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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-03
First publication Mar. 8. 1904.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Mile LacS-SS. In Prahat e Gourt -

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
MllleLacs-sS. In Probate Court
In the matter OF the estate of Ezekiel
Hurd. deceased
The petition of Michael Quigley having been
duly made and filed in this court. representino
among other things. that one Ezekiel Hurd
VINO resided last prior to his death at Dover
IN me state OF New Hampshire, died at Dover
IN the county OF Stafford State of New Hamp-
snlre prior to the year 1882, seized of an estate
o! inheritance in certain lands in the county
OF Mile Laos. State of Minnesota. described
IN SAID petition, and that said petitioner has
an interest IN said lands. and that more than
I'VE years nave elapsed since the death of said
!zeKlel Hurd, deceased and that admnistra-
ZION mas not been granted or had OF said estate
in this State and praying that the descent of
said lands and Of the interest of said peti-
toner therein be by this court determined and
SAID lands assigned to such persons as NAV be
entitled thereto by law ' w
NOW therefore, it is ordered that the said
petltl0n be heard at term of this court to be
he!d at the probate Office in the village Of
Princeton in said county of Mile Laos. State
OF Minnesota. on Monday the 21st day of March
a. ID 1904, at 10 o'clock A. NJ
1t is further ordered, that notice of said hear
Ing OF said petition be given by the publication
OF this order once in each week for three snc-
cesslve weeks prior to said day of hearing in
the Princeton Union, weekly neWspaper
printed and published in Princeton in said
county. 40 o"A"
Dated February e. 1904
By the court
B. NJ. VANALsTEIN,
lIdIooate Court SealJ Judge OF Probate.
ATTORNEY for Petitioner
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TO BE Continued
PARALYSIS OF INDUSTRY.
1ransvaaI and Orange River Colony in
Poor Financial Condition.

1ransvaaI and Orange River Colony in
Poor Financial Condition.
johannesburg, March 2.-Lord Mil
ner, British high commissioner in South
Africa, in delivering the presidential
address before the intefcolonial coun-
Gil for the Transvaal and Orange River
Colony, revealed the grave financial
condition of the colony. He said a de.
f1cit amounting to $5,O0O,O 1000 was due
to the shrinkage in railroad receipts
and the general paralysis of inductry,
while almost all of the $15O,OOO, 900
loan has already been expended on
railroads, the repatriation of the Beers
and the development of the country
Their only resources now were Pc
t1eoce and economy. Lord Miner
said he was not dismayed and that he
hoped for improvements when an
adequate supply of labor was forth.
coming.
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ele bell ringer. who, seated on the steps,
was hopping his brow with an air Of
hard earned satisfaction.
"Good evening. Schofields'," he said.
''You came in strong on the last stroke
tonight"
"What we need here" responded the
bell ringer, lis more public sperrited
men. I amt kickin' on you, Mr.. Hark-
less-no, sir; but we want more men
like they got in Rouen. We want men
that III git Main street paved with
block or asphalt; men that III put in
factories; men that III act-not set
round like that old fool Martin and
laugh and pollywoggle along and make
fun Of public sperrit, day in, day out.
reckon do my best for the city,
ooh, nobody minds old Tom Martini"
observed Harkless. "1ts only half the
time he means anything by what he
says"
''That's just what I hate about him."
returned the bell ringer in a tone Of
high complaint. "You can't never tell
which half it is. Look at him now!"
The gentleman referred to was stand
ing over in front Of the hotel talking
to row Of coatless loungers, who sat
with their chairs tilted back against
the props Of the wooden awning that
projected over the sidewalk. Their
faces were turned toward the court
house, and even those lost in medita-
tive whiting had looked up to laugh.
Mr.. Martin, one of his hands thrust in
a pocket of his alpaca coat and the 9TH
er softly caressing his wiry, gray chin
beard, his rusty silk hat tilted forward
till the brim almost rested on the
bridge of his nose. was addressing
them in a one keyed voice, the melan-
choly whine Of which, though not the
words, penetrated to the courthouse
steps,
The bell ringer, whose name was
Henry Schofield, but who was known
as Schofelds' Henry popularly abbre-
Waited to SchofeldsO, was moved to in
dignation. "Look at him!' he cried
Look at him! Everlastingly goin' on
about my bell! Well, let him talk.
Let him talkr'
AS Mr.. Martins eye fell upon the
editor, who, having babe the bell ring
er good night, was approaching the
hotel, he left his languid companions
and crossed the street to meet him.
II was only oratin' on how proud the
city ought to be Of Schofelds'," he said
mournfully as they shook hands; "but
he looks kind of put out with me- He
hooked his arm in that of the young
man and detained him for a moment
as the supper gong sounded from with
In the hotel. Call on the Judge to-
n1ght?" he asked.
mo. Why?"
II reckon you didn't see that lady
with Minnie last night
mo"
swell, guess you better go out there,
young man. She might not stay here
long,"
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TELEGRAPHlc BREVlTlES.

