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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
A CONCERT BY BAND.
The Princeton Band to Give q Con.
cert at the Opera House on
Tuesday Evening.
A Rich Musical Treat Prepared for
Those Who Attend and Free
Dance at the Close.

The Princeton band boys have com
pleted their program for the concert
and musical entertainment that they
will give at the opera house next
Tuesday evening. They have made
up very fine program of thirteen
numbers: and will try hard to please
and entertain the public on that even
ing. The band boys want to buy a
new tuba which costs about 500 and
they propose to use the money they
get from the concert toward the pay
ment of the very necessary band in
strument. The price of admission will
be twenty-five, thirty-fve and fifty
cents, the latter for reserved seats.
The following is the program:
Uncle Sammy March. ............ Abe Holman
OVERTURE Lavestele 5"na L. P. Laurendeau
Band.
Solo. because I Love You .;..,.,..... Harold
:, w. T.. r. SellecE. e.-
Grand March, Olympia" .......D D. S. McCosh
Brass Quactette.
Trombone and Voice. Brown and Woodcock.
Cornet Solo, My Old Kentucky Home, - Foster
a. H Nachbar
sPeaceful BE Thy sleep" ..:.........
Male Quartette.
Duet, EStudianstiua,. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Lucone
NJ s. Cooaey and Miss Nachbar.
Sweet Spirit. Hear My Prayer D. S. McCosh
Brass Quart tie.
Eggs for Your Breakfast ........
Butter Milk Quartette.
Baritone Solo, when the Swallows Home
ward Fly. $50. D. l.. FerroZzi
A. G.. Nachbar
Beautiful Princess Waltz. ............ .Kneff
Band.
Clorinda March Observation-Disclosures aines
Band.
S. S. Peterson, j. S. Anderson and
@. A. Nachbar will assist the band on
the evening of the entertainment. At
the close of the concert a free dance
dance will be given.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
PREVENTION OF POTATO ROT.

u. S. Dept. Of Agriculture Investiga ting
the Cause of Rot to Minnesota Tubers.
All potato growers should avail
themselves of the information con-
tanned in Prof. Green's article on the
diseases of the potato. The United
States Department of Agriculture is
now Investigating the cause of the rot
last season from potatoes sent to it
from Minnesota at the request of Prof.
Woods, the pathologist and physiolo-
Investigations. heretofore made,
| show that the rot is caused by a mi
mute fungus upon the vines, and that
the disease is transmitted through the
vines to the tuber' by the process OF
circulation. Diseases of the body are
often transmitted to it through the
blood. There is circulation in the
vegetable kingdom as we'll as in the
animal. The fungus is more liable to
appear and to be more disastrous in
wet seasons than in dry ones. 1t is
not water coming in contact with the
| potato that causes it to rot. It is the
wet weather that causes the fungus on
the vines and that fungus causes the
rot of the tuber. It usually appears
and causes the vines to blight in the
early part of August. Potatoes that
become fully ripe before August lst
usually escape the disease. The rot
has been found in potatoes in their
wild state inChili and Peru. Spray
ing the vines with Bordeaux mixture
will kill the fungus and save the tubers
from the rot. Prof. Woods writes: cit
is almost certain that the soil where
the diseased potatoes have been raised
has been infested to such an extent
that it would be impossible to grow a
crop there next year. Care should be
taken also in selecting healthy seeds. y
Smut in grain is a fungus. Every
farmer knows that if infested seed
grain be sown the smut is liable to be
transmitted to the crop grown there
from. Potato growers should treat
their seeds as recommended by Prof.
Green. for the purpose of destroying
the life of any fungus that may be
upon the seed, and thus avoid plant
ing the cause of the disease with the
seed. The potato rot appeared in
Ireland in 1916. It is there now and
no one attempts to grow potatoes with
out spraying the vines with Bordeaux
mixture. The same is. true of Ger
many. The older Swedish settlers in
Chisago county recognize the rot that
appeared there last year as being the
same kind that appeared in Sweden
before they left that country. The rot
appeared in New England about 1847
and has remained there ever since.
Our farmers should treat it as a ca.
lamity which has come ITO stay with
them.-F. M. Crosby in Mora Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
VETERAN EDITOR HONORED.

