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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-11-06
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THESE ARE SOLID FACTS.

The best blood purifier and system
regulator ever placed within the reach
of suffering humanity, truly is Electric
Bitters. Inactivity of the liver, bill.
iousness, jaundice, constipation, weak
kidneys, or any disease of the urinary
organs, or whoever requires an appe-
tizer. tonic, or mild stimulant, will al
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-11-06
HAPPY BLUE GRASS REGION.

The OWatonna journal having said
it was poor consolation to tell Mime
sofa farmers about the low. price of
wheat sewhere the Window Reporter
makes this telling reply:
Perhaps it would be ''better consola.
ton" to the Journal to tell it that in
Southwestern Minnesota, flax yielded
Is to 25 bushels per acre. and is worth
from $l.l0 to $1.20 per hushel, and
dairy products 25 to 80 cents q pound.
with so little wheat in the country that
the price cuts no figure. Corn so BUSH
els and oats 20 per acre, and all will be
fed to the stock of the Southwest. The
flax crop alone is worth $780, 900 to
the few Southwestern counties. Is this
''consolatiou" sufficient to arrest one
poor wheat unfortunate, >'wheat. bent''
for Dakota?
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PETERSON ELECTED.

PETERSON ELECTED.
n despatch from Murray county jHst
received says 13 townships give Peter
son 333 and Shepard PIG, with seven
towns to hear from. Shepard will get
IS to 100 majority in this county. The
vote in Murray indicates that Peterson
is elected by Il handsome majority.
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TARIFF AND THE ia Il RAfERS.

In 1878 an oil mill was erected at Des
Moines, and farmers began to raise
flax seed largely. A mill was soon errct.
ed to utilize the straw, and the mill
paid the farmers $6 4 ton for straw.
Congress repealed the tariff on jute
butts. letting them come from Europe
free of duty. The result is told by 4
Des Moines correspondents:
Jute butts conld be delivered in New
York and Philadelphia for less than s.
Il ton, vessels bringing them rs ballast.
Of course, the flax mill here could not
compete with such a price for raw ma
terial, pay $G Il ton and send its goods
to Eastern markets. 1t was therefore
compelled to close up, with loss of
nearly 100000. Subsequently the tar
iff on jute butts was restored, and the
rate fixed 1T s. ton; but capitalists
are unwilling to invest money under
the present complexion of Congress.
With assurance of stability in the pres
ent tariff. this industry would soon be
revived in the prairie states. Capital
is always ti.nid, ard fears nothing us
much as unfriendly legislation. Here.
then. is practical illustration OF the
result Of free-trale doctrine applied ia
agricultural interests. If anybody
questions this statement, if he will
come here he can see the mill which is
now used for making linseed oil, after
standing unoccnpied several years.
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IN MINNESOTA.

JV M1NNESOTA. - ="
Minnesota stands firm. The Repub.
lican majority for Blaine is from 10000
to 80, 600, and all five Of the Republi-
can congressman are elected by hand
some majoritles.
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Flax is selling at S1.l3 to ST. Is in the
Worthington market. The receipts
average about 1000 bushels day
WOrthingtOn Advance.
1t is the Burlington road that makes
1t better nlarket.--Currie Minneso-
tian.
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A PROMINENT PROHIBITIONIN7.

The Slayton Gazette says of Alfred
Terry, a leading prohibition stumper:
Mr.. Terry further told his hearers
that the editor of the Gazette and S. O..
Morse kept Mr.. Peterson boxed up in
order that he might not create an unfa.
vOrable impression, and that both were
liars. Now, if said Terry had never
resided in Mobiles County we might de-
fend ourselves against his charges, but
inasmuch as he is known to he All un-
qualified liar, we have nothing more to
SaV.
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oROHIRITIO Liars.


