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ft A A *^P#ffiW$$^g^ftwgfy* & THE PRINCETON UNION By R. C. DUNN. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. TERMS, $1.00 Per Year In Advance* $1.25 If Not Paid in Advance. OFFICE FIRST ST., EAST OF COURT HOUSE. O. I. STAPLES, Business Manager. A. A. CASWELL, Editor. day HASTINGS had a Christmas tire which destroyed about $200,000 worth of property Hastings hat. been counted a warm town over since it entered the fight for the- fourth m&ane hospital. MINNEAPOLIS papers say that St. Paul is over-run with crooks and St. Paul paper-. say that Minneapolis is beset with criminals of every class. Both are telling the truth and it proves the truth of the ancient saying that you rau&t go away from home to get the newb. GERMANY is certainly progressive. The kaiser proposes to begin the twentieth ceutury a year before the nineteenth century closes. Evidently Emperor William would consider the discussion of the century problem as carried on in the American newspapers examples of lese majesty. WESTERN states are introducing in numerable reforms In Montana a United States senator was arrested for spitting on the sidewalk and now South Dakota proposes to put an end to profanity on the thoroughfares. The wild and woolly west is getting a step or two in advance of the effete east HE article in another column under the caption of 'Ventilation and Acous- tics,' taken from the St. Paul Dispatch, is one of the finest pieces of sarcasm we ha\e read for lo these many days. Listen to the howls from the collared paiasites and pismires of the third dis trict congressman Wough1 wouofh'" HE plant of the East Grand Forks the people of the northern part of the Courm was totally destroyed by fire State are such that upon every ocea i ovv,u w^cU vpw.* last week, but the paper never skipped siou when he has been a candidate for an issue owing to the kindly offer of any office, he has run far ahead of any the use of a plant temporaries. by one of its con- HE boys of the country' press are evidently picking up prosperity in de cently large chunks. Few papers reached our table last week which did not boast of illustrated or enlarged editions and their advertising columns were enough to make the printer's heart glad wough" HE Salvation Army all over the United States gave Christmas dinners to the pooi Monday and hundreds of thousands bless the religion of this band of christian workers. Such acts win more sinners than all the pomp and exclusiveness -of some of the churches which rate themseh es higher in social ways MR. RILEY, not the "Mr. Riley who keeps the hotel," but a namesake who finds it more profitable to preach hell fire and damnation lo a Minneapolis congregation, prayed that our soldiers in the Philippines be not given suc cess but a safe passage home. Charley Mitchell informs the very reverend gentleman that when two armies are fighting, the one that does not succeed is usually brought home "safe something minus How about Ram sey county and the Fourth district Bro Thompson? Just get down your blue book and use your pencil for a moment and see what you will find. A PEW bunches of hot air have been passed back and forth between Judge McGee and E. S. Corser resulting from the now famous prayer of Rev. Riley at the anti-expansion meeting in Min neapolis This prayer, it is safe to say, has received more attention from politicians than any they ever heard before, but the chances are that none of them will be influenced to espouse religion by reason of its sentiments. IN an article in which it is at tempted to show that the Sixth dis trict has more of the State offices than matter of State'politics it is entitled to, the St Paul Dispatch kind and thoughtful act, but it was one says "The Sixth district also gave that might have been left undone the Republican candidate for governor without serious consequences. Some PARSON RILEY and Gov. Land ap pear to have bitten off more advertis ing than they could chew in their de votional exercises at the anti-imperi alist league meeting, in Minneapolis. That kind of advertising, like that which Rev Samuel G. Smith secured in his sermon on women wage earners, may be of some value to a minister, who is bidding for large congregations, but we are inclined to the view that it is not a particularly desirable or val uable political asset for an elective office in'this State. ^%F|ei _r, __ A antA __ _. the State he may hail. His wide acquaintance and high standing with other candidate for that or any other office. To the bar