G. F.8Macdonald. Editor of the St. Cloud
Times, Elected President Of State Edi-
torial Association.
Hon. G. F. Macdonald. the veteran
editor of the St. Cloud Times, was
elected president of the State Editorial
association at the meeting of the asso-
citation at Minneapolis last week.
Mr.. Macdonald is one of the pioneer
editors in the State, having published
the Times since 1875, and his election
is a well-deserved honor, at the hands
of his fellow editors. There was con-
siderable rivalry between Mr.. Mac
donald and W. c. Whiteman of the
Ortonville :Herald-Star, and honors
were5pretty evenly divided.
John p. King, of the Red Lake Falls
Gazette, was elected first vice presi-
dent; a. W. Blakeley, of the Roches-
ter Daily Post, second vice president;
Thomas Crawford, of the Lakefeld
Standard, third vice president.
C:P. Slime, st. Paul, was reelected
|seaa AIRY and David Rama eyseof the
A. O. u, w. Guide, treasurer. The
executive committee, consisting of G.
G. Whitney, MARSHALL; Fl. P. Hall, St.
Paul, and Frank J. Meyst, Minneapo-
lis, was also reelected.
An official button was adopted, the
design of which has a gopher, pen and
scissors.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
A Screw Loose.

Potatoes are being shipped from
the state Of Washington to Mime
sofa. They can be delivered to
dealers in St. Paul cheaper then
homegrown. There is screw
loose OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES City
Times.
We should say there was a screw
loose. It was loose all last summer
and let down the waters from heaven
until the potato crop of Minnesota be-
came almost failure.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
Teachers Association.

The annual convention of the North
ern Minnesota Teachers association
will be held in the city of st. Cloud on
March Is and 26.. Supt. W. F. F. Sell
leck will deliver an address on 'sRural
Schools as seen by the City Superin-
|tendent."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
the following table:
Signs of Spring.

This paper is in receipt of package
of grape vines from some congress
slonal nursery, with instructions to
plant the same Immediately upon ar
rival. The gift is appreciated, of
course, but circumstances over which
the Free Press has no control, prevent
the planting from being done just now.
-AnOka Free Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25

days was a lumberman in the state of
Vermont when it was common to haul
a load of logs with an OK team or one
horse-team and 500 feet. was called a
good load, but when he was informed
at the Davis & Ferguson camps that
ST. OO feet of logs would be hauled to
the lake landing with three sleds and
eight horses to the load he thought
that the old Vermont ways of logging
were indeed quite ancient. Mr.. Foley
has i've boys working at the camps in
that section and when he went up with
his son the whole family was there.
HIS boys have several teams working
at@the different camps. While in the
woods he visited five of the seven
camps and he said that he was i'm
pressed with the good, Intelligent
class OF men, whom he met, who are
commonly called lumberjacks. Mr..
Foley said that they would average
up well with any body of workingmen
to be found anywhere. Irving Davis
and Ed Ferguson have been numbering
in that section for several seasons and
their camps are always eagerly sought
by the boys who go to the woods for
the winter for they know that they will
receive the best of treatment and
Davis & Ferguson always have fine
lot OF foremen at the different camps.
Mr.. Foley and his son remained at
the camps several days and were we'll
entertained.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
Iowan Champion Corn Husker.

Charles Rannack of Shenandoah.
Page county, Iowa, has fully estab-
lished his right to the title of cham
pion cornhusker of the world by husk-
ing POI bushels of corn in ten hours.
The championship was won as the
result of a wager of several hundred
dollars by friends of Rannack.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
With the sLumheri.cLa /,

Joseph Foley and his son Edward
who live near Zimmerman, returned
last week from a very pleasant trip to
the Davis & Ferguson camps above
Mile Laos lake. Mr.. Foley in early
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
David Harum Japanized.

We have never heard that the David
Harums book had been translated into
Japanese; but the military and naval
imbued with the s maRi i1 % 'nf po nto
others as they would do unto you, and
do it first. Duluth News Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
A Mean Slap.

Miss Oldum (coyly)-When he pro-
posed kept him in suspense for at
least ten minutes.
Miss Sharp Oh, I guess not! ]
suppose it merely seemed that long to
you. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
Ambiguous.

Jack Nervey-I'm going to kiss you
when I leave this house tonight.
I May Kuteley leave the house this
instant, sir!-Phila delphia Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
Uncle Sans Farm Animals.

