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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-12-17

There are in many families old relics
of other days, and heirlooms with a
halo OF old associations about them,
but these things are rare, and there
are very few people to-day who care
very much for them. They are like
Old friends of other days, long since
forgotten. Occasionally however, one
of these old keepsakes is found about
which cluster memories of the stirring
days when Fate was choosing her
agencies to work out the destinies of
mankind. G.. r. Carpenter has just
such memento, which to-day in the
light of great events in our history as
{; nation is of interest because it is an
old account book that belonged to the
father of Mr.. Carpenter way back in
the days long before the crucial epoch
in our history took place. In this
book Mr.. Carpenters father, who
was a harness maker in the little town
of East Richfeld, Summit county,
Ohio, recorded his daily business
transactions. The accounts in the
book after sixty-tive years are plain
and very legible, and show that Mr..
Carpenter recorded the minutest de-
tails of his business transactions
and kept the book in very business
like manner. The handwriting is neat
and bold and the record would not be
a bad one for any person to copy to-
day in a commercial school. On the
1y-leaf of the book is the following:
r. w. Carpenter :
Blotter
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-12-17

There will be a fire some Of these
cold nights when the citizens Of the
town will stand around and see the
buildings burn and then the next 4dav
some one will have presence of mind
enough to call meeting of the aboard
of trade.' Business men don't run
their business this way. Why should
a village.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-12-17
CONGREGATIONAL.

Next Sunday Rev. Steenson will
speak on the following topics: Morn
ing, "Why Should be a Christian:"
evening, "Moses, the Greatest Pro-
phet of Israeli
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-12-17
Church Topics ~ ~ ~
METHODIST.
Sunday and Weekday
Announcements.
VVVVV~1

Topics for next Sunday: Morning,
1.-THE Letter to the Lukewarm Church,"
evening, 'T'he Tragedy of the Unseen
Hand.n
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-12-17

Vermont maple syrup. Special
price Saturday, Is cents a gallon.
Ludden's Store.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-12-17
GERMAN METHODIST.

Services will be held in Estes Brook
at ten O'Clock next Sunday morning,
at P. m. at the old M. E. church in
Princeton and at s p. m. in the church
at Germany. Saturday morning at
ten O'Clock the catechism class will
meet in the church in Germany. H.
Knauff, pastor.
SCANDINAVIAN LUTHERAN.
There will be no services at Prince
ton next Sunday. Rev. Gronberg
will hold services at Ronneby on that
day.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
PEORIA IS NOW BLAMED.
In the ST. Louis-Chicago Drainage
Canal Case Peoria IL Blamed for
PoI1ufing Illinois River.

Chicago, Sept .26.-Peoria now Is
blamed for polluting the Illinois river,
which, in turn, is said TO contamlnate
the supply for 81. Louis. Prof. Long,
Friday morning, testified In the St.
Louis-Chicago drainage canal case that
the two large sources of pollution along
the Illinois and its tributaries, are Chi
cago and Peoria. He declared that
oxygen consumption destroys nearly all
the organic matter discharged from the
Chicago sewer before it reaches Peoria.
The sewage of the latter town, he
testified, was contaminated with waste
from distilleries, and offal from slop-
fed cows. Despite its polluting char
acter, this sewage is diluted so rapidly
that It's influence for the destruction OF
health are soon destroyed. When the
water reaches Grafton, ILL.,. contami-
mating organic matter has almost en-
tirely disappeared from 1t. Oxygen
consumption purifies the water before
IL reaches st. Louis.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
MAYOR OF NATION INDICTED
Francis NJ. MenIse Indited on Twen-
ty-Nine Counts Charging NAL
feasaBce I'm Omce.

Mattoon, ILL.,, Sept. 26.-Mayor Fran
els M. Menke was indicted, Friday, on
20 counts charging maifeasance In Of
fee. The different allegations cover al
most everything from grating TO en-
tering into contracts to allow gambling
houses and places Of ill-repute to be
conducted In the city.
One of the most serious charges
against the mayor is that he entered
into a conspiracy with DIR. Pinkstan.
G local physician, Issuing an order that
women OF the town must pay for pro-
lection under the guise Of weekly
health certificates.
The charge upon each one, 1t is set
forth, was to be 81 week. The mayor
was to take so cents and the physician
so cents from each fee
Other charges are that Mayor Menke
offered TO appoint persons to certain
positions in the city, they TO turn In
bills at an advance over the regular
salary and to divide the same with
him.
Mayor Menke was arrested and Ia
ken before Judge Henley at noon The
court placed him under bond for his
appearance for trial next week.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
CONSTITUTION DID
NOT FOLLOW FLAG
Attorney-General Says 1t Does Not
Not Extend to Guam.
NAVAL GOVERNORS POWER
Upho1ds Action of Late Admiral
Beary In Confiscating Property of
Lieut.. Stafford For Execu-
tive Mansion.

