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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-10-11
Electric Lighting of Steamers.
From the London Times.

TOIn LIE LOuUOu xluleSs
The largest contract for electric light
ing up to the present time has been con.
cluded in Glasgow between the owners
Of the New Zealand Shipping company's
fleet and the Edison Company's branch
in Scotland, under the management of
Mr.. Charles T. Grant. Three fine steam
ers, two of which are sister ships to the
steamship Tongariro. launched on
Thursday at Messrs. John Elder & Co. 8
yard, are to be lighted throughout with
the incandescent light, and fitted with a
duplicate set of Edison's marine dynames
and engines, one set being for reserve
in case of emergency. These: steamers
when finished, will be the finest elect
rically equipped vessels af1oat. The
Tongariro, and the two sister ships now
in course of construction. are built of
steel throughout, and have cutwater
sterns with fgure-heads, which gives
them very graceful appearance. They
are to be bark-rjgged, having masts and
yards of steel, with q large spread Of
canvas, which will be of great service in
the trade winds. Each vessel is divided
into eight Water.tight compartments
Five divisions are carried up between
main and upper decks. and fitted with
water-tight freproof doors giving &C.
cess from one part of the chip,
to the other. BY this arrangement, the
danger of fire spreading, should it break
checked, and greater insured by being
able to isolate any one compartment in
case of damage to the hull and the COM
partment being flooded. The vessels
are also built under special survey to
the requirements for Lloyd's highest
class for hull and machinery. The prin-
eipal dimensions of these vessels are az
follows: Length between perpen-
dicnlars, $50 feet; length over all; 40
feet; breath, 46 feet; depth, 50 feet 4
inches, with Il gross tonnage of about
4.2OO.
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A Missing Gold Chain Accounted
For.

Credits due to the Buffalo Courier
for winding up the dull season with the
most incredible romance of the year,
fresh from the.pen of its Lockport corre-
spondent. In 1858, the story is, Miss
Mary Place. now Mrs. Nesmith, of Char
lesion, S. c., was member of Lock-
port church choir. One Sunday an cleo
trio bolt entered the church, and pro-
ceeding directly to the choir annihiIa-
ted one of the singers, Mr.. Croker,
stunned several others, and knocked
Miss Place senseless. When she recov-
cred she was unable to explain the dis
appearance Of gold chain, three feet
long, which she had worn to church
that morning. A physician who has
been examining long and narrow pro-
cuberance upon her left arm now de-
lares that it is nothing more nor lesst
han the chain, which the electricity,
must have driven into her person. It
was remarkably clever performance,
for the skin was not broken and the
chain is as good as new.
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Minnesota State Bar Association:

The Minnesota State Bar association, which
was formed agreeab!y to a notice given at the
opening Of the general term of the supreme
court April 8 last, met in the hall of the house
Of representatives at II o'clock on the
I'd inst There were present prominent at
torneys from all parts of the State. The meet
ing was organized by the selection of John A.
Lovely of Freedom as presiding officer and
H. N. Stevens Of Ramsey secretary. The OBJ
ject of the meeting was to canvass the names
Of applicants for admission to the association
Messrs. Wilston of Red Wing, Heard of St.
Paul and Plumley OF Litchtield, of the COM
mittee on admission, reported favorabiy on the
following applications, the gentlemen there
upon being admitted to membership:
C. J. Bartleson. Minneapolis: Stanley r.
Kitchell, A. D. Reyes. Faribaut; L. E. Thomp-
son. Saltwater: \. P. Fitch. Glencoe: A. T. Wedge,
Albert Lea: William Barrett. St. Paul; A. V.
Teeple, C. Il. Catlin. St. Paul: Orris E. Lee,
Saltwater: James O'Brien, Caledonia; George
w. Walsh. St. Paul: Robert NJ. Pal
%nona Af e. G. L g. or nhem's m S@psG
E southworth; >shakopee: George G: squires, St.
Paul; John W. Willis. St. Paul: David A. secombe,
Minneapolis; II. D. Hooker, Lake City: A. r.
Capehart, St. Paul; John P. Rea. Minneapolis:
John 3. Atwater. Minneapolis; Frank P. Dorothy,
Taylor's Falls: Judson n. Cross, Minneapolis; H.
