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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

That President Roosevelt's policy
of compelling the Wall street money
sharks to toe the mark has created
much antagonism to him is pretty
generally known, but it now appears
that Bryan is hated upon the street
even more than he. The self-white-
washing of Bryan, which he contends
has converted him into "conserva-
tive democrat" is received with much
distrust by the "street.' and the gen.
eral consensus of feeling among the
fnanciers seems to be fairly expressed
in the following statement made by
Lewis G. Young, a member of the
brokerage firm of 40. Brown & Co.
of Wall street, to a newspaper repor-
ter: "A leopard cannot change his
spots. Roosevelt has made serious
mistakes, mainly against property
rights, but I believe he is sincere and
honest in his Intentions. Wall street
realizes that times have changed and
that Roosevelt's actions have made
Bryan seem more conservative and
less of a menace, but Bryan will not
be Wall streets selection
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05
A Sl5, 900, 900 company has been o,

A $15, 100000 company has been Or
gained in Wall street to manufacture
alcohol from cotton stalks, and scores
of similar corporations will within the
next few months be brought into ex-
istence for the purpose of distilling
the product from all sorts of material.
At the start it might be expected that
these concerns will enter into compe-
tition, but eventually, following the
general order of the business methods
of today, it should not surprise us if
they merge-not openly, perhaps, but
covertly-for the maintenance of a
standard price. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

The first session of the ffty-frst
congress has closed and among
the more important measures which
have become law are the railroad rate,
free alcohol, meat inspection, pure
food, lock-type canal and Niagara
preservation bill. To the heavy pres
sure brought to bear by public senti-
ment and to the determined stand of
President Roosevelt is attributable the
passage of many measures which
would otherwise have been pigeon
holed. The meat inspection bill, as
it passed, contained two provisions,
however, which are not to the presi-
dents liking. These provisions sad
die the costs of the inspection service
upon the government and permit the
beef trust to place upon it's canned
products undated labels. The Stand
ard Oil company also won an import
ant point in securing legislation which
permits it to retain control of the
monopoly it now enjoys in the pro-
duction, refining and transportation
of oil. The original provision in the
Hepburn bill sought to make the
Standard Oil company a common car
rier.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

The Minneapolis ''Town Topics''
differs slightly with us in our conten-
ton that Governor Johns hirelings
are reluctantly" passing ten per
cent OF their salaries into his cam
paign barrel, 'sbut," says the
"Topics, "'"the appointees who owe
their places to the administration are
standing the touch of the O'Connor1
like gentlemen AS the "Topics''
man is said to be particularly inter-
ested in this barrel filling, and is con-
sequently keeping close: tab upon it's
progress, he certainly ought to know
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

No sooner does the government sue
coed in dissolving (?) one trust than
another bobs up. This time it is the
American Farm Products company,
established with an invested capital of
$40, 900, 900 to control dairy products,
poultry and eggs. At it's head is Levi
P. Morton and he has figured that
there are millions in it. The time, we
believe, is not over a century distant
when Americans who are not part and
parcel of the trusts will either be
working for the trusts or for the gov
eminent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

And now Brother Bryan has been
Endorsed for the presidency by the
millionaire brewers of Milwaukee.
An Endorsement by these beer men OF
course also means the opening, if
necessary, of barrel for campaign
purposes. This little token of appre-
citation is obviously bestowed upon
William for services rendered the
brewers while in foreign lands, where
in his speeches he incorporated many
eulogium of Milwaukee's principal
product. The Endorsement was not
a surprise to Mr.. Brayan.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEES

