The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-05-02
SATURDAY. MAY 2, 1874.

Terms os.oo Year. 500 for Six Months.
SATURDAY. MAY 2, 1874.
The result of two or three weeks
war 1T Little Rock, Arkansas so far as
we can ascertain, is one killed, two or
three wounded, and several thousand
missing about the time the firing began.
Brooks still holds the State House.
The Mississippi River was open more
than week ago and the first boat from
St. Louis arrived ut St. Paul Oh the I'D
of April. But until a day or two ago
the lakes were still closed ut the Sault
St. Mary and the Straits of Mackinack
Gov. Stephen Miller has been ap-
pointed Register Of the new Land Office
at Bis mark. The Pioneer says land Il
very excellent and honest Land officer
he will make.' And so will say every
honest man in the State.
Congressman Mckee, it seems, went
forth III Washington recently IT, smash
DOM Piatt's nose, and by mistake fell
upon our friend John J. Plat" or John
j., the Poet, and smashed his hose.
John J. is one of the gentlest-mannered
men that ever scuttled Il political ship,
cut i political throat. or held an office
in Washington, and if Mckee lets the
Dom of with that, what's to become
of the public security?
The St. Paul Pioneer under, the new
management. has the ring of Il metro
politan newspaper. 1t don't agree with
us politically, but we have to read it
just us we have to eat straw berries
and CT am, no natter h,w much they
disagree with us. st. Paul has the best
newspapers Of amy city Of the same size
i'll the United States.
DISTRESS ABROAD
If there is one family in the National
Colony disposed to lnurmur 1T the
straitened circumstances III which the
failure Of the last years crop left them,
let them read the accounts Of distress
abroad. and be cured. The tornado in
Missouri on the 18th Of April, which
unr0ofcd houses and killed several per-
sons, and the whirlwi,d and storm,
which swept over Erie County, Penn
sy'vania, on the 2lst of last month,
bio wing down houses, killing men and
flooding the country, are scarcely no
ticed Ivy the public in the presence of
the great calamity which has hfalle,,
the lower Mississippi country by the ov-
ertl"w oft emiXhty river. Over TWEEN
ty parishes, containing an a,~a Of 5,(NO,-
900 acres, or nearly Une-tenth ~ large ~
the state Of Minnesota, containing a
= population of IT'S, 900, are ovcrfluwe<l
and between 25 900 and $4,000 persons
are Eft destitute. The Northern cities
aye responding literally. Boston, we
notice, has contributed $4,000. The
Government h. $ ordered the issue of
2O,0O0 rat tons for p days, costing $780,
coo. Tie need is urge It, and "" have
no doubt that the full-hanled North
will respond literally to the cry fo,
aid from Il people who for ten years past
have been desolatett by war, pestilence,
floods and semi-anarcly.
REPORT on yRANsr0H7'A 770x:
Senator Window, OF, the 24t!l ult : de-
livercd Il speech in the Senate cnbo,ly-
ing the results Of the labors of the Com
mittee Oh Transportation. The report,
statistics and all, when published, will
fill about 500 pagcs.
The Committee considered the qucs-
ton Of Il double-track railway between
the Mississippi river and New York,
and concluded that such Il road would
W'y Il fair return on its cost, but if one
were constructed, fair dealing toward
other sections would require the build
ing Of two or three additional lines
The Committee do OF rec ;n.mel.d the
building Of such roads. What they do
recommend is the Improvement of the
great waterways of the country, as the
most feasible way Of settling the trans
portation problem. The gist of the re-
port will be found in the following:
After most careful consideration of
the merits uf various proposed improve
ments, taking into account the cost,
practlcability, and probable advantages
VI each, the committee have come to the
unanimous conclusion that the follow
ing are the most feasible and alv;.nt;,-
geo,.s channels Of commerce to be crt.;,-
ted or improved by the national Govern
ment. il case Congress Shall act upol,
this subject, namely:
First. The Mississippi River.
Second. ~ continuous water line of
adequate capacity from the Mississippi
River to the city OF New York, VII. tile
northern lakes.
Third. a route adequate to the
wants of commerce, through, cen
trail -ier of States, from the Mississippi
River, via the Ohio and kan,wht Riv-
ers, toA point in West Virginia, and
thence 10y canal and slack-water, or by
freight railway, to tide-wattr.
Fourth. \ route from the Mississippi