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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
MARCHING TO MILWAUkeE.
Thousands of Veterans Going to the En-
campment-D efying Their Command

Thousands of Veterans Going to the En-
campment- Defying Their Command
ers.
MILWAUKEE, Aug 5.-Every body feels
greatly encouraged over the encampment
outlook P. A. Gatchell, assistant adj
jutant general of the departments; Colonel
s. H. Morrison, of Nebraska City, and
Colonel Brad p. Cook, of Lincoln, repre-
senting Nebraska, arrived here Saturday,
selected headquarters and chose site for
camp of !, 900 veterans from their State.
Colonel Cook said the order of the COM
mander-in- chief would not keep fifty men
away. Reports from various Wisconsin
points show that the State veterans are
coming on ,nasse, and from letters received
from outside asking for accommodations
it looks as though there would be even
larger crowd than at first expected. The
people are jubilant, and are pushing tho
work OF getting ready.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. - The Executive
Committee of the National Encampment,
G. A. r., to be held at Milwaukee next
month, have asked the Secretary of the
Navy to order the Michigan, the Govern
ment war vessel OF the lakes, to take part
in tho military and naval display that will
mark the occasion. Secretary Tracy will
probably grant the request
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
VIOLENT WIND-STORMS.
Extensive Damage in Various Indiana
Towns, and Rumored Loss of Life.

Extensive Damage in Various Indiana
Towns, and Rumored Loss Of Life.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. ga violent
wind and rain-storm from q southwestexly
direction passed over Newburg, Ind. about
IL o'clock sunday morning, doing great
damage to property in that place. The
Newburg furniture factory was completely
demolished The dwelling house of Mr..
J. Folz was unroofed and turned completely
around. The large dry-goods house of c.
F: Hopkins was also unroofed and flooded
with water A number of smaller dwell-
lighthouses were also unroofed aud other
wise damaged. A report was received that
two dwellings on the road between New.
burg and Bonneville were totally demol-
tshed, and several persons were killed.
The losses can not now be estimated.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
THE SUN HIDDEN.

The Orb Of Day Unable to Pierce tho
license smoke Arising from Forest Fires.
HELENA, M T., Aug. 1.-The forest fires
show no signs Of abatement. A great black
cloud hangs over the country west, north
and south of this city. The sun has not
been seen for six days. 1t is believed tim
Der to the amount of $500 600 has been de-
stroyed. The buildings and sidewalks Of
MissOula are covered with ashes. The fire
now aging in Boulder canyon has been very
destructive to property. In the neighbor-
hood of Phillipsburg the damage has been
immense. The town of Granite is in immi-
nent danger of being consumed. Tho
mountains about the city are all on fire.
The heat and smoke is almost sitting.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

For the fiscal year ended May l,
1889, there were sold in Illinois 2, Co.,.
658 barrels OF malt liquors. New York
sold 8. 139, 282. Pennsylvania 1864, 924
and Ohio 2,113,722 In Iowa the sales
were but $4,000. The grand total
was "a. 1000. 600 barrels, nearly third
OF barrel for each inhabitant of the
United States. In sales by cities Chi
cago was outdone only by New York
and St. Louis. the figures being i. 1885,
759, 1,496,527 and 1890. $50. The in
crease in Chicago over the previous
year was 124, 081 barrels, much larger
than in any other place.
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By FIRE AND FLOOD.

Much Suffering in the City Of Fou Chow,
China. Through q Recent Confiaeratlon
"A Freshot in Japan sweeps Away
Hundreds of Dwellings nnd browns
Many People.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 5.-Advices from
China says there is much suffering in Fou
Chow, caused by late fire which destroyed
three-tifths OF the CITY, It is difficult
for many poor people to find means
to sustain life. Fortunately, how
ever, rice is exceedingly cheap this
year. Heavy rains fell in certain districts
OF Japan last month At Amagi and neigh
borhood on the 10th ult. 565 houses were
either washed away or knocked down and
twenty people drowned At Hita 200
houses were washed away and nine people
drowned
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

WE arc not yet through with CEN
tennlals in this country. One hundred
years ago, in August, the first petro-
leum well was sunk in Pennsylvania,
and it is proposed to celebrate the oc-
ourrencc by d rousing demonstration
in the oil regions of the State, New
York and Ohio. There is poetic and
ethical symmetry in the fact that about
the same time when America started
out to illustrate liberty enljghtening
the world it also furnished the globe
with the greatest illumination it ever
possessed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

STATISTICS show that in the State of
Maine women are engaged in over fifty
different employments, ranging from
cotton and other manufactures to the
professions. BY far the greatest num-
Der are employed in manufacturing,
there being about seven thousand
thss employed. The average weekly
salary 10 eight dollars, and one maker
of portraits in crayon gets sixteen
dollars. One woman is proprietor of q
newspaper; another owns an extensive
orchard; there are q dozen regularly
Endorsed physicians in practice, and
several ministers, all T1niversalists
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