Washington, Sept. 26.-Aceording to
the attorney general the constitution
did not follow the flag in the case OF
the establishment OF the United States
government In the island of Guam.
When the American naval colony
was originally established in Guam.
with Admiral (then captain) Leary as
the supreme power, one of his assist
ants, Lieut. w. E. Stafford, obtained one
of the very few dwelling houses on the
island by purchase from :he owner and
improved IL to such an extent that 1t
became the most desirable residence
there.
Gov. Leary finally concluded that
Lieut.. Safford's house was needed by
the government as an executive man
SION and opened negotiations for its
purchase. The price asked, however.
the governor thought excessive, and
when he and Lieut. Stafford could not
as-ee, Gov. Leary Ena'Iy condemned
tie premises for government purposes
an took possession.
A<lthhs Dahoh0 hthNS = 'ttoN'OHN -
test against this summary proceeding.
and appealed to Washington for
redress, financial and otherwise. Ever
since then the case has been under con-
sideration and finally became 50 com
plicated that it was referred to the at
torney general for an opinion on the
legal principles involved.
The attorney general has now sus-
tanned the action of Gov. Leary as be-
ing legal under the peculiar circum-
stances of the case. In his opinion,
the attorney general holds that the con-
stitution has not been extended to
Guam, by constitutional enactment.
and that the sole powers of govern
ment of the island has been necessarily
and properly committed by the presi'
dent to the naval governor, and that in
appropriating the property OF Lieut.
Stafford he was entirely within his au'
thority in the exercise of tac right o.
eminent domain, and that the United
States has clear and valid tile tt
the property in dispute.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
CONDITION OF MRS. DAVIS.
Confederate Presidents widow IL
Dangerously III, Hut stiii
Holding Her own.

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept 20--The condi-
tlon of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow OF
tho president of the confederacy, Is
still critical. Mrs. Davis Is at Castle
inn. once the home of President Mill
lard Fillmore. She is suffering from
stomach affection, which has all the
symptoms of acute indigestion.
Her physician, DIR. Charles @. Stock
ton, specialist on affections of the
stomach. declines TO state the specific
malady from which Mrs. Davis Is suf-
fering. He said:
Mrs. Davis is dangerously ill-so
i'll in fact that | will not assure her
recovery. Further than this ! do not
care to discuss her case just now.
She is still holding her own. Her con-
dItion may be said to be better than II
was last night, as she Is feeling better.
But can not say that her danger ia
less than Il was at that time. ! viii
not disclose the nature of Mrs. Davis
Illness TO the press al this time. nor
later, unless II is necessary"
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
ENGINEER DIES At HIS POST
Heroism Saves Passengers But
Costs His Own Life.
Omaha Limited Crashed Into bs-
rallied Freight aud Engineer
Wills IL Crushed To Denth.

