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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-05-31
A Shocking Tragedy.

Mrs. John Bryant was shot and killed
at Curtis, Nebraska. by her father, vii.
liam Greenwood. Some months ago Miss
Greenwood confessed that she had been
seduced by Lemucl Bryant and in time
would give birth to a child. She and her
friends thcrcupon compelled Bryant to
marry her. But Bryant mover lived with
her after their marriage and refused to con-
tribute to her support or have apythin. to
do with her. Several indictments were
found against him by the grand jury for
various otfenses. He was compelled to
jump The country and has not since been
heard OF. The unfortunate girl who had
left her home returned to her fathers
house and gave birth to- "A child. Mr.. Green.
wood immediately after the birth rushed
into the room and shot her to death. Mr..
aud Mrs. Radcliffe were passing the house
on the way to Curtis at the time lie
did the shooting. Mrs. Grecnw God rushed
out with the infant in her arms. not yet
dressed. and screamed. For Gods sake
take Annie's baby and take care OF it, for
Greenwood has shot her; don't come near
the house, Tor he threatens to shoot the
fret person who comes there" Green.
wood soon afterwards fled md has not
been captured. A posse OF citizens from
Curtis are now hunting for him and will
lynch him il they catch him. The dead
girl was seventeen years old. and formerly
. dining room girl at Curtis.
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AouApRuPLc MURDER.
Reubon Drake, his vito and Two
Little Grandchildren Found Bru:
tally Murdered In Their lonely
Farmhouse Near klckapoo. Wla.

Reubon Drake, HE Wjfo and Two
Little Grandchildren Found Bru:
tally Murdered In Their lonely
Farmhouse Near kickapoo, VIC. i
4 murder rivA]ing in atrocity The An.
toine Probst murder occurred in kicka-
poo. Wis.,, by which Reuben Drake, hil
wife and two grandchildren, the
children OF James Dupee-fouf per.
sons in ali-met their death. Drake
and wife are elderly people, living on a
well.cultivated farm four and one hall
miles southeast of the little village oil
Readstown. and about fifteen miles from
but few miles away. but were tempo.
rarily visit ing the old folks. One morning
q neighhor living about half mile distant
had occasion to 80 TO Drake on an GRAND
and upon entering the door q fearful sight
was presented. Drake and his wife lay
near each other upon the floor, face down.
ward. weltering in great puuls OF blood,
which flowed from gaping euhshot wounds
in their heads. Both were dead. and evil
IDENTIFY had been TOR some hours. On the
bed in an adjoining room lay the children,
throats cut. One of the little ones was
yet alive when discovered. but too
lar gone to give any account of the terri.
bic tragedy. Before medical aid could he
summoned the child died. and np one was
left to tell OF the struggle in the lonely
farm house, by which four human beings
were sacrificed. Tho alarm was quickly
given, and soon all the people OF
the ;sparseiy settled heighborhood
were at tho scene OF the tragedy.
The little house had been ransacked
and the furniture overturned, show.
ing that the perpetrators had searched
for money and valuables. Fresh footsteps
were found leading to and from the house,
but they were soon lost in the highway.
The nearest neighbours wife says that
about IL o'clock that night she he ard
three shots fired in the direction OF Drake g,
but thinking that it was some belated
sportsman, gave tho matter no attention.
Another woman met a stranger on the high.
way just after dusk. who avoided her and
hid in the brush. These are the only facts
now known outside of tho mute evidences
found in the farm house OF one of the most
fearfui crimes ever committed in Wiscon.
sin. 1t is supposed tho murderers sought
to rob Mr.. Drake OF some pension money.
which he had secured about 1onth ago,
and it Is not yet known whether they
secured it or not. Drake and wife were
aged about sixty years, and were hard.
working and fairly well.to.do and intelli.
gent people. The locality is an out. of-the-
way place, sparsely settled and many
miles from a railroad. 1t is thought that
the tiendish deed was committed by some
one living near who knew OF the pension
money, as it is a section seldom visited by
tramps or strangers.
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Gossip About Willard,