G. Hicks, Minneapolis: Frank B. Carleton, Mime
apolis: Daniel Fish, Minneapolis: Charles n
Woods. Minneapolis; Charles Fl. Strobeck, Litch-
field: C. II. Benedict, St. tau.
The next meeting of the association will be
held at St. Paul, on the first Monday in April,
1854.
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The Criminal Record

John Smith, colored, who murdered 10.
s'ah Harden in Farret county, Nd, last
spring, escaped from Jail at Oakland on
the 4th inst. He called the jailor into his
cell, when Smith knocked him down. took
q ratchet and. broke the chain which held
hlm to ne floor, locked the jailor up and
escaped with his shacklcs on. Smith is a
desperate fellow. He was only a short
while since convicted of murder in the first
Gfgree ana sentenced to be hanged. Gov.
Hamilton w&s expected to sligo his 4 ,atb
warrant on the day he escaped and fix the
date of his execution.
Near Gatesville sometime ago, a son.,n.
law of Mrs. Shaw lost his wife and turned
over his little two.year.old child to its
grandmother to care for. He married
again and was DESTROYS of obtaining DOS
session of the child. Mrs. Shaw being ur .
willing 10 surrender tae child it was taken
by force. Aggrieved by the loss, she last
"wednesday committed suicide by flashing
herself in very ingenious manner to a
stone fence, first saturating her head and
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Casualties of the Week.

A large elevator nine miles north Of Fargo
burst on the I'd inst. The accident was
caused by overlooking. The sides of the
wheat-several thousand bushels was
thrown into the street, The elevator is
owned by Pillsbury & Hurlbert, and had a
capacity of $4,000 bushels. The Manitoba
yesterday sent up train and large gang
of men to save what wheat they could. It
will be impossible to estimate the damage
until it is learned how much wheat has been
lost. The loss to the elevator company will
be about $4,000. There is no insurance.
This is the second accident Of this kind that
has occurred this season, and is caused by
the attempt Of the elevator company to take
IN more gain than they can handle, the
inadequate.
A train from Utica, N. Y, recently COLI
ded with train from Fort Plain, telescope.
ing each other and making complete
wreck. Both engines were lett standing
upright. 1t is reported that six were killed
aud several wounded. Two engines, two
baggage cars End q smoking car were COM
pletely wrecked. Michael Lyons of Utica,
engineer of the east-bound train, was in.
stantly killed. James Whitlock OF Ephri-
alta passenger on the west bound lrain,
was killed instantly. Cool of Ephriata had
bis skull fractured and will probably die.
About twenty others were injured slightly.
ga section otthe freight train ran into the
caboose on the Newark division OF the Pan
Handle recently, killing Thomas Cranshaw,
brakeman, and irjuring another man. The
Sciota Valley passenger in going out ran
into one Of the box cars, damaging the en-
gine, but the crew jumped of, saving their
lives.
On the 9TH inst, there was an extensive
fire at Memphis, Tenn, fire destroyed a
large retail drygoods house. Loss about
$4,000
The barn and grain stock ofJames Dun o,
at Cleveland, D lk., were burned by prai.
RE fire recently. Loss, $500; Insurance,
$1,000.
Frost has fallen throughout Nebraska the
past few mornings. Corn has not suffered
seriously.
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A novel political spectacle is in pro.
gress at Christians, the capital of Nor.
way. The supreme tribunal of that
kingdom having inpeached all of the
cabinet ministers for violating the con.
stitution by refusing to carry out the
provisions ofsome amendments regularly
made to it by the legislature, the trials
commenced to-day. Each minister will
ne tried separately. Liberalism lis very
strong in Norway and neither king MOI
cabinet can Withstand its inroads on the
old-fashioned regal prerogatives. The
progress OF the trial will be viewed with
much general interest.
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Spain indirectly furnished the pre-
text for the Franco German war of 1870
II, and if either France or Germany
wants war again it may furnish another
prctext, The war of 1870 was declared
by France for the alleged support which
the Emperor William gave The Prince
Leopold of Hobenzollern rs candidate
for the Spanish throne. The candidacy
was relinquished, but Napoleon III.
pretended that the grievance still exists
through the treatment of the French
ambassador, who demanded unreason.
able pledges for the future with respect
TO Spain. In that case assurances were
demanded which no selt:respecting na.
ton could give, and if Germany chooses
to demand similarly unreasonable as.
surances and apologies now from France
On account OF the insult offered to AL.
