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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
FORT DEPOSIT NEWS

Fort Deposit, August 9.-(Special) )-Yes- terday afternoon about o'clock one of the heaviest rainstorms. accompanied by a brilliant electrical display and high winds, passed over this immediate vii cnity. Lots of damage was done to the fruit orchards and growing field crops, as we'll as washing gullies through many of the fields.
 Yesterday afternoon while driving a spirited horse tc buggy a few miles east or Fort Deposit. zell Collins. a prominent merchant of Fort Deposit, was seriously frightened at an object ran away, throw ing Mir Collins out, demolishng the buggy ani tearing the harness into shreds.
 It is reported that Golson Hawkins Drug company has purchased the handsome two-story builoing on East Pollard street. This building will be remodeled in an up-to-date manner and used as first class drug store.
 The store occupied by J. G. Barganier is undergoing quite extensive Improvements. The entire front will have one large show window in the center with double glass ooors on the sides.
 The following officers and crack shots of the Lowndes Rifles, Company D.. A N. G., attenue1 the rifle shoot at Boyles this week: Captain c. NJ. Davis, Serge ant w. T. Willis, Sergeant Guy Prieter, sergeant W. c. Hamilton, Corporal Ike Sullivan. Corporal C. R. McKensie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10

Montgomery, August s.-(Special)- Birmingham is the center of more building activity at the present tune than ever before In the history Of the city" declared Col Jesse r. Stallings, a prominent attorney of that city, who spent today in Montgomery.
 According to Colonel Stallings the building activity In Birmingham Is not confined to any particular portion of the city. Like a gigantic octopus, 1t has grasped in it's tentacles every part of the big city and has awakened to new life the rich and the poor the owners of immense corporations as well as the humble laborer, who IS the servant of the interests.
 birmingham is undergoing phenomenal development" continued Colonel Stallings ..The whole city seems animated With a desire to build and to build well and enduringly Two handsome million dol lar hotels are in course of construction. office buildings, encompassed by great steel girders, are being erected, and numberless smaller buildings and resi- dences are springing up in every portion of the city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
STALLINGS BOOSTS BIRMINGHAM
 ON VISIT TO MONTGOMERY

Colonel Stallings thinks the bond issue election on next Monday will carry. He believes that the majority of the patriotic and public spirited men of the city are in favor of the movement to erect d handsome courthouse and jail, and he declares that he is of the opinion that the voters the day of the election will go to the polls and cast their bal lots in favor of the bond issue.
 Birmingham needs a new court house and iail.' declared MT. Stallings, and I should like to see a 20-story building erected in the center of Cap itol park, adequate to accommodate all departments of the city and county government. and with ample facilities for a jail sufficient for our needs for the next 90 years.
 "rhe building should be monu- ment to the city, a monument to the marvellous growth and development of Jefferson county. a building that will endure for the next two or three gen erations. And Birmingham fully real izes the need for this building. and I think the voters of that city will go to the polls next Monday and register their approval of the bond issue"
 Colonel Stallings left here tonight for his home in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
Local Data
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, August 9.-(7 D. m.)- barometric conditions during the past 24 hours, and in general the weather conditions are about as they were on Thursday nights map. Rainy weather has continued over the entire country east of line drawn through Minne- sota, Kansas and Oklahoma. West of that line the weather has been fair, except for a few showers in the Pa cihc northwest.
 Heavy rainfalls are reported as fol- lows: Shreveport, 5.0S inches; Mont gomery, 1.04 inches; Atlanta, 1.16 inches, and Chicago, 1.24 inches.
 Cool weather has been general over
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
HONDURAN NAVY
 BEING REPAIRED

Mobile. August s.-(Special.)--If a revolution were to sweep suddenly down upon Honduras the government would be powerless at sea, for the whole Honduras navy, cruiser and gun boat Is undergoing repairs.
 Guy Maloney, Honduran revolutionist and chief gunner in the most recent war" of his turbulent country. Is in Mobile and will sail in a few days aboard the "Honduran navy" the Gen eral Barahonda," which has been in dry dock here for several weeks. The Gen eral Barahonda' is 6 yacht, converted into a cruiser
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
MAY BE STRIKE ON
 CENTRAL OF GEORGIA