ST. Louis, Sept. 26.--That only one
life was lost and but three persons
slightly injured In a wreck on the Mis-
souri, Pacific, just inside the city limits,
was due to the heroism of the man
whose life was lost--James Wills, the
veteran engineer of the passenger
train.
A spreading rail caused the wreck
A freight train. coming in on the east
bound track at 25 miles an hour, hit
the weak rail. The engine ran into
the embankment on the north side OF
the track, and the following cars were
skewed around so that they blocked
the west-bound track.
Into this blockade of freight cars,
Engineer Wills train ran. II was the
Omaha limited. which left Union sta
tion at $3.50 Thursday night 1t had
gone through the yards at a moderate
speed, and. after stopping at Tower
Grove station, had received clear
track signal from the Worlds fair sta
ton tower and got well under way.
At almost the moment when the
clear track" signal was given to the
passenger train, the accident to the
freight train occurred. William Nc
Clure, a brakeman on the freight. ran
east In an effort to flag the passenger
as soon as he could extricate himself
from the wreck, but had gone only a
block when he met the coming train,
going at a 35-mile speed. He waved his
lantern and the engine crew realized
| the danger.
Wills cried to his fireman 10 jump,
and at the same time applied the air
brake to his train. His speed was such,
however. that he could not reduce IL
by more than half, and his engine
crashed into the freight cars.
The cars were splintered, and the
passenger engine overturned, with
Wills beneath IL. He was lifted out
of the ruined cab after an hours work
by w. w. Dougherty. his fireman. lie
died two hours and half after the
accident. His body will be taken &c
his home at Sedalla, Mo, for burial.
None Of the passengers was hurt, al
though they were Jared and tumblet
out of their seats by the sudden stoI
and by the shock OF the collision.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
BATTLE WITH A MOB.
A Tennessee sheriff, In an IDeneetu-
al Effort TO Save N Negro,
wounds n Citizen.

Lynchburg, Tenn, Sept. z6.-Sherif
George r. Davidson, In attempting to
save the life OF negro, early Friday
morning, fired into a mob which was
storming the Jail, wounding a man
whose name is unknown. The sheriff
summoned assistance, but he and his
aides were overpowered, the jail was
entered and the much-wanted negro,
Allen Small, shot to death In the cor
ridor The mob was composed Of
about rs persons. Sheriff Davidson wae
alone at the time. He refused to give
up the keys, and opsned fire from a
window. The sheriff then called for
the police. Two officers and several
citizens rushed to the jail bat despite
their presence the mob battered dowI
the wooden door at the foot Of tbs
stairs leading TO the corridor.
Small was under arrest on the chargs
Of assaulting Mrs. Eliza Eggleston. ant
at the preliminary hearing the warrant
was amended so as to charge simple
case OF assault The negro had waived
examination and was awaiting the ac-
| tion Of the grand jury.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
1.-THE BAND PLAYED DIXIE
Proposition to Alter the Words
Spurned by Ex-Confederates.
Extraordinary Incident Of the Re-
union of Veterans at Columbia
Name Good Enough.

Columbia, Mo. Sept 26,--A motion TO
change the words to the music of Dixie
almost caused riot at the ex-Confed-
crate reunion In the auditorium OF Mis-
souri, university Friday. Resolutions
we're INTRODUCED by John c. Stone, OF
Kansas City. suggesting the change On
the ground that the present wording OF
the song is childish and undignined.
Mr.. Stone asserted that the wording
was not In keeping with the music.
which was grand. lie suggested that
the Missouri Daughters of the Con-
federacy take the matter in hand and
rewrite the song
"The words of Dixie said Mr
Stone. 'when compared to really
great poem such as My Maryland,
seem foolish and unbeeoming the glori-
ous air TO which they arc played.
The motion was greeted with yell
Of dlsapproval. A hundred men were
on their feet In n moment veteran
shouted Dixie as it is written Is good
enough for any man. Another shouted
that II had been tho JOY of the south
erners' hearts for 40 years and should
endure forever.
Someone started the rebel yell. Every
veteran in the house leaped to his
feet and cheered. Hats were tossed In
the air and the women In the audi
ence fourishcd banners and confeder-
alto colors OF all designs.
The motion was put to a vote, ana
promptly defeated. Only one man
voted for It. Just as II was announced
that the motion was defeated the band
struck up Dixie and the crowd went
wild. A veteran suggested that the
rebel yell be given in their honor, and
II was given with n vengeance.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
LIVES LOST IN HOTEL FIRE.
Two Lives Lost and Several Persons
Injured In the burning of Ho-
tel at Rochester, N. ~.

