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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
WEST AND SOUTH.

FRANK WALCoTT, suspected as being the
'informer" who caused the expulsion
from Oberln (O.) College Of u number OF
students on charges Of gambling and
carousing, was tarred and feathered on the
18th by masked men.
ON the 18th a negro who shot and
fatally wounded Captain Dunnavant near
Chattanooga, Tenn, was caught and
lynched.
FIRE on the 1Sth at Manchester, Kan,
destroyed the school building, post-oftlce
and several business houses.
AT Iron Mountain, Mich, fire On the
18th burned tho business portion of the
town before it was controlled.
NEARLT every house in Emporia, Va,
was unroofed by wind-storm on the 18th,
and in Surry County barns, fen ces and
chimneys were blown down and trees up.
rooted. In South Carolina thousands OF
dollars worth of property was destroyed
in the Cumberland Valley.
In Kansas City on the 18th Clay Kelly.
aged five years, was instantly killed by a
grip car. His mother was i'll, and the shock
of the news threw her into commissions,
from the effects OF which she died.
lSD1ANA's finances were on the 18th said
to be in bad way, and the State Treasurer
announced that the Legislature would have
to borrow about e, OO0, 600 to meet expenses
during the next two years.
STEPHEN MEAD Of Cain, Neb.. because
his wife had threatened to leave him after
frequent Quarrels, killed her On the 18th
and then killed himself, leaving their four
small children orphans
On the 18th William Tones, deputy
postmaster at Hampton, H., disappeared.
leaving shortage of fifteen hundred dol.
lars in his accounts
A TRUST was formed on the 10Th by the
watermelon growers OF South Carolina and
several other Southern States.
WHITE CAPS on the 10Th tore down the
saloon OF John Messamore at Rawson, O.,
pouring the liquor into the gutter.
On the 10th the State GeoloRist said that
the natural gas area Of Indiana was 16s
miles long and sixty five miles wide, and
contained 381 paying wells. The aggregate
flow of gas was 6O0, 600 0OO feet. There
were seventy-nine manufactures with q
combined capital OF 81, 10000 aud employ
ing nifty Weight hundred men.
The omcial count was completed on the
18th OF the vote Of Minnesota, showing
that Harrison received AZ, 492 votes
Cleveland, 1O4, 1856; Fisk, 1891. Harrison's
plurality, 3S. 107. - ....C
CHARLES WHITES residence at Hau9h.
vile, Ind, was wrecked on tho 10Th by an
explosion OF natural gas, and Mrs. White
was fatally injured ~. .,
F1a1 at Russell, Kan, destroyed mum.
Der Of business houses on the 18th.
The wife Of David Harris, q German
farmer residing near Brazil, Ind, gave
birth to three boy babies on the 18th. The
mother Is but fifteen years old. -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
Signs of Good Times.

The directors of the plow works ut Wi
mona recently decided to start up with a
full force of men. The workmen in the
willow-ware factory had formed Coop
erative company and would push the work
on shares. They proposed furnishing will
low sprouts to the farmers to grow will
lows, and expected to build up big in
dustry. 1t is the first experiment OF prac-
tical cooperative manufacturing in WI
mona. Gustav HEM is manager, and he
said they had orders ahead from all over
tho Woet
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
Z. TANNER tho famo,,a

DR. TANNER, the famous faster, is
soon to marry the daughter of a mill.
lonaire in Paris. Tanner is lucky,
but he has one great and conspicuous
merit as husband. A man who has
gone forty days without food can
never complain when dinner is late or
the steak overdouc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
HOPKINS SET FREE,
President Cleveland Grants the Petitio
f>rf ks,So Il As,., L.

President Cleveland Grants the Petition
for the Noted Bank Wreeker's Pardon.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The President
has returned to the Attorney General the
papers in relation to the application for
pardon of Benjamin Hopkins, of Ohio, un-
der sentence for embezzling and misapply.
ing the funds of National bank with the
following indorseme
THE condition Of this convict's health is
such, as appears from an examination, which
have set OF foot, that the question Is present
ed whether he shall die in pr son at home.
On this presentation, I am willing that he
shall spend his few remaining days among
his friends regardless OF any other cousdera-
ton connected with the case. And on this
pround alone his pardOn is granted
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
:. Official Election Ratnros-

The otf1cinl returns, just completed, Of
the November election in this State give
these results: For President Harrison
(Rep.), 142, 4te; Cleveland (Dem.), lo4, 3s5;
Fisk {Pro.), 1871; Streeter (Labor), 1897
Harrison's plurality, IS, 1O7. For Gov
ernor 49, Merriam <Rep.), 134,355; Wilson
(Dem). 1925 Harrison (Pro.), 1905;
Paul Nabor), 3s5; scattering, u. Mer-
RAMS plurality, 24,1O4.
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THE PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE ar
ST, LOUIS.