REPUBLICAN, STATE COMMITTEE.
Chairman Sivright announced the
makeup of the republican state COM
mittee last Saturday. DR.. A. B.
Cole of Fergus Falls is chairman,
and it is thought that Charles II. War
ner of Aitkin will be the secretary, al
though it is barely possible that he
may not accept the position. There
are some strong men and faithful re-
publicans on the committee. and not
few who we're notorious traitors in
the last campaign. If the guberna-
torlal nominee and the other candi-
dates are satisfied no one else has any
right to find fault. Nevertheless we
are decidedly of the opinion that
several of the gentlemen mentioned
below will vote for John A. johnson
next November.
Following is the personnel of the
committee: Chairman, DR.. A. B.
Cole, Fergus Falls; secretary, Charles
H. Warner, Aitkin; executive commit
tee, r. E. Thompson, DR.. A. B. Cole,
G. b. Warner, w. E. Culkin, Duluth:
W. W. Heffelfnger, Minneapolis: Fen
ton G.. Warner, St. Paul.
At large-John O'Donnell, Mime
apolis; 81. B. Knudsen, Duluth;
Berndt Anderson, St. Paul; Peter S.
Nelson, Minneapolis; P. H. Kelly,
Eagle Lake; Grant Mcmahon, Ely;
Fenton G.. Warner, St. Paul; B. E.
Sundberg, Kennedy; L. G.. Hoffman,
St. Paul; Thomas F. Martin, Duluth;
John F. Dahl, Minneapolis; Samuel
W. Moore, Minneapolis; W., r. Web
ster of St. Paul and Capt. James
Hunter of Faribault.
Congressional districts-First, r.
E. Thompson, Preston; Second,
Thomas G. Collins, Window; Third,
J. G. Apologize, Cannon Falls;
Fourth, John G.. Nelson, Saltwater;
Fifth, w. b. Grimshaw, Minneapolis;
Sixth, James A. Martin, St. Cloud;
Seventh, DR.. T. Thoraldson, Cotton
wood; Eighth, John H. Hearding,
Eleveth; Ninth, DR.. A. B. Cole, Fer
gus Falls.
Judicial districts-First, Charles
Elmquist, Rush City; Second. T. G.
Walther, St. Paul; Third, Frank E.
Gartside, Winona; Fourth, W. W.
Heffelfnger, Minneapolis; Fifth, G.
L. Cardoff, Owatonna; Sixth,
Thomas Torson, St. James; Seventh,
G. E. Parker, Wadena; Eighth, DR..
G.. O. Orr, Jordan; Ninth, James A:
Larson, Walnut Grove; Tenth, R: E.
Shepherd, Austin; Eleventh, W.. r.
Culkin, Duluth; Twelfth, l.. O.
Thorpe, Willmar; Thirteenth, G. L.
Todd, Slayton; Fourteenth, DR.. N.
M. Watson, Red Lake Falls; Fiji
teenth, Charles II. Warner, Aitkin;
Sixteenth, G. W. Beise, Morris;
Seventeenth, Samuel A. Anderson,
Wells; Eighteenth, e. M. Nagel,
Buffalo.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

It has just been brought to light
that the police of Minneapolis have
concealed from the public the fact
that a dozen or more holdups and
robberies have been reported to them
during the past fortnight. Why this
secrecy has been maintained is a
question to which Minneapolitans are
demanding reply. They are asking
one another whether the police and
the thugs are in collusion-whether
the footpads are being protected for a
"divvy" of the swag.. The methods
of the Minneapolis reform government
are certainly mystifying.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

The Goodhue County News, a radi-
cal popocratic organ, is certain that
Bryan will be the next president. If
Allen, editor of the News, is depend
ing upon Bryan's election for Job
as janitor or something of that sort
in the white house he will never gar
ner the fruits of his ambition.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05
candidate For Register of Deeds.

10 the voters of Sherburne county:
In view OF the fact that many of my
friends believe my services in the
office OF sheriff entities me to seek a
promotion, have concluded to be-
come the candidate of the republican
party Tor the Office of register of deeds
at the primary election, Sept. 18th. I
also wish to say that at the election in
November will not be found support
ing any candidate except the regular
nominees OF the party.
E. Z. Ward.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

MIR. O'Day's paper says that "the
more congress gets out of patience
with the president the more people
like the president. In the same
editorial column we find this: "a
majority of the people of this country
have already picked Bryan for the
next president. Are O'Day and
johnson both contributing to sthe
editorial page?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

should provide for permanent high
way commissiop, composed OF an ex-
perlenced road-maker from each con-
gress1onal district, such commission
TO have power to sexpend all state
funds in building roads in various
sections of the state, where most
needed, so that those who have charge
OF local road work may learn from
the work done by such commission
what are the best methods to be
pursued in ing.-Lake6eld
Standard.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

