valueless, as they may have Goated
down the Kaw from Topeka, and it is
not at all certain that observers have
nc, in some instances mistaken partly
submerged Wreckage for bodies.
To Resume Normal Conditions.
There is feeling among the lead.
ing business men that Kansas City
should show the country at large that
it is not disabled by the flood, but that
normal conditions will prevail as soon
as the flood recedes. The mayor OF
Kansas City, Mo-, said in the evening:
"Of course the personal suffering is
great and there will probably be
some 1QOlVlQudl lallureS, out the
great money loss falls upon associa-
tions that will not be crippled and
this loss will not be felt by the gen
era1 community. In thirty days it
will be hard to realize that there has
been such a flood"
Men Calling for Help.
A dispatch from Kansas City, Kan,
says it is reported that the Missouri
Pacific bridge has gone down. A
great crash was heard in that direc-
ton and it looks as though one span
has fallen. The bells on the switch
engines standing on the bridge can be
heard ringing, and men are calling for
help. The report is verified by fire
men at No. station.
Eight persons are positively known
to have been drowned in the two Kan
sas Cities since last Friday.
Dispatches from Kansas towns re-
port falling water, resumption of bust
ness and a general scaling down of
estimates of loss of life and property.
In the excitement of the food it was
difficult to be conservative
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-04
RIVERS STEADILY RISING.
An Additional Area Now Inundated
Around keokuk, la.

Keokuk, Ia, June 3.-Both the Mis-
slsslppi and Des Moines rivers here
rose steadily during the day. The
former now stands at 1872 feet, which
IS three feet above the danger line.
The Des Moines river is higher than
ever known. An additional area is
now inundated, entailing the destruc-
ton Of much valuable property.
Flood conditions confront all rail-
roads in the vicinity of Des Moines,
put the river was stationary there, two
feet below danger line.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-04
A Topping Abutment.

The stone abutment to the West
Brance bridge is in a state of partial
collaspe and a part of the stone work
at the east end of the abutment has
crumbled off and fallen into the river.
In the middle of the abutment and ex-
tending from the top to the bottom is a
large crack, and the abutment has the
appearance of being in a very unsafe
and topping condition. It became so
bad last week that the east half of the
south end of the bridge had to be closed
for traffic and the bridge is unsafe in
its present condition. The high water
this spring worked in at the sides and
in back of the abutment and under
dermined it. The east half is badly
out OF plumb and the whole abutment
has been braced with timbers to keep
1t from falling into the river. When
it was built last year the base rocks
were placed on hard pan, but it is said
that to save money the foundation was
not laid so deep from the middle to the
west side of .abutment. In place of pro-
tecting the abutment with good wings
OF solid masonry no stone walls we're
built at all on the ends where the dirt
has been held in place by timbers and
brush, etc. The channel of the river
at the abutment has been plugged
thick with evergreen trees and
branches and the current diverted so
that it will not damage the abutment
any further.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-04
New Bank For Foley.

Architect S. H. Haas of this city has
been given an order by John Foley of
Foley, for plans for handsome new
bank building at Foley. It is to be
30x5O feet in dimensions, of brick and
stone, the first story to have granite
trimmings and pressed brick front with
marble interior. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Foley will open a second bank
at Foley.-St. Cloud Journal-Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-04
THURSDA u ID n :lz''s 1905
Clarke shorthorns at $40.

". At South ST. Paul last week two 81
the N. P. Clarke Shorthorn steers sold
at 40 per cwt. The steers were fed
Tor the international live stock exposi-
ton at Chicago last fall, but we're not
IN perfect trim at that time. One
steer, Is months old, weighed 900
pounds and a three-year-old, weighed
1850 pounds.
Some grade Shorthorns fed by Bow
ing Bros. of St. Cloud, and averaging
l, 1869 pounds sold at S4.7O
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-04
Low Summer Tourist Rates

Via Chicago Great Western Railway.
Round trips to Colorado, Utah, Black
Hills, New Mexico and Texas points.
Tickets on sale daily June 1st to Sept.
Both. Good to return Oct. 3lst. For
further information apply to any Great
Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer, G. P.
A., Chicago, Ill.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-04
SUSPECTED OF MURDER.
wisconsin Man Arrested Charged With
Beating His Wife,

Sparta, Wis, June 3-Samuel Mont
gomery, residing near Warrens, this
county, was arrested here charged
with assault and battery and suspected
Of causing the death of his wife
Montgomery claims his wife was
killed during runaway of a team
which he was driving on Saturday
last. The woman's neck was broken
and her head badly battered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-15

Grasp of Grip Pros
trated Me.
! DR.. Miles Nervine
Built Up My
Shattered Nerves and
Gave Me an Appetite.

