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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02
ACTIVE FIRE FIEND.
Louis Larson's Residence Catches
Fire Saturday Night and is
Badly Damaged.
A Hasty Exit and Hard Fight by
Fire Department--Loss Will
be Quite Heavy.

Princeton is experiencing a regular
fire cycle and the question is where
will be the end? Last Saturday night
the residence Of Louis Larson caught
fire either in the roof over the kitchen
or in a closet in room over the
kitchen and before anyone discovered
the fire the house was threatened with
total destruction. It was close to
nine O'Clock when a neighbor of Mr..
Larson raped at the door and in
formed him that the house was on fire.
At that time the flames had begun to
eat their way through the roof, and the
upper part of the house was filled with
smoke. Mr.. Larson at once went up
stairs and discovered the fire burning
briskly in the rear of closet in the
back of the house and could detect
the flames under the roof. He threw
a few pals of water on the flames, but
realizing that he had better turn in an
alarm which he did and the fire de-
partment was soon on the scene and
had water on the fire. The contents of
the house were hurriedly removed and
in being taken out much of the furni-
ture was badly damaged. The fire
proved a very stubborn one for the
department to manage for some time,
but finally it was got under control,
but not until the upper part of the
house was badly damaged, and the
entire house was damaged for that
matter from water and smoke. Mr.
and Mrs. Larson and family found
shelter at the home of P. J. Wikeen
across the street. It will be some
time before they will be able to occupy
their house. The house was insured
for 81, 200 and the goods for $500. Ad-
justers have been in Princeton this
week adjusting the loss on the prop
cry. Again was adjoining property
saved by the calm condition of the
weather, ais there was little or no
wind blowing at the time. Had there
been a strong wind IN al probabi1ity
the house could not have been saved
and adjoining property would have
been destroyed.
Mr.. Larson says that it is hard to
account for the fire. There had been
no fire of any consequence in the
kitchen range in the evening, though
the fire might have originated from a
defective chimney.
The house was built some years ago
by I. E. Burgan and was afterwards
bought by NJ. S. Rutherford who
lived in the house for some time, and
spent considerable money on the in
terror finish of the house. It will be
repaired at once.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02
SUDDEN DEATH OF PERT SELL Eek.
Former Princeton Boy Dies of Append1-
citis at North Yakima, Wash.


Word was received in Princeton
Saturday night through Elk River
relatives of Prof. Selleck and wife
that Pert Selleck died in a hospital
at North Yakima, Wash, last Thurs
day of appendicitis. The sad news of
the bereavement to the family of Prof.
and Mrs. Selleck soon spread about
town and there were many expressions
OF deep regret and sorrow. On Mon
day DR.. McRae received a letter from
Charles Evenson who formerly clerked
in the Armitage drug store, but who
is now located at North Yakima. Mr..
Evenson was intimately acquainted
with Pert and wrote DR.. McRae the
full particulars of his death. The
letter was written on the 23d, the day
that Pert died. Mr.. Evenson says
that on the Sunday previous Pert
sang at a funeral at the church, and
was in his usual health. On Monday
morning he was seized with an attack
of appendicitis. On Tuesday afternoon
he was in such bad shape that he was
taken to the hospital where an opera
ton was performed and it was dis
covered that his condition was very
grave as the appendix was badly
affected and gangrene had set in from
the diseased condition of the organ.
Notwithstanding his serious condition
he seemed to improve and there was
much hope, but Wednesday evening he
began to fail rapidly, and despite
everything that could be done he
passed away at three a. N. Thursday
morning. The funeral was held at
2:3O p. m. on Friday, Mr.. Evenson
acting as one of the pail bearers.
Pert's Christian name was Samuel
and he was the eldest Of the sons.
Mr.. and ell}eel- and fa,ssii4lst =.
have the sympathy of their many
friends whom they left in Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02
HIGH SCHOOL BUDGET.