Mrs. Samuel Chaplin, sister of Rus.
sell Sage, is dead at Oneida, II. Y,
aged ninety-fve.
A great pilgrimage to Loudres,
Rome and the Holy Land is being or
ganized in Mexico City.
Eddie Hanlon OF California out
pointed George Decker at Philadelphia
Tuesday night in six-round bout.
Commander William Elbridge Sew
ell, U. S. NJ, governor of the island of
Guam, has reached San Francisco, and
is dying.
President w. H. Sexton of the West
ern Baseball league will resign on
March 10 because of pressure of per-
sonal business.
Miss Mamie Hawkins of Ferry Well,
Wis, is seriously i'll in the St. Paul
city hospital as a result of attempted
suicide by poison.
After long and tedious negotiations,
the German steel syndicate has for
mally been organized, with twenty-six
concerns as members.
The senate Tuesday confirmed the
nomination of Rush J. Taylor to be
agent for the Indians Of the Yankton
agency in South Dakota.
BY a vote of Is to II the common
council of Detroit, Mich, rejected An
drew Carnegie's offer of $75O,OOO for
central and branch public library
buildings.
After an illness of three weeks
Ethel Golding. the champion woman
swimmer, died Tuesday from Bright's
disease at the home of her parents in
Bath Beach, N. Y. She was twenty
three years old.
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u
IMSMl6Na the roans setting sharp pace
\&S.sz) as they turned eastward on
the pike toward home
'"They'll make the eight miles in
three-quarters of an hour" said Judge
Briscoe proudly. He turned from his
daughter at his side to Miss Sherwood,
who sat with Mr.. Fisbee behind them,
and pointed ahead with his whip.
Just beyond that bend we pass through
Six Crossroads"
Miss Sherwood leaned forward eager
~. what did you mean last night
after the lecture" she said to Fisbee,
when you asked Mr.. Martin who was
to be with Mr.. Harkless?'
"Who was watching him." he an
swered.
watching him? I don't under
stand''
Eyes; they have shot at him from
the woods at night, and''-
"But who watches him?"
"The young men Of the town. He
has habit of taking long walks after
dark, and he is needless Of all remon-
STRANGE, so the young men have organ
lied guard for him, and every even
Ing one Of them follows him until he
goes to the Office to work for the night,
1t is different young man each night,
and the watcher follows at distance,
so that he does not suspect"
"But how many people know of this
arrangement"
Nearly every one in the county ex-
cept the Crossroads people, though it is
not improbable that they have discov.
cred it,
And has no one told himY'
mo; he would not allow it to con-
t1nue. He will not even arm himself
"They follow and watch him night
after night, and every one knows and
no one tells him? Oh, I must saw
cried the girl, II think these are good
peoplev'
The blackboard turned the bend in the
road. and they entered squalid settle
ment built raggedly about a black
smith shop and saloon. ''Id hate to
have breakdown here" Briscoe re.
marked quietly.
Half dozen shanties clustered near
the forge, few roofs scattered through
the shiftlessly cultivated fields, four or
i've barns propped by fence rails, some
sheds with gaping apertures through
which the light glanced from side to
side, squad Of thin razorback hogs,
now and then worried by gaunt hounds.
and some abused looking hens cropping
| about disconsolately in the mire. a
broken topped buggy with twisted
wheel, settling into the mud of the
middle of the road there was ALWAYS
abundant mud here in the driest sum
mer); dim face sneering from bro
ken window Crossroads was for
bidding and forlorn enough by day.
The thought of what might issue from
it by night was unpleasant, and the
legends of the Crossroads, together
with an unshapen threat easily fancied
in the atmosphere Of the place, made
Miss Sherwood shiver as though cold
draft had crossed her.
1T is so .nister!' she exclaimed.
And 50 ,ils'rakably mean! This IS
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-03
First Publication Feb. II, 1904.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
- Mile Lacs.-ss In Probate Court
General Term, February 1st. 1904
In the matter of the estate of John II. n
Sadley, deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of
John L. D. Sadley, deceased, late of the
county OF Mile Laos and State of Minnesota.
being granted to Joseph W. Mossman and
Annie Sadley.
1t is ordered, that six months be and the
same is hereby allowed from and after the date
OF this order, in which all persons having claims
or demands against the said deceased are re-
CURED to lille the same in the probate court Of
said county, for examination and allowance. or
be forever barred.
1t is further ordered. that the eighth day Of
August 1904. at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at a general
term OF said probate court, to be held at the
probate office in the court house in the village
of Princeton in said county, be and the same
hereby is appointed as the time and place when
and where the said probate court will examine
and adjust said claims and demands.
And it is further ordered that notice of such
nearing be given to all creditors and persons
interested in said estate by forthwith publish
ing this order once in each week for three sue
ceSslye weeks in the Princeton Union. a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Princeton, in said county.
Dated at Princeton, this LIST day of February.
A. d. 1904. By the Court,
B M. VANALSTEIN
lfrooate Seal Judge of Probate.
CHAS. KEITH,
Attorney for Administrators
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Republican County Convention.

