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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-28
Philadelphia and Other Cities
in Grasp Of Electrical and
CyC'onic Disturbances.
CYCLONE IN ALABAMA
LEAVES DEATH IN WAKE
Railroads Are Tied Up and Trolley
Lines Are Out OF Servlce--Buildings
Are molishcd-Telegraph and
Telephone Communication Is Cut
Off and Many Cities Are in Dark
ness as Result.

Philadelphia. March 27.-A severe
electrical storm accompanied by a
high wind which at times blew with
cyclonlc force, swept over the north
ern section of this city shortly after
6 O'Clock tonight, leaving destruction
in its wake.
Buildings were demolished, houses
unroofsd and the New York division
of the Pennsylvania railroad was
placed out of commission by the de-
molltion of its tower at Holmesburg
and its station at Tacony. New York
trains are being routed via Trenton
cutoff. which was not in the path Of
the high winds.
Tacony. the section where the
greatest damage was done. was COM
pletely cut off from the rest of the
city. Telegraph, telephone and troll
ley wires were blown to the ground.
The police station was demolished.
At the Tacony station of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad an unidentified man
was killed. Many houses in this Sec
tion were unroofed or demolished.
In the manufacturing section OF
Kensington in the northeast, toward
Tccony, several factories were de-
stroyed. trolley wires were blown
down and roofs OF houses were hr J.
ed to the center Of the streets.
In the fashionable section of Ger
mantoUn, III storm also caused hav-
oc The cupola of st. Michael's
church was blown off. Jones hall lost
Its roof as did the factory OF the Am
erican Metal company. Telegraph
and telephone communication was al
so destroyed, but up to a late hour nc
lives had been reported lost.
So completely was the Pennsylva-
mia line tonight tied up that no trains
were sent over the New York division
from here, and no tickets to Philadel-
phla were obtainable at the New York
end OF any line
Damage I'm Ohio.
Pittsburg. March 2I.-A wind
storm throughout northeastern Ohio
a portion of West Virginia and west
ern Pennsylvania late today caused
at least one fatality. injured several
persons and resulted in heavy finan-
cial loss.
Trains Tied Up.
New York. March 27.-Pennsyl.
vania railroad officials declined to ac-
cept passengers for Philadelphia or
the express leaving here at S:04 20.
night. Through trains for the west
officials said. were operated over cut
offs.
The tail end of the storm whisked
over upper Manhattan with spectacu.
lar electrical effects and downpour Of
hail.
Blizzard i'm Washington.
Washington, Penn, March 27.-A
blizzard swept Washington county to-
day and tonight and the thermomete,
dropped 80 degrees in eight hours
81 oil derricks at Mcdonald were lev
eled, causing n loss of $4,000, A
Waynesburg. tombstones were picked
up by the wind and carried from 6
Continued on page eight.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-28
WAGE WAR ON
BIGGEST TRUST
Billion Dollar Combine 10
Draw fire of the Department
OF Justice.
MOST POWERFUL FTNANCIERS
OF COUNTRY IMPLICATED

Criminal Prosecutions VIII BE Com
menced Against Leading Interests
on Wall Street-Combine Is Faith
cred by Pennsylvania Though 9th
crs Are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SmOthered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-28

]. O. Bryan Of La Grande, is
among the out of town people in the
city today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-28

Few towns have greater opportun-
tiles for doing work along the line Of
Identification than has Pendleton,"
said Howard Evarts Weed in his lee
ture before the civic club at the
Christian church last evening and he
pointed cut many specific instances
where improvements may be made
that will greatly improve the appear
ance of the city.
The lecturer was introduced by
Mrs. James A. Fee, president of the
civic and library club and he spoke
for nearly two hours He covered
the general subject of landscape ar
chitecture and by means of stereopti-
can views explained his points. The
views were gathered from the vari-
Gus cities of the United States and
some from the old world. They added
much to the interest of the lecture
and at the same time graphically IL
lustrated the ideas of the speaker.
Toward the close of his address Mr..
Weed came down to local problems
and made suggestions he had formu-
lated after spending yesterday driv-
ing about the city during which time
he visited the Roundup grounds, the
city cemetery and other points of in
terest.
Would Gust the Poles.
Commenting upon the appearance
of Main street the lecturer praised
the city for its paving work but ex-
pressed great regret that when the
work was done the electric and tele-
phone poles were not ordered re-
moved. He held that the wires should
be placed underground so as to allow
an unobstructed view of the street and
also so as to remove a scource Of
danger in times of fire.
The streets in the residence section
also came in for a grilling because
OF the manner in which they have
been neglected. He declared it would
be a vast improvement even to grade
the streets that are unpaved. In
making permanent improvements in
the residence section he advised that
strip of parking be left on either
side of the street and that trees be
planted in this parking. He deplored
the practice of "butchering" trees by
/ the trimming process but recommend
ed that the lower limbs be trimmed
away sufficiently to allow of the traf-
fic beneath.
The Front Gate"
At some length the speaker discuss
ed the subject of improving the de-
/ pot grounds which is a live subject
since the O.-W. company officials have
asked for suggestions from the civic
/ club as to how to improve their
grounds. The speaker advised that
/ the depot parks be converted into
grassy plats, devoid of any shrubbery
and that a background of trees and
massed shrubbery be provided so as
! to shut off the view of the ilapidated
| shacks in the rear of the Hotel Bow
man. He advised that the street be-
side the hotel be closed and a drive
CONTINUED on page eight)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-28
Damage I'm Ohio.