The entertainment which was given
last Friday evening was we'll attended.
The proceeds Melted $50. The fol-
lowing program was rendered.: Selec-
ton, by school; Current Events, Beth
Martin; Debate, ''Resolved, That it is
better to raise boy in the country
than in the city," affirmative, Cynthia
Marshall and William Orr; negative,
Amy johnson and Clyde Cravens.
The judges appointed we're the Misses
Ada King, Lillian Kaliher, Effie Ross.
They decided in favor of the negative.
Piano Solo, Belle Grant; Recitation,
Lena Nachbar; School Paper, Mary
Patterson: Solo, Mary Patterson;
Dialogue. by the Misses Jennie Whit
ney, Agatha Parks, Ada King, Mabel
Prescott. Miss Grace Morehouse was
chosen critic. The visitors where as
follows: The Misses Logan, Mabel
Wright, Orpha Townsend, Anna DEL
man, Mary .O'Reilly, Hazel Jaax,
Edna Whitney and the Mesdames
Dung and 5. 5. PettersOn; MesSrS.
Dennison Byers, David Hutchinson.
Roy Farnham. Martin Brands, DR..
McRae, Earl Kaliher, Guy Nokes,
Leslie Byers, Max Young, Ralph
Person, and Frank Goulding. Be-
sides larger part of the school
teachers were also there.
Miss Tibbetts' grade had short
program last Friday afternoon.
Grace Simpson who has been i'll has
returned to school.
Miss Quinn visited the Milaca
school last Thursday. She reports
very good work.
The students of the high school are
now thinking about the spelling match
which was to be given this year be-
tween Elk River and the home school.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02

The Murphy ditch will be about four
and half miles long after it is dug.
The same board of viewers went out
and looked over the proposed bitches
in the towns of Blue Hill and San
tiago this week, Mr.. Chapman who
surveyed the bitches accompanying
them. J. D. Morgan, civil engineer of
St. Cloud, was in Princeton Tuesday
and with a board of viewers consist
ing OF Mr.. letters of Haven, Fred
Bowers of Clear Lake and Andrew
Larson of Orrock, viewed proposed
bitches five and six in Santiago and
Blue Hill.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02
Truly Nauseating.

John A. Johnson is Democrat, a
very nice man, a shrewd politician,
and shows signs of making a good
governor, but it is enough to make
colored waiter who has his hand out
for tip blush to see certain Republic
cans who supported him last fall pay
ing servile attendance to the governor
in hope OF receiving some slight rec
ognltlon from him. A pleasant smile
appears to satisfy some of them. The
sight is truly nauseating. -Warroad
Plaindealer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02
Bargain Sales and Crowds.

Last Saturday was a busy day in
Princeton. The drawing card was
Marks great bargain sale which had
been extensively advertised. He used
5000 half sheet posters and then took
page ad chaser in the u o n to do
the job up brown. Princeton as a
rule is lively on Saturdays, but there
were over 300 teams in town at 2
O'Clock, and there was something do
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02
Ditch Viewers.

Fred Nickerson of Elk River, Wal
ter Knapp Of Big Lake and J. O..
Odegard of Santiago came up last
week and in the capacity of a board
of viewers went down to look over the
route of the proposed Murphy ditch
in the town of Baldwin. Dick Chap
man, the surveyor accompanied them.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02

have the sympathy of their many
friends whom they left in Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02

The Story q Clark piano contest
was fair, square deal, so far as the
Uni N knows, and was a spirited
contest between Mrs. King and Mrs.
Grahek. L. W. Pierson and J. c..
Herdliska were the only business men
in the contest. This is the ''finis'' of
piano contests in Princeton. The next
piano contest man who shows his card
in this town had better come prop
erly armed with an accident policy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02
Raised a Horse Laugh.

The lawyer, photographer, real es-
tate dealer, politician and would-be-
editor aroused horse laugh in the
editorial association by suggesting
that the county printing should beslet
to. the lowest; bidder regardless Of the
circulation Of the publication Mil
AGA Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-02
MRS. KING CETSPIAN0
She Leads rlrs. Grahek Nearly 1900
Votes in Final Count and
Takes Instrument.
A Large List OF "Also Rans'' Who
Mere Never in lt-.End of
the Piano Contests.>

Mrs Annie King wins the handsome
Storys& Clark piano in the piano con-
test. The votes we're counted yester-
day afternoon at J. G. Herdliska s
store and Mrs. King was found to have
Is, obey otes to her credit, while Mrs.
John Grahek had 1854. The final
count showed the following vote:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