A Republican County Convention
for the county of Mile Laos, State of
Minnesota, will be held at the court
house in the village of Princeton, on
March 18th, 1904, at II clock a. M,
for the purpose of selecting nine dele
gates to the Republican State Conven-
ton, to be held on March II, 1904, at
IL O'Clock NJ, at the Biiou opera
house in Minneapolis, to elect four
deleg ates-at-large: and four alternate
Observation-Disclosures to the Republican
National Convention, to be held at
Chicago on June Fl, 1904, also for
the purpose of selecting nine delegates
to the Republican District Conven-
tion for the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict. to be held at Duluth. Mimi. on
March 10th, 1904. to select two dele
gates and two alternate delegates to
the Republican National Convention,
and to transact all other business
proper to come before the convention.
The primaries for the election of
delegates to said county convention,
shall be held in the different election
districts of said county on the 10th
day of March, 1904, at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon and shall be continued
open one hour.
Each election district shall be enti-
tied to one delegate at large and to
one delegate for each twenty live votes
or ma Or fraction thereof cast for Will
liam Mckinley for president in 1900.
In accordance with the above appor-
tionment the several election districts
of the county will be entitled to the
following number of delegates in said
| convention.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, March 1.-Cattle-Go to
prime steers, $5.O0@5.75; poor to me-
dunn, $3.50@4.75; stockers and feed
ers. $2.50@4.10; cows, $1.50@400;
heifers, $2.00@4.50; calves, $4,000
6.75. Hogs-Mixed and butchers, S. Is
@5.5O: good to choice heavy, $5.5. q
SEQ; rough heavy, $5.3O@5.45; light,
$4.85@5.3O. Sheep-Good to choice
wethers, $4.25@4.75: Western sheep,
$2.40@5.0O: native lambs, $4.50@6.00;
Western, $4.5O@6.OO.
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their hardness and began to think on
what they should do to the man who
had brought misfortune and terror up.
on them. For long time he, had been
publishing their threatening letters and
warnings in Il column which he headed
'Humor of the Day"
When the Briscoe blackboard had left
the Crossroads far behind and had
come In sight Of Plattville Mr.. Bris-
GOES visitor turned to Fisbee with q
repetluon Of the shiver that the laugh.
ter OF Mr.. Skillet had caused her and
SAID half under her breath, II wish-I
half wish-that we had not driven
through there" She clasped Mr.. Els.
bees hand gently. His eyes shone. He
touched her fingers with strange, shy
reverence.
You will meet him tomorrow" be
said softly.
she laughed and pressed his hand
I'm afraid not. l was almost at his
side last night when Minnie asked him
to call on me. He wasn't even inter
ested enough to look at me.'
something over two hours later as
Mr.. Tom Martin was putting things to
rights in his domain. the Dry Goods
emporium. previous to his departure
for the evenings gossip and checkers
at the drug store. he stumbled over
something soft lying on the floor be.
hlnd counter. The thing rose and
would have evaded him, but he put out
his hands and pinioned it and dragged
1t to the show window, where the light
OF the fading day defined his capture
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Republican Congressional Convention