In the cancer hospital In New York
there were treated between December
z, 1887, and December 81, 1888, which
comprises the first year of its history,
278 patients, of which 148 were treat
cd free. while 1870 paid in full or in
part The average number of pa
tients daily in the hospital was 25,
and the average duration of treat
ment was So days. OF the 28O pa
tients admitted 81 were still under
treatment at the time of the report,
40 died. 36 were unimproved, 68 i'm
proved, and 81 were then pronounced
cured.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

SECRETARY RISK receives some
queer requests, but his latest has set
him thinking: A Wyoming Territory
farmer writes that he is thankful for
the packages of seeds which were for
warded to him, and then quantity adds
that 1t is pretty hard work to build up
new country without wives. He
says the prevailing sentiment of the
Territory Is in favor of women who
would like to marry honest settlers,
and concludes with the remark that
good homes await the lonesome
spinsters of the East, and equal politi-
cal privileges with the men.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

OWING to declining health Queen
Victoria is making arrangements by
which the Prince OF Wales will relieve
her of much labor on state documents.
The Prince, in case he assumes these
new responsibilities, wishes, it is said,
to take the title of Prince Regent and
to have the use of Buckingham Palace
and Windsor Castle, the Queen retir-
ing to the palaces at Osborne and Bal
moral. In the event of this arrange
ment being carried out Prince Albert
Victor will obtain the Marlborough
house.
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cLoUD-BURsT IN MISSISSIPPI.

Crops Washed from the Ground and One
3. Person Drowned.
+ CoFFEEv11IE, Miss, Aug. 5.-A gentleman
who has just returned from the neighbour
hood of Sparta Church, seventeen mileu
west OF Grenada, says that cloud burst in
that locality, completely destroying the
crops for miles around, both cotton and
corn being torn from the ground and
washed away. A Mr.. Inman, who was in
camp with his family near little rivulet,
awoke in the night to find himself sur
rounded by water He succeeded in saving
two Of his children, but the third, girl Of
9 years was drowned
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

TwENTY-FOUR lives are said to have
been lost by the recent flood in West
Virginia, which swept away the most
of the village of Norristown and sew
eral adjacent farm-housea Such ca
lamities are 50 sadly current this year
that they fail to occasion surprise any
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
A National Grocers, Association.

N @~~OH0hASA UHOC011 ]AbsoC1SCUns
NEW YORK, Aug. 5-The National Grocera'
Association has just been organized The
objects of the association are to remedy
the evils of increased facilities of produo.
ton and distribution which have resulted
in the extreme development of the law OF
competition It is claimed that all this
abuses trade; that goods are sold below
cost, with tendency to lower the quality
of food and encourage reckless and I'm.
scrupulous methods in trade
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

The most valuable book in the
world is said to be the Hebrew Bible
at the vatican in Rome. In 1912 Pope
Julius. then in great financial straits,
refused to sell it to syndicate of rich
Venetian Jews for its weight in gold.
The Bible weighs more than 325
pounds and is never carried by less
than three men. The price refused by
Pope Julian was therefore about 1926
600, and that, too, when gold was
worth at least thrice what it is now
worth
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WEST AND SOUTH.

A VIOLENT storm passed over New Madrid
NO., and vicinity ON the 3Oth ult, doing
great damage to the cotton and corn crops.
Warehouses at Tiptonville and Lucille
Landing were also blown down.
Ar Duck Hill, Miss, and vicinity a rain
fall on the 30th ult. caused all the large
streams to overflow their banks, and thou
sands OF acres OF cotton and corn were sub
merged and fences and bridges washed
away.
COUNTERFEIT silver dollars in circulation
at Kansas City were on the Goth ult. traced
to the notorious Jack Bellies gang. Belle
had disappeared
On the 3oth ult Robert Craig, prominent
citizen OF Charlottesville, Ind, committed
suicide by hanging.
the 9Oth ult. near Findlay, o., at the age
of one hundred and one years and two
months. His descendants number more
than two hundred
EARLY on the morning of the 10th ult at
Hermauville, Miss, Edward Griffin shot
and instantly killed his father, J. W. Griffin
whom he mistook for a burglar - .. :
SIR THORNTON, the great pacing stallion,
valued at $15, 200, died in his stall at the
Joliet Cll.) raoe-track on the 3lst u1t "
THREE Omaha tNeb.) breweries owned
by Metz, King Il Co., were sold on the 3lst
ult to an English syndicate. The price
paid for the three was stated to be Il 800
co.,
NEAR Anderson, Ind, stick of dynamite
was fed into threshing machine on the
31st ult. and the machine was blown to
pieces and three men and four horses were
killed
On the morning of the 31st ult one of tho
heaviest earthquake shocks it had known
in many years visited San Francisco. but did
no damage.
FIRE Oh the Slst ult destroyed the furnace
and casting buildings at Kokomo, Ind i,
covering three acres of land. belonging to
the Diamond plate glass works.
On the 31st ult boat containing three
young ladles-Miss Lizzie Farrell, Miss
Annie McCabe and Miss Alice MCCLELLAN
was swept over the falls in the Menominee
river at Norway, Mich, and all were
drowned.
In the vicinity of Peru. Ind, many
horses were on the 