The Royalton Banner thinks it has
discovered home-print special edi-
ton issued by a country newspaper
which is ''perfection. The edition
to which the Banner refers was a
creditable production all right, but it
was printed in the twin cities and
edited by twin city newspaper men.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

The poor old bald-headed father of
the oil trust has our sympathy. Not
content with an attempt to drive him
out of business by passing the free
alcohol bill, congress proposes to en-
act at it's next session a law making
compulsory the use of clean money.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05
A Good Roads Question,


One of the most important subjects
with which the next legislature will
have to deal is that of road making.
Our present laws on this subject have
been proven by experience to be
wholly inadequate. The, Standard
favors liberal appropriations by the
legislature for the building of high
ways under authority Of the state. to
the end that they may serve as an ex-
ample of what may be done by the
judicious expenditure of money and
labor on public highways. A large
proportion of the work now expended
on roads is of little or no value be-
cause the work is not done under the
supervision of experienced road-mak-
ers. We believe that the legislature
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

DR.. Ames has filed as a democratic
candidate for mayor of Minneapolis.
Doc is said by an exchange to have
worked hard during his former in
cumbency as municipal chief. Pre-
sumably worked everyone susceptible.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

The session of congress just termi-
mated has demonstrated beyond the
scintilla of a doubt that the trusts
were represented by mighty factors.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

Governor John has installed a Mer-
genthaler typesetting machine in the
Office of his personal organ, the St.
Peter Herald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

1.-The works at Panama will be CON-
pleted in eight years." says Mr.
Shontz. That is, of course, provided
the works OF Providence, such as
earthquakes, landslides and tidal
waves do not interfere.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

Fifty per cent of the deaths in this
country are the direct result Of impure
foods.-Walker Pilot
We would like to know, by what
method of calculation this result is
arrived at.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

A measure passed by congress per-
mits cattle to remain on trains thirty
six hours instead of twentyfour as
heretofore.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

Should Tams Bixby become COVER
nor of Oklahoma the new state will at
least have man in the chair who
thoroughly understands political
mechanism in all it's complex ramif-
cations
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

The free-silver articles in the Com
moner seemingly imply that Mr..
Bryan has omitted to notify his editor
of his political metamorphosis.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05
BY r. @. DUNN

A paradox: The ice barons incar-
cerated in the Toledo cooler are COM
planning of the heat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

Governor Johns pipe organ at
Fairmont is grinding out some ex-
tremely musty selections. Mr.. O'Day
is evidently stumped for original COM
positions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

Bede's boy says that the travelling
men are for Cole. His old man could
scarcely have fabricated a funnier
story.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05
OPINIONS OF EDITORS
A Good Suggestion.

A Good Suggestion.
If you have trouble in keeping your
boy at home look around and see if
there is not something the matter with
the home. We have seen homes that a
boy could not be blamed for avoiding.
New Ulm Review.
Floating Falsehood.
The rumor that Governor johnson
since Coles nomination is afraid of
the cars and will not accept renomin-
alton is good coin for republican cir
culation but there will be mighty few
of us who will be willing to take it as
good money.-Crookston Times.
The Republican Knows Whereof 1t Speaks.
Newspaper editors are like other in
dividuals. They frequently are taken
in by the smooth tongues of political
blatherskites, and too late they find
out that the politicians have treated
them as though they didn't have legs
enough and their ears were not of the
right shape.-Aitkin Republican.
.::-.:.
Rubbing 1t Into Bill.
1t was rather rubbing it into Bill
Grimshaw at the Duluth convention to
leave him off the committee on resolu-
tions and substitute a "pin head"
country editor in his stead. We may
be pardoned if we say that the reso-
lutions sounded little fresher than
usual and had more of the ring of
sincerity in them.-Dassel Anchor.
What support!
"Gen.' Gus. Widell of Mankato
has resigned from Gov. Johnson's
staff for the reason that he will give
his support and influence to the re-
publican candidates on the state
ticket during the coming campaign,
and for that reason he is of the opin-
ion that he does not belong to the
"oficial family" of the present COVER
nor any onger.-Brainerd Dispatch.
i 4 :.
Grimes Would Entomb Jadam.
j. Adam Bede thinks it ridiculous
for the public to demand meat inspec-
ton and pure food laws. He says
they next will appeal to congress to
cure rheumatism. Well, J. Adam, the
public should first appeal to personal
judgment and elect men, not testers,
to congress. When a, congressman
begins to tell the people of his district
what they must do it is time to fill the
grave he dug for himself, first care
fully placing him at the bottom of it.
LIE Sueur. News.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-07-05