We have said elsewhere that the Pro
hibitionists in this county. neatly ev-
cry one of whom is praying church
member. have conducted campaign
of misrepresentation and mud Singing.
The Slayton Gazette of last week says
of them in that county:
If noise, lying, slandering and hypoc-
risy were the essentials Of success, the
Prohibitionists would elect their Rep
resentative by large majority. 1t is
very unfortunate, and we regret it deep
ly, that Il good and honest man like
Mr.. McAllistel should find it necessary
to have his campaign managed by set
of professional liars.
The way the God and morality:'
party abuse opponents, and lie about
them, is simply scandalous. Religion
and politics don't mix we'll. No true
Christian will vote for McAllister, not
because of the man, but on account of
the despicable tricks the leaders of the
Murray County S. S. association resort
to to make vote for him.
One of the speakers from this town
said at Prohibition meeting at WOr.
thington, that Peterson would only get
Il few votes in this county. He is either
a liar or a fool who would make such
an assertion.
People are only too willing to judge
men by the company they keep, and in
asmuch as McAllister has permitted
himself to become the tool of schemers.
liars, shysters and democrats, it is to
be hoped that every honest man will
cast his vote against him.
There is no doubt about two points in
the above items: that the Prohibition
lists lied a great deal during the cam.
paign; ~ that they are endeavoring te
turn the churches, the Sunday schools
etc. into political aids to build up a
party to kill the Republican party.
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THINKS IT A STEAL.

We have talked with a number of cit
izens of St. James who subscribed to
the Southwestern Minnesota Home AS
sociation fund, and all. in speaking of
the money being invested in the ''Min-
nesota Home" characterize the trans
action as a clear case of ''steal." Not
one gave his consent to transferring
his subscription to the "Home.''- st.
James Journal.
1t is only just to Mr.. Day to say that
he circulated a paper here securing the
consent of most of the subscribers on
the original plan to transfer Of the
amounts to the Home company.
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HOMES IN THE WEs1.

Persons fooking westward for homes
can procure full information concern.
Ing the CAMDEN SPo1 Of iowa =
Minnesota. BY subscribing for Il
Worthington ADVANCE, published at
Worthington. Minneso:A Send 81 for
enc year: 81 for six months. and 50
oents for three months, to ADVANCE
Worthington. Mobiles Co., Minnesota
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Bro. Miller, Of the Advance, is de-
serving of credit for the manly stand
he takes in defense of the entire ticket.
Adrian Guardian
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rms .SEIIL rs IT.

The following dispatches were re.
ccivr,l last night at the Worthington
office:
There is no longer any doubt rs to
the result Of the Presidential election.
Blaill. has carried New York 10y 4 ma.
j 'rity of from $ SEQ IT, 5000. The Her
aid concrdcs that Blaine has carried n.
y. 10y l,mO. Virginia and Florida re-
ported to lave gone Republican.
Wisconsin State Democratic Commit.
tie cOnceles 7 eco to 5000 ma ajority OH
basis of returns SO far received and Re.
publican Central Com. claims about
lO,GUO.
st. Paul 5o'clock. Blaine AID 10.
gan carry off the priz"." Cleveland re-
pudiateG-in his own State. The Solid
South broken after 20 years. Va. and
F'orila have gone Republican. The
South solid for the party OF progress.
FLAN CULTURE AGAIN
The articles recently published in the
ADVANCE on the subject of the flax in
dustry. together with the report of the
TOw-mill Convention held at Worth
ingtOn, have excited Il wide interest.
Copies Of the ADVANCE, with articles
marked, !seve been sent to the
Uniten States Consuls who are collect.
ing facts as to flax culture in this coun.
try, with reference TO aiding linen and
flax mills desiring to make the transfer
from Europe to America.
The flax industry has now assumed
such Importance as to demand the at.
tention of our farmers and business
men in some intelligent and organized
way. The articles heretofore published
in our columns show that of the 8,O00,'
600 to 1900, 900 bushels Of seed grown
in the United States this year, about
one-hoJ of the ,rhole yield aras groUn IN
Minnesota and Dakota; that the great
bulk of the Minnesota yield, say three
fourths, vas produced in the eight OF
ten counties in the Southwestern cor.
ner Of the State; and that the heaviest
reproducing counties are Rock, Cot.
tonwood and Mobiles.
Although the flax industry in Ameri
ca is just fairly begun, it is claimed, as
shown in our report of the Tow-mil
Convention, that the farmers annually
lose forty millions Of dollars by not
having a market for the straw. Mills
however, for using the fibre are begin
ming to multiply, there being Is to q
in the district represented by the Con
yention, and with mills sufficient t,
utilize the straw, the flax crop will be
come one Of the most profitable whicl
farmers can grow. This will be espec.
tally Sc should the proposed establish
ment of linen mills in the west be real
lied and farmers be induced to grow
the best grades of fibre. It was shown
at the Convention held in Worthjng
ton that by securing the best seed ant
adopting the best methods of cultur
the straw product can be raised to tw'
and two and a half tons an acre ant
sold at $40 and $l2 ton. Add to thi
an average of eight to fifteen bushel
Of seed to the acre sold at 81. 90 to 81. 2
\ bushel, and it will be seen that fla,
can hp made >, mNst nrnfita ahlo crnn
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Henry Davis always pays the highest
price for Flax. 5tf
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-31