The acting statistician of the depart
ment of agriculture has completed
his estimate Of the number and value
Of farm animals in the United States
Jan. l, 1904.
The totals for the country are shown
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
DEATH OF CARL A. SWENSsON.

DEATH OF CARL A. SWENSSON.
Prominent swedish-American Educator
and President Of Bethany College.
DR.. Carl A. Swensson, president of
Bethany college, Lindsborg, Kan,
one of the most prominent Swedish
American educators of the country,
died last week at Los Angeles, CAL,
of pneumonia.
DR.. Swensson had gone to Califor-
MIA to be present at the laying of the
corner stone for the Swedish Lutheran
Ebenezer church at San Francisco.
After this he decided to avail himself
of the opportunity to see more OF the
state. He was taken ill in Los An
geles and died suddenly. He was
travelling with Abel Anderson, a
banker of Sioux City, Iowa.
DR.. Swensson was born at Sugar
Grove, Pa, June Is, 1857. His father
was Rev. Jonas Swensson. The son
graduated from Augustana college at
INOCh IoIduu LII iO' =, duo lIO1Il UllC
theological department. two years
later. He went at once to Lindsborg
where he since resided. He was pastor
Of Betania congregation in 1881, when
it was decided to build college. He
was placed in charge and raised it
from q small school to the head Of all
UNCONVENTIONAL schools of that state.
DR.. SWensson was we'll known as a
writer on timely as we'll as theological
topics. He was also g poet, and used
the English and Swedish, with equal
fuency.
Among his degrees were Phi. D. from
Upsala university, A. M. and D. D.
from his alma mater. His literary
labors consist of "The Swedes in
America, " II Sverige, " "Augustana
Synodens Jubel-Album'' and many
other works. He sat in the Kansas
Legislature in 1S69-90, was a member
of the worlds fair commission in 1898.
was frequently mentioned as a guber-
Material and senatorial possibility and
was in every way man of promin-
ence.
DR.. Swensson was scheduled to de-
liver the principal address at the ban
quet of the Swedish-American Repub-
lican club at Hotel Nicollet in Mime
apolis, March 8. This is the anniver-
sary of the battle at Hampton Roads,
when the Monitor destroyed the Mer-
rimac, and it was expected that DR..
Swensson would speak on John Erics-
son. the Swedish inventor, who built
the "Y an]See cheese hOx.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
Anent That INVESTIGATION.

It is time to say publicly, what SEN
sible people have been saying private
ly for some time, that the less said
about the accounts of Robert G. Dunn
as auditor the better, until his invest
igators have something Of Importance
to communicate. We believe that far
more capital has been made for Mr..
Dunn than against him by his cam
paign Of secret investigation and mys-
ferrous hints. We suspect people are
beginning to think that there has been
ample time: to get results, if any re-
suits were to be had, and that they are
growing distinctly tired of the whole
subject. It is always unfortunate when
men in public station find it necessary
to examine into the public or private
integrity of persons who are consid-
cred to be their political enemies.
Such an investigation has to be made
with great dignity, candor and i'm
partially to escape the suspicion of
using public station to CRAFTY private
malice. If there is anything against
Mr.. Dunn in the records of the audi
tors Office, we are quite sure that the
people Of the State would like to know
it. But we think they are pretty sick
of being told month after month, and
almost year after year, that something
awful is going to be found out some
time. Minneapolis Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
Death of Prominent Lumberman.


James S. O'Brien, the prominent
lumberman of Saltwater died suddenly
of heart failure last Sunday at Grand
Rapids, Mimi, where he has a large
lumber camp.
Mr.. O'Brien was one of the best
known lumberman of the northwest,
having large holdings in the northern
part of the State. He was also we'll
known as a turfman and his racing
colors had been seen on all of the
principal tracks.
For many years he was active in
political affairs of the State, and was
a member of the board of prison man
ayers. He also served in the State
senate and was at one time surveyor
general of logs and lumber. for the
district of Saltwater.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25