Ground to Be Broken Next Month
GERS Of the Company.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. CIT is authoritatiyely
stated that ground for the Merchants
Bridge & Terminal Company will be
broken next month. The bridge will! cross
the river at Ferry street in North st. Louis,
and bid to construct it for $4,000, 600 is
said to have been accepted The ter
minal facilities, including freight and
passenger depots, will be located either at
Main and Biddle streets or at Main and
Carr streets. The bridge Itself will con-
sist OF three spans, averaging 522 feet and.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
SufaocHted In Wheat.

An unknown man was found in lifeless
condition in one OF the freight cars which
arrived at the Northwestern depot in st.
Peter the other morning The car was
loaded with wheat and had been shipped
from some point in Dakota. The body in.
Dictated, however, that it had not been long
In its hfeless state and showed no marks
81 injury. A bottle of whisky was found
In the car, and the man had evidently
broken into the car in d drunken state and
had been suffocated by the wheat. Moth
ing was found on him to identify him by.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

HE New York bunco men who
tackled Colonel John D. Morrissey, a
Colorado miner, the other day, now
think that they made mistake.
Morrlssey won their money. knocked
them down in Leadville style and
walked off q winner by $500 A Lead
Vile miner is not q good subject for
bunco-steerers and swindlers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

REv. LYMAN ABBOTT, although off,
eating rs pastor Of Plymouth Church.
hrook!yn, since June last, has not
been installed. Disagreement among
The committeeman as to the form to be
used Is SAID o o., the cause.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
IDA NEWMAN wall Lnnur

Ida NEWMAN, we'll known in society
III Providence, r. l., and an energetic
worker in charitable circles, has been
expelled from the City Missionary So
ciety because she married u member
OF her Sunday-school class. Wee Hung
is the young mans name, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hung are now housekeeping in
the rear Of q laundry.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

ENGLAND pays her colonial Govern
ors big salaries In New Zealand it is
$4,000 a year; Bermuda, $4,000;
Jama'ca, $50, 600; Feejee Islands, $780,
900; British Guiana, $25, 900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
Has Hopes for America.

LONDON, Dec. 22-1n the House of Com
mons Friday evening Mr.. Cecil Kaikes,
Postmaster General in response to an in
quiry, said that America was the only civ
ilized country not employing the system Of
parcels post. He had, he stated, repeat
edly pressed the question of adopting the
system upon the United States Govern
ment, but the laws of that country were
supposed to stand in the way. He had
hopes, however, that the laws would be
overcome, so that temporary arrange
ment might be made.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

GOVERNOR FORAKER says the White
Cap organization in Ohio has been
disbanded forever. At the first out
break he employed q detective, who
learned enough about the secrets of
the order to bring its principal lead
ers to justice. The result was that
the leaders resolved to quit their line
Of conduct and disband.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
The News Of the Week
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL,
FlFTlETh CONGRESS.