Pittsburg. March 2I.-A wind
storm throughout northeastern Ohio,
a portion of West Virginia and west
ern Pennsylvania late today caused
at least one fatality. injured several
persons and resulted in heavy finan-
cial loss
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-28
Blizzard I'm Washington.

Continued on page eight }
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

Officers OF St. Johns Lodge, Of Glas-
gov, Scotland, the oldest Masonic body
in the world, have arrived in New York
on a visit to this country.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
decided upon a salary increase for rural
free delivery carriers OF approximately
800 per annum.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
BEREA.

Mr.. Luther Smith is q business visitor
in Memphis this week.
Mr.. JAS. King and family visited
relatives at Mount Pelia Sunday.
Mr.. Albert Duncan and family, OF
Mount Pelia, visited relatives here Sun
day.
Mr.. Virgil Laster and Mr.. Nose Tan
ner went to Martin Saturday on bust
ness.
Mr.. Nose Tanner and family; of Cane
Creek, visited Mr.. Lon Tanner and
family Sunday.
The meeting at Mount Pelia Christian
Church will begin the fourth Sunday in
July. Everybody invited to attend,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tanner, of Cane
Creek, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Nichols
BRooNIE.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
ROGERS SCHOOL

Mr.. Hubert Council returned home
from Missouri last week.
School will start here Monday with
Mrs. Leila Williams as teacher.
Mrs. Oliver Gunter is about to recover
from the effects of a bad dog bite.
Mr.. Council Barnes, OF Clayton, spent
Monday night with the Rives boys near
here.
Messrs. Arnet Cross and Robt. Rives
made a business trip to Union City
Monday.
Miss George Council spent Saturday
night with Miss Nellie Eskew near
Crescent.
A visitor from near Hornbeak spent
Sunday night with the family of J. E.
Elgin near here. j.
Mr.. Will Marshall had q 75-pound
shoat beheaded last Saturday. The way
the hog lost his head is unknown.
Messrs. John Osburn and Buruess
Jones, of near Crescent, spent Saturday
night with the family of S. F. Rives.
Mr.. Walton StigIer opened his school
at Clayton Monday with something near
forty-five pupils, a fine beginning.
If the weather continues nice the
West Tennessee Thresher Co. will clean
up most of the wheat around here this
week.
Several from around here attended
church at Possumtrot Sunday and re-
port two excellent sermons delivered by
Rev. Light, Of McAnna.
A number of our citizens and others
from Clayton are helping Mr.. Will Cole
at his sawmill while cutting a bill of
for Reelfoot Church.
Things are getting dry around here
for the lack of rain. TATTLER.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
sTANLEY's CHAPEL.

Mrs. Carl Hickok is improving.
Miss Amy Moss is visiting Miss Glen.
ME Palmer at Rives this week.
Little Miss Willie johnson is visiting
Lou Ida Wilson at Union City.
ESQ. Hunt is working a large crew on
the Parrish levee hustling things.
Miss Beatrice Wilson, Of Union City,
has been visiting in Number Seven.
Mrs. Davis, of Linda, Mo-, is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Walker, this week.
Mrs. ]. @. Hunt and granddaughter,
Miss Hazel Rankin, visited in Riyes
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris and daughter,
Miss Ollie, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Poor.
Mr.. Joe Jackson and daughter, Mrs.
Hickok, spent Friday with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. B, Carter.
Misses Opal and Bernice Shipp, Ethel
Jackson and Myrtle Johnson spent Sun
day with Mrs. Hunt.
Mr.. Hunt Roper, of Union City, Wis
tied his grandmother, Mrs. Hunt, and
sister, Miss Rankin, Sunday.
Last Friday night Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B.
Carter entertained in honor of their
grandson, Jessie Johnson's twentieth
anniversary with a lawn party. Those
present were Misses Cora Mays, Vardell
Vaughn, Zura McAdoo, Ethel Jackson,
Cora Crittendon, Hazel Rankin, Myrtle
Johnson, Beatrice Wilson; Messrs. Jodie
Jackson, Hughes Hunt, Herman Car
ter, Sinkler Alexander, Jim johnson,
Jesse Johnson, DR.. Glosson, Jim Carter,
Dee Caudle, Connie Stanley. All re-
ported a splendid time and declared
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter an ideal host and
hostess. Blonde.
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
&&&% u &@%SRf
Being Friendly.