old, deserted his sick wife and three chill
dren, and eloped with Varina Pearson.
aged IL. jerks is merchant at Apex, n.
c. The girl is a daughter Of his clerk, and
very small for her age.
The secretary of the navy has re-
ceived cable message from Minister Hunt,
st. Petersburg, announcing the. departure
of Lieut.. HARDER, from Moscow, with the
remains of belong and party.
Senator ingalls, says he is not can.
didste for the position on the bench made
vacant by the resignation of Judge McCrary
Minnie Cummings, of Marshalltown,
Iowa, pleaded guilty to keeping house OF
prostitution. As she has before been con-
victed, she will have to go to The peniten-
tiary this time.
At Wyandotte, Kansas, Mrs. Jacob
Hartmann, aged 81, while alone, was as
saulted by an unknown person, beaten and
robbed. Her son, returning at 6 O'Clock,
found her unconscious upon the floor, and
she died soon after.
One hundred and four italian immi-
grants arrived at New Orleans on the steam
ship Prince George, whose tale Of starva-
ton at sea and Indifferent treatment caused
the captain to be held for trial.
A. 5. Croker, prominent citizen of
Ripon, Wis.,, was caught In the belt of the
Ripon Touring mill and carried into the ma
chinery and whirled around a pulley fully
fifty times, breaking both arms and legs In
several places. He will die.
The state prison at Saltwater, Mimi,
was entirely destroyed by fire ON the 26th.
All convicts were rescued except one, who
was burned to death within the walls.
The defaulting president of the First
National bank of Leadville has been ar
rested.
Backwoods settlers in Ontario are
threatened with starvation owing to the
snow blockade and suspension of traffic.
The committee on pensions will rec
ommend bill to relieve claimants of the
burden Of evidence regarding their condi-
ton when entering the service.
The committee on claims has recon-
mended a bill to prevent the duplication OF
army pay accounts.
Hoffman, to have been executed at
Port Chester, n. Y, has obtained q stay of
execution.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-31
The Slayer of Dukes Goes Free.

The jury in the Mutt trial returned 3
verdict of not guilty, on account Of insanisy
at the time the act was committed. The
jury filed in at 8 20 a. M, and as they seat-
ed themselves the silence became oppress-
i've. After the usual questions the prisoner
was ordered to stand up. But he wss so
weak that he had to be assisted TO his feet.
The foreman then announced the verdict,
and the crowd, which was with difficulty re-
strained during the day, gave vent to its
approval In loud cheer, which the crowd
outside took up and answered back,
and another cheer went up from those in
side. Finally order was restored and the
prisoner remsnded to Jail another day,
when he Will be examined by committee
as to hi- present mental condition. Mrs-
Mutt and Lizzie were not present. They
remained at the residence Of Major Brown,
where the glad tidings were quickly con-
yeyed to them. Congratulatory dispatches
are pouring in on them from all points.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-31