a Good suggestion.
If you have trouble in keeping your
boy at home look around and see if
there is not something the matter with
the home. We have seen homes that a
boy could not be blamed for avoiding.
New Ulm Review.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23

grafton at any cost of life or property
With them they brought a ton and
half of gun cotton, the terrific power
of which was equal to the maniacal de-
termination of the fire.
Capt. MacBride was in command of
the squad, Chief Gu lner Adamson
placed the charges, and the third gun.
ner set them off
The thunderous detonations to which
the terrified city listened all that dread
full Friday night meant the salvation Of
many lives. A million dollars worth
of property. noble residences and
worthless shacks alike, were blown to
drifting dust, but that destruction
broke the spirit of the fire and sent the
raging flames cringing back over their
own charred path.
DYNAMITE \ BLOCK DEEP.
The whole east side of Van Ness ave-
nue.. from Golden Gate to Greenwich,
was dynamited a block deep, though
most of the structures stood untouched
by flame or cinder. Not one .rge
failed; no one building stood upon it
foundations. Unless some second ma
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
Elephants Going Up.

"A five-foot elephant costs this
spring." an importer of animals Is
stated to have remarked, "S1 400, as
against $1,000, for which such ele-
plants could be bought two years ago.
Elephants, like all other wild ami
mails, are growing scarcer with the
settlement of the globe, and their
prices tend upward. More small ele-
plants than big ones are imported be-
cause they cost less to begin with and
because they are easier and safer to
transport, and showmen like them,
too, for the reason that young ele-
plants are more tractable and easier
to train. And small elephants are at
tractive anyway.
Then, the elephant is hardy ami
NAL in captivity and he is naturally
long lived, and the young elephant in
creases in value with his growth. So
that even with their prices tending
upward, young elephants are good
property, though even they are rather
large for family pets
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23

licious tantrum of nature reversed the
direction of the west wind the whole
populous district to the west, blocked
with fleeing refugees and unilluminated
except by the disastrous glare on the
water front, seemed safe by 8 o'clock.
Van Ness avenue is fat as the earth
on the east side. Every pound OF gun
cotton did its work, and, though the
ruins burned, it was but feebly. From
Golden Gate avenue on the north the
fire crossed the wide street in but one
pace-the Claus Spreckes' residence.
on the corner of California street.
There the flames we're writhing up the
walls before the dynamiters could
reach it; yet they made their way to
the foundations, carrying their explo-
sives despite the furnace-like heat. The
charge had to be placed so swiftly and
the fuse lit in such a hurry that the
explosion was not quite successful from
the trained viewpoint of the gunners.
But though the walls still stood, it was
only an empty victory for the fire, as
bare brick and smoking ruins are poor
| food for flames.
EFFECTIVE WORK OF WEEK.
Capt. MacBride's dynamiting squad
| realized lndl a Sldnu was uOpelSsS, Ca
| cept on Van Ness avenue. They could
have forced their explosives further in
the burning section, but not pound or
the terrible guncotton could be or was
wasted. The ruined block that met the
wide thoroughfare formed a trench
through the clustered structures that
the confagration, wild as 1t was, could
not leap. Engines pumping brine
through Fort Madison from the bay
completed the little work that the gun
cotton had left, but for three days the
haggard-eyed firemen guarded the flick
ering ruins.
| The desolate waste straight through
the heart of the city Is a mute witness
to the most heroic and effective work Of
the whole calamity. Three men did
this-three, simply, because they would
not trust their work to others-and
when their work was over and what
stood Of the city for the first time
rested quietly, they departed as mod
estly as they had come. They were or
dered to save San Francisco; they
obeyed orders, and Capt. MacBrlde and
his two gunners made history on that
dreadful night.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23

