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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29
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GIeanings by Oar Country
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ZlMM ERMAN .

p. 81. Foley drove to Dayton Mon
day on business. ~ -
VIM. Ilif shipped a car of stock
from here Tuesday. %f
M. K. Iliff of Elk River was in town
Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Albin Oberg went to Min
neapolis last Wednesday,.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Looney were
Anoka visitors last Wednesday.
DR.. Jones of Minneapolis is in town
this week doing veterinary work.
G. N. Stendahl made business
trip to Elk River last Wednesday,.
D. Kilmartin bought a valuable
horse from M. K. Tiff on Monday.
Chas. Morrison of Pomeroy, Iowa,
is visiting friends and relatives here.
Miss Edna Barrett of Elk River is
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. L. D..
Carter. ~
Miss Kraemer went to Princeton
Friday night, returning Saturday
morning. ~; s.ss
Mrs. Emily Olson of Minneapolis is
here visiting with her mother, Mrs.
Andrew Perman.
Erick Johnson went to Minneapolis
last Wednesday to attend the wedding
of his daughter, Jennie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wykoff Of Mime
apolis visited a few days of last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. r. e. Lynch
Miss Kraemer of district IA will
have graduation exercises in the M.
W. A. hall on Thursday evening, May
6. ,.. ..r.. ,z>v, .. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Lundberg came
up from Minneapolis last Wednesday
to attend the funeral of their sister,
Mrs. Abe Whitcomb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust. Johnson of
Dickinson, MIMI, are visiting with
Erick johnson and family. Gust is a
son of Erick Johnson.
After an illness of about two weeks,
Mrs. George Foley died at her home
in Elk River, Monday morning. The
funeral services were held at the
Catholic church in Elk River on
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock and
the remains were inferred in the Day.
ton cemetery. She leaves a husband,
and two girls aged 3 and g. years.
Joseph Cohoe's new motor cycle
caused quite a lot of excitement in
town Sunday. It acted worse than a
bucking broncho at times. Joe says
if anyone has any fences they want
moved in hurry to let him know,
but he prefers soft wood posts as b.
Martens fence post was a little too
hard for his nose.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29
Seed.

Farmers, you now have a chance
to get pure seed for your farm. We
have purchased car of oats, blue
stem wheat, speltz and spring rye, and
are ready to supply you with anything
in this line you may need at reason.
able price. It pays to buy good seed.
Galley Hardware Co.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29
OxIlP,

" Mrs Cassie Peterson and daughter,
Vera, visited at c. b. Peterson's
Sunday.
The box social in the Chapman
school house was a failure on account
of the snow storm Saturday evening.
Mrs. A. c. Smith was given sur
prise party at her home last Thurs
day evening before she moved TO
Isanti to join her husband, who is
working there.
Andrew Martin and Miss Nina
Moore were married last Sunday
afternoon at the parsonage by Rev.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29
"I'd Rather Die, Doctor,

than have my feet cut off," said M. L.
Bingham Of Princeville, Ill. "But
you'll die from gangrene (which had
eaten away eight toes) if you don It, !"
said all the doctors. Instead he used
Bucklen's Arnica Salve till wholly
cured. Its cures of eczema, fever
sores, boils,, burns and piles astound
the world. 25c at G. A. Jacks.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29

barn. Everybody invited. Hannay's
orchestra will furnish the music.
81. B. Fisk and family and Pete
Erickson were among the visitors at
John Olsen's on Sunday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29
Farmers.

Farmers.
Why not buy good, clean seed when
you can get it? We have it. Oats,
spring rye, speltzland blue stem wheat
all very choice. Call in and see
them and get prices, which are very
reasonable.
Calev Hard ware Co.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29
SPENCER BROOK.