gress, to General Hazen, chief signal OFF,
GER, is to be presented to congress praying
for extension Of the signal service.
The subcommittee of the house COM
mittee on agriculture agreed to report with
two amendments the bills prepared by the
cattle breeders convention for the extirpa-
ton of diseases OF domestic animals. The
appropriation determined upon was $780,
600 instead of $500, 600, and the states are
required to contribute a sum equal TO that
appropriated among them by the general
government.
On the oath the senate financial COM
mittee had several meetings to consider
banking bills. Senator Sherman's bill was
taken up and substitute offered by Aid
rich authorizing the issue Of currency equal
In amount to the par value Of all bonds eX-
cept the per cents deposited as security for
circulation, the banks to receive at the rate
of Sll0 In currency for every $40 in bonds,
the arrangement to continue until January
1, 1890, and thereafter the amount to de-
crease one hundred dollars each year until
1t reaches the par value Of the Dor DIS.
Some question having arisen In regard to
the effect of the two measures, 1t was deter
mined to ask the opinion Of Comptroller
Knox. Knox went before the committee
this afternoon and expressed the opinion
there was little to choose between the meas
ures as to ultimate effect. The committee
adjourned without fina, action
The house committee on agriculture
on the 10Th reported the bill prepared by
the committee Of cattle men. A number of
memorials from live stock associations ac-
companied the bill; also communication
from DIR. D. K. Salmon, veterinary surgeon
of the department of agriculture. This
communication points out the dangers to
the west by the existence of pleuro-pneu-
monia among cattle in the east, and reviews
the extent of the disease in the latter sec
ton Of country.
The house committee On claims d.
rected favorable report on Holman's bill
to prevent fraudulent duplication OF ac-
counts and claims by officers of the gov
eminent. The penalty for presentation OF
an account containing fraudulent items is
forfeiture of the entire account.
A court-ma-tial is ordered to meet at
San Antonio February 4th, for the trial Of
Captain A. S. D. Reyes, Of the Tenth cav
airy, on charges of duplicating his pay ac-
counts.
1t is understood the office of assistant
surgeon general of the army will be abol-
ished. The secretary of war, speaking on
the subject stated, while he did not know
who proposed bill to that effect, still such
move would meet entire appreciation.
Commissioner Albert Fink appeared
before the house committee on commerce
and made an argument In defense Of the
railroad pooling system. He asserted the
people had received transportation at low
rates, and little profit to the roads, and that
no extortion had been practiced.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-31
FOREIGN.
ENGLAND

It is il stated that Waddi ngton
French ambassador, declared to Earl Gran
Vile, foreign minister, that France would
not recommence negotiations with China
until all her objects in Tonquin are achieved.
Waddington has informed the French gov
eminent that Granville approved the views
| of France in the matter.
The lord mayor of London is re-
quested to gran. the use of Guild hall for a
meeting to protest against the evacuation of
Soudan.
The London Post says that shortly
before the special train which took the
Prince of Wales to visit at Rothschild's, at
dynamite were found in q tunnel through
| which the train passed.
IRELAND.
Notwithstanding the governments
proclamation and the presence Of two hun
dred police, meeting of nstionalists was
held in the yard Of the Catholic chapel Of
Loughrea, Dublin. Three priests ad
dressed the meeting, denounclng the gov
eminent for suppressing the meetings Of ma
tionalists, and advising their hearers to Join
| the league.
SPAIN AND GERMANY.
1t is stated that, Notwithstanding the
recent change in the ministry of Madrid,
Germany still favors Spain's ambition to
| rank among the great powers by conversion
of the Spanish legation at Berlin, aud the
German legation at Madrid into embassies;
| but Germany will await the initiative from
Madrid.
ENGLAND.
Moody began mission at Stratford
Bow on the 22d. Notwithstanding the hur-
ricane, 5000 people were present. Moody
! said it was very encouraging to see so many
| people come out in such storm, ard hoped
| the mission would be a great success. Tee-
| graph wires to all points have been pros
| trated. The storm extends throughout the
/ kingdom.
FRANCE.
! The minister of marine has received
| telegram from Admiral CALDER stating
| that the health of the French troops is salts
| factory. Creole troops from the Isle Of
Bourbon are stationed at Tamatone and
Majurga. They repulsed the second attack
of the Pavos upon Majurga.
ENGLAND.
The annual banquet of the society for
aid of foreigners in distress was held in Lon
| don on the oath. The lord mayor presided.
The French ambassador, the United States
consul general ard a majority OF the foreign
| consuls and two hundred other persons
were present and f35, S5S were subscribed
to the society's fund.
Madagascar advices are that the new
queen, Ranavolona III, was crowned on the
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-31
EGYPT.
THE OCEAN DISASTER.
The Dead Being Unidentified by Kelatfre'
and Friends--A Thrilling Description.