Second Session.
TUESDAY, Dec. iS.-The Tariff bill was
further discussed In the Senate Bills
were introduced for the reorganization
and Increased efficiency Of the navy, for
the establishment Of pure food division
OF the Department of Agriculture, and
TO remove the political disabilities OF Har-
rlet ID. Robinson, OF Middlesex County,
Mass, and to declare her citizen of the
United States, with all the rights and pow
ess OF citizenship, Including the privilege
OF voting or being voted for. In the House
the Military Academy bin appropriating
soo,0oo was reported, and the General AID,
preparation bill, carrying nearly $4,000,
Oo0, was passed A bill was also passed to
increase the pension Of Jacob Rogers, enc
hundred and five years old
WEDNESDAY,, Dec. 10. - In the Senate
the House bill incorporating the American
historical Association was passed The
remainder Of the session was occupied in
discussing the Tariff bill. A resolution
was introduced that the Government Of
the United States will look with Gisap.
provai upon any connection Of any Euro
pean Government with the construction or
control OF any ship canal across the 18th
mus OF Darien or across Central Amer
lea" In the House another bill to pre-.
vent the corrupt use Of money at elections
was introduced. 1t WAS announced that
the Territorial bills would not be called
up for consideration unti. January Is.
The River and Harbor bill was considered
THURSDAY, Dec 2o.-The Tariff bill was
further discussed in the Senate. All the
private pension bills on the calendar
NINETY in number) were passed, also the
Dill opening abandoned military reserva-
tIoCs In Nevada A bill was intr oduced to
pay 10 soldiers Of tho late war who were
promoted while serving their terms of en-
listment the bounty they would have been
entitled to had they rot been promoted
a resolution was offered for the appoint
ment OF a select committee Of thirteen to
inquire into the state of suffrage throu gfl~
out the United States. In the House the
time was occupied in considering the River
und Harbor bill.
FRIDAY. Dec. 81 "A bill was introduced
IN the Senate making it accime against
the United States, punishable with se-
we're penalty, for any person to offer or
receive a bride for vote cast at any
Presidential or Congressional election
The Public Printing Deficiency bill ts63.-
eco was passed. After debate on the
Tariff bill an adjournment was taken to
January 2. In the House the time was &C.
cupied in committee of the whole in dis
cussing the Nicaragua Canal bill. Ad-
jourued to January2.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

HERE are now thirty eight States
in our National Union. II all the new
States that are talked Of shall come in,
including the provinces Of the Do
mlnion OF Canada, the galaxy will be
Increased to fifty Or more before the
close OF the present century. There is
no telling what the future may have in
store for this great and growing
Nation
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
Found Guilty s,f Murdar.

The sensational murder trial OF Olaf P.
OLSEN, which had been in the courts of
St Paul for several weeks past, was con-
cluded by verdict of guilty the other day.
OLSEN was arrested about year ago for
killing his mistress, Catharine Lindman,
with arsenic, it being then a year after the
murder. The murder was discovered
when an attempt was made to get from the
bank the money Of the murdered woman.
An examination revealed the presence Of
poison and the trial resulted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

SOME OF the "chain - Or progress
i've schemes for raising money would
have curious results if carried out.
For instance, one Of them calls upon
"No. y to send ten cents, and send
the appeal to ten other persons, each
of whom is to do likewise, the process
being repeated fifteen times. Now, if
this chain v should not be broken it
would reach l,1ll,111, III, I'LL peo-
pie, IN impossibility. of course, and
would net the author of the scheme
Sill, Ill, Ill, HILL.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

IHE lofty monument erected at
plymouth, Mass, 10 commemorate the
landing OF the Pilgrims, has at last
been completed. 1t was begun in 1859
and has cost something like 5000, 900,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
Pine Lands Sold.

Isaac Staples recently sold fifty thousand
acres Of pine lands on the Snake river to
Fred Weyerhauser, of Rock Island, Ill
The consideration was known to be over
10000 but the exact sum was kept a
secret. The purchase was made for q
down river syndicate, which was rapidly
buying up all the pine lands on the st.
CrOix river and its tributaries.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
FRANCIS MCGOyERN. of N

FRANCIS MCGoyERN, of Newark, n,
d., is ninety years old and is perfectly
sane during the day, but as soon as
darkness sets in he becomes maniac
and raves continually. The brilliant
glare OF gas or electric lights does not
abate his mania in the least,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

The most miserly man on the con-
ti,ent of America has been discovered
ut Clan William, small settlement
near Winnipeg. His name is McRae
and he is Scotch farmer. On a re-
cent Sunday his wife contributed ten
dollars toward the building fund OF the
Presbyterian church. When McRae
heard of this he went almost crazy and
going into his barn tried to hang him
self, but was rescued. He then at
tempted to commit suicide by drown
Ing but was again rescued. Finally
the church officers decided to return
The man his money. He is now happy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
DEATH IN A BURNING BUILDING.
One Man Killed and Several Fatally
Wounded in a Fire at Cincinnati.