Macon, Ga, August 9.-About 100 mem bers of the Order of Railroad Trainmen on the Central of Georgia met in Macon today with W. w.. Hamilton. general chairman Of the order that system. and discussed the failure of the repre- sentatives of the trainmen to reach a wage agreement with the representative of IS southern railroads following a 10 closed.
 No information was given out by the leaders except that MT. Hamilton was Sl structed, with delegates from other sys- tems. to go before the railroads with slightly altered proposition.
 If this last one is not satisfactory strike vote will be taken over all the system
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10

nearly the entire country and min imum temperatures rainging around 50 degrees occurred Friday morning over the plains states. The D. m. readings show a general fall of from 2 to s degrees over the entire Mississippi basin.
 In the cotton states rain was gen. eral in all sections except Texas, and cool weather prevailed over the entire belt In Birmingham the mean tenn perature for the day was five degrees below normal. There will probably be rather slow movement of the baro- metric areas during the next "A hours and showers should continue Saturday although with southwest or west winds occurring late in the day there will be tendency toward clearing conditions by night.
 Summary of observations made at United States weather bureau stations, August g, 1912:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
CHICAGO OPENS
 WATER CARNIVAL

( Chicago. August 9.-Chcago's water car nival and naval review will open tomor-
 row. It will continue for eight days and nights.
 The thriller of the carnival will be contests between power boats. The fast est craft in America and the British empire are entered. There will be con-
 tests in four classes. the 20 26, 32 and
 70 foot boats. First heats in the 20 and
 26 foot classes will be raced tomorrow. All of the power boats are capable of
 making 8 miles an hour and some have speed of more than 50 miles an hour. The speed boat and yacht races will be supplemented by life saving exhibi- tions and naval maneuvers in which six naval reserve training ships and 400 '.jackies'' will compete. There also will
 be a sham battle between the United States revenue cutters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
BLUE SKY" LAW
 FOR GEORGIANS

Atlanta, August ?.-So-cailed wild cat stock and bond companies doing busi- ness in the state with worthless securities will be wiped out of existence if the liar ris bill, passed by the Senate today, be- comes law.
 The bill is a copy of the Kansas Blue Sky law. It provides that the companies involved shah procure licenses from the comptroller general instead of the secrs- tary of state and charges the comptroller will be the duty of passing on all com panies deals and bonds in Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS
 TO ATTEND BARBECUE

Atlanta, August 9.-Both houses of the general assembly adjourned this after noon until Monday in order to give the members opportunity to attend the bar becue in the new county of Bleckley. The legislators will leave tomorrow mSrn- ing by special train for Cochran, the county seat of the new county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
NEWS OF ENSLEY

The new cars for the Tidewater line have arrived. Two of the cars are now at Thirty-second street, Ensley. The cars are a bright yellow color, 4S feet in length. They are of the side entrance, pay-as-you- enter type, high model interurban cars. The stringing of the trolley wires is near ing completion and the line will soon be in readiness for the operation of the cars.
 Ensley Masonic lodge No. 560 held special meeting Friday evening and several candidates for membership were put through the degree work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10

The Baraca class of Ensley will have charge of the services at the Ensley Methodist church Sunday evening. A special musical programme will be rendered and talk will be made by H. c. Russell.
 Chris Marugg of the Bank of Ems ley Is visiting his home in Coweta, Ga., for several days.
 Miss Clotilde Laborde has returned to her home in Covington, La, after a visit to Ensley.
 Rev. L. A. Reagor of the Grace Presbyterian church is spending two weeks vacation in Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
Weather Forecast

Washington. August 9.-Weather forecast for Alabama: Local thunder storms Saturday; Sunday fair.
 Georgia Local thunderstorms Satur- day and probably Sunday.
 Tennessee: Fair west, probably show CTS east portion Saturday; Sunday fair; not much change in temperature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
BORROW MONEY TO
 CONTINUE THE WAR