of the State he is known and held in such high esteem that the law} ers of every locality, re gardless of politics, would have been his champions. He is a man of a very high character from whatever stand point he may be viewed, and in many a hard fought campaign he has shown his qualities as a vote-getter. But while feeling this way towards Judge Collins the UNION distinctly disavows any hostility 01 unkind feel ing toward any other candidate It can support Van Sant or Clapp with just as good a will and work 311st as cordially for them or for any other man of an equally high class as it could for Collins We realise that this is a year when the people must choose for themselves and if they choose Van Sant or any other good man the UNION stands ready and willing to put its shoulder to the wheel, and in its mod est way give its loyal and hearty sup port to the Republican nominee. It makes no apologies for its attitude of friendliness to Collins, and no secret of its regret at the declination of Judge Collins to enter the race at the same time it leaves to the future to show that it can be as loyal and earnest in the support of another candidate as it would be in support of the one upon whom it looked as the chosen leader HE Republican national convention is to meet in Philadelphia next June. It is to be hoped that such a gather ing will exercise a benign influence upon the crooked politics of that ring ridden city. It is openly charged and has been almost proved, that there weie some 80,000 fraudulent votes cast at Philadelphia in the last election. Let us hope the Quaker City will purify herself in preparation for the event of next June. ONE Canadian peer, Sir Roderick Cameron, delivered a short speech a short time ago which was highly flavored with banquet wine and the papers are warming it over still. The New York Prass, in speaking of him says that he appears to better advan tage in plain evening dress than in the flowing periods of a prophet. When the Dominion people ''rule the con tinent of North America" a Boer king will sit on the throne of Great Britain. We are something of a seer ourself! OUR representatives in congress tore themselves away from the delights of Washington society long enough to come home for the holidays and honor their constituents with such frag ments of advice as they deemed neces sary to secure proper action in the This was how the people never can get over the idea that when they elect a man to one office and he insists upon telling them whom they shall elect to another, he is working over tima. And they never hire, pay or expect a man to work over time in politics. THE next convention of the national league of Republican clubs will 4 hel4 in St. Paul next summer, and it is to be hoped that such a gathering in Minnesota will inspire and promote* more effective organization than has existed in the State league for some years. There is no denying that it has to some extent fallen into disre pute, and that it is as sadly in need of repairs as a wagon wheel with half the spokes out of it. There is work for the league to do and much that it can do better than any other political agency, but there is nothing for it to do unless it is organized and operated in the spirit and for the purposes had* in view at the time of its original conception. WHATEVER else betides there will be no more talk of a Republican strad dle on the currency question. The Republican majority in congress has 3poken plainly and to the point in the Hif- ^C* *&$$&*!$ QK**II 7 PRINCETON didn't find a day train in There are many reasons in the judg_ ~_~ ~w j .v.iiuuuji uivvuuuw DUO jjuupits 01 wae its Christmas stocking so let's see if ment of the UNION why Judge Collin's bill simply enacts into a statutory law Third district under "leave to print," we can't dig up one on New Year's nomination would have been good poli- v.*-**1**- -y for'governor, the UNION ha9 no desire It means the permanent and formal when th*e house was npt in session our Q a*fci. if u0 or the strength he would adds to the petually at par and with* enough of it deliver to the vacant seats and gaping ticket as its candidate for governor, in circulation to satisfy all the wants galleries those telling appeals that *u i for fractional currency. The currency have electrified the'people of the tics and good policy. In the Sixth and Seventh congressional districts he would ha\ run far stronger than any other man that could have been nomi- xuo uraiurs ui me nouso wno "ailed nated, no matter from what section of American army since the outbreak of HE severest loss sustained ,_. t._i, TT.'