Rev. Hall was called to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Lundberg, three miles
east of Zimmerman, to officiate at the
obsequies of Mrs. Annie Whitcomb.
The dance Friday night was we'll
patronized as usual. The teachers
from Cambridge, for reasons best
known to themselves, did not attend.
Mr.. Bennett, real estate man of
Minneapolis, accompanied by a friend,
was here Sunday looking over his
mill property with view of making
some improvements.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner boated the
river last Sunday to visit Mrs.
Turner's father, William King, who
has been sick for some time, but he
was not at home, having been taken
to Princeton Saturday that he might
be near his physician, DR.. Cooney.
Andrew Martin of Bradford and
Miss Nina Moore of Spencer Brook
were united in marriage at Oxlip last
Sunday by Rev. Oleson. Miss Moore
is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Moore and highly regarded by her
associates. Mr.. Martin is prosper
Gus young farmer, and their many
friends wish them a happy and sue
cessful life.
The Misses Myers, Boxeth, Roth,
Wadde]l, Bude1man and Clough,
teachers of the Cambridge school,
came over to the Brook Friday after
noon in an automobile, and returned
Sunday afternoon in the safe old
fashioned way with horses and farm
wagon. In looking over the town
they we're probably highly impressed
with what they did not see.
Notice to Farmers.
"Big Four" seed oats for sale.
Apply to Sjoblom & Olson, Princeton.
Elmer Olson was on the sick list
last week.
Oscar Beckstrom spent Sunday at
F. Telander's.
The farmers are busy blowing
around here.
Tom Harrigan was in Ogilvie one
day last week.
Arthur Crowder visited at Nels
Nelson's on Sunday.
Arthur Freberg is chopping wood
for Edwin Anderson.
G.. E. Eckdall transacted business
in Milaca on Monday.
Peter Olsop is doing some excellent
work clearing this spring.
Mrs. John Swanson, who has been
i'll for some time, is improving.
/ Miss Esther Norlander was a. Sun
day caller at the Peterson farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Peterson called
on the p. Sjoberg family on Sunday.
Oscar Eckdall is up from St. Paul
to spend a couple Of days with home
folks.
Edwin Goldstrand was a pleasant
caller at Swan Freberg's Monday
evening.
Mrs. John Norlander and daughter
visited at o. w. Olson's on Monday
afternoon.
A. P. Johnson, a brother Of Andrew
Johnson, IS visiting relatives ant
friends here.
One of G. w. Burnhelm's dra,
horses got loose in the barn las
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29
Farmers. Attention.

Wanted, fat beef cattle. Will paw
from 3 to 81 cents per pound. l will
also buy dressed hogs. L. G. Hummel,
opposite starch factory, Princeton, 3
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29

Builds up your whole body. Regu-
lates the bowels, clears the blood,
aids digestion, makes you we'll from
head to feet. That's what Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea will do, greatest
spring regulator. Tea or tablets, IS
cents. C. A. Jack.
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Farmers. Attention.

We have a carload of fancy seed, in
Guiding oats, spring rye,, speltz and
blue stem wheat, and would be glad to
show you same and quote prices.
Galley Hardware Co,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29
Notice to Farmers.

Big -Four" seed oats for sale.
Apply to Sjoblom & Olson, Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-04-29
Notice to Farmers.

"Big -Four" seed oats for sale.
Apply to Sjoblom & Olson, Princeton.
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DISTRICT NO. so.

James Franklin was calling on
neighbors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Franklin we're
prinoot0n uioitore C,,>Io,,
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OF THE EARTHQUAKE