Pursuant to the action and call of
the Republican National Committee
and by virtue of the authority vested
in the Republican Congressional
Committee for the Eighth Congress
sional district of Minnesota by the
Republican State Central Committee
of Minnesota in meeting assembled in
st: Paul, Minnesota, February 9, 1904.
delegate Republican convention is
hereby called for the Eighth Congress
sional district of the State of Mime
sofa and will be held at the City Hall
in the City of Duluth, Minnesota, on
Tuesday, the 10th day of March, A. D..
1904, at two o'clock in the afternoon
thereof for the purpose of selecting
two delegates and two alternate dele
gates to represent the Republican cleo
tors of said district at the National
Republican Convention to be held in
the City of Chicago, Illinois, on June
Il, A. D. 1904, and to transact all
other business properly before the con-
vention.
The Republican county committees
OF the several counties in said district
are hereby authorized and empowered
to call county conventions in their re-
spective counties, all to be held on the
18th day of March, A. D. 1904, at
such hours and places as shall be
fixed by said county committees, for
the purpose of selecting delegates to
the convention hereby called.
Each county in said district shall be
entitled to five delegates at large and
one delegate additional for each ESQ
votes or major fraction thereof cast
for William Mckinley for president in
the election of 1900, making total rep
resentati0n for each county as follows:
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Tragedy Axerted.

Just in the nick of time our little
boy was saved'' writes Mrs. w. Wat
kins of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneu-
monia had played sad havoc with him
and terrible cough set in besides.
Doctors treated him, but he grew
worse every day. At length we tried
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and our darling was saved.
He's now sound, and WE'LL" Every
body ought to know, it's the only sure
cure for coughs, colds and all lung
diseases. Guaranteed by G. A. Jack,
druggist. Price SOC and $l.OO. Trial
BOTTLES free
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He stopped to erchuq,ge q qOord.

He stopped to exchange aOord.
fields, the courthouse bell in the square.
The first four strokes were given with
mechanical regularity, the pride of the
custodian who operated the bell being
to produce the effect of a clockwork
bell, such as he had once heard in the
courthouse at Rouen, but the fifth and
sixth strokes were halting achieve
ments, as, after o'clock he often lost
count in the strain of the effort for pre-!
else imitation. There was pause after;
the sixth; then a dubious and reluctant!
stroke, seven; a longer pause, followed:
by a final ring with desperate decision.
eight! Harkless looked at his watch
It was twenty minutes of 6.
AS he crossed the courthouse yard to-
the Palace hotel on his way to supper
he stopped to exchange word with
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. March Wheat May,
97lc; July, 91Ac; old, 925s@92Ac;
Sept, S5Ac; old, S6Ac. Corn March,
51Ac; May, 545sc; July, 53Ac; Sept,
52Ac. Oats--May, 42c; July, 39Nc;
Sept, 34Ac. Pork May, $14.50; July,
$14.60. Flax Cash, Northwestern,
$1.16h; Southwestern, Sill; May,
$1.12h. Butter Creameries, l4@26c:
diaries, 13h@22c. Eggs-17@1Sc.
Poultry--Turkeys, 12c; chickens, 12c;
springs. 12c. &. b 1I
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Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, March 1.-Wheat-In store
NO. hard, $3.50; No. 1 Northern,
$3.50; No. Northern, 943sc. To ar
rive-No. hard, $3.50; No. 1 North
ern. 96%c; No. 2 Northern, 94aac;
May, 96%c; July, 97Mc; Sept, S6Ac.
Flax-In store, on track and to arrive,
$1.14h; May, SLIT; July, $1.18h;
Oct, $1.17%.
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st. Paul Union Stock Yards,