. ...:J- the war with Spain was anntainard iin the war with the death of Gen. Lawton, who was killed in the Philippines last week. One such man as tha was worth al dusk ulJ x. th and ran away under the tattered flag of Aguinaldo indeed one such man was worth more than half a regiment of some of those who served or pro fessed to serve under the stars and stripes in Cuba and the Philippines. He was a giant in heart as well as in form he was six-foot-four in height and every inch a soldier he was as generous as he was fearless, and withal he was the ideal and the idol of the American army. It was for such as he and those who followed him, that the impious tvaitoi-s who gathered in the name of liberty in Minneapolis a short time ago and invoked the grace ^f God that the half naked savages of the Malay Islands might be triumphant. Truly we have great respect for that Hennepin county judge who publicly declares that men who would have prayed and spoken thus should be horse-whipped on the public thorough fares of the city. No well-informed person has ever doubted that England could subdue-the Boer republic if the issue were made a pressing one, and if she drew upon her vast resources for the purpose. But when Paul Kruger said that an English victory should be achieved only at such cost as would shock hu manity, he told the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The Boers are fortified and intrenched in the country of which every acre is as familiar to them as Piccadilly is to the London man. about towp Thev are armed with the most modern and improved weapons and have a supply of ammu nition that is apparently inexhaustible and a treasury that appears to iknow no limit Professional soldiers' from all parts of the world have recruited the Boer army and each man is a host within himself The Boer soldier fights from behind trenches and every stone and stump and tree is a fortifica tion for him. Each soldier is a sharp shooter and when driven from one position of defense knows exactly where to fall back for a better one*. If the English blood is up, as it appears to be, we cannot but foresee the defeat of the peasant farmers and no more can we fail to realize that defeat will be accomplished only after one of the bloodiest wars that history of any age wilL record. 'BEE PRme^Td^'tJKi^f ta^&DAYV' DBC*MBteB 2^, 1899. bill which has passed the house and told whether Grosvenor was putting Although J.udge Collins has formally which will undoubtedly pass the sen,- his spiked shoes on the civil service or MAnnAu un ni f i n^i. f *v _:. EDITORS Paragraphs Collected at Our Exchange Table. VENTILATION AND ACOUSTICS. A thrill of uneasiness will pervade the State when it is announced that the congressman from the Third dis trict of Minnesota has been moved up a notch, from the chairmanship of the committee on ventilation and acoustics to the chairmanship of the committee on public printing. Recognizing 'the claims of a fellow craftsman the breth ren of the newspaper profession will congratulate Brother Heatwole upon his promotion, if such it be, but the country at large is bound to feel more or less uneasy. Nothing is so impor tant in a place like the hall of repre sentatives as proper, ventilation,, and no, one has ever yet managed this mat ter sb successfully as has the late chairman of the committee on ventila tion and acoustics. Every window, door and transom was so adjusted un der the watchful eye of the chairman of the committee on ventilation, and acoustics that the raw winds of Wash ington were tempered to the shorn' lambs of the Northwestern banana belt, and not a sneeze or a snuffle in terrupted the harmony 6f proceedings that otherwise might have been dis turbed by the labored breathing of asthmatic members. Champ. ot nnnan. adoption of the gold standard with Joel would toil laboriously up the long silver as a twin money, to be kept per* flights of stairs, enter that hall and that whichhas been in force the and when he had finished he knew law of custom for twenty years or just what was needed to improve the more b the fi And then there was the mattev of conserving the acoustic properties of that historic hall. Why, but for the scientific researches and' practicaLaP' plication of their results there would have been such confusion of sounds that the galleries never could have Clark was avenging the crim ?3 Oh holidays, and evefaitige ..._..