OUe MAN hhlEu AAu several Fatally
Wounded in a Fire at Cincinnati.
CINcINNATI, Dec. 22.~-Shortty after
o'clock q. m. the wall of the frame and
moulding factory of Strobel Il Co., which
was burning, fell, fatally wounding George
Buschkomp, Martha Anderson, an un-
known bystander and two other fireme:,.
The fire started at midnight. The entire
department was called out and battled
bravely but Intellectually with the flames.
Soon after the fire started Jerry Bray,
captain Of the 14s company, was carried
down with the falling Of the fifth
floor and burned in the ruins The
loss when the building burned year
or two ago was $4,000. The present
building with its machinery is new aud
the stock and material on hand are great
er than ever before, SO that the present
loss will exceed that of the former fire.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

The annual catalogue OF Harvard
University shows the total number of
students to be 1899, against /, 612 last
year. The number OF officers rises to
245, against 22S last year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

CAPTAIN JOHN MILLER, who was
killed recently near Jimtown, /. T., by
one OF his tenants named Jim Ables.
had remarkable criminal record, hav-
ing killed thirty men at different places
and under different circumstances. His
death was the result Of dispute with
Ables concerning the disposition of
some cotton which the latter claimed
had been stolen. Miller made sus-
piciCus movement, as if to draw a re-
volver, when Ables shot him dead.
Captain Miller was born in Choctaw
County, Miss, in 1916. and was seven
ty-two years of age
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WHILE handling an old army rite which
he supposed was unlosded, John Bladdon,
Of Augusta, Ga, accidentally shot and
killed his twelve-year-old daughter Mag.
gle ON the 18th.
A GREAT religious revival was going on
among the colored people Of jefferson
vile, Ind, on the 10Th, conducted by .
white lad seventeen years old, named
Harvey Smith.
THE wife OF DR.. Myers, of Stevens Point
Wis, shot herself with fatal effect on the
18th Family disagreements caused her
suicide. She was twenty years old.
Four OF the negro participants in the re-
cent tragedy at Wahalak, Miss, were over
taken by armed men on the 18th, who shot
one dead and hanged the other three
MARTIN REouA's house nea. Hunting
ton, W. Va, was destroyed by fire on the
18th, and two OF his children and his
mother persisted in the flames. -. -
AT Bloomington, ILL.,, five hundred people
progressed Christianity during . three
weeks revival which ended on the Goth.
E1aHr men were fatally injured by
boiler explosion in spoke factory at North
Vernon, Ind, on the Goth.
SAMUEL MILLER. ninety six years Of age,
and Anna Hagan, aged seventy one years,
were married Oh the 10Th ut Jeffersonville,
Ind.
TIRE fire in the Calumet & Hecla mine in
Michigan was pronounced extinguished
by the officials on the Goth after having
burned just a month.
L. IL CUTLER, a Cincinnati cattle buyer
was robbed Of 81, 900 near Winchester, O.,
or the Goth by three masked men,
Mrs MOORE, a widow, was absent from
her home in indianapolis on the Goth when
the house was burned, and her two chill
aren, aged two and four years, who were
locked up in thefbuilding, persisted in the
flames.
AT Unionville, Mich, diphtheria pre-
vailed on the Goth to such Oh alarming ex-
tens that children under eighteen years Of
age were not allowed upon the streets.
On the Goth bill to punish fraud and
corruption at primary elections was passed
by the South Carolina Legislature.
F. E. AND ", J. MURPHY, sons Of Francis
Murphy, concluded their temperance
meetings at La Porte, Ind. on the 9Oth,
over three thousand persons having signed
the pledge.
CHARLES PIATT, aged sixteen years, and
Edward Meare, aged fifteen years, sons Of
prominent Columbus Und.) farmers, were
arrested on the 2Oth for horse-stealing.
FLOYD and Lawson Todd (brothers) were
wounded in a row on the Goth at Monk
town, Tex
MRS. MARGARET HOLLAND CAREY died at
Wheeling, w. Va. on the 10th, in the one
hundred and eleventh year of her age
A PRS destroyed Strobel & Co. . picture
frame factory at Cincinnati on the 21st.
Loss, 100000. One Of the walls fell, bury.
ing number Of hremen, of whom three or
four were fatally hurt
On the 2lst Noses Flanders (colored)
was hanged at Plaquemine, La., for the
murder Of Cornelius Brown at Bayou Goula
on August II last.
BENJAMIN HOPKINS, in the penitentiary
for embezzling and misapplying the funds
Of the Fidelity National Bank, of Cinciu-
natl, was pardoned on the 2lst by Presi-
de mt Cleveland. It was said that Hopkins
could live but few days.
CHARLES KUrz and his wife, living on a
farm near Little Rock Ark. were found
murdered on the 21st Robbery was the
cause for the crime
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two approaches, each about 425 feet long,
the entire length being a little short of
half mile. The officers OF the company,
all OF HON have subscribed literally to
the stock, are Seth W. Cobb. Pres.
ident; G. c. Rainwater, Vice-Presi-
dent, and E. c. Simons, John D. Perry.
d. r. Frances, John II. Holmes, and
John NJ. t'ilkeson. directors At present
the heaviest subscriber is John T. Davis,
who has put his name down for $50, 600,
and will probably increase it to $3.50, CO.,
Congressman-elect F. G. Nie1ringhaus
will probably contribute $4,000, but the
greater part Of the North st. Louis sub.
scription will not be available, as the pres
entplans do not contemplate the construc-
ton of q wagon bridge.
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THE EAST