Davenport Beds Velours,
leather, and imitation leather
upholstery, s25 to SIS.
Leather COuches-Best made
couches, upholstered in sterling
leather. S23.75 to $3.50.
Dining Tables-Golden, wealth
cred, and Antwerp finishes;
square and round: lengths, 6
feet, 8 feet, 10 feet, S7.25 to $50.
Parlor Tables Golden oak,
weathered oak, mahogany, and
mahogany finish, 81 to $3.50.
Library Tables-Golden and
weathered oak. mahogany and
mahogany finish, SO to S37. so.
Folding Tables = The "sid-
way; adjustable at any angle;
for bedside use, sewing, card
playing, ETC., $3.50 to $3.50.
s Ladies' Desks = Golden oak,
weathered oak, mahogany, and
imitation mahogany, $3.50 to
R9Ve
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
IN SEARCH or FORTUNES.
Counts Relieved of Their Money by a
Woman Matrimonial Agent.

Berlin, Dec. "a matrimonial swindler
in the person Of a woman named Gun
dermanu. 66 years of age, has just been
dealt with by the Cologne courts. The
woman had previously spent u years in
prison for a similar offense and thieving.
She posed as Lady Roth, from America,
to marry beautiful girls with large for
tunes to impecunious noblemen- she IN
serted advertisements in the newspapers
representing that her clients belonged TO
aristocratic circles, and included princes
and counts \ count residing in Munich
entered into negotiations with the woman,
who said she had selected for him a
beautiful and WeII-educated American girl
with q fortune of 10000 600 marks. The
and subsequently another sum of three
hundred marks was obtained from nm.
Then he became suspicious and broke OIL
negotiations with the agent.
Another count, residing in BTeslau, also
took the bait. The agent designed for him
the daughter of a professor, said to pos
sess a fortune of 30 600, 000marks- When the
heiress did not appear the woman pointed
out that he could marry Princess Marie
T9ona79a,.te Of Paris whose fortune was
put at 300 100000 FRAMES. The count prom
ised to pay the agent 100000 marks
when the marriage occurred. Meanwhile
she succeeded in getting seven hundred
marks out of him. Then it dawned upon
him that he had been dealing with q
sWindIer and lodged complaint against
her with the result that she was arrest
ed. Having regard for her age, tire court
passed a sentence Of two years iInprlson-
ment, IMPOSED d fine of four hundred and
fifty marks and deprived her o. Civil
rights for five years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

Morris Chairs Weathered a i'd
golden oak, and mahogany-ye-
lOur leather and imitation leather
cushions, So to $3.50.
Rocking Chairs-Solid oak, and
mahogany. polished with wood,
and leather seat, also golden and
mahogany finish, SIPS to 27.5O.
Weathered Oak Rockers, wood
and leather seats, So. so to $50.
Reception Chairs = Golden =
weathered oak, and mahogany,
S3.75 to $3.50.
Dining Chairs-Golden wealth
cred and Antwerp finish; sets of
six. including host chair, from
S18 to SOS. 90.
Davenports = Golden oak,
weathered oak, and mahogany
frames; upholstered in velours,
tapestries, leather, and imitation
leather, $3.50 to $50.
Sewing TabIes-Oak, wealth
cred and mahogany, 81 to
S23. so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