st. Paul, March 1.-Cattle- Good to
choice steers, $3.70@5.00; common to
fair, $3.25@3.65; good to choice cows
and heifers, $2.7O@3.25; veals, $4,000
5.25. Hogs-$4.90@5.40. Sheep-Good
to choice yearling wethers, $4,000
500; good to choice lambs, $50O@5.25.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, March l. Wheat
May, 97ssc; July, 97Ac; Sept, $500.
On track-No. 1 hard, 99%c; No.
Northern, 977sc; No. Northern, 95A
@96%c; No. 3 Northern, 93@95c.
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TOtal.....

By order of the Republican Com
mittee of the Eighth Congressional
District of Minnesota.
Dated Duluth, Minnesota, February
10, 1904.
GUY A. EATON. Chairman.
r. D. HAVEN, Secretary.
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By order of the Republican County
Committee.
Dated, Princeton, Mimi, February
18th, 1904.
G.. I. STAPLES. Chairman.
w. S. FOSTER, Secretary.
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CHAPTER II.

HE Briscoe blackboard ratified
along the elastic country road,
MS the roans setting sharp pace
~ as they turned eastward on
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poor animal upon a bonfire they had
made and danced around in heartiest
enjoyment
The man recovered, but that was no
palliation of the offense to the mind of
hot eyed young man from the east
who was besieging the county authori-
ues for redress and writing birthstone
and saltpeter for his paper. The DOW
ers of the county proving either lack
adaisical or timorous, he appealed to
those of the state, and he went every
night to sleep at farmhouse the own
Or of which had received a warning
from the White Caps, and one night It
befell that he was rewarded, for the
raiders attempted an entrance, He and
the farmer and the farmers sons beat
OH the marauders and did satisfacto-
~ amount Of damage in return. Two
OF the White Caps they captured and
bound, and others they recognized.
Then the state authorities hearkened to
the voice of the Herald and it's owner.
There were arrests, and in the course
OF time there was a trial. Every pris-
oner proved an alibi-could have proved
dozen---but the editor Of the Herald
after virtually conducting the prosecu-
t1on, went upon the stand and swore to
man after man. Eight men went to
the penitentiary on his evidence, five
OF them for twenty years. The Platt-
Vile brass band serenaded the editor of
the Herald again.
There were no more raids, and the
Six Crossroads men who were left kept
to their novels, appalled, and shaken.
but as time went by and left them un-
molested they recovered measure Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-12
HONORS WERE EVEN.

Maxaeld Parrish. the illustrator, has pict-
Uresque house In Vermont, and from this pleas
ant home he often makes excursions into the
widest and most isolated parts OF the State
During = recent visit to New-York Mr. Par
IRISH said:
farm last month The house commanded a bar
zen and desolate landscape II was anything
but gay
II remember the brief conversation I had
with the farmer he showed TO my bed.
"A very quiet place said
"'It is' said he
docs a newspaper ever find its way here-
Seldom
Then I said You don't hear much OF what
IS going on IN New-York. chr
No said the farmer. grtrniy. but then, you
see they dors't hear much IN Nex-York OF what
Is going on here, either.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-12
FREEING HIS MIND.

What need in this town. says THE HEX.
DRY Ridge Missouran.' lis a good sidewalk 10
the cemetery The present facilities for get
ting there are wretched. Besides that. the n
etery is entitled to recognition. It's the
only part of the town where there have bean any
improvements made for the last four years"
Chicago Tribune