NEW BRADFORD, Mass, January 20.
The town Is full of people looking for the
| bodies of relatives lost in the wreck OF the
| steamer City Of Columbus. There has been
| a deplorsble lack Of system in regard to the
disposal of bodies picked up along the coast.
Stray bodies have been picked up by passing
vessels and carried to widely separated
points. Among them, Edgarton, Woodside
and Vineyard Haven There are eleven bodies
at Vineyard Haven, and a number at other
| points unknown, owing to the fact that no
communication with them exist. A tug
with newspaper correspondents and some
| of the relatives of the missing. started out
| to-day to visit the wreck, but a sieet and
snow storm set in, making the sea rough
and rendering 1t impossible to get nearer
than an eighth to quarter OF a milt from
the vessel, whose PROV is fifty feet out OF
water and the stern slowed around in deep
water. There appeared to be three bodies
hanging in the miZzen rigging.
| Purser Spaulding, after describing how
he and the second steward went through
the cabin arousing passengers, said:
| The vessel keeled over so far on the port
! side that oil staterOoms on that side were
submerged. On the weather side OF the
deck were three or four passengers. When
the ship righted and settled it was a terrible
scene. Confusion reigned on deck and men
and women, some with children In their
arms, clambered up to the deck, ciinging
frantically TO every available projection.
They crowded upon each other so fast that
they could not be counted as they rushed
upon deck, only to be met by some mon
strous wave, and swept off into the sea
Groans, yells and curses cOntended with the
fury of the gale. Women shrieked and men
shouted themselves hoarse. Sea after sea
swept over the ship carrying off everything
not made of iron. 1t was blowing a hurri-
cane and the moon shene brill
liantIy. The land was plainly visible.
/ saw eight or ten men hanging to the rig
ging. i went to the main top with the stew
ard aud = passenger. The after part Of the
ship filled and sank and the vessel righted.
The sea at this time was making a clean
sweep over the ship. L saw life raft with
half dozen men on 1t. The fireman cut
the lashings with razor. One of the port
! boats was LAUGHED and upset. 1 saw other
| Intellectual attempts to launch boats, and a;
one time l let myself down, thinking to get
on board. The sea washed the line away
and back again and he clambered into the
| main top, where he staid till taken off by
the life-bost. Asteamer passed within four
miles, but paid no attention to the signals.
The steward says the life-boat crews of the
Massachusetts Humane society are the
bravest men he ever saw. They saved
twenty men.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-31
Nebraska State Farmers Alliance,

KEARNET, Neb., January 1.-THE
Nebraska State Farmers Alliance con-
Guided two days session tonight. After
transaction OF routine business
platform was adopted declaring in
favor Of national and state legisla-
ton to regulate railway traffic with both a
maximum and minimum rates, and demand
the abolition Of the national banks and the
substitution Of currency by the govern
ment direct; to oppose protection and de-
mand a tariff for revenue only; express
sympathy with labor and ask protec-
ton for labor. Organization was recon-
mended for the abolition Of convict labor.
They ask congress to reclaim all unesrned
land grants and reserve the public domain
for the actual settlers and oppose the ao-
quirement of public lands by foreigners. A
resolution was also passed endorsing the
conduct of Senator Van Wyck. The alliance
has taken measures to recognize and its
members will continue an Independent.
party movement.