The telegraphed from New York to tn.
effect that Henry Willard is soon to be in
control of the Northern Pacific railway
and the Oregon & Transcontinental com
pany again arouses good deal OF inter-
est in Milwaukee, owing to the fact that
the Wisconsin Central railway is also con-
trolled by Willard and his friends. Some
interesting facts have transpred about
Villa rd's relations with the Oregon &
Transcontinental company and the North.
ern Pacific railroad. When the money
market was tight and the company had
difficulty to meet the demands upon it, Mr..
Willard came forward. and, on lew days
notice furnished the Oregon Trancsonti-
mental company with $4,000, OOO which
relieved it Of all its embarrassment. and
placed it on a firm footing. He
also found purchasers for the Orc
gon Railway aud Navigation bonds,
thus furnishing to- that company all
the money it required. This year Mr.. Vii
lard took Il large part OF the Northern
Pacific third mortgage bonds. Mr.. Viii
lard's friends in Germany have not only
been willing to furnish large sums Of money
for these but are ready to continue to do
so. 80 far as may be required and they
have purchased q large amount OF the
Oregon transportation company's stock,
with the expectation that MIR. Willard will
hereafter be prominent in the management
OF the company.
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The United States treasurer has paid out
$l2, 500, 600 during the present month on
account OF pensions alone, notwithst nnd.
ing which fact the excess of receipts over
expenditures during the month is nearly
$4,000, 900. The treasury surplus, which
fell to 500. 600. 600 at one time during the
month, has again risen to $lO1, 600, 600.
The president has approved the act au.
thorizing him to arrange a conference be-
trail America. Hayti. San Domingo and
Brazil; the act to limit the hours that let
ter carriers in cities shall be employed per
day, and the act for the relief of the first
National Bank OF Marion, Iowa.
Sir Charles Upper has resigned as min.
lister OF finance in the Canadian govern
ment. and has been reappointed high com.
missioner for Canada in London. Hon.
G. T.. Foster, minister of marine, has been
appointed minister Of finance.
Acyclone swept over Browntown, twenty.
five miles east Of Browntown, Texas, de.
stroying the Methodist, Baptist and Con.
gregational churches and eight dwelling
houses. One building was carried across
the RAILROAD track and crushed, ana
Amanda Willis, coIored, who had taken
refuge inside, was instantly killed. Eight
persons, including the sheriff and county
recorder, were fatally injured.
Mrs. George Reed, of Napannee. Elkhart
county, Indiana, took her three.months.
old child in her arms and jumped into q
well-bOth were drowned. She left note
saying that she was tired of living and
would take her child with her to rest. Her
age was %.
The body OF Adelbert Kreiger, of Dav.
ton o.. who died suddenly at Chicago, was
crcmated at Cincinnati in the unfinished
crematory on Clifton Heights. There was
no ceremony.
The Wisconsin prohibitionists have put
up the following State ticket: Lieut.. Gov,
T. H. DAZZLE OF Dane; Secretary OF State,
Nelson Ladue Of La Fayette; Treasurer,
D. {. Prescott OF Marinette; Attorney
General, c. 3. Pike, OF Winnebago; State
worth; Railway Commissioner, E. w.
Drake OF Milwaukee,; Insurance Commits
sloner, S. NJ. Bixby OF St. Croix.
The Cincinnati Price Current offers to
substantiate it's charge that informa ton
has leaked out from the department Of
agriculture at Washington to q Western
grain speculator, whereby the latter was
enabled to profit by his knowledge OF the
Forthcoming crop report. The paper as
serts that the leak was not from Statist,.
ciau Dodge. but from higher official.
The corner stone OF the great Roman
Catholic University at Washington was
laid with great pomp and ceremony. The
grand stand was we'll filled with promi.
nent people, and among them the followin;
prelates: The cardinal archbishop OF Bal.
timore, James Gibbon; Archbishops WILL
Jams, Corrigan, Salpointe, Elder and Ire.
land; Bishops Northrup, Moore, Curtis,
O'Rei'ley. Spalding, Macs. Radamacher,
FITZGERALD. Jannseena Wipoer Pho1o n
keane, Kahn, Mcmahon, Hardins, Gil.
mour, Richter, O'Sullivan. Ryan, McNier.
ncy, McGovern, Haid. President Cleve.
land occupied a seat on the platform be-
tween Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop
Ireland.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-05-31

John L. Sullivan has bought one third
interest in j. b. Dorris's circus, and will
eravel with tho show through the United
States. beginning about June /.
The Lehigh Transportation company,
which has announced it's withdrawal from
Chicago on account OF the difficulties en-.
co"ntered in entering tho river at that
place. had entered into an agreement with
the Land and River Improvement company
OF West Superior and tho North wes tern
Fuel company whereby tho three compa-
MES will construct upon St. Louis bav. nd.
loiog tho Sawyer elevator the largest com.
bined coal and merchandise dock on the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-05-31
A Novel Point.