Rochester, N. H., Sept. 26.-1wo
lives were lost and several persons in
jured In a fire that destroyed tue Hotel
Brunswick early Friday morning. The
dead:
George Harwood, Concord, N. II.
Mrs. George Harwood, his wife.
The injured:
George McHugh. back sprained.
VIII McHugh, injury TO legs.
c. w Paige, proprietor of the hotel;
burned about head.
Mrs. c. w. Paige, slight injuries and
shock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harwood occupied q
room on the second floor acd were
found in the corridor, where they had
met death while attempting 20 escape
from the flames.
The two McHughs jumped from the
second-story window and landed on the
roof of an adjoining building. AN un-
known man jumped from 4 third
story window and landed on the wires
of the street railway.
There we're many narrow escapes,
and II was at first believed that num-
Der of persons had perished In the
building.
The monetary loss Is about 81 900.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
Seven Candidates

So far as can be sacertained, there
are now seven candidates in the race
for clerk of the Supreme Court, and
more to hear from. Tho successful
candidate will have to get both
majority of the popular vote and a
majority of the electoral vote in or
der to win. This viii, Of course, be
next to impossible, with field full
of candidates, and the race will be
thrown into the house of representa-
tives for final settlement. Where
no candidate receives both of these
maiorities the house of representa-
tiyes must elect clerk from between
the two candidates receiving the
highest number of votes. The can
didates now in the field are George
c. Myers, W. J. Brown, John L.
Brady, W. J. Pickett, S. l.. Dobbs,
Mr.. Minor of Noxubee and Henry
Yerger.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
Mississippi State News
Another lndlanola Incident.

From prominent Indianola cit
izen an interesting incident is
learned, connected with the Indian
ola postoffice affair, that has some-
thing of funny phase to it. When
the postoffice was discontinued, or
closed, by the departure of Minnie
Cox, it seems that there was a white
man connected with the Office whose
duty it was to haul the mail from
the depot to the postofiice. He was
the only white man connected with
the institution, Minnie Cox and her
assistant being colored. The depart
ment at Washington continued the
salaries of Minnie Cox and her as
sistant, but the pay of the white
man was cut off. Not long since
the white man saw in one of the pa
pers a notice of the fact that Min
ME Cox and the assistant postmas-
ter were still drawing their pay reg
ularly. Whereupon the white man
took his pen in hand and wrote to
letter to the postmaster-general,
complaining of the fact, and insist
ing that the department was dis
eliminating against him on "ac-
count of his color" He urged that
it was not just or fair to him, for the
department to cut on his pay be-
cause he was the only white man,
and at the same time to continue the
pay of the favored colored employees.
His letter was plea for his down
trodden race" and begged for JUS
tice. The postmaster-general has
not yet replied to the appeal.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
Champion Cotton PIckers.

James and Clifton, the Is and ~
year-old sons of J. J. Cooper, a pros
porous farmer living near Lawrence,
III Newton county, made remark
able record one day last week for
speed in picking cotton. They had
been making pretty good showing
III gathering the feecy staple and the
other day their father told them he
would make them a present of So if
the two would pick 700 pounds in
one day. The boys went to the patch
about daylight to begin their task.
BY noon Clifton had picked 312
pounds and James 30S, and they in
formed their father that they be-
lieved they could make it thousand
by night, whereupon they were told
by the father that if they did he
would double the prize. After rest
ing forty minutes for dinner they re-
turned to their work and at 6 80
o'clock p. M, when the cotton was
weighed, it was found they had
picked 1,100 pounds, one getting
54S and the other 552 pounds.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
Field VIII Be a Full One.

Candidates continue to announce
in the race for clerk of the Supreme
Court, and the field promises to be a
full one. Petitions are in circula-
ton in every county in the State
for signers in order to get the names
of the candidates on the State tick
ct. Since these petitions have been
circulating the lawyers have begun
to look into the matter and to dis
cuss the question of whether it is
necessary to have petition circu-
lated in each county. Judge Camp
bell takes the view that it is only
necessary to have one petition of
fifty qualified electors. Section 1863
Of the Code seems to be little am
biguous, and Judge Campbells view
is generally indorsed by the lawyers
here who have examined the ques-
tion, but the candidates all want to
be on the safe side, and all of them
are in the field with petitions.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
McHenry Fire-swept.

Last week fire destroyed many Of
the business houses Of McHenry.
The houses burned were four hotels
and restaurants, fse general mer-
chandise establishments, one drug
store, one barber shop, one livery
stable, one millinery store, the Meth
odist church. postofiice, one law Of
fee, five residences, one dental par
lor and two freight cars on the Gulf
& Ship Island siding, one Of them
loaded with household goods.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
Conflicting Opinions.