Washington, August 9.-The Domi- nican minister here, Dr. Dan Fran cisco J. Peynado, has been instructed by his government to arrange for a loan of sl,00O.000 10 enable the Domin- ican republic to war upon Hayti. Tho state department will try to dissuade the two republics from their present MarlilSe intentions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
pownpour at GreenviIle

Greenville, August 9-(Special)-Green- vile was visited by a severe wind, rain and electrical storm last night. One of the heaviest rains of the season fell between 7:30 and o'clock The lightning put several sections of the city in dark ness. striking the electric light wires. No damage has been reported except that some of the growing crops were blown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
BOYD INSPECTS ROADS
 OF NORTH ALABAMA

Montgomery, August e.-(Special)-P1at Boyd, assistant state highway engineer. has just returned from a trip through five counties in north Alabama, where he inspected a number of the roads in that section of the state and conferred with county commissioners with reference to the construction of state-aid roads. Tho eounties visited by Mir. Boyd were Jack son, Limestone. Lauderdals. coifrt and Morgan. Al
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
Patte Is Appointed

Nashville, August s.-Acting upon the theory that State Treasurer G. T. Taylor, provisional committeeman for the progressive party, had vacated his seat on the republican state commit tee, Chairman James $. Beasley last night appointed w. F.. Patte, member of the state committee from the Ninth district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
ALABAMA ROUTE SELECTED
 FOR GLIDDEN TOUR

left was the one selected. the bridge across the river between Florence and Sheffield offering the greatest argu- ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-10
ENGLISH PACK HORSE PRIDE OF THE DART

Show in 
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  largely used for districts of this breed Mir Shaw believed that hackney and there principal black and brown and he
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
The Balkan-Turkish War.

Europe is facing one of the most
critical weeks in her history. It
may end in a war in which the whole
of Europe will be involved or it
may be remembered as week in
which diplomacy succeeded in solv-
ing problems that appeared at first
insoluble. An epidemic of Asiatic
cholera, smallpox and typhus fever
is raging among the troops outside
of Constantinople and has also in
vaded the capital. Conditions with
in the walls of the city are described
in the dispatches as horrible. People
are dying by thousands from disease,
wounds received in battle and sheer
starvation, and unless the struggle
is brought to a speedy termination
conditions will grow even worse.
The Balkan allies are gaining
ground steadily, carrying the Turk
ish fortresses and sweeping every
thing before them.
Retreating Turks, say the cable
grams, are perpetrating the most
diabolical outrages upon christians
and are encouraged in their butchery
by their fanatical priests, hundreds
Of whom have been sent to the front
to stir up a holy war.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IL 1912

against and 341 practically voted in
the negative by failing to vote,
hence there were virtually 63s votes
against the good roads amendment
in Mile Laos county. Princeton vii
lage out of total of 1856 votes, gave
the good roads amendment 1853; 20
voted against the amendment and 8
failed to vote either for or against.
The Union is proud of Princeton
villages record on the good roads
amendment. 1t is record that no
other voting precinct of the state
Will equal. On the whole Mile Laos
gave better vote for. the good roads
amendment than any other county
that we have heard from at the
present writing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
Inadequate Provision for Voting.

A Minneapolis gentleman who
called at the Union office on Friday
said it was an outrageous fact that
many voters were prevented from
casting their ballots in consequence
of an insufficient number of voting
machines and the unnecessary time
consumed by illiterates in manipu-
lating the keys. The old system of
voting by means Of paper ballots is
far ahead of the machine method.
said he, for a dozen or more could
mark their ballots at one time,-ac-
cording to the number of compart-
ments provided in a booth, whereas
with the machine only one man can
vote at time and he occasionally,
through ignorance, consumes half an
hour while scores are lined up behind
him awaiting all opportunity to use
the machine. Where men are actu-
ally disfranchised because adequate
provisions are not made for them to
cast their ballots they cannot be
blamed for entering forcible protest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
He Feels Grateful.

Mr.. I. F. Walker of Spencer Brook,
member-elect Of the legislature, re-
quests the Union to thank the voters
of Mile Laos and the other counties
of the district for the splendid sup
port they gave him at the primary
and general election. Mr.. Walker
had a majority of 1851 over his OPP
ponent, Mr.. Victor Anderson.
That Mr.. Walker will make good,
useful member of the legislature goes
without saying. He is an old school
teacher, is a good business man and
is also one of the best and most
progressive farmers of Isanti coun-
ty. He is the only farmer member
on the delegation, and he proposes to
give especial attention to legislation
that will promote the best interests
of the farmers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
Golden Weddinp.

