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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12
PlTn OF the NEWS.
News from Washington.

NevNo from Waohlngton. i,
The public debt reduced, In round mum.
.,ers, $14. $4,000 in December. IS
Delegate Clifford OF Dakota introduces
Ill his bills In the house In q lump.
The coinage At the mints during Dseem-
Der. 1887. was S.. 762. 666. Of which g..
785. 200 were standard dollars.
Naval circles have been thrown into .
state OF condensation by reports from Cal
iiornia relative to the discovery OF grave
defects in the steel intended to be used In
the construction OF the cruiser Charleston
now being built In that state. 49,
. Washington Special: The new senator
from West Virginia, Mr.. Faulkner. 10 the
youngest man in the body, being six
months the junior OF his colleague. Mr..
Kenna. and nine months younger than Mr..
years old in March,. u
~ Postmasters commissioned: Dakota:
field. J: E. Kennedy; st. Paul. w. Leo;
Maple Bay. +. n. Hal!eckson. Wisconsin,:
Brown Deer. F. g. Millbrath; Rochester.
w. L. Hoyt: St. Nathans, j. s. Chase;
Stockholm, G.. F. Hibbard. Fourth class
postmaster nppointed-Dakota: Dales.
burg, j. c. Westburs. Iowa: Rseles, EN-
ma 4. Reel.
The appointment Of . successor to OK.
Land Commissioner Sparks 10 . frequent
subject OF conversation among men having
business with the land Office. Very many
express the hope that Acting Commission.
or Stockslager will receive tho appoint
ment, as he has shown n disposition to
push bus iness since he has had charge, and
there IL ALREADY great difference In the
way the general land office 10 run.
The following pensions have been granted:
Wisconsin: L.. Dunkark, Newtonbure;
G.. Hamilton, Milwaukee,; j. Harting,
pickeyville: B. Norman, Coleman: A. Steb-
bins, Melrosc; w. Hawke. Platteville; w.
Styer, Weston: N. Duquette, Prairie du
Chen; T. H. Asbury, Victoria; N. Devor.
ia A. F. Mcdonald, Minneapolis; g. B.
Stiles, Fulda; K. Knudtson, Norcross; J.
A. Ammundsen, Wild Rice.
The second controller has delivered q
decision in the case of Gen. John C. Ere.
mont, who was lieutenant colonel in tho
Mexican war. Fremont was tried and
sentenced to be dismissed. The president
approved the sentence, remitted the pen.
atty and ordered the officer to report for
duty. Fremont rendered his resignation
on tho ground that he was not conscious
OF having done anything which merited
the sentence. It is concluded that Ere.
mont is entitled to the three months extra
pay for Mexican war service.
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orant'e Riverside R0onument.

Adolph L. Singer. ex.prssidont OF tho
board OF Aldermen OF New York, and q
nsmber Of the sub-committse on DESIGNS
OF the Grant general committee, said 10
GENTLY: The main trouble il that every
body leaves the work for somebod: else
to do. One trouble wao an Indebtedness
OF tho amount to bs raised and another
was difference Of opinion among the
members OF tho committee 40 to whether
they should advertise for plans. without =
specified cost, before collecting the amount
expected or should advertise now upon an
estimated expenditure. The fund now, II
AL outside moneys wero. collected, would
roach $3.50, 900. Il 10 earning interest at
tho rate Of 81, 900 per year. and tho total
expenses Of tho COMMITTEES ars not over
$500 year.
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Crimes and Criminals.