Conflicting reports come in from
Inc cotton crop and conflicting opin-
IONS are expressed as to the damage
Oh loss to the crop from the recent
unfavorable weather. Some bullish
opinions are expressed that the crop
IN this State has suffered heavily
oy the cold snap because it is SO
iate- The bears come along behind
ms and tell you that the crop is not
as late as it has been considered, but
Is well up to the season and the cool
weather has not hurt it. They say
mat the plant was already too heayi-
~ fruited before the cold weather
caught it and that the bolls caught
would have been thrown off in the
natural course of events. Certain
Il Is that many bolls have been killed
Dy the cold; as to what proportion
ol the crop was beyond being hurt
oy the weather, it is difficult to get
Two opinions alike.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
A SINGLE GRAIN OF RADIUM.
n, ,be smallest and Al the Same
r..ne Most Valuable of Ex-
hfbffs for So. Louis.

st. Louis, Sept. 2s.-one grain of ra-
dunn. out Of the three or four grains
OF the precious substance now in the
world. win be exhibited at the Worlds
fair. according TO Dr.. David 7. Day, OF
Washington, d. c., who returned to st.
Louis after an absence OF several
months. DIR. Day is connected with the
department Of mines and metallurgy.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
Shot by His Brother.

Lion bennington, youth resid-
ing in Warren county, was acci-
dentalIy shot by his brother Duncan
last week. The two boys were out
in the canebrake squirrel hunting
and had been separated. The
younger of the two, hearing a slight
movement in the brush near him,
raised his 22-caliber rifle and fired
in that direction, the bullet enter
ing the lower part of the abdomen
Of his brother, of whose near pres
ence the younger was not aware.
The wound inflicted is serious and
painful, but not considered danger
Ouo
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
CURTIS IETT SENTENCED.
The Convicted Murderer of Marshall
CockriII Sentenced to be
Hanged December IL.

cynthiana, KY, Sept. 26.-Curtis Jett
was brought into court Friday, when
Judge OSBORNE decreed that he be
hanged between sunrise and sunset.
December 1S. for killing Jas. Cockrill
at Jackson, Ky, July 21, 1902"
When Judge Osborne said he would
send the prisoner TO another jail. Jett
pleaded earnestly not TO be returned to
Lexington, Ky. Judge Blanton filed pa
pers giving his grounds for new trial
preparatory to carrying the case to the
court of appeals at Frankfort.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
Meeting Called.

The State superintendents Of ed
ucation of the Southern States will
meet on the 9Th Of October at the
Piedmont hotel in Atlanta for the
purpose of discussing educational
matters. The meeting was called
by State Superintendent of E'isaica- Es'aisaica-
ton Whitfield, who some time ago
cent out letters. He has received
replies from most Of them, and has
fixed October as the time for tae
meeting. and the Piedmont hotel at
Atlanta as the place
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
Horrible and Fatal Accident.

L. H. Ackart, trainmaster of the
Southern railroad, met with horri-
BILE death at Greenwood last week.
He jumped off the caboose of a
freight train while it was taking a
side track, and in some manner got
his left leg caught under the wheels
ii the car, and the limb was terribly
crushed, necessitating amputation
Just below the knee. Mr.. Ackart
lost much blood, and the shock
proved too much for him and he
died the next morning. He was
prominent in railroad and business
circles, and was resident of Colum-
bus, to which place his remains were
carried for interment.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
WEIGHT OF THE PRESIDENT.
Declares lie Never weighed More
Than 207 In Last Six Years
weight Now 106 Pounds.

Oyster Bay, N. Y. Sept. 26.-In order
TO dispose of a canard that he was a
220-pounder and gaining weight, Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Friday, stepped on the
scales. Later he caused 1t TO be made
known that his present weight is lse
pounds, that he has never fallen oeS
low 1874, nor gone above 20E pounds ~
the last six years, that be is pretty
we'll and taking I'll kinds of exercise
as usual, especially horseo~A nuns
and lawn tennis.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1903-10-03
sympathy for Mr. Noel.

The many friends Of the Hon. E.
F. Noel will regret to learn Of his
misfortune in having been bitten by
a mad dog while attending court at
Ackerman, and all will wish him
success in the treatment which he
is seeking in Atlanta. Mr.. Noel
is personally one of the most popu-
lar men in the State, and, though
recently defeated for the guberna-
torial nomination, it was not on per-
sonal grounds, and every one who
knows him sincerely hopes for him a
long life and continued good health.