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Drescher cele-
brated their fiftieth wedding ami
versary at their home in this village
on Tuesday evening and upward OF
hundred persons were present to
tender their congratulations and
participate in the festivities. Eight
children and q grandchildren were
in attendance. Rev. Fisher delivered
a very appropriate address, the boys
band played several selections, a
number of old songs were rendered
by the guests, and a bounteous sup
per was served
Mr.. and Mrs. Drescher were born
in Posen, Germany, and were married
there. They came to the United
States A years ago and first settled
at New Ulm. After residing in va.
rious places, they settled in Princeton
in 1899, where their eight children
reside. The children are William,
Charles and Edward Drescher, Mrs.
Richard Mount, Mrs. John Sch]egel,
Mrs. Geo. Malkson, Mrs. J. Swanson
and Mrs. Dan Mirick. Five children
are dead.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
Official Vote of the County.

In another column appears the
official vote of the county by election
precincts. 1t will prove interesting
to the Mile Laos county readers of
the Union.
The total number of votes cast
was 2,O97 and it appears there were
81 who failed to vote for any of the
presidential candidates, as there
were but 2,O05 votes for all of the
presidential candidates.
The two candidates for United
States senators, Nelson and Lawler,
received only l,6l9 votes failed
to vote for either.
There were four candidates for
congressman at large and their ag-
gregate vote was l,667-43O did not
vote for congressman at large.
Five candidates for governor rep
resenting all shades of political opin-
ion, polled 1897 votes; 21s voters
failed to vote for any candidate for
governor.
There were 200 voters who did not
seem to care for any of the congress
sional candidates, for the combined
vote of Miller, Jensvold and Kaplan
aggregated 1897.
It was hardly to be expected that
full vote would be recorded on any
Of the constitutional amendments.
There was no valid reason why the
first amendment-the good roads
amendments should not have re-
ceived every vote cast. Mile Laos
county had everything to gain and
nothing to lose by the adoption of
that amendment; under present val
uations the county would receive at
the very least not less than two dol
lars for every dollar it would be
obliged to pay, and might receive as
high as six dollars for one. Yet there
were only 1,459 votes recorded in
favor of the amendment, 297 voted
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
TERRELL & CO WIN
State Supreme Court Files Order AT
firming District Court and Up
holding Right to Recover.
Action Resulted From Failure of Great
Northern to Furnish Cars for
Shipment of Potatoes. %

The state supreme court has
affirmed the ruling of the district
court in the case of W. III. Terrell
& Co. VS.. the Great Northern Rail
way. The history of the case is as
follows: .-.....
1t was commenced in August, 1910,
to recover damages on account of
the failure of the Great Northern
Railway company to furnish cars
to plaintiff in which to make potato
shipments from warehouses in
Princeton and other stations in the
territory. The railway company at
first demurred to the complaint,
thus taking the position that, as a
matter of law, it was in no respect
liable. This demurrer was over
ruled by the district court, the court
holding with the plaintiff on this
issue of law. ~>..
The railway company then ap-
pealed to the supreme court, which
affirmed the lower court on the legal
question involved. The railway COM
pany then answered and the case
came on for trial before Judge Nye
and a jury at Princeton, the trial
beginning on November %, 1911, and
ending on November 30, 1911. The
jury returned a verdict in plaintiffs
favor, on which Judgment was en-
tered on March Is, 1912, for Sc, 239. :
"a, including interest, costs and dis
bursements to that date. :.
An appeal to the supreme court
was again made by the railway COM
pany and the case was argued and
submitted in that court on October
I23, 1912, and Oh November s, the
court filed its order affirming the
district court and holding that
plaintiff Was entitled to recover.
Geo. W. Stiles of the firm of Stiles
& Devaney, Minneapolis, and E. L.
Mcmillan Of Princeton were counsel
for the plaintiff, and J. D. Sullivan
of ST. Cloud and Jas. E. Markham
OF ST. Paul for the defendant.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
'RAH FOR COODROADS
All But Four Counties Roll Up Fine
rlaJorities for the One.r1iN
Road Tax Amendment.
Majority Will Exceed 25,ooo-Five
Per Cent Railroad Gross Earn
ings Tax Also Carries.