Messina, Sicily. - Earthquake ex-
perts who are here to study the phe-
nomenon generally agree, that the
earthquake was the result Of q fault
in geologicar formation under Messi-
ma, which constituted a line Of con-
tact in the volcanic action between
Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius,' and
that a slip occurred similar to the one
which detached Sicily from the main
land. That a subsistence occurred at
some points and that there was a ris-
ing Of the earth's surface at othersis
proved by soundings, which show the
channel of the harbor deeper at some
places and shallower at others. The
British battleship, Exmouth at a dis
lance one-half mile south Of Reggie
found fifty-eight fathoms of water
where formerly there were 243. .
Mr.. Perret, who was one Of the
first scientists to reach the scene,
says he has proved the fact that the
first motion was upward and the Sec
ond oscillatory. He characterizes the
disturbance as intervolcanic.
The continual settling Of the crust
of the earth In this region has been
amply proved, for there have been no
less than 500 recorded seismic move
ments since 1905.
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Messina, Sicily. - Eight thousand
soldiers and sailors are in this char
mel house, still searching for those
who were trapped alive beneath the
~wreckage.
The scenes for a distance along
the waterfront make the lstoutest
hearts quail. Little groups of men,
| women and children, half clothed,
sleep huddled together, crazed and
numbed with grief and terror. They
are awaiting boats to take them
away. No family Is complete. Men
are without their wives, many OF the
women are widows, and children
have lost their parents.
Behind this line Of refugees there
are a number of improvised hospital
stations, where the injured. as fast
as they are brought from the ruins
on stretchers, receive first aid before
being taken on steamers for trans
portation to Naples, Leghorn, Cata-
MIA, Syracuse or Palermo.
1t, was astonishing how many peo-
pie still were being dug out alive six
full days after the catastrophe. While
the correspondent fingered for an
hour near one Of these stations
twelve. wounded were brought in.
They were almost naked, their bod
les covered with blood and dirt, and
they were hardly recognizable as hu-
nan beings. -
The brunt of the work Of rescue
has fallen upon the sailors, foreign
ers as we'll as Italian, and all have
done their duty nobly. Praises Of
the Russians are on every lip. They
hesitated before no danger.
A correspondent made two tours
about the wrecked city, through
streets piled twenty or thirty feet
high with debris. 1t was a wilder
ness Of a ruin a mile wide and two
miles long. Beautiful churches,
splendid villas in the foothills, hos
pitfalls, barracks and the university
all shared the common lot. Two
thirds of the magnificent Norman
cathedral. the pride of Messina,' is In
ruins and little or nothing remains
Of the relics of Phoenician, Greek,
Roman and Saracen architecture
which marked the stages Of M%essina's
twenty-six centuries Of tragic and
tumultuous history. The loss to the
world will be i%rreparable.
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Richest Family in Europe.

1t is not generally known that the
imperial family of Russia is the rich
est royal family in Europe, and de-
rives it's vast wealth from three
sources-the State treasury, the i'm.
perial domains formerly church
lands) and the so-called cabinet
properties" A writer in Harper's
Weekly gives some interesting facts.
The State treasury pays out $1,000.
900 per annum for the needs of the
imperial house, principally for the
maintenance of the palaces and the
officials and servants attached to
them. The reigning Empress, for ex
ample, has an allowance of 100000
per year, and the DoWager Empress
the same. Every child born to the
Car ~receivesfrom birth to the age OF
twenty-one nearly $4,000 a year.
while the heir to the throne receives
annually, in addition to the main.
tenance of palaces, $4,000. Daugh.
ters receive a dowry of 100000
rubles when they marry.
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TELEGRAPHC ODDS AND ENDS.

i. E~x-President Castro was operated
on for kidney trouble In Berlin.
Richard Garfield, the notorious
gambler, closed mis- New York resi-
dence and went to Europe
Pennsylvania Railroad directors
plan to increase indebtedness by
sS0;O00,O00 to meet issues maturing
in 1910.
The committee of nine who are I'M
vestigating Wall Street methods ap-
pointed four subcommittee to take
up the INQUIRY.
The Rev. Dr.. Aked, of New York
City, in. a sermon drew a parallel be-
tween the earthquake in Italy and
the menace Of anarchy to society.
Orville Wright, %aeronaut, sailed
for Europe to confer with his broth
er William in regard to offers for
control Of their aeroplane patents.
The Tooth anniversary of the birth
Of Charles Darwin was celebrated at
Baltimore by the American Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science.
The elections held in France for
members of the chambers of Deputies
resulted in a victory for the Gov.
eminent and particularly for the
Radicals,
Guglielmo Ferrero, l%ecturing al
Columbia University, New York, de.
picted Nero and St. Paul as "collab.
orators" and denied that Nero set
fire to Rome. Z.
The Federal inquiry into the al.
legged relations between the packing
houses and the railways was resumed
in Chicago, redoubled precautions
for secrecy being taken.
Mayor Mcclellan, Of New York.
issued a record breaking message,
with sixty-fve illustrations, defend.
ing his administration against the
charge of extravaganza.
In the City Court, New York, the
case of Mary J.. Moore against Alice
J.. Eaton, which has been in the court
for twenty-three years, was settled
and stricken from the calendar.
In a lecture at Columbia Uniyer.
sity, Professor Ferrero, the Italian
historian, bracketed Nero and st.
Paul as the two ancients to whom
Christianity, art and civilization owe
more than to any two men in history,
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A Correspondent Writes a Touching Description of
the Horrors He Saw During a. Tour Of the
49, Ruined CITY Of Messina. - - -