Sonso, the same Casus belli will exist
with the parties reversed.
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AT Rio Grande, New Jersey, $4,000
pounds OF sorghum sugar were produced
last year, and the factory is now produc.
Ing 1910 pounds daily. Its product this
year is expected to reach 1000, OO(
pounds. There are various other facto.
ries in the country; and there is good
reason to believe that, in few years,
the manufacture of sugar from sorghum
will produce marked effect upon the
sugar market in the United States, as
experience and invention every yea,
enables manufacturers to more. cheaply
and certainly overcome the difficulties
in their Way.
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clothes with kerosene. She then struck 4
was dead, being horribly burned.
William Bronson, aged seventy. Eliza
his wife, aged sixty.six, and Amos E. Bron
son of New Haven, CenD., have been found
guilty rf granddaughter in causing the
death OF Carrie Gordon, a married daugh-
ter. TIE deceased was abandoned by he,
husband, went to her fathers house preg.
nant, and esked for q physician. Her par.
ents refused, and kept her in dark room,
where she died. Her brother Amos claims
he saw resident physician and he pre-
scribed for the woman, who refused to sub.
init to his Treatment,
At Clifford, Iowa, Ed Gourley,ga saloon
keeper. was recently shot dead by a man
named Williams. Gourley was keeping
Williams wife as his mistress, and while
the latter did not object to tb8t he claimed
that aourley Was tpistreating the children,
and In Quarrel about that, GOtrley hit
Williams over the head With q billiard cue
couple of times, when the latter pulled q
revolver and shot the former dead. in his
tracks. The dead man was Known as q
hard citizen, but in that respect held no ad-
vantgae over his slayer.
Ambrose Daggett, a young man working
on the farm of Davis Greedy, at Liberty,
Ne, recently shot through the neck Miss
Ella, the young daughter Of Greedy, csus-
ing instant death. Daggett Immediately
went into an orchard near the house and
putting bullet through his own head in
stantly expired. Jealouslv was the cause
of the murder and suicide. Daggett had
been partially derangea at times.
Patrick Ryan, a:man about thirty years
ofage, was arrested in New York by d
special agent of the postotice department,
on charge OF oeing one of a gang OF des'
peradOes that have for months past been
engaged in robbipg banks and postotfices
in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New
York.
John Davis, a full-blood Choctaw, has
been arrested for the murder of William
Bullock in Red River county, Choctav
Nation. Bullock body was found in the
road, in July last. with two bullet holes in
it, with his boots off and pair OF boots ly.
ing beside him. Davis confesses.
Anthony Iehl of Elberon saw man in
his vineyard and emptied load of sho'
into him. He proved to be young man
whom he had told to help himself at any
time. Death may ensue.
Ir. William E. Hughes has been ar
rested in Philadelphia, charged by Fred
erich Haas with signing a certificate of in
sanity, by which Haas was recently impris
oned i'll an insane asylum.
Peter Feindt, living on Sec. 3, Zumbrots
Mimi, committed suicide by hanging him
| self in his stable recently, The cause is I'm
known. Feindt was farmer owning eigh
| ty acres of land.
Harry Eddy, charged with giving the In
dians liquor al the Rosebud sun dance, has
been held at Dcadwood in $500.
A man was lratally assaulted in tn,
streets of St. Paul: Mimi, few Us ago b,
three highwaymen.
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The town of Journal, Belgium. held
recently fete in honor of her two
townsmen who have risen to great dis
Notwithstanding Dumortier. the
Dotanlst and political orator, and Lonis
Gailalt, the painter. Dumortier was
born in 1877, and was remarkable. in his
younger days for his opposition to the
Dutch government. During the rev.
dictionary period he commanded the
Civic guards of the province of Hainaut
anu from 1882 till his death, in 1879. he
occupied seat in the chamber on tho
clerical side. His labors as a botanist
were duly appreciated at home and in
foreign countries. The statue which has
been erected to him by public subscrip.