1t is so easy TO be friendly, to smile,
to 'sorter" let your face crinkle with
good nature and cheerfulness, and it is
great to walk down the street in the
morning with an air Of optimism, Of
courage and kindness. l makes 9TH
ers wear a smiling face too.
And you know how good it feels and
how you thrill when a friend passes by
and says Good Morning, just as If he
had done nothing since he awakened
except look for you SO that he might
deliver that greeting.
Being friendly is so easy and 50 great
there is always room for folks to be
kind, and there is need to be kind, too.
Greatness is often found in simplicity.
All Of us can be friendly, and to be
friendly and neighborly, is to be great.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
An Appeal to Wives.

You know the terrible affection hat
comes to many homes from the result
of a drinking husband or son. You
know Of the money wasted on "Drink''
that is needed in the home to purchase
food and clothing, Orrine has saved
thousands Of drinking men. LISA home
treatment and can be given secretly or
taken voluntarily. Put up in two forms,
powder or pill. Your money will be
returned if after a trial it has failed to
benefit. Costs but 81. 90 a box-a mere
tri1e when compared with the amount
a drinking man will spend in a day for
Come in and get a free booklet
and let us tell you Of the good ORRINE
is doing. divers Red Cross Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
NuMBER THREE

Mrs. Madison Kendall is on the sicI
list.
Miss Mai Johnson. OF Memphis, i
visiting relatives here.
Work viii begin on the building o
Reelfoot church this week.
Mrs. Bette Caldwell, Of Old fremont
spent last week with Ebert Campbell
and family.
Mrs. Ellen Adams and daughter, Miss
LOWE, OF Adams, Tenn, are the guests
of Mr.. NeeI Fluffy and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Caldwell chap
eroned a crowd Of young people to the
park at the lake Tuesday. They will
spend several days.
An ice cream supper will be given at
the schoolhouse of Old Fremont next
Saturday night, July 10. Proceeds will
go towards repairing the schooIhouse.
Misses Lara and Ruth Caldwell's week
end guests are Miss Mary Mayo, Of
Dresden, Miss Nell Mailing, OF Union
City, and Miss Clara Luton, of Wood
land.
We wish to state that the fishfry and
ice cream supper given at Reelfoot Sat
urday afternoon was a success, in fact
It was 0 successful than was expect
ed. The members wish to thank each
and every n for their l~iberality.
The following couples OF young peo-
pie drove to Walnut Log Sunday after
noon: Mary Mayo and Sid Caldwell,
Clara Luton and Lee Norrid, Nell Nail
ling and Hugh Caldwell, Lara Caldwell
and Ezra Bruer, Ruth Caldwell and Rice
Wilson.
"Rebecca's Triumph" a three-act
play, will be rendered by sixteen young
girls of the Reelfoot community July
%, which will be Saturday night before
fourth Sunday. This play will be
On the grounds Of where the church
recently burned down. The proceeds
will be used to help rebuild the church.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

MI. Connie Pardue is improving.
Mr.. John Stone is in Middle Ten
nessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Howell visited al
Troy Sunday.
Miss Lucille Farrior is at home from
the Institute.
Mrs. Annie Mcdaniel visited Mrs.
John Barnes Monday.
Mrs. Bird Cox and daughter, Lera,
went to Obion Monday.
Mr.. Polk Mcdonald and daughter,
Octa, were here Sunday.
Mr.. Lutte Marshall and wife visited at
Woodland Mills Sunday.
Miss Ellen Barnes is at the hospital
at Nashville for treatment.
Miss Sallie Pardue commenced her
school at this place Monday.
Mr.. T. G. Ward visited Mr.. John
Douglas and family Saturday night.
Mr., Willie Bright and family visited
at the home of Mr.. ]. w. Barnes Sun
day.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
TROY.

Miss yergie Nichols, 0 fObion, is her,
visiting friends,
Miss Belle Young, Of Atoka, is here
visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Bumpass, OF Crys-
tai, were here Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs. Griffith and Wilson, OF Hon
beak. were here Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Eva and Iva Dodson are here
visiting their sister, Miss Poke Dodson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Crenshaw and family,
Of Union City, are here visiting Mrs.
Lucy Walton.
Messrs. Pratt Waddell and Horace
Lowell, OF Union City, were here Friday
TO attend the ball game.
Miss Berniee Barnett, who has been
visiting Mrs. L. A. Smith, has returned
to her home at Hornbeak.
Miss Belle Pressly, who has been
teaching school at Belen, Miss, is here
visiting friends and relatives.
Woodland Mills and Troy played a
good game of ball here Friday. Wood
land Mills put up a good fielding game,
but could not hit Wilson and Troy won
10 to3, Ingram doing the receiving for
Troy.
Rev. r. L. Robson, President OF the
Woman's College, Due West, s. c., was
lere the latter part of the week and
preached at the A. r. P. Church here
sabbath to a large and appreciative
audience.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

New sewing machine with ten years
guarantee on every sale-$16.8 So cash,
at Caldwell's Book Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
SCRATCHED FOR 40 A
Used D. D.. D. Six Months All Itch
ing Gonel

This is the actual experience of Anne
Croman, Santa Rosa, Cal, with the
wonderful d. d. d. Prescription.
d. d. d. is the proven Eczema Cure,
the mild wash that gives instant relief
in all forms of skin trouble.
Cleanses the skin OF all impurities
washes away blotches and pimples, leav-
ing the skin as smooth and healthy as
that OF a child.
Get a 25c trial bottle Of this wonder
full Eczema Cure to-day and keep it in
the house.
We know that d. d. d. will do all
that is claimed for it.
divers Red Cross Drug Store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

Telephone Union City Ice & Coal Co.
when you want coal right now.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
RIVEs.

The revival continues with unabated
interest.
Mrs. Joe Clark, who has been very
i'll, is improving.
DIR. and Mrs. 7. P. Callicott were in
Union City Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Wade, of Union
City, were in town Friday.
Mrs. Hugh Mcdonald, Of Obion, is a
guest of Mrs. Jane Dickey.
Mrs. Raymer, OF Kenton, came in
Sunday night for the meeting.
Mr.. Luther Moffat was a weekend
guest Of Mrs. o. HI. Clemmons.
Sorry to report Miss Eunice Shore and
Miss Martha Wade on the sick list.
Tom Starnes and sister, Miss Clara, Of
Glass, are guests of relatives near town.
Miss Mary Tidrow, OF neal Crockett,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. w. p. Morris.
Misses Mary Lou Stovall and Eva
Shelly, Of Mount Pelia, are guests Of
Mrs. Ed Stirling.
Mrs. Baird and Mrs. James Glenn
mons, of Fulton, were recent visitors OF
Mrs. w. L. Clemmons.
Mr.. Milton Callicott is at home from
Mississippi. Mr.. Callicott is a valued
member of a quartette.
DR.. and Mrs. Virgil Jernigan, Of Obion,
during the revival have been guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Phebus.
Miss Mildred Clemmons has returned
from a delightful month S visit to Rev.
and Mrs. Latimer at Charleston, Mo.
Misses Bess Harper and leila Moss,
of Union City, we're recent visitors Of
Miss Eudora McCaw on Troy avenue.
Miss Amy Moss, of Terrell, and Miss
Elizabeth Mcdonald, of Obion, have
been guests several days of Miss Glennie
Palmer.
Mesdames Fernando White, Gus
G.. E. Phebus and Walter Nc
Cord, of neal Union City, were in town
Tuesday.
Sunday guests for the day OF Mrs. Mel
Smith we're Miss Sadie Mclean, Of
Union City, and the Misses Bryan, Of
Number Seven.
Sabbath morning by request the fast
nail, north, stopped at Obion and
brought over some fifty former admirers
# Rev. Swope for IL O'Clock services.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Denning and
Hugh Catron and sister, Miss Phoebe,
Of the country just west of Union
have been attendants to hear Rev.
Iwope.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

W. AlG lllD kdIlll
Tailoring Company Here
\A/E simply show you the
Wv samples, take your.
measure, learn your
style preferences, make a note
Of the little oddities you want
then we get in touch with
the Kahn Tailoring Shops at
Indianapolis.
You get the style clothes you
want, made from the fabric you
want, in the way you want, but
you also get absolute value
value which cannot be COM
pared to that which you can
secure for the same price in
pulled from : the pile" gar
ments.
Worth while looking into.
isn't itp
4
Kahn Tailored Clothes
$40 to $45
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14
lust the Thing.