OF the millions of people, who today suffer
from nervous or heart weakness, a large per-
centage trace the cause directly to deadly
LaGrippe. 1t is germ disease, and makes
: direct attack upon the nerves, putting an
extra strain upon them at the time theirvita
ity is at the lowest ebb. If LaGrippe has
lett you with shattered nervous system, with
loss OF appetite, lack of energy, insomnia,
frequent headaches and morbid tendencies,
you should strengthen the weakened nerves
with DR.. Miles Nervine. 1t will undo all
that grip has done, bring back appetite, rest
1and restore the nerves to their normal activity
Il want to write this testimonial for the
benefit of those who have suffered from that
dreaded disease-LaGrippe l suffered sew
eral weeks with it, and nothing I tried seemed
to benefit me in any way, shape or form I
suffered almost death) and finally my
daughter recommended DR.. Miles Nervine
to me and can truthfully say from the first
day felt better than in weeks. 1t gave me
relief, built up my shattered nerves and gave
! me q splendid appetite. l cannot speak too
I highly OF it and want to say, each and every
one who has suffered from LaGrippe will
find instant relief by getting bottle of DR..
Miles Nervine. Insist on having it and take
no other. 1t is simply splendid. Hoping
this will benefits ome poor sufferer remain"
-MRs. GEORGE B. HALL, Jackson, Tenn.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DIR. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-15

COUNTY BOARD IN SESSION.
(coNTrNuED FROM PAGE ~

The official bonds of the corstables were
examined and approved as follows:
CIV Grim, Richland township.
A Allen, Leon township.
Ell Warner, Leon township.
Theodore Rogers, New Buda township.
Leroy Shelton. Decatur township:
Frank M. Gardner, Decatur township.
w II Graham, Fayetts township.
Jas, McDimtt, Burrell township.
Willis Hine, High Point township.
j II Nickle. Morgan township.
w II Young. Jr., Richland township.
T Stephens. Burrell township.
G l. Terry. Franklin township.
Edwin Young, Fayette township.
T b Daniels, Garden Grove township.
The official bonds of the township clerks
were examined and Apr '~ed as follows:
] L Still, Woodland !. y.
Amos BraZelton, nship,
JE Vail, Gardens wnship.
Osa Bonnet, Ne :. township
H Rauch. Burreh ,Hnship.
l. Mendenhall High Point township.
w Lucas, Fayette township.
W h Shields, Grand River township.
d M Dixon, Richland township.
W Blair, Long Creek township.
d Gardner, Decatur township.
N Andrew, Grand River township.
re Spurrier, Bloomington township.
g. A. Smallwood. Morgan township,
AT O'Clock the board adjourned to meet
Tuesday morning at O'Clock.
Attest: W. H. CAMPBELL,
J. +. GILL, Auditor. Chairman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-15

Wednesday. january Z, 1903.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members all present.
Minutes of Tuesdays proceedings read and
approved.
The auunal reports of the following justices
of the peace were examined and approved:
Robinson, Eden township.
CIV Beck, Leon township.
] = Davidson, Richland township.
Stephens, Burrell township.
w w Lucas, Fayette township.
Ed Aten, High Point township.
D D Young, Fayette township.
] E Andrew, Grand River township.
] & Lentz, Woodland township.
& hurry, Long Creek township.
WV Scott, Fayette township.
Geo " drlm, Rchland township,
Cyrus Smith, Long Creek township.
D W Keller, Garden Grows township.
n M Quigley. Burrell township, :
8 L Wood, Burrell township.
Samuel Wheeler. Garden Grove township.
Brammer, Richland township.
VIM Gray. Burrell township.
Frank Cox, Eden township.
L G Jamison, Franklin township.
g Terry, Franklin township.
] Harvey. Leon township.
N Marshall, Bloomington township.
w W Craig, New Buda township.
The board proceeded to the consideration OF
criminal costs as certified by the clerk and al
lowed the following:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-15
TUESDAY, January 6. 1908.

Tuesday, January 6, 1908.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members all present.
Minutes of Mondays proceedings read and
approved.
After that the board went to the poor farm
and spent the remainder of the day.
-The following ia an inventory taken while
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-15
Announcements
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD,

~-1.n Illinois Central Excursion to
uOd Cuba will leave Chicago St.
Louis, Cincinnati and Louis.
Vile January 90. 1903, reaching same points On
the return February g.. delightful voyage
across the Gulf of Mexico, six days stay on
the Island of Cuba, including visit to Ha-
vana, Mantanzas. the Valley OF Yumuri, the
Caves of Belle Mar and other interesting
points under the escort OF the American Tour
list Association. Rate from the points men
toned will be $3.50 for the round trip which
amount will include all expenses everywhere.
Itineraries. giving full particulars, of your
local Illinois Central ticket agent.
Mardi GraS S Ssz 0s Ss!sss 6
"a, 1903. For it excursion rates will be in eff.
feet to New Orleans on specific dates which
your local ticket agent will be able to advise
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-15