A message from the president returning
without approval the senate bill for the
relief OF l.. j. Warder recently post ma ster
at Lawrence, kan., for an allowance Of
1926 for extra clerk hire was laid before
the senate. The grounds of the veto are:
Such allowances are fixed by the post.
master general, and in this case two appli-
cations for additional allowance had been
declined, The expense WIS, therefore. III.
Cured at the postmaster S risk and the
passage OF special acts in such cases would
have dangerous tendency to encourage
postmasters to substitute their own judg.
ment Tor that of the department and to
relax wholesome discipline The time al
lowed by the constitution for the appro
val OF bills expired in this case on the
18th inst. The senate adjourned from
May II until May q. The message waa
drawn and enyrossed on the 18th. On
tho 10th the message and bill were tender
ed to the secretary of the senate, who de.
cIined to receive them on the ground that
they could only be presented to the senate
in actual session, and they were therefore
transmitted as soon as the senate con
vened. with this explanation.
Mr.. Hoar said the communication ra is.
ed a very important constitutional Oues-
ton. and moved its reference to the com
mittee on privileges and elections, which
was agreed to.
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4 Western Courtshin.

"When l was q young man." said
the politician, II travelled in the
southwest considerably, selling sad
dies, etc. On one OF my trips STOP
ped over night in settlers cabin in
Southeast Missouri. The settler and
his wife were mighty cordial, gave mo
the best they had and made me vel.
come to bunk on the floor with
them. The Oldest daughter was 16 or
II years old and perfect beauty for
her situation. She was the kind o. q.
girl novelist would break his neck
to get hold OF for heroine. She'd be
very picturesque and pleasing in g.
book, but l shudder when think of
her IN real life. She took quite g. shine
10 me and before we laid down she
had told me nearly every thing she
ever heard. A heavy rain fell during
tho night, and as the roads
had been heavy before, they were
not passable the next morning. So
had to stay at the cabin. The girl
was very attentive for the three DAYS
was there, and on the evening of the
last day she said: Say, is you uns
marrled?' told her no. and want.
ed to know why she asked. Well, if
you uns amt, she said, we uns might
get spliced.'
The speaker paused to allow his
hearers time to break all their but.
tons. and then proceeded:
"Her father approved heartily of
the plan: I've been wishing you uns
would hitch ever since seen you uns,'
he said, and the whole family was 80
congratulatory that l was afraid to
decline. pretended to accept, and
offered to ride to the meeting. house
about 20 miles away and ger the
preacher. They laughed at the idea.
I'VE uns can marry ourselves by kiss.
ing over a CANDLE the girl said. I in
sisted on the preacher, and after q
long argument got my horse out to
ride tor him. Just as was about to
mount the girl came out of the cabin
arrayed to 60 with me. That was
too much. I mounted in q hurrv.laid
a switch to the horses TANKS and
rode of at the top of the horses
speed. have never seen the charmer
since.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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but 1t is known than no less than
five physicians were In consultation Mon
day night and Tuesday morning. 1t is also
positively asserted that priest was seen to
hurriedly enter the house simultaneously
with the doctors at time when all excite
ment was in generals chamber above. He
remained in the house oil night. showing
that che family was prepared for the worst
All Monday night tie general was in semi
conscious state and it was not until noon
next day that he showed signs of improve
ment He has continued to improve. and 10
now believed to be past the critical state.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-05-31
labor'a Cause.