What have you there?"
Rubber playing cards, a great in
vention. Bathers needen't lose time
from the whist table. Can secure a
plank and play bridge in the surf"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-07-14

II you want the best and cheapest,
use Bon Air coal Union City Ice &
Coal Company.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-09-07
FUNERAL TORTURE.

Ways of the Wives When a Bororo In
dian Dies.
On the death of Bororo Indian the
wife tears cut handfuls Of her hair
and throws it on his corpse. says
writer In the July Wide World Maya.
zine. At intervals during the first Gay
after his death she shakes him, as
though wishing to bring him back to
life. and kisses his cold brow. Her
efforts. beng in vain, she retires and
the Barre approaches. He proclaims
that the man has died for the sins he
committed during his life. Then the
relatives paint his body with ''urucu,"
an ointment made out Of the root
Of a wild tropical plant. Gorgeous
feathers of the most varied hues
| are then strewn over him. and the
| corpse is wrapped up in a mating of
straw. The moment before the burial
the wives approach one after the other
and cover his feet with the blood drop
ping from the wounds and gashes they
have inflicted on their backs and arms
This ceremony is followed by an
other. Three Indians appear dressed
in the clothes-if the few rags they
wear can be called thus-of the dead
man and begin singing and dancing.
In the meantime the corpse is carried
to the "Bahyto," huge mound in the
center Of the colony, and should the
dancing and singing Indians become
tired before it is reached three others
take their places. The body lies on the
mound three days. Then the Barre
goes to the mound and, seating him.
self at the foot Of the dead man, is
supposed to receive his soul in keeping.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-09-07
First Pub. Aug. 24)
Order Limiting Time to File Claims
Within Three Months, and
for Hearing Thereon.

ESTATE OF ABRAHAM ORR.
State of Minnesota, County of Mile Lacs
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Abraham
Orr, decedent.
Letters of administration this day having
been granted to Emma Janette Orr, and it an
pearlng by the affidavit of said representative
that there are no debts OF said decedent:
1t is ordered that the time within which all
creditors of the above named decedent may
present claims against his estate in this
court, be. and the same hereby is limited to
three months from and after the date hereof:
ana mat Monday, the 27th day of November
1911, at 10 o'clock a. M. in the probate court
rooms at the court house at Princeton. in said
county. be, and the same hereby is, fixed and
appointed as the time and place for hearing up
on and the examination, adjustment and allow
ance OF such claims as shall be presented
within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publica-
ton OF this order in the Princeton Union, a
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Princeton, in said county, as provided by law,
by the publication thereof once in each week
for three consecutive weeks.
Dated August 23rd, 1911
WIN. V. SANFORD
(COurt SeaD Judge OF Probate.
CHARLES n. ORR,
Attorney for Petitioner.
St. Paul, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-09-07
CAUGHT TWENTY FOOT SHARK.
Skipper Says II Knocked Crew Of Five
Men Overheard Before It Died.

Skipper Says It Knocked Crew Of Five
Men Overheard Before It Died.
The ice laden schooner Maud Palmer
Of Bangor, Me-, loafed into the ancient
port Of Georgetown, D. c., with the
tail and fins of a twenty foot man eat
ing shark nailed to the foremost. Cap
tain Dudley Of the Maud volunteered
that the shark measured exactly TWEEN
ty feet one and seven eighths inches
and added that after it had been cap
tured by throwing over the spare an
Choir with large piece Of pork stuck
on. each fuke the shark had revived
and after a terrific battle had knocked
the entire crew Of five men overheard.
Luckily the Maud did not have much
Roadway on, and the crew swan to
the port chains and climbed up in
tine to see the shark die.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-09-07
PHILADELPHIA WAGES Raised,

: The boilermakers and helpers en-
ployed in the water bureau Of the de-
partment Of public works Of the city
Of Philadelphia have obtained an in
crease in their wages. The increase
amounts to 81 per week to both the
boilermakers and the helpers, besides
better conditions.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-09-07
First Electric Railway.

The opening Of the first electric rail
way occurred only thirty years ago.
The first electric line was one and
one-half miles long and extended from
Berlin to military school in the sub
urbs. There was one car, which car
ried twelve passengers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-09-07
Gave $4,000 to School.

General Washington bequeathed 3d.
coo toward"the support Of a free school
established at and annexed to the
Alexandria academy.
The value Of inland waterways to
the United States was foreseen by
General Washington. In his will he
mentions the fact that at his sugges-
ton the Virginia legislature enactci!
a law for the purpose Of extend:n"
the navigation OF James river fTo.r