American league, refused to surrender
the privilege of drafting two players
from each minor league club, but ex-
pressed a willingness to increase the
drafting price.
Tebeau, who is member of the ma
tional board of arbitration, is expect
ed make a hard fight to have the
meeting held at San Francisco as orig
inally planned. He knows that if the
gathering is in the far west many of
the eastern magnates will not come
because of the distance. Should he
lose in his effort to have the meeting
removed from New York, then his
day as dictator in minor leagues is
over.
But the big thing if the New York
meeting place is upheld is the wiping
out of all chances of Tebeau revising
the baseball territory through this
part of the country and in that way
sponging up Topeka and Wichita for
the Western league. That was one of
his pet plans, and with this idea in
view he has been advising Crow and
Cooley, the owners of the Topeka
franchise, to lay low and not PLAN
very far ahead for next season. But
at New York he viii be in the minor
ity. Shiveley put up a great fight to
save himself and has probably sue
ceeded. It is a clever baseball coup
de etat-in fact one of the best in dia-
mond history of the minor federation.
Wantcd-a Schedule.
Here is a chance for some Topeka
baseball fan to use up some of his long
winter evenings, fill up his lungs with
S100-that is if he is successful
DR.. d. NJ. Shiveley, president of the
Western association was in Topeka last
week and announced an open offer to
anyone to compete in a contest for a
schedule for the Western association,
to be submitted to a special meeting of
the league about the middle of next
January.
The schedule to be accepted will be
the one which is best in point OF ar
rangement, smallest in mileage, and
generally best divided. Seventy games
must be arranged for each town dur
ing the playing season. Each team
must meet. every other that many times
in each town 1t will be well for any
one planning to enter the contest to
bear in mind that the games at the be
ginning Of the season should be held
as far south as possible so as TO take
advantage of the warmer weather. That
arrangement was followed last year.
Topeka did not have a game until
10 days after the season opened, which
was April % The same date will pro-
baby be used again this year
President Shiveley says that the
league is in the best possible condition.
Everything is lovely, was his reply
to a question. We have taken IN ST
Joe and dropped Guthrie. I don't think
that we shall file on any more territory
this year. There is no need of it.
Concerning Western league affairs
ne replied: IAN that is over with. The
Tebeau crowd wanted TO douDie-eioss
me They tried hard but fell down.
They wanted Topeka and Wichita and
in return promised me the presidency
Had that gone through, they would
have grabbed up these towns ana
promptly cut my throat l wasn't as
easy as they thought me. We had Just
better keep ON saving wood. If the
Western league doesn't have any bet
ter luck Than it has had for the past
year or so, we viii absorb them before
very Ions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
BASEBALL TALK.
President Shiveley Wins His
Preliminary Fight.
Contest With Tebeau for
Western Supremacy.
PUSH HIM OFF MAP.
Says That Attempt Was Made
to Trick Him.
Offers a Prize of 500 for
Schedule.
PUSH HIM OFF MAP.

D. N. Shiveley. president of the
Western association, is making a
great fight for the perpetuity of his
organization against = the encroach-
ments of George Tebeau and has APP
parently Won out in the first skirmish
The annual. meeting of the Associa-
ton cf Minor Baseball Leagues was
set for San Francisco for next Jan
uary- Tebeau was expected to fill that
meeting with his friends. and by some
clever machination change the base
ball map in this part of the country
50 that Topeka and Joplin could have
been thrown into the Western league
without entailing much expense.
Shlveleys set to work at once to Off
set any such game. by trying to have
city. BY means of some hard work,
and through the medium of unexpect-
ed antipathy of Tebeau on the part
of minor league presidents, he was
enabled to swing the meeting to the
big metropolis on the eastern shores
of the country. He used a poll vote to
get the sentiment and only one voted
against the change and that was Tip
O'Neil, president of the Western
league and Tebeau's lieutenant. The
following voted in the affirmative:
American associa ton. Pacific Coast
New England Connecticut State. New
York state, Southern league, Three
Eye league, Western association, Cen
trail league, Hudson River league,
Texas league, Cotton States league,
kitty league, South Atlantic league,
and several other small ones.
The meeting viii consequently take
place in New York city beginning next
Wednesday at the Fifth Avenue hotel
The friends of Tebeau assert that the
meeting will not be legal. because
only the unanimous consent of all the
leagues interested can change the
place of the meeting President Pow
ers ordered the gathering changed
and his decision is probably final Ia
Whether the assembly held last
week is legal. special, or regular, it
was the most important IN the his
tory of the federated minor leagues.
As the National league viii be in ses-
sion at the same time i'm the same
city. also The American league both
being vested with j. tlaar necessa ~
powers to act, the fate of-the amend
ed drafting rule viii he settled. The
National league voted to eQncede 70
all demands of sthe class - leagues
President Johnson acting for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
CYRIL INTERVIEWED.
Grand Duke Tells His Troubles TO
Paris Newspaper Man.

