The Worthington advance., 1888-02-23
Commander Rea on the Pension
Business,

Chicago Special: John p. Rea, comman.
der-in-chef OF the Grand Army of the Re.
public. was asked about the proba BILE pas
sage OF the Grand Army pension bill and
its approval by the president. Said he:
II had a conversation with Mr.. CLEVELAND
about Jan. 10 regarding pension matters.
told him why thought our bill ought to
pass. His views on pension questions sat.
istied me entirely, and have the impres.
sion that when our bill is laid before him
he will approve it. You underst and,
though. that he made no promises what.
ever. | think the majority of the soldiers
who will be benefited by this bill are men
who fought through the war; men who had
the sand to stand up punder every hardship,
and who. ii they did feel sick and worn out,
were kept 1T their posts by a strong sense
OF duty. They were men whose constitu.
tions were broken while they were discount
ing the future. Such men are now sufferin:
disabilities directly traceable to the war.
Though they have no hospital record they
ought to be helped"
Lord Dufferin accepted the post OF EN-.
bassador to Italy. Sir j. Saville Lumby
the present ambassador, will retire in Au-
gust from diplomatic service.
At Anaconda Mont, William Martin,
proprietor of the Planters house, shot
Patrick Reardon in the head, killing him
instantly. Reard On had been boarding at
Martins house and owed him Sc. He
drew his wages and did not pay his board.
1t has come out at last that Frank N.
Gage. the we'll known and wealthy young
business man. and son of the late ohm N.
Gage, was divorced from his wife several
months ago. The divorce was obtained
with extraordinary secrecy, and not even
inti fn frSo n6o -
Mr.. Gage was married to Miss Nettie l..
Patrick in November. 1875. She was
very handsome but without his wealth.
They lived in elegant style in Grovel and
Park. About two years ago they
separated. The ground of the divorce
was descrtion.
A member OF the national Democratic
committee says the Democratic conyen.
ton will be held in Chicago early in July.
Joe Rolette Of the Turtle Mountain dis.
trict OF Dakota. and Little Shell, of tho
Chippewas. are down here urging upon con.
gress the passage OF a measure which shall
provide for the payment to the Turtle
Mountain Indians, Chippewas and others
have been taken from them by settlers.
London Spccial:-Newspapers OF all
opinions here heartily approve of the fish
cry treaty. The more ardent Tory organs
dwell on Mr.. Chamberlain's success, and
upbraid those who condemned his ap-
pointment IA q commissioner, but the
majority hail with delight the treaty sim
ply on the ground that it appears salts.
factory to the Americans and thus reno YES
oil cause Tor estrangement between the
United States and this country. The
Times thinks that possibly it may be op-
posed in the senate for electioneering pur-
HN0 hVp MI l.. 4 ssYA
easy to understand how my faction ofAmer.
lean politicians can hope to retain popula.
rity by rejecting an arrangement which not
only closes a long controversy with Eng
land and Cana'la but which secure sub.
stantia benefits for the fishing industries
OF the United States.''
Gideon Bordeau, queens printer for
Manitoba, is said to bs short in his &C.
counts.
At Chicago. death was the punishment
the jury decided to inflict in the case Of
Augusta Hetzke. who beat to death his
step-son. Max Gilman.
The Indications are now that the Inter.
national Di~tillery company, one OF the
largest in the West. which has been driven
out CT Iowa by the operation of the pro-
Des Moites to Rock Island. Iowa.
AH0 Uluruerer Oh amos d. smell, the Chi
cago millionaire is said to be William b.
Tascott. the son Of a wealthy Chicago
man. Tascott is still 1T large.
Ex. Gov. Curtin of Pennsylvania comes
out strongly for Allison OF Iowa.
At St. Louis Henry c. Grote killed Fred
Behrens. The young men were cousins
and life long companions. Both were pay
ing attention to Miss Bertha Simontis.
who lives with her parents They met iu
tn parlor. and quarreled in the lady's pres.
ence. After an exchange of epithets and
bitter words, Grotc drew a revolver, and
actually thrustins the muzzle into his
cousins mouth, blew the top Of his head
off. Behrens died instantly. Grote was
arrested.
At Black River Falls. Wis.,. the memorial
window in honor of tho late Hon. ". T.
Price was put in place. It is a double win
dow facing the Price residence. and bea.s
on one half his portrait, with date Of birth
and death, and on the other half tho por.
trait Of tho angel OF mercy,