The floor OF the house was accorded one
day last week to the com mittee of labor,
and Mr.. O'Neill of Missouri, chairman oil
that committee, called up the bill to con-
fine the sale OF the prod ucts OF convict
la Dor to the state in which they are pro.
tuced. Mr.. O'Neiil explained:
The measure originated in a visit to this
city OF manufacturers from New York,
Brooklyn. Jersey City, Philadelphia. and
other cities who appeared before the cor
mittee and pictured the absolute ruin
that stared them in the lace from the COM
petition OF convict labor. One industry
alter another was attacked by this convict
labor system, and in each case the indus.
try was Obliged to lower the rates of wa.
ges or go out of business. Men who were
paying 81 aud $3.50 u day to their EN-.
competitors who paid only five cents an
hour. The labor organization OF the
country had urged upon the committee
the necessity for the passage of tho bill.
A long discussion ensued, one OF the
speakers being Mr.. Wilson of Minnesota,
who argued against the bill on constitu.
tional grounds. An amendment was
adopted prohibiting the importation for
commercial purposes OF all goods, wares or
the United States which. in whole or in part,
vict la Dor, aud prescribing penalties for the
violation OF this prohibition. The previous
question WAS then ordered-yeas 1S5.
nays 43-on the engrossmcnt and third
reading OF the bill, and then the house ad.
journed. The senate passed, with amend
ments the house bill to establish depart.
ment OF labor. Mr.. O'Neil had an inter.
view with the speaker and Mr.. Randall
was assured that the committee on
rules will give additional time to the com
mittee on labor which, he says, guaran.
tees the passage OF the bill.
The bill provides for department oil
labor the general design and duties Of
which shall be to acquire and dii!use
among the people Of the United States
useful Information on subjects connected
with labor. and especially upon its rela
ton to capital, the hours OF labor, the
earnings of l,boring men and women. and
the means OF promoting their material,
social, intellectual and moral prosperity
The personnel is to consist of q commits
sioner, to be appointed by the president,
and confirmed by the senate, who is to
hold office for four years and receive n sal
airy OF $4,000; q chief clerk, stenoyra pher,
minor clerks copyists and messengers.
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had q stroke of
cpoplexy. On
account of the
efforts of men,
bers of the
household and
other intimate
friends to con-
ceal the true
facts of the gen.
erals illness, it
IL difficult to
learn just when
the first symp-
toms appeared,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-05-31

through the Yaukton Indian reservation,
Washington Territory. The house CON-
mittee on Indian affairs ordered favor.
able report on the house bill granting to
the GALLUP Railway company right OF
way through the Puyal)up Indian reserva.
ton. WashinRton Territory.
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The Lieutenant General.

Herald's Washington special: From thor
ougbly reliable Sources. it ID learned that the
story of Gen. Sheridcn's illness was only half
told. He has been very i'll, indeed, danger
ousiy SO. For twenty four hours from Mon
day dinner hour. his condition was such
as to cause his family physician TO
fear his demise at any moment He
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-05-31
Milwaukee.

HnwAUKEE. May 26.-Flour dull. Wheat
weak: cash. $3.50; July, $3.50. Corn weaker:
No. 9, 54lac Oats quiet: No 2 white, 39c.
Rve lower: No. l, 654c Barley steady; No.
= Is 1sc; PrS H lower: Fork-Msy. $l4 90
dairy. 14@l5o. Eggs higher: freeh. l20l3n
Cheese quiet: eheddsss, 120lao. -.
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On
Track.
-N--
8fSlo

FIoUR-Quoted as follows: Patents. sacks to
local dealers, 81. 70; patents to shin. sacks.
car lots. 81. 3O@45O: in barrels, 81. 7O@a4 80:
delivered at New England points, S. 35@5. go:
delivered at New York points. @5.25@5. so: de-
livercd at Philadelphia and Baltimore. $4,000
as: red dog, sack. $l.5O@1.6O; red dog, Dbl,
81 6o@l.75: rye flour, per cwt. 81. 70.
BRANA AND SHORTs-The market is steadv with
fair demand at $lO@1O5 so per ton for bran.
and $12@12.5O for shorts.
CORN-Receipts are fair. and the market IL
weaker. Samples OF ungraded sold at 52@54c
OATs-Firmer. Good samples in fair demand
at 34@371ec.
BARLEY-Good No. 3. 4O@55c by sample. and
poorly cleaned selling slowly at reduction.
MIXED FEED-In light demand at $22o022 50
FLAx--Sales at 81. 30
HAY-Receipts few. and sales OF good wild
made at xl2@16 per ton, but a renewal of ship
ments will cut down prices at once
st. Paul.
WHEAT-No hard, SEC bid: No. l North.
crn. 85c bid; No. Northern. $50 bid
CORN-No. 2 55c bid, SEC asked.
., 0ArsENo. mixed. &c bid. SO lac asked: May.
351ec bid. 36lec asked: June, SAC bid: No. .
white. Sec bid: 36c asked: No. 3. 33c bid.
BARLEY-No 2. GOO bid: No. 3, 55c bid.
RYE-No. 2, SOC bid. 3
M1LLsTUFFs-Ground feed, No. I, $21 bid.
$2l asked. CornmeaI. unbolted, $21. SO asked
Bran. bulk, $l1. so asked.
HA1-No. ]. $13 asked: No. upland prairie
81 bid: timothy. ST. bid.
FLAX SEED-$l.3 80 bid.
PorAroEs-60c bid. Csc asked.
EGGs-12c bid, l3c asked.
Sales-One car oats. SEC: I car No. mixed
OATS. june, 34c: 3 cars potatoes, Csc: car po-
ta.oes. Go
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Two New 8iel1ona.