Special to the Union. -. -
St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. IA, 1912.
Minnesota has declared for good
roads in no equivocal terms. The
one-mill tax amendment has been
adopted by decisive majority. The
seven senators bill has been over
whelmingly defeated.
Hennepin county gave the good
roads amendment q bad black eve.
but St. Louis and Ramsey rolled up
tine majorities in favor of the meas
ure-St. Louis 1928 and Ramsey
1852. Anoka gave a majority of 629,
Isanti 1856 and Mile Laos 821 in favor
OF the amendment. Up to date the
only black spots in which the amend
ment failed to carry were Cotton
wood, Wilkin, Benton and Hennepin
counties.
At II m. today the vote of Il coun-
ties had been tabulated at the state
capitol and out of a total vote of
229, 574 votes 135, 94s were in favor of
the road amendment. The other Is
counties, one of which is Hennepin,
will break about even. Unquestion-
ably the good roads amendment has
a safe majority. The five per cent
railroad gross earnings proposition
also carries. 1t is thought all the
other amendments will be defeated.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14

has been expended. No further
funds are available. You will there
fore not certify any more orders on
the state auditor for library aid for
the remainder of this school year.
Semigraded schools that desire to
secure special state aid for the cur
rent school year will nevertheless be
required to expend $3.50, and rural
schools of classes A, B, and G will be
required to expend SIS, in making
additions to their library. The ap-
p]ication of each of these schools for
state aid next summer must be &C
companied by receipt for the pur-
chase of library books, unless the
books were bought from the state
library contractor, the St. Paul Book
& Stationery company.
That all schools may have this in
formation, you are requested to have
this letter reprinted and sent to the
teachers and the clerk of each semi
graded and rural school seeking state
aid, as we'll as to those of other
schools planning to purchase library
books. G. G. Schulz. -
November l, 1912. Superintendent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
Products Exposition Open.

The Northwestern Products expo.
sition opened in Minneapolis on
Tuesday and the show fills ,OOC
square feet with the finest exhibits
of seven states and more than a
hundred county fair or commercial
club collections. Various bands and
other entertainment features, in.
Guiding moving pictures, enliven the
occasion. Minnesota, the two Da.
kotas, Montana, Washington: Ore.
gon, Idaho and Alaska have numer.
Gus exhibits on exhibition, and a
great opportunity is afforded the
people of the northwest to view the
resources of the territory named.
The exposition is fitted up with a
commodious rest room for women
and children, lunch room and tele.
graph and telephone booths. n.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14

Jay Herdliska. Os. King, George
Staples and George Coates autoed up
to Cove on Sunday morning and re-
turned on Monday. 1t was a mere
fishing trip and they landed many
denizens Of the deep-pike and mus
callonge. Hunters, they said, were
as numerous as mice deposits on an
exposed piece of limburger cheese in
a cellar, and it looked like a danger
Gus proposition to 60 into the brush.
W. II. Thielen came up from Min
neapolis on Friday to spend a few
weeks. Mr.. Thielen is son-in-law
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Brands. whose
wife is here visiting her parents, and
is now member-elect of the state
legislature from the Thirty-eighth
district. He is democrat, an ener-
getic young business man, and should
make a good member of the house.
Mr.. Thielen is a partner in the
printing establishment of Thielen
Printing company and is member
of the International Pressmen's
union.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-11-14
They Made Votes for Wilson.

About all the old fossils of the
republican party in this state were
''suckers' on the Taft train Wednes-
day afternoon as it passed through
this city. Van SAINT, William Henry
Eustis and some others about as
noted in politics composed the party.
Lord deliver the people from such
rump personalities. These are men
who were workers against R. G.
Dunn in 1904 and they style them
selves republicans. - Lake Crystal
Union.