-. acoustic effects. And knowing what was needed he proceeded to supply it. Th orators of the bous who called ort the cheers of the galleries and the plaudits of. the seething mob claimed and received a credit that was never their due. Supposing Our Joel ha not attended to the acoustics of barbarianst that trampedl thed hall, what would those speeches THE GREATEST OP THESE IS WOMAN. The Red Wing Republican ventures the assertion that ^.tbere are three great agencies for the transmission of news. They are the telegraph, tele phone and tell-a-woman Stilhcata Gazette. i $? THE WOODS ARE FULL OF THEM. It isn't a hard matter to pick out a political sorehead. One day "he may be the most enthusiastic supporter that his party has in the State. The next, after being informed that cir cumstances do not permit his appoint ment to the office that he seeks, he is all gall and bitternes? Everything that his party does is wrong Every thing that the leaders do he criticises. The Republican party has no monopoly on the crop of soreheads. The Demo cratic party has themevery party has them to contend with. Thev are rightly named.Benson Monitor, Those wishing cut flowers for the ball New Years will please place their orders at Scheen's by Saturday. No. 80 takes the gramophone given away bv J. C. Ilerdliska Dec. 23 The holder will please call for the pri/e. Dr. C. F. Walker I Dentist. &-~K t KiiBuuea to ine acoustics 01 have amonnted to? Nothing. Information is sadly lacking con* cerning the character and qualifica tions of the new chairman of the com mittee on ventilation and acoustics. His name has not been heralded in the trump of fame, and we know not whether he be a practical and scien tific ventilationist, or a mere amateur who would, as like as not, consider it sufficient ventilation to toss a cuspidor through a window sash. We are not only surprised but grieved and disap pointed that the corps of able Wash ington correspondents has been so thoughtless and so indifferent to the hopes and fears of an interested public as to withhold information on this important subject. We want to know, definitely and right away, whether that hall is going to be properly ventilated and acous ticked, or whether this important duty is to be neglected, by some careless, unscientific and unprofessional dabbler in ventilation and acoustics? The West will stand as one man, and re sent any backward step in this matter, and Speaker Henderson may as well know it now as later.St. Paul Dis patch W/ ^v S 8 %'4'wh Teeth, with and without plates." Crowif arid BHde work a specialty. Vitalized Air for painless extraction, i Will jbe in the new office over Anderson & Herdlfska's store, Main St., Princeton, the 1st to I5th of each Month. ff^.4 Towrisend Building. sa ^tev ^F 00 00 00 00 *00 00 00 00 900 0 *00 00* Si .fifi it) ilir 3?* Jackson Corset S JaeKso*"# corset waists Made from the best material by skilled operatives. Every garment elegantly designed and finished perfect in eyery detail. Can have no better indorse ment than the fact that their sale is constantly increasing. Style 402, better than any other Corset at the price, and equal to any Corset at any price. 'SOI.E AGENTS,' Anderson & Herdliska. Princeton, Minn. Call and Inspect our Stock of Hardware and Furniture Consisting of Skates, Child's Sleds, Pocket,and Pen Knives, A full line of Roger Bros.' Knives, Forks and Spoons. Lamps, Book Cases, Center Tables, Rugs, Couches, Rocking Chairs, Etc. &T We will be pleased to show E. K. EVENS, Manager. yo will make you prices that will interest you. Princeton Hardware Co. A Touch of Winter The Hissing Link Found at Last. saws*,***, to* Mfe, to the stock of goods and PRINCETON. Turns your attention very forcibly to warmer Clothing. We know it because we are having all we can do to attend the wants of our cus tomers. Our stock is rapidly disappearing so if you want to take advantage of the bargains we are offering in Suits, Overcoats, Caps, etc., Your boy needs something warmer, too, and we have a splendid line of hard wear -lasts until you feel able to buy more. Clothing Another cold weather article which is meeting with a good sale is our lady's warm Shoe. The regular price has been $1.75 but we are closing them out for almost half. e'l! give you a pair for Oak Hall Shoe & Clothing Co. A. MARK, ilanager. I ne^rcade. Saloon. iSF.*'P. MORNEAU, Prop. 4, r'ou must call soon. **A PRtlSCETOH. Is Our business chain is ma&e up of solid substantial links wtiHfao*1*3 cannot break. On this cham hangs the public's confident. Our reputation for fair dealing and HONEST PRICES causes *d consternation in th^ranfc, of 05m alleged 'competitors. -3 a!