W. H, Campbell was appointed overseer OF
the poor farm for the ensuing year.
At six O'Clock the board adjourned to NEE,
Wednesday morning at o'clock.
Attest: VII, CAMPBELL.
j. +. GILL. Chairman.
County Auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-15

Thursday, January 8, 1908.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members all present.
Minutes of Wednesdays proceeding read
and approved.
The following justice of the peace fee bills
were examined and allowed:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20
SAYS DENTIST STOLE
GOLD FROM HER TEETH
Chicago Woman Makes Novel CHARGE
Against a Tooth Carpenter

CHICAGO, Sept 19.-One of the most
remarkable complaints ever made in
a Chicago police court has been filed by
a woman who declares her dentists makes
a practice of stealing gold from her
teeth: She says she will have him ar
rested.
Mrs. H. w. Brown, of 2SS Fifty-ffth
street, appeared before Justice Wolff
and made complaint against a Wabash
avenue medical college on the charge Of
having stolen gold out of her teeth.
Mrs. Brown was told that she should
ascertain the amount of gold taken from
her teeth and then return to the court
and the warrants for the dentist would
be issued. According to her story she
went to dentist to have her teeth filled
and he put gold in four of them She
found him too expensive and went to one
of the dental colleges. There, she SAYS.
she was compelled to sign contract and
had to pay 81 in advance. One of the
dentists worked on her teeth and despite
her protest proceeded to take out the
gold already in
Mrs. Brown objected to this and in
formed the dentist that she would not
have her work done there if he took out
the gold. He refused to return the 81 or
the gold from the teeth, and the visit to
the Justice court was the result.
The gold taken from Mrs. Browns teeth
Is worth about 81. according to the wom-
an. She has been advised to start civil
suit against the dentist and it is likely
that she will take this action as well as
the criminal action contemplated before
Justice Wolff
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20

through the mails. AS long as 1t Is
under the ounce allowed for the two
cent stamp which is stuck on the cor
ner, the sender drops it in the post-box
and thinks himself lucky that he is
within the ounce or fraction thereof
allowed by law.
AS matter of fact 1t is generally the
fraction thereof for which the two
cents is paid, and a glance at the fig
ures given by the postal officials show
how much this fraction thereof
amounts to on the part of the public
in the course of a short time
The average weight of a letter is.
calculated by the postoffice people at
three-fourths of an ounce. OF course.
a large number are much below this,
but it is very seldom that any letter
over the legal ounce gets in the mail
pouch for two cents, as the clerks in
the postoffice become SO expert in
judging weight that even when in the
greatest hurry handling hundreds of
letters minute, they can detect one
that is overweight as soon as they lift
it and the heavy letter is promptly
thrown out, to be marked for another
two cents due.
With this average sof three-fourths
of an ounce to a letter, the public pays
a half-cent more than is necessary
Win each letter senior, sratner,s one
fourth of an ouncesmore of mail mat
ter could be sent for the same price.
When a community instead of an in
dividual is considered, the waste in
this overpayment, or rather failure to.
send the full weight in letter, is sur
prising- to say the sleast, and opens a
field worthy the consideration of COM
mercial bodies and business houses as
means of distributing advertising
matter. for instance, TO get full bene-
fit of their postagesexpenditu
Take the past month of August in
this city. for instances. and st. Paul is
not one of the first cities in the country
from postal standpoint by long
way, and August is1in addition consid-
cred the dullest month of the year as
rule. The number of letters which
went out through the postoffice of the
city for that month, according to the
automatic counting machine used, was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20

The individual whose height is six
feet is not generally considered a phe-
nomenon, but when six members of
family all exceed that figure the COM
bined effect is gigantic.
There is a family of eleven at Shak-
opee, comprising Mr.. and Mrs. John J.
Ring, their five sons and four daugh-
tiers. Not one of them is less than five
feet ten, and in the case of the five sons
six feet would fail to measure their
stature. All of them are above that
figure. The daughters, not one of
them touches the six-foot mark, but
they range from five feet nine inches
to five feet eleven inches in height.
This interesting family once lived in
st. Paul. in fact several of the sons
now have business more or less in the
Sanity city, but it is the busy little
town of Shakopee that enjoys the dis
tinction of being their real home, and
the novelty of possessing one of the
tallest families in the United States.
John j. Ring, the father of this in
teresting family, is six feet one and
one-half inches in height and weighs
@6S pounds, and the mother is five feet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20