Paris Dec. 9.-The Grand Duke Cyril.
who recently married the former Grand
Duchess of Hesse. has been telling his
troubles to a representative of the Echo
de Paris He says that i'll spite of tue
prayers OF his father and mother he has
been banisled by the car in consequence
of his marriage. He does not however,
lie. is very agreeable to him. and he de-
clares that his wife and him self are very
happy. 1t is the Grand Duke Cyrifs in
tentiOn TO remain five months at Cannes.
Afterwards he viii go to Coburg, his
wife's home. where he intends to pur-
chase a chateau.
You See he adds. that 7 am a phi
IOsopher aud a fatalist, Ike every good
Russian We shall see what the future
has in store for US
The Grand Duke expresses his views
very freely on the situation i'm Russia.
he asserts that it has been brought about
by the mistakes made by the government.
Then follows this extraordinary state
ment:
THE supporters of autoeracy pretend
that NJ. Witte is secretly fOmenting the
disturbances and dreams of taking the
place of the emperor and of transforming
the constitutional regime into q republic,
OF which he would become the president.
The car does not like N. Wittc even
now, and never thought of recalling hun
from the retirement imposed upon hun.
But his conduct at Portsmouth showed
him to be q statesman of the first rank,
and he was considered the only man cap
able of dealing with the tempest in Rus
STA. 1t is of course, an eNaggeration to
say that he wants to become the presi-
dent of a Russian republic As far as my
knowledge of NJ Witte goes, however
ambitious he may be. he is a loyal ser
want of the emperor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
SEENIN NETWORK
Lillian Mortimer, Actress,
Achieves Goal of Her bitiOn.
Leaves Kerosene Circuit in
Kansas for Metropolis.
STARTLES THE CRITICS
Gives the Metropolis a Play of
Her Own.
John 7. Nicholson Of Alma
Plays the William.

Among the actresses who have been
visiting Topeka regularly in cheap
repertoire for several years, is Miss Lii
liau Mortimer, a clever little woman
who was managed by her husband, J.
i. Veronee.
Like all good husbands, Mr.. Veronee
always insists that his wife is a great
woman and he compares her talents to
those of Mrs. Leslie Carter, and Miss
Mortimer did not suffer by the com
parison- He said that if Miss Mortimer
could ever get into New York she would
win the recognition which was her due
He has at last achieved the thing for
which he sought-AIiss Mortimer is i'm
New York and the critics have had
their fling and they say awful things.
things that viii make MIR. NerOnee feel
bad and mad. Here are a few extracts
from Alan Dale's criticism printed in
the New York American.
No authors name appeared on the
programme of the New Star theater last
night in connection with the heart-rend-
ing, gizzard-splitting classic beautifully
called No Mother to Guide Her No
mother to guide her, and the whole
family dead. Nobody ~ nobody on
earth but ladifrend, and they are such
bad guides.
Amid much blood and robbery. muir
der and chloroform, insult. calumny, and
a binding WiudstOrm in which three big
trees were almost pulled down by
knotted pulley line that helped out the
wind, the story of No Mother to Guide
Her leaked out I say it leaked out;
1t came out in fat chunks that we're
down on the programme as acts. 1t
came out and it stayed out.
She was poor shop girl. and very
good-like all shop girls Probably she
was more civil than some of EN-. bue
her goodness was thick The trouble as
indicated in the title, was that she had
no mother to guide her, and she fell
She had fallen before the curtain rose.
may add that the curtain fell ehree
times, and curtains never have any
mother to guide them.
The bad man was a murderer. a
thief, bank robber liar and many
other nice things. He said: It's Won
derful how all the women love me And
1t was, indeed. In the very first act of
the play he meets deserted Bess. who
Is very III and delicate. The poor thing
still has no mother to guide her So
Bunco' which is the pretty, fetching
name of her ladifrend. does so. Like
Bess, Bunco is also without a mother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10

The Worse-than villain. who seemed
to lap up crime IS though II We're
cream, was married on the stage to q
third girl lovely Rose Day. who wore
pink and had her hair blond to the
very roots. Rose had been married
to the boy she loved, who was killed
three times during the evening.
Thinking that he was dead, as most
real gentlemen are when they have
been killed, she married the villain,
in order to give a name to her baby.
She, toO-though not a shop girl-had
a baby, for she had been quite mar
ried, ana real wife. She, too, was
deceived, for he tied her to a bedpcst,
and gagged her. and if it hadn't been.
for Bunco slipping through q tran
som. there she'd have been now.
When Rose met her un-dead hus-
band again, this colioquy ensued be-
tween them:
She. HE told me you were dead,
and I married him.
He. "Gawdt Where is he2fs
Ralph was the name of this young
man. Whenever the playwright
thought it time to end an act, Ralph
was shot. The noise of pistols was
deafening, and you always saw poor
Ralph lying on the stage on his back.
In the next act he was invariably en-
joying fine health, and waiting to die
again. Bunco herself did not escape
scot-free The villain chloroformed
her, and tied her up in q bag. from
which she escaped in most hilarious
spirits.