SSO"o8 ana CSomyn0J9s
Slecht. tho Wausau, Wis.,, murderer. il
saved from lynching only by strong
guard.
At Rochester, N. Y, assistant Cashier
William Smith OF the German. American
bank. is 50, 900 short in his accounts and
has absconded.
George Williams. a bartender. makes an
unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide in
St. Paul, owing to his being out of o lob
en- account OF high license.
At Herkimer, n. Y, Marcus W. Rosbach.
cashier OF the Herkimcr National bank.
left Dec. 13 and has not returned. His
prolonged absence led to an Investigation
Of his accounts, which showed a shortage
OF $34. 300, which he lost in speculat ton
In stocks.
DR.. Edward Bert, his wife, seventeen.
year-old daughter and servants were
chloroformed while asleep in their elegant
home on Vernon avenue, Chicago. and un.
aware until they woke with aching heads
that the house had been transacted from
top to bottom by burglars.
Tim Barrett is found guilty OF murder
in Minneapolis for the killing OF Tollefson.
tho street car driver, and it is murder IN
the first degree. whereof the penalty is
death. The noted criminal lawyer Erwin's
wit and eloquenee did not confuse the
jurors to any extent. In less than three
hours they appeared in court with their
death.dealing verdict.
John Mack. alias johnson, a colored
gambler from Richmond. Ind. being
worsted In quarrel over game Of
scraps" in a State street saloon, remark
ed carslesely before leaving the place that
he would kill some ono. Aftestswallowing
q glass OF whisky at tho bar Mack nullei
his revolver, and taking deliberate aim at
an inoffensive spectator, Frank Ball, col.
ored. put bullet through his heart.
"A bloody ARRAY occurred at Jefferson
barracks, Mo. Seven negro soldiers cot
drunk and outraged a white woman. The
officer OF tho day ordered company OF
white soldiers to arrest tho negroes. A
company OF negro soldiers proposed to
prevent the arrest. They were tisarmed,
but without their arms went to tho rescue
OF tho seven ravishsrs. They resisted tho
attempts Of tho white soldiers to arrest
them, and tho result was a fierce hand.to.
hand fight, Tho negroes were defeated.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

Jacob T. Wainwright, a we'll Unknown
metallurgical engineer OF Plttsburg, has
for four years believed that natural
gas could be utilized in the furnace Gu
polas for ordinary castings. such as
light cast-iron pipe and plumbers
supplies. which require great heat in
the smelling process. Mr.. Wainwright
has succeeded in demonstrating the
success OF his principle in the actual
manufacture of the articles named.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12
Suicide by Dynamite.

The death OF the Anarchist, Lingg,
by means o. detonator exploded in
his mouth, is not the first self-murder
IF it's kind. In 1876 a native of AL
SAGE put a dynamite cartridge into hie
mouth and fired it, with the result Of
blowing his head and the upper part
OF his body to pieces. In June, the
same year, at Wicham Market, in SUI.
folk a woman named Solomon, the
wife OF an oil merchant. purchased a
quantity OF gunpowder, and, having
made circle of it and placed herself
in the midst. she fired the powder.
The experiment was unsuccessful; on.
ly slight injuries were inflicted on the
woman. Thereupon she put g. quaint
ty OF powder into q pail, placed her.
self over the bucket and applied the
match. On this occasion her injuries
were more severe; but for her purpose
the explosion was again q failure and
so she finished herself with g. knife.
At Nitshill. in Scotland, in October Of
the same year a miner named Duncan
obtained some dynamite and blasting
fuse and went into the street,
where he placed the dynamite
on the ground, leaned over it and
lighted the fuse. At this moment
some boys, attracted by his unusual
attitude, came toward him. "Keeu
back" shouted Duncan, "for the love
OF God, or you will be blown into eter.
nity" The boys stood aloof; in few
moments there was loud explosion,
and Duncan was blown to atoms. In
September, 1881, a miner at Runcorn
filled his mouth withgunpowder, light.
ed it with match, and succeeded in
blowing the top of his head of.
A more elaborate application of ex.
plosives to, the purposes of suicide
and murder combined was also record.
ed in 1883. At Dunedin, New Zea.
land, q clerk named Stephenson, who
had been separated from his wife, met
her in the street and exploded a dy-
Mantle cartridge close to her head,
his own head being placed ut the
some moment very near to hers.
Both were almost completely blown
off.
But the most remarkable case occur
red on the west coast of Africa: The
King of Falaha being attacked by a.
Mahomedon force and finding resist.
ance impossible, assembled his family
and principal officers, and after ad-
dressing them and mating his de-
termination never to accept Mahom.
edanism, and inviting those vino did
not agree with him to 90 away, he ap.
piled a light to quantity of gun pow
der collected for the purpose, and
blew the palace and all who were in it
to pieces.-St. James,s Gazette.
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Death Of Cen. e. B. Alexander.