Fourth daughter
dead ........5 TT. IL in. .
Here are figures that are hard to
beat, and If any one in the United
States can do better, Shakopee and Mr..
and Mrs. Ring, the father and mother
of this lengthy family, will surrender
what they think is the record.
Joseph A. Ring, who measures six
feet. five inches, is a travelling sales
man for the Hamm Brewing company,
and is well known in st. Paul.
Matthew J. Ring served his country
in the late war with Spain, being a
member of the Thirteenth Minnesota.
He was head and shoulders above any
man in his company, and though a
conspicuous target not bullet touched
him. He also works for the Hamm
Brewing company, being in charge of a
branch at Prentice, Wis
John P. Ring is president of the
Shakopee council and is quite promi-
nent in the political circles of that
town.
The other members of the family are
more or less known in st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20
Found Valuable Check.

AS odd financial incident as the an
day in connection with the loss and
recovery of a $4,000 certified check. The
check was made out by the Stock Ex-
change house of Jewett Bros, of the Al
David Lapsley e Co. brokers, of GO
Broadway. Charles H. Jewett Jr. of
Jewett Bros, gave these details of it's
loss and recovery last night:
"A messenger from Lapsley e. Co.. call
ed at our office in the morning and got
the check. He came back a little later
saying he had los it, Notice of the loss
was sent out. and payment was stopped
at the bank.
Later still the boy came oour office
and handed the check to me. Then the
boy told the details of it's loss. 1t was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20

Everything is in readiness for the re-
ception and entertainment of the dele
gates to the thirty-first annual meeting
of the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias,
which will meet in ST. Paul Tuesday
morning for a two days session. The
Windsor hotel has been selected as
headquarters, and the business sessions
will be at Elks' hail.
The grand lodge body is made up Of
1S1 representatives and officers, and
because of the importance to the order
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20

1t had managed to subsist precariously In
a country as unsuited as possible for
horses grazing ground. The creature was
so lean that the discoverer declared he
could count his ribs across the river. -
Yet it was as timid as deer and gal
Hoped away at top speed as soon as he
scented man. Now it is certain that this
horse is not the offspring of wild parents,
but was recently a domestic animal It is
believed to have belonged to an explorer
who started North three years ago and
was never heard from In that short time,
bit as "scary" as the animals of the for
est
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20

In Montana, the daughter of a sheep
man was chased for more than mile by
pack of wild dogs, and escaped by
spending the night in an old corral, from
which she shot several of her assailants.
This was one of the packs recruited from
the sheep dogs, which have deserted their
duties for taste of the ancestral saw
age life. Nantucket has colony of wild
cats descended from abandoned house
hold pussieS. Man is perhaps unduly
proud of his work in subjugating and
eliminating the vagrant natures Of the
animals he has picked out for pets-New
York Evening Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20

Of some of the questions to be discuss
ed it is expected that nearly all of this
number will be present
st. Paul Lodge No. 2 is prepared to
entertain the visitors in splendid
manner, and the delegates and visitors
are guaranteed a royal time. Grand
lodge sessions will be held Tuesday and
Wednesday. There will be a parade
Tuesday evening, in which all members
of the order will participate. The
marchers will wear a dark uniform,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20

wet. but not muddy He said he had put
the check in his hat; that his hat had
been blown off in front of our building by
a gust of wind: that he had seen some
thing white sail away in the air. but had
not thought of the check. Later he did
not think of it, and on the roof of our
nine-story building, he says. he found the
check. He told me this in our office on the
seventh floor, where he stopped on his
way down.
do you know concluded Mr.. Jewett,
although 1 do not know the boy, think
he told the truth, in spite Of the story 5
weirdness."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20
Wild Domestic Animals.

Whenever a new sort of wild animal is
tanned and taught tricks, 1t is worth money
to the circus or vaudeville manager who
can secure the turn The wilder the
creature naturally is, the more 1t delights
every one to see it jump through hoop
1t Is just as well. though, to take an occa-
sional look at the reverse of these per-
formances. the conduct of the domestic
animals which have adopted the wild life
Casual cleaning among recent Western
newspapers brings several Illustrations of
this kind. In the deep woods of Minnesota,
a short time ago discovered a wild horse
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20

an ounce, would amount to $41,555.
AS matter of fact, however, this
number of letters weighed only about
1,54S.314 ounces, which, while it cost
the public the same amount of $41,555
to send. according to actual weight
would cost but $31,166.26, leaving $1O,-
3S8.74 in postage paid by the senders
in excess of the requirement. In other
words, $4,000 and more of pure waste.
The figures for other months of the
summer are a little larger. In July
there were 2,07S,600 letters, represent