Ara meeting in New York on the 18th
OF German Evangelists crusade was in
augurated against the power of the Roman
Catholic church in the United States
TIE steamer Trave, which left New York
on tho 10th for Europe, took out 81. OOO, 600
IN specie and seven hundred sacks of mail,
A SEVERE earthquake shock was felt in
Washington and Warren counties, n. Y,
on the 18th.
THREE men were drowned by the COL
lapse of bridge on the 18th over the Mer-
rimac river near Hookset, n g.
THE execution Of John Meyers Doremus
who murdered his sou last June for inter-
fering to protect his mother from the
fathers abuse, took place at Hackensack,
n. j., on the 10th.
THE death Of j. n Matthews, editor and
proprietor Of the Buffalo IN. W Express,
occurred on the Goth.
THREE Providence (R. ~ boys were
drowned on the 2Oth by breaking through
the Ice while skating.
On the 10th Scion G. Jenkins, awaiting
trial for murder, hanged himself in the
New Haven (Conn.) Jail, leaving written
confession Of his crime
THE Congressional committee that il in
vestigatng immigration abuses learned
while in session in Pittsburgh, Pa, on the
2lst that many alien paupers become sub
jects OF public charity as soon as they land
in this country, and that notorious crimi
nails are sent to this country from Europe
as immigrants.
OLIVER DlTsoN, of Boston, the we'll
known music publisher. died on the 21st,
aged seventyseve years.
The death Of Hon. s. E. Sewell, we'll
known abolitionist, who was associated
with William Lloyd Garrison, and aided
in the defense OF John Brown, occurred at
Boston on the 2lst at the age of eighty nine
years.
UNKNOWN persons made an attempt on
the 2lst to burn the Prospect Park House
at Niagara Falls, N. Y.
BY the fall OF scaffolding on the 21st
at Newark, N, j., John Phillips, William
Smith and John Maher were all fatally in
jured.
GEORGE ". MARVIN, Of Manchester, N.
H., died on the 21st, aged seventy. mine
years. He was in the Thirty first and
1hirty-third Congresses.
THREE counterfeiters were arrested at
Altoona, Pa. on the Dist
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27
FROM WARRINGTON.

THE President -ons the 18th nominated
Leon 0. Bailey to be United States At
torney for the District of Indiana, to sac
coed Mr.. Sellers, resigned.
The Secret Service Department during
the past year captured e, III, 52S in coun-
terfeit money. eighty-dve plates, forty
dies, forty-six molds and alarge quantity
OF other counterfeiting paraphernalia.
During the year only two counterfeit
notes made their appearance, both being
silver certificates.
DURING the seven days ended on the 2lst
there were 81 business failures in the
United States against 303 the previous
seven days.
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SackYisle'A SuCce&AOr.

LONDON, Dec. EN- the House of Lords
Friday evening Lord Salisbury, replying
to question designed to elicit definite
statement as to when Minister to Wash
ington would be appointed, said the cor.
respondence on the subject was incom-
piete and statement was therefore i'm.
possible,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-12-27

MISS JULIA RH1NELANDER is the lat
est competitor for the honor of being
the richest American spinster She
possesses millions in New York real
estate