Gen. E. B. Alexander OF st. Paul, died at
the residence OF his son'in.law, Col. G. y.
Lieber. Washington. D. c.. aged eiehty.six.
Gen. Edmund b. Alexander was born in
Virginia in 1890. He entered West Point
military academy Oct 6, 1873. being ap-
pointed from kentucky.
He went to Mexico and served with dis
tinction throughout tho entire Mexican
war. April 10. 1S47, no was breveted
major for gallant and meritorious con.
duct at the battle OF Cerro Gordo, Mexico,
and again Aug. 20, 1s47, he was breveted
lieutenant colonel at the battles Of Con.
treras and Cuerubusco. Mexico He was
present at nearly all the important bat
ties during the war, including tho assault
and capture Of tho City OF Mexico.
At the breaking out OF the civil war he
was appointed provost martial general.
superintendent Of the volunteer recruiting
service. and chief mastering and recruiting
officer for the state Of Missouri, with head.
quarters at st. Louis. October Is, 1866.
he was breyetted brigadier.censral for hi.
excellent work in recruiting tho armies OF
the United States, and Was assigned to the
Tenth infantry at Fort Smelling az com.
mander OF tho regiment, position he held
until February, 1869. when no was placed
on the retired list. after over 45 years Of
active service.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

AT Palmyra, Neb, Tom Buttsfield, a
yonnz farmer. was arrested and charged
with numbering his father and mother. On
Dec. "a he brought home some whisky
which, it IL claimed, was poisoned by him
and given to his parents. The father died
suddenly and soon after the mother also
known, unless for the purpose OF secur ina
the property. Buttsield was married, to
IN sstimabls young lady lev days ago,
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Foreign News NugRota.

Daniel Wilson, ex. President Grevy's SON.
in'law, will hereafter reside in Scotland.
Theodore Tilton lives in q. remote quar-.
ter Of Paris and lately dresses very shah
billy.
Preparations for the opening of the Man.
ttoba legislature on the 18th are being
made. The session will be lively one.
Thomas Sexton. member. of parliament
and lord.maXor elect Of Dublin, who Has
been suffering from an attack OF typhoid
lever. has had a relapse, and 10 again in q
dangerous condition.
A papal encyclical to the Bavarian
bishops urges q better enforcement Of tho
concordat. 1t says: The church has OBJ.
served her pledges while the state has neg.
lected ito pledges. 1t IL necessary to guard
tho religious education Of youth. Secular
schools are a danger to the state itself.
papal nuncio for the extension OF thu rights
OF priests to regulate schools.
Ottawa Special: The recent decision OF
the informal revenue commission at Wash.
ington that, every bank in tho United
States, whether state or national, is liable
to q tax OF 10 per cent on tho amount OF
Canadian bank notes it uses ior circula-
ton, or is paid out by it, has attracted
some attention here. American silver
brought into, Canada, under the Canadian
law as it stands, 10 liable to duty OF 20
per cent. and this proviaion may possibly
DO moro risidly enforced In the future than
1t has been in tho past. ~ w.
The pops on the Sd granted IN interview
to Engenie Vsuillot. tho distinguished
French writer, and his son. After speak.
Ing In high praise Of their efforts in the
Catholic cause, his holiness expressed 70.
gret at the present sad position OF France,
but said he was confident that she would
rise again to her old place In Christendom
and exercise unbounded influence in the
world. The pope then referred to tho
state OF Europe. He lamented the revo-
lots iationary spirit isrmsntins in many
Ing two eneyclicals dealing with
socialism, the license Of the press and the
great power Of universal suffrage, which he
considers terribly menacins. He Also in
tended. he said. to define certain points
upon which good Catholics have confused
and dangerous ideas. The land and Irish
questions are beloved to be the subjects to
which hs alluded. The pops gtvs ths iabs'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12
Old Mems Wives;

Ben Butler resently said: "As an
old man, I am q little interested in
old men marrying. It Is a question
whether may pick out q wife to take
care OF me and my properly, or
whether my children should be allow.
ed to do it for me. I may want to
select 9 wife to take care Of my prop
erty who may have moro children. It
is q matter that concerns all old men.
Too frequently children say to their
fathers: Father, you must not mar
~ again, but if you do, the wife whom
you select must b one Of our
choice,''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