ton in his native town, was unveiled in
the presence Of the minister of Justice
twho is one ofthe representatives ofrour-
nal IN the chamber), and of the local
authorities. The statue is of white mar
Die, and is the work of. the we'll.
known sculptor Fraikin. Gallait's
last great painting, "The plague of Tour
naI, representing the procession which
was held in 1902, to implore the cessa.
ton OF the plague, is now on exhibition
at Journal. A recent Sunday was the
day for the annual procession, which
has left the old fve-towered cathedral
every year since 1892. AtTournal. which
possesses also Galliait's "Jesus restoring
sight to the blind" and Lost Honor's
Rendered to the Counts of Horn and Of
Egmont," 1t had been resolved to GEL
CITRATE the fiftieth anniversary of Gal
lalt's appearance before the public az a
painter. Consequently Gallait, who
ilves generally at Brussels, was invited
oy his townsmen, who are all proud of
him. to great subscription banquet, at
which he was present. A great popular
etc in the town park terminated the
estlval. Gal'ait was born at T. urnal, in
1919, and continues, Notwithstanding
ms advanced age, to exercise his won
aertui artistic faculties with undimin.
lshed power,
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Consul Seymour hlurd cred.

The news from China is of the eravest
character, as the Marquis Tseng stated in
Paris lie feared it would be. Word has
been received that Charles Seymour of Wis
coDsin, the United STATES consul at Canton
has been assassinated by a mob. The pop
nlation of Canton has been in q ferment,
and the popular turbulence has been d.
rected almost exclusively against foreigners
without discrimination. The immediate
cause of these riots was dissatisfaction over
the sentence imposed by the British con-
sulate upon Tldewaiter Logan. He was
placed On trial on Sept. 2G, on q charge of
having been ringleader ia the riots on the
quay on Sept. 10, and with having, during
the fight, drowned Chiuaman BY throw
began in dispute between a
Portuguese and some Cinnamon. The lat
ter attacked the former in such numbers
that Logan interfered in his behalf, and in
the contest threw one of the natives over
board. This act resulted in riot, and the
Chinese, who were q eatly iLhamed against
all foreigners, because of the French opera
tions in Tonquin, made combined attack
upon the European warehouses upon the
wharf. Among the beseiged were ten Ger
man and five English merchants, who
armed for the defense of their property and
fred into the mob, killing five Chinsmen.
The Chinese military finally overcame the
mob. Logan was placed on trial on the
18th ult., and on the 28th was convicted of
granddaughter and sentenced to seven wears
penal servitude. The Chinese denounced
the sentence ae trivial and demanded
his execution. The British con.
sulate took no notice of the demand. and
the Cantonese have been in q state of war
against all foreigners ever since. The Pc
kin government has been compelled to de-
fend the foreigners and their property bv
large bodies of soldiers. The meb daily in
CREASED and the native soldiers learned to
sympathise with them. The rioters even
made demonstrations against the native
officials. Fresh troops aggrav waited the trouble
and the natives have at last broken over ali
restraint. The American CO sui is not
known to have given any offeuse to the ma
ttves, a. he took no part in the recent dem.
onstrat1ons; bot the Cantonese are up in
arms against oil resident foreigners, and It IA
feared the present riots will culminate in A
war Of determination.
The New York Morning,Journal saws
that "a man in Harlem is 60 fat that the
shadow he casts is as round as q ball.
He's pretty corpulent, no doubt. but
there is man in Norristown so fat that
his shadow leaves grease spot where.
ever it Observation-Disclosures Herald.
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Thus far the south has sent to New
York about 100000 watermelons, 49,.
0OO Of which were condemned by the
board of health as dangerous and ca,,,,.
lated to disturb the midnight peace. me
north can retaliate on the south onlv nv
sending in that section carefullv assor.
ted lot of toy pistols.
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A citizen of Rome, Ga, while crossing
the railroad tracks in that city, got his
foot caught fast in frog. While trying
to get loose he saw the Chattanooga
train on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia road come dashing over the
bridge, Wild with fright, the man
jerked his leg almost out of joint, and
came near breaking his foot. But the
train was al most upon him when he de-
cided to unlace his shoe, pull his foot
out and leave the shoe to be mashed.
He acted on this thought, and as he cot
his foot out the train glided by on the
other track.