+ Here and there the correspondent
encountered salvage parties at work
One party was trying to dig out O
girl whose crying could be heard
plainly, but as the correspondent
watched there was a sudden cave-in
and thereafter silence.
In one place two buzzards were
summing themselves on a window
ledge over the dead body Of a woman.
whose wealth Of black hair covered
her face and shoulders. Dogs and
cats are killed by the soldiers when
ever caught among the dead.
The air in ,Messina is almost un-
breathabie. The survivors of the dis
aster are so dazed and worn out that
they are quite incapable, Of describ-
ing their experiences connectedly, but
the accounts Of all agree that the de-
vastation was accomplished in less
than one minute. The strata below
the Strait slipped along the line Of a
fault; then a tidal wave rushed in
and out, and all was over. All those
capable of Analysing their sensations
say that when the shock came they:
felt an upward thrust of the earth.
This was followed. by an oscillatory
motion, and the crust of the earth
vibrated. Few Of the survivors are
able to explain how they escaped.
They know only that amid falling
plaster and masonry they managed
to jump safely from windows or
stumble down crumbling stairways.
BY some evil miracle the prisoners
in the Jail all escaped alive. They
were considerable in number, and in
stantly set at work to rob the dead
and rifle the ruins.
In the first confusion the thieves
of all near parts of Sicily made a rush
for Messina. but within a few hours
a Gordon of troops and b~luejackets
was established, with orders to shoot
every suspicious character who tried
to pass the lines going in or out.
1t has been literally impossible to
count the dead, and the bodies that
have been extracted from the wreck.
In the first attempt at life saving,
bodies were positively torn to pieces
heads, arms, feet and hands lay
scattered among broken masonry.
The stencil from the bodies and
the fumes of burning flesh are as
suffocating as they are horrible. \
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TO- REBUILD MESSINA.
Merchants Of Ruined City Resolve to
Return When Wreck Is Cleared.

Rome, Italy.-Despite Premier Gio-
litti's statements indicating that the
Government will discourage the re-
building of Messina, the merchants
of the city who escaped held a meet
ing at Palermo and. decided not to
abandon the place, but to return and
rebuild once more when the ruins
cleared away.
The treasures which lie beneath
the ruins Of Messina must amount to
an enormous sum-. Pillage and theft
during the first days were INDUCED
in to a considerable extent, and, IN
fortunately, are still going on.
The treasures contained In the ca
thedral have disappeared, but enor-
nous wealth, nevertheless, has been
recovered. The Commercial Bank
saved 100000 lire, and the fire at
the depot of the Bank of Italy has
now been got In hand.
&, A priest >, and his attendant who
were found alive amid the ruins of
their presbytery declined to leave.
They preferred to remain in this dan
gerous situation. as beneath the ruins
we're hidden their treasures. They
told their rescuers life was not worth
living without their wealth.
The banks and commercial estab-
lishments lost huge sums in cash and
securities. Little, indeed, Of the bull
lion in any Of the lost cities was
saved except $4,0GO,000 in the
branch of the Bank of Italy at Mes
sina and a similar amount in the
vaults of the Commercial Bank at the
same place.
A special Government commission
will probably be appointed to go to
the scene of the disaster and make a
systematic search for securities, bull
lion, coin and artistic lying
in the wreckage.
Besides the large direct interests
in Messina and Reggie there Is
scarcely a large commercial house,
bank or institution throughout Italy
which has not been hit by the disas-
tiers. The religious orders, also, be-
sides losing members, lost property
and treasure, and the Holy See lost
churches to the value of many mill
ions of dollars. d..
Ambassador Griscom, at Rome,
turned over to Count Taverna, head
of the Italian Red Cross, S250,000
from the American Red Cross.
The Pope welcomed sufferers at
the hospital established by him at the
Vatican and administered consolation
to them personally, leaving, techni-
cally, the confines of the Vatican to
do so.
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The Appalling Horror OF the Situation Has Benin
No Sense EXAGGERATED. S&& N

Messina, Sicily. - Foreign officers
who have explored the ruins of both
sides of the Strait give higher esti-
mates of the loss of life than Italian
reports. They believe that 10000
persons have either been killed or
trapped in the ruins of Messina and
10000 at Reggie, where the tidal
wave rose to double the height that
it did at Messina.
Two days spent amid the ruins Of
Messina and Reggie bring convincing
evidence that the appalling horror Of
the situation in the Straits Of Mes
sina has in no sense been eXagger-
ated.
Messina and Reggie have ceased
to exist. In the ruins of the former
city two-thirds of the inhabitants lie
buried, while at Reggie one-half of
the people lost their lives. Messina
counted 10000 and Reggie $4,000
souls. Both places are to-day vast
morgues Of the dead, and one cannot
make his way through the stricken
area without being overwhelmed by
the scenes Of death, destruction and
d%esolation. Sickening stenches arise
from the countless decomposing bod
les, and the air for many miles out
to sea Is polluted: Vutures are con-
gregating to prey upon the dead. 1t
would be a blessing If fire should
reduce what is left Of these two cit
les to ashes, particularly as no more
living are to be found in the wreck
age: Fire ,e,t to-day would bring only
The radius Of ruin and death ex-
tends back with decreasing intensity
for forty miles on the mainland and
for thirty miles in Sicily.
The work of rescuing and trans
porting wounded and homeless Is
proceeding amid the greatest .confu-
sion. The task Of digging out and
burying the dead at both Messina and
Reggie has been abandoned. During
the first few days such bodies as
were recovered were laid out tn long
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rows for possible Identification, but
as there were few cases where any OF
the dead were recognized, they are
low being covered with quicklime
when this material is available. 9th
erwise they are being left to decom-
pose where they are found. Now all
the efforts are being directed to get
ting the survivors away.
A royal decree was issued placing
the Messina and Reggie districts in
a state of siege, which Is stricter than
martial law. General Mazza, COM
mander of the Palermo garrison, is
placed in supreme command.
It is reported, however, that the
King scouts the suggestion that Mes
sina and Reggie ought not to be re-
built. He said: "1- have lost two
Of the most beautiful jewels Of my
crown, but Messina and Reggie must
be rebuilt, cost what may, and they
shall be more beautiful than ever.
Maybe this terrible calamity will
prove the strongest bond OF reunion
between south and north: I will go
there If need be, and. where the King
goes his people will follow"
A detachment of troops which
went to the villages on the east, coast
Of Calabria found nothing but ruins
and the bodies Of persons killed in
the earthquake. The survivors had
fled.
A convoy with 1000 rations OF
bread, which was going through Bag
nara, was rifed en- route by famished
persons here.
A number of small boats, all Of
them overloaded, put out into the
channel to request food Of incoming
steamers, which the officers Of the
vessels were compelled to refuse
them. Several of the smaller craft
capsized and many persons were
drowned.
Whenever a boat approached the
wrecked water front, wild faced,
starving creatures, in blood stained
rags, waded out stretching forth their
hands and crying Bread! Bread!"
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Te,egraphic Condensations.

Miss Laura A. Hecox has tended
the light in the Santa Cruz (Cal.)
Lighthouse for twenty-seyen years.
Mrs. G.. H. Mackay was elected
president of the new Equal Franchise
Society.
Cook County, Illinois, has com.
menced work on it's new tuberculosis
hospital, having appropriated S1,OOO,'
900 for that purpose.
According to Umpire Billy Evans,
Herman Schaefer never takes his po'
sition at the plate that he does not
draw a horseshoe with his bat on the
ground for luck.
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Stub Ends of News.

The Quebec government has decid-
ed to appoint a royal commission to
investigate the spread of tuberculosis
in that province. .s
Olga Stein, who was arrested In
New York City for swindling In Rus
STA, was sentenced in st. Petersburg
to sixteen months in prison.
Lieutenant Calvin P. Titus has re-
signed from the army. and the Presi-
dent has accepted the resignation.
Titus was the boy who, as a private.
was the first man Of all the allied
army of the world to scale the walls
Of Pekin- tf
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Nuggets Of News.

Austria's State railways in 1906
were run at a loss of S16,S49,00O
Senator Burkett, of Nebraska,
made an argument in favor Of the
Postal Savings Bank bill.
The South Manchurian Railway is
transferring it's head Office from To-
kio to Dalny, Manchuria, with a
branch Office at Toxic.
Standard Oil interests have pur-
chased two buildings for business
purposes on the south side of st.
James Park, London, causing ad-
verse CONNIE mt from residents Of this
exclusive section.