General Greeley, the Chief of the
United States Signal Service, freely
acknowledges, in his recent official re-
port to the Secretary OF War, that its
weather forecasts havenearly as often
proved wrong as right during the past
year. "Old Probabilities" (Gen. N.Y.
ers) ,hadmuch better luck than Greeley.
though his guesses are far out OF the
way. There has not been much real
progress in weather predictions sincs
the beginning.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

In single year American defaulters
have escaped to Canada, carrying
with them good portion of the
nearly $4.000,O00 which they have
stolen; some plan should be devised
tor bringing those thieves to justice.
Under the present extradition treaty
with Great Britain, they are sale in
Canada, and Canada should be as
much interested as the United States
in preventing her soil from becoming
a safe asylum for criminals.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

A Baltimore publication gives sta.
t'st'cs OF the industrial progress OF
the Southern States the present year.
1t shows that $256.298.OOO OF capi-
tai has been invested in Southern pro-
ductive industries in 1887, being al.
most double the amount OF 1886.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

Colonel George P. Bissell, OF Hart
ford, Conn.,, who spent last summer in
Japan. says the most remarkable
feature OF that country, lies in the
fact that it's language contains no pro.
fame or blasphemous words.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

Mr.. Pulitzer, of the New York
World, is suffering with acute infam.
nation OF the eyes, and is confined to
a darkened room. One Of his eyes is
almost useless, and now the other has
given way.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

Chicago is determined not to take
any chances on titled foreigners. They
put real Venezuelan count in Jail out
there on suspicion of being an anarch-
,st,and now he wants $4,000 dam
ages. =:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12

Chemists have just determined by
careful experiment that a man can
barely taste 81 ,0O0ths OF a grim. OF
sugar; IL ,OOOth OF a GRIN. of salt and
S 1O,OO0,OOOths OF q grim. OF strych.
nine.
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nlNNEsoTl NEWS.
GOV. aacolLL ON HIo4 LloEMsE.

No Explalno tho Provisions and
Probable Effect OF the Nigh u.
oenso Law III . Letter 70 . Now
York Paper.
Tho following letter, was written By Gov.
McGill in reply to . letter from A: +. Mil.
| ler. OF the New York Mail and Express.
asking for information regarding the effects
OF the high license law in Minnesota:
st. Paul. Jan. 6. 1SS8.-Owins to the
time ct which licenses were issued the law
did not 60 into effect in this city until Jan.
| pairing for tho law here saloonkespsrs were
granted until about Feb. ], prox.. in
which to comply with ito requirements, 30
that it will be impossible 1t this time to
! state any concise facts regarding results
in st.. Paul: With . very few excep-
lions tho law throughout the state
is in force, and. generally stated.
the number of saloons OF over 1900.
! White the effects 0f the law with regard to
! the dimnnition OF drunkenness must ma
turally be OF a moro or less speculative de-
nomination, still there are many facts
which fairly warrant an inference that
! there ia much less than before tho law
went into operation. As evidence OF this
quote you the opinion OF Bishop Ireland,
together with some of his personal obser-
VUtlOuS III Cllo BOuCueIu VI tuo ot6to,
| known as the parish of St. Paul:
'In Winona," said the bishop, ''there is
very large Polish population, perhaps
| eight hundred families. mainly composed
OF mill hands. and formerly there was q
| good deal OF intemperance among them.
Thore is now but one saloon in Winona in.
stead of ten, and the bank deposits Of
| the Polish people are unusually large. Cal.
| edonia. Houston county, was formerly
! composed OF large drinking population.
Now there are but four saloons where
| there wero formerly fifteen. In many
| of tho smaller places drunkenness
has disappeared altogether. Kill
kenny, formerly q constant source OF dis.
order, is now one OF the quietest villages
in the state. All classes OF people arc
pleascd-Germans, Polanders and French
popular vote to-day as to high license in
Minnesota the majority would be over
| whelming'y in it's favor. 1t is the solution
| OF the temperance question; its benefits
are already appreciated by the people,
and it would be impossible to change the
high license law of Minnesota to-day. The
financial ture OF the Minnesota Law is
| one of it's many admirable features"
1t is doubtful if any one in the state is
better able to Judge OF the general effect OF
I this law with respect to drunkenness than
Bishop Ireland, and have therefore quot
ed him at some length. What the opera.
ton OF this law may be in St. Paul, it is,
OF course, difficult to say; but the number
ofappIications already made is misleading
rs to the number OF licenses that will be
taken out, from the fact that time yet re.
mains for the salooakeepers to determine
whether or not they will continue to sell
under the new law. 1t is not probable
that there will be more than $50 licenses
taken out in this city. where hereto
fore there have been $50 saloons. Very
truly, yours. A. r. McGIL1.
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leo eift money TO St. Pstsr's treasury 70 b
expended in propagandism. The artistic o..
tielss will be placed in the muoeum OF the
vatican and tbs offsets Of wor1hip In the
vestFy Of St. Pst5rs. All the rest viii b
given to the hospitals.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12
Pennsylvania has slidden down in
the list of railroad states during the
present year from the third place to
the fifth.