At the conference in New York, Rev. DR..
j. II. Vincent, Of the Rock River confer.
ence and Rev. J. w. Fitzgerald, OF the New
Jersey conference. were elected bish ops.
DR.. Vincent was born at Tuscaloosa, Ala,
Nov. %, 1892. In 1888 he moved to
Pennsylvania. He was educated at the
Milton and Lewisburg scminaries and
at the Newark Wesleyan institute. He
was a licensed exhorter in 1S49, and in
1850 local preacher in the Baltimore
conference. From 1852 to 1857 he had
charges in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
He established in illinois in 1865 the
Northwestern Sunday School Quar-.
terly. In 1868 he was elected secretary
OF the Sunday school union, a position
he still occupies. In 1874 with Lewis
Miller he established the Chau.
tauqua circle. lie was at one time
the pastor OF Gen. Grant. Rev. j. W.
Fitzgerald ia fifty years Of age, and was
born Mt Newark, n. j. He studied ut the
Newark academy and then at Princeton
college. On leaving college no studied Ia W
with Chancellor Runyan and Secretary
Fre'inghuysen. and was admitted to the
bar. lie was admitted to the church
thirty years ago. lie was presiding elder
of the Newark conference until seven years
ago when he was elected recordin: sccre.
tary OF the missionary society. After the
election "f these tw o bishops q fourth ballot
was taken, but an adjournment WAS taken
before the count. While tho third ballot
WAS being taken, . resolution was carried
making the time limit five years.
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Observation-Disclosures.

Cash quotations were as follows: Fiour
steady, demand only moderate: winter. So 75@
AIS; spring, 81. 75@5: rye. s. 9O03 so; No. 2
2corn. 5514c; No. 2 oats. 36c: No 2rye, 7ioc:
No. barley, 69c: No. fax seed, 81 IS: prime
timothy seed, 1925; mess pork, per Dbl, $i4. 20:
Qoose). $755@7GO: dry-saited shoulders
Sboxedl: $6@G.25: short clear sides tboxeti)
So. loDs Is; sugars, cut loaf, 7ls48asC;
eranulated, &c; standard A, 6 12c Wv
On the produce exchange to-day the butter
market declined: creamery, 10000: dairy.
15@l7c. Eggs easier ut 1219013c
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Farmers Opposed to Trusts,

lie farmers mass convention at Fargo,
ID. T.. recommended the formation of
farmers county alliance and the building
OF farm storage elevators, which they
claim will save the farmers from 1G to 20
cents per bushel. An adjournment was
had to Casselton, June Is. when President
l.oucks will be on hand to discuss the
Scandinavian Elevator company. In nd.
dltlon to these recommendations the con-
ventiOn adopted these resolutions:
That in our judgment it ia the duty OF
congress- to appoint q special committee
OF Investigation with full powers to com.
pei any and all persons with books. pa
pers, etc., to appear before them, who are
in any way officially connected with the
formation or direction Of any trust or
combination whatsoever, that has for its
object the increasing Of price of any article
OF commerce or trade above the
price OF the same with open COM
petition in u free market. or by any com.
blnat'on whatsoever to decrease the mar
ket value OF any article of farm produce
below the price paid for the same in the
open markets Of the world. That when it
is clearly proven that such trusts exist it
tax protects the manufacture OF
on the free list. Fiat the Ter
ritorial Farmers Alliance OF Dakota,
an organization which Was for it's objects
the urhuilding. protecting, elevating and
defend ing OF all tl,eintcrests of the ia riners.
whether territorial or national, ut least
are entitled to our thanks for the deter.
mined efforts they are making in battling
against monopoly and trusts that have
Tor their objects the destruction OF free
competition and q free market. That it
is the duty OF all farmers to unite with
and help support the organization known
as the Farmers alliance.
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Railroads Crowding the Indlans,

Senator Sabin introduced bill to grant
tho Duluth & Winnipeg railroad right of
way through the Fond du Lao Indian res
ervation in Minnesota. Tho right al way is
not to exceed 100 feet, and two stations
ara to be allowed on the reservation, an
additional space 800 feet wide and 3. 900
feet long being allowed for stations, shops
etc. In the senate Mr.. Spooner eli.
ed up and had passed the senate
bill granting the Milwaukee, Lake
Shore Il Western railway right of way
through the Lac dc Flambeau reservation,
Numerous unimportant amendments were
added. The senate passed the senate bill
granting the right OF way to the Yankton
\ l!issouri Valley Railroad company