characters, affording much amuse-
ment, while Harold VanAlstein as
"Deacon Sniffpole," represented the
sublime and ridiculous. Fremont
Woodcock took the part of ''Parson
Lengthy, and with him silence was
truly golden. Guy Cordiner as
"Blind Carman, zone of the witnesses,
told of the sleepy breath of Sloper and
helped make up the grand ensemble of
witnesses for the prosecution.
The Misses Ouida " Brown, Lena
Nachbar, Jennie Boyle and Grace
Selleck sang "Robin is Coming
Again. and were obliged to answer
an encore. The entertainment con-
cluded with the amusingly startling
appearance of a detachment of the
regular army under the command of
a gallant captain and who had the
loyal affection of brave band of
fighters. A dozen Or more of the
boys with the assistance of Prof. Sell
leck rugged up with a mixture Of army
uniform and Weary Willie patterns
and with fife and drum marched and
paraded about the stage while they
sang, "The Regular Army, OF They
made great hit.
There was a good attendance, and
the gross receipts amounted to S87.O5
while the entertainment netted $62. 10.
Orpha Townsend. Lulu Neumann and
Clyde Van Wormer played piano &C
compartments duringthe evening.
The Washington times., 1904-04-22
Automobile Laws.
Disposition of Some ChauFeurs to Es-
cane All Restrictions

Disposition of Some C~haufeurs to Es-
cape All Restrictions.
1t is said that in and about New
York, which is just at present a sort
of automobile happy hunting ground.
several accidents have occurred with
in a few weeks in which these ma
chimes have rim down and killed peo-
pie, and the chauffeurs have man
aged to get away without Identified
ton, and, Of course, have not turned
up afterward. It'll justly urged that
prompt and strict measures should
be taken to prevent this high-handed
defiance OF the law.
There is no more reason for allow
ing a man to escape punishment
when his automobile runs down and
kills anybody than there would be
II he committed the same crime
through reckless driving. Accidents
from the latter cause are very much
less frequent than they were before
legal precautions were taken. There
are a good many thoughtless young
fellows, and old fellows, too, who
will take chances with the lives of
their fellow-beings so long as they
are not definitely assured that they
run grave risk of getting into an ugly
scrape by so doing; but when the law
stands ready TO punish not only de-
liberate recklessness. but criminal
carelessness. ii is to be observed that
both varieties of folly are much less
common. II there were not laws, and
pretty stringent laws, too, against
promiscuous use of firearms on the
streets of cities. the chances are that
we should find college boys and other
fellows out for a lark making a
pastime OF shooting over or into the
heads of innocent wayfarers when
ever they happened to think of it.
An automobile, carefully managed by
a competent chauffeur, is as safe as
any other vehicle, but the trouble at
The Washington times., 1904-04-22
aTHE NEW sTENOGRApHER.n

l have a new stenographer-she came to
work today.
She told me tina she wrote the Ora
ham system.
Two hundred words a minute seemed 10
her. she said, like play.
And word for word at that-she never
missed 'em.
I gave her some dictation-a letter to a
man,
And this, as l remember it. was how the
letter ran:
Dear Sir: I have your favor, and in re-
ply would state
That 1 accept the oner Of yours of re-
cen date.
l wish TO say, however. that under no
condition
Can l afford TO him of you free lance
proposition.
l shall beg&2 tomorrow to turn the mat
ter out.
The opy will be ready by August 10th
about.
Material Of this nature should not be
rushed uhduly.
Thanking YOU for our favor. I am yours
very truly"
Size took IL down in shorthand with APP
parent ease n grace.
She didn't call me back all In a furry.
Thought /, AT last 1 have a girl worth
keeping round the place."
Then said, Now write 1t out-you
needn't hurry"
The Remington she t~aekled-now and
then she struck a key.
And after thirty minutes this is what
she handed me:
Deer sir. / have the Fever, and In a Pile
! sit,
/ accept the Offer as you have
reasoed IL.
l wish to see. however. that under any
condition
can / for to think of a free lunch pre-
posishun?
/ Shal be in tomorrow To. turn the
mother out.
The cap will b. red and will cost $40
about.
Material OF this nation should not rust
n. Dooley
Thinking yea have the Feever I am
Yours very Truly"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Washington times., 1904-04-22

A side light was thrown on the
complex character of the late William
c. Whitney al the National Academy
OF Sciences yesterday, when a paper
was read describing researches made
as a result of a gift of SI5, 900 made
by Mr.. Whitney for the purpose of
ascertaining the history of the horse.
Most people know that the original
horse was a little beast with paws.
and that it Is supposed to have exist
ed somewhere on this continent. but
so far as present knowledge goes, Mr..
Whitney is the only HORSEPOWER who
ever took any particular interest in
looking up the prehistoric ancestors
of the horse. A small herd of the
Neohipparion, as the prehistoric
horse is called, left skeletons in the
upper Mioeene formation of Nebras-
ka, where the explorers found them
and named the type after Mr.. Whit
ney.
The Washington times., 1904-04-22