Business failures in Canada last
year were just about twice as numer.
Gus. in proportion to the popuia ton,
IS they were in the United States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12
SENATE.

In the senate Mr.. sabin presented rssolu.
tions adopted BY tho Farmers' Alliance
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-12
HOUSE.

The speaker announced the standing
committees OF the house.
The president sent to congress q commu.
nieation from the secretary OF the interior
submitting the draft OF = bill ito provide
Tor tie protection Of the Round Valley In.
dian reservation in California.
Following is a comparative showing Of
the way Minnesota Jared in the present
congress- compared with the Forty.ninth:
Fiitieth Congress-Rice, appropriations
and expenditures in tho war department:
Mcdonald, merchant marine and fisheries
and public lands; Wilson, commerce and
coinage. weights and measures; Lind, post.
offices; Nelson, Indian affairs.
Forty ninth Congress- Strait, public
lands and education; White. agriculture
and mines and mining; Nelson, Indian
affairs; Gillian. patents and revision Of
the|aws; Wakefield, postotiices.
All the Minnesotinns seemed satisfied
over tho appointments. and spoke g
though they had gotten all that they
could expect. :
Both Houses adjourned for several days
to allow the committe to get in working
order.
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FIFTlEIN coNaREsS.
Abstract Of tho PROCEEDINGS Of t1he
0onat0 and Mouse.

Upon tho assemb bling 81 the senate aitelil
the holiday recess. Senator Sherman
made speech moro carefully sprsparsd
than 10 bis custom, every word olit hay.
Ing been reduced to writing. It 10 TO s.
considered In many respscts @ the plat.
lowed BY Senators VOORHEES, and Teller.
Several recess nominations wero sent 20
the senate including those Of the interstate
commissioners and Eugene Sempls % gov.
esnor Of Washington TeSritory.
). Senator. Dav 10 offered In the. senate Z
memorial from the st. Paul chamber 81
commerce. praying for the establishment
Of more collection districts Tor the State 81
Minnesota and various other memorials
and petitions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-01-06

Il used 70 bs that poor inventors were
compelled. 70 60 TO Europe % get
money enough 70 bring out their In
ventions Now they come 10 Chicago.
That pillow. sir. for two seventy live.
Look At the shape Of that mouldboard.
Inc old-fashioned plow. you under
stand. turns the dirt clear over. while
this sets Il upon edge. keeping the soil
comparatively near the surface where
II affords most nourishment TO the
plant. As young and active business
man As you are ought not 70 take a
back seat for any citizen Of this town.
Let me send you a few Of those plows
say one hundred a. a starter"
| do you think could sell 50 manyg'
Hampton asked.
what! not sell one hundred?
tell you whats . fact, Hampton. 70,
can run out every other plow-ns
question about it,"
well. you may send me one hun
dred."
1.-The Northern farmers are dclighte'
with this pillow. tell you. and III
sooner the farmer Of this State follow
the Northern farmcr-now here, tn
cheapness Of this implement places
within arm s-length Of every negr
farmer in this State. Yon just advel
tise that you sell the celebrated staf
well steel pillow, manufactured b
Ringleoup & Co., Of Chicago, an