come a finished expert in thrust and
parry in parliamentary tactics.
At the Fourteenth Continental Con-
gress of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, when Mrs. Mclean was
Regent of the New York Chapter, she
assisted in introducing a resolution
looking to the burial of Paul Jones in
Annapolis, Md, that being her native
State. Besides having a local pride,
she thought the first naval hero of the
nation should be buried near to the
great naval school.
There was tremendous opposition to
the proposition, and the congress voted
to "lay the resolution on the table" an
expression used in parliamentary pro-
ceedings to defer action on the subject.
Later it was taken up, but the congress
voted against taking the body of the
naval hero to Annapolis and favored
bringing it to Washington for burial in
Arlington. Mrs. Mclean has now, how
ever. seen one of her dearest wishes
carried out, and, as head of one of the
greatest societies of patriotic women
in the world, she was guest of honor
at the recent burial ceremonies of Ad-
miral Paul Jones at Annapolis.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23

old place of colonial architecture, and
1t is only a few years since Mrs.
Ritchie, mother Of Mrs. Mclean, died.
She also had been prominent in ID. A.
r. matters ever since the organization
of the society. Judge John Ritehie,
father of Mrs. Mclean, served in Con-
gress and was subsequently elevated to
the bench of the Court of Appeals OF
Maryland. He was an orator OF re-
nOwn, and Mrs. Mclean seems to have
inherited this attribute of her father.
Mrs. Mc4.ean's grandfather was
Judge William p. Maulsby, ana her
grandmother, Emily Nelson, for whom
she was named, was the daughter OF
Gen. Roger Nelson, who was boy OF
sixteen in college when the Declaration
of Independence was signed. He ran
away and joined the revolutionary
forces. He rose in rank to Brigadier-
General for conspicuous bravery on the
field of battle. He was left for dead
on the battlefield of Cowpens, and a
British officer in passing his body wan
tonly struck his hand with the nat OF
his saber, breaking the bones OF every
finger. To his dying day, when oc-
Cured many years later, Gen. Nelson
carried a Sllutucu manu-. AAO DSNoAAS -
member of Congress and later was
made a Justice of the Supreme Court
of the State.
DATES BACK OF REVOLUTION.
Mrs. McLean's ancestry began back
of the revolutionary period. however.
Judges Lynn and Beattle, two of those
twelve Judges known as The Twelve
Immortals." who first signed protest
against the British stamp act In 100
ten years before the battle OF Lexing-
ton. have in Mrs. Mclean a descendant
who is not unworthy OF the illustrious
example of fearlessness of spirit set by
them. Lieut.. James Lakeland was also
an ancestor of Mrs. Mclean, as was
also Deputy Governor Burgess, OF
colonial Maryland history.
Mrs. Mclean was educated at what
was at the time known as the Womans
College. She was graduated at the age
of fourteen, receiving diploma whicn
is one of her proud possessions to-day
She continued her studies in history,
music and the languages until her mar
riage, in 1888, to Donald Mclean
man of a long line of revolutionary
ancestors like herself and brilliant
lawyer in New York city. =.
Mrs. Mclean has made a practicai
study of parliamentary law, and In the
long wears of battling for chapter rights
on the floor of the Continental Con-
gress and her own big chapter has be-
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
RS DONALD MCLEAN General Daughters

Senator, 81 became interested, and as
proceeded / said to myself, This man
is making a very sensible talk ]
found myself quite in accord with his
views and read along with a good deal
of approval until finished two pages
was wondering who could have made
such a speech but was too much inter
ested to look back to find out. But as
turned the page l came upon an in
terruption, and there was my own name
given as the Senator making the reply.
1t was my own speech had been read
ing"