The Hearst men in the Massachu-
sets Democratic State convention,
which met yesterday, cut a sorry fig
ure under the leadership of that
ridiculous person, the Hon. George
Fred Williams. The friends of the
Hon. Richard Olney lassoed them,
gagged them, stripped them of their
inery, wiped their feet on them, and
finally cast them into darkest limbo.
In other words the Massachusetts
delegation, thirty-two strong, will go
to Chicago instructed to vote as a
unit for the Hon. Richard Olney. 1t
was a great day for the Hon. Josiah
Quincy, who presided over the festivi-
ties. Victory perched on his locks,
and he is even said to have smiled
once.
The Washington times., 1904-04-22
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS
IN WORLD OF POLITICS

The Democrats Of Massachusetts,
in convention have turned down M..
Hearst and instructed the delegation
from that State to vote for the
nomination of Ex-Secretsry Rich
ard Olney. The unit rule was also
adopted The Hon. W. A. CASTOR,
recent candidate for governor, heads
the delegation.
Republicans of the Seventh dis
trict Of Wisconsin have renominatel
Representative ]. J. Esch for Con-
gress; Representatives James H.
Davidson vas Ienominated by the
Republicans Of the Eighth district
of the same State.
Representative William Alden
Smith, who recently announced that
he would not be a candidate for the
Senate against Senator Burrows,
was yesterday renominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the
Fifth Congressional district of
Michigan at Grand Rapids.
After remaining in deadlock for
six days and taking 664 ballots, the
Republicans of the Eighth Con
g~ressiOnal district of Ohio aefeated
Representative W. R. warnSck for
denomination, and named Ralph D.
Cole.
Republicans of the Third district
of Indiana have nominated John F.
Dillon for Congress to oppose Repre-
sentative ZenOr, the Democratic in
cumbent.
Late returns from the Fifth dis
trict of Georgia are to the efscI that
Representative F. Carter Tate has
been defeated for denomination by
the Hon. T. NJ. Bell Mr.. Bell is
Nj. Tate's brother-in-1aw.
The Washington times., 1904-04-22
(From the Boston Advertiser.)


When President Roosevelt, on inform
alton laid before him byN the 'Adver-
tiser.' ordered an investigation of a
notorious scandal in the public schools
Of Washington. d. c.. he thought he
had done everything that was necessary
TO put an end to the ~malodorous state
of things there. Unfortunately. he was
mistaken. The Investigators met and
tool testimony. The resignation of one
official of the school system was quietly
requested and was offered. 1t was given
out that other designations would be
brought about in the same way. without
any unnecessary publicity and in such
a way that the interests of the school
system would not suffer. The President
naturally supposed the promise would
be kept, and turned his attention TO
other matters. So far as We can learn.
the first resignation has been with
drawn, no other designations have been
asked. and the people responsible for
the notorious scandal. having good po-
litical backing. intend TO hold their
places so long as the President will
allow them TO stay.
In reply TO the question why these
people are not disturbed. although their
OHenSe was open anu SfaiuS4ulr II "
Boynton, the head of the Washington
school board, says that the investigation
has beer quietly ehoked of. without
President Rooseselt's knowledge. The
documents upon which the school board
have taken action We're never
seen by that body. And the record it
self. General Boynton says. is proof
enough of the intention to keep the facts
from coming to light wen II the school
should get the Presidents order
to have the papers turned over 10 il.
In spite of this policy of choking OF
witnesses. however. some OF the truth
was allowed TO be heard. And from what
little testimony the witnesses were al
20 give there al be no doubt,
General Boynton thinks. that the 'Ad-
vertiser's" statements TO the President
were more than justified. General Boyn-
toms own standing as a public man. his
years of experience and his keen Judg- |
ment alike make his outline OF the re-
port interesting. He says:
| am ia p~ositica To say upon my official
responsibility that II viii, il produced. show
important mutil2tiSns; perjury Of an import
ant witness established BY competent tes-
timnly; reIusals "a receive important teSti-
meny. aud preventing witnesses from pro- !