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The next great centennial celebration
will occur on the 18th of this month at
Newburg, New York, where Washing
ton WIS officially informed that the
British considered themselves whipped,
and where he discharged his soldiers
with thanks for their valor and some
sound ADVICE
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atmosphere and climate; that the con.
struction of great railroad belts across
the continent and the erection of a vast
network of telegraph and telephone
wires exert an influence upon the at
mosphere by disturbing the equilibrium
of electric fOrces:"
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The wheat crop Of Europe as whole,
is less than it was year ago, and as
Great Britain alone will require 5O,00o,-
600 bushels from foreign sources before
the next harvest, there is no doubt but
what our entire surplus will be briskly
marketed at eminently satisfactory
nricea
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Admiral Courbet, with the French fleet,
is at Along bay.
Near Naples, recently train was thrown
from the track and five persons killed and
forty injured.
Jose Pollard & Co., corn merchants, OF
Newcastle, England, have failed. Liabiii-
ties, 100000.
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The following Is the distribution of the
income of the Peabody fund during the
past year: Alabama, $5,775; Arkansas,
$4,000: Florida, $2925 Georgia, $780,;
louisiana, $2125; Mississippi, $4,4OC;
North Carolina. Sc, $50; Tennessee, $12 900;
Texas, $13 600; Virginia, a., l25; West Wiz.
ginia, s., 100; total. $71, IT'S.
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Election Expenses

Inquiry at the Office of the state auditor
ELECTED the following estimate of the expense
to the State rendered necessary by general
election. The number of polling places is not
definitely ascertained, but without doubt ex-
ceeds 1900. In an ordinary township ex-
penses are as follows:
Fees posting three notices of election Is
Fees making and posting registry lists...... rs
Three judges election ono day correcting
registry lists. Observation-Disclosures. 6 90
Three judges election ami two clerks one day 10 90
Expenses conveying returns. ........ 3 90
Total for township. ...............$ SCI so
STATE EXPENSES.
Polling places, 500 at S2l 80 S32 $50 90
Printed poll lists. ETC.. furnished by Sec
Express paid bv counties same. " 20 90
Canvasslng votes by counties, $50 each,
seventy-hve counties. .............. 1900 90
Total for State. S34. $50 90
The additional expenses in cities largely in
crease this amount. and cannot be definitely
stated, except that in ST. Paul alone the last
election cost 1922, and at least all equal
amount was expended in Minneapolis. When
other cities are added, the grand total will not
be less than 10000, which is to be met by
taxation
J. W. Ashworth of Worthington, Mimi,
deputy supreme commander of Minnesota
Select knights A. O. U. W., has organized,
in st. Paul, Capital Legion, No. g. with
thirty charter members. A detail from the
legion ct Minneapolis, under command of
E. A. Bassett, assisted at the organization.
The Select Knights are to the Ancient
Order of United Workmen what the knights
Templar are to Masonry.
the third annual exhibition of the Rem.
vile county Agricultural society wasa sue
cess in every particular. There were 331
entries. The exhibition of stock was fine,
es specially in Mormon horses and JERSEY
cattle. The display of grain and vegetables
was very large, being pronounced by many
one of the best Shown in the state this verr
There was good show of +, sit ana butter,
In the departments of poultry, needle. work
Ind pantry stores there were large num-
Der of entries, and the display was good.
Charles SCHNEIDER, of Pickerel Lake re
Gently, marketed eighteen hogs for which
he received $265.60.
A pleasant hammered, elderly gentleman
has made his headquarter: at the Occiden-
ial hotel, Paramount, for the last two weeks
| and has been very much interested in tim
Der claims and other entries on the United
| States lands. 1t is rumored that the secre.
tary of tie interior knows much of his
coMings and goings, aud that he is here
looking UP. matters concerning the land
grant muddle. and to assist Mr. Teller in
making up his mind as to who owns the
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
SCHOOL FUND APpORTlONNENTS.

How Mach the Several Counties Of Mime
sofa Will Receive Of the Education Fund.
The following statement of the fall appor-
i6nment of the State school funds; by counties;
with tho number of children enrolled, hos been
prepared in the Office of State Superintendent
If Public instruction d. L Kiehle. The appor-
ionment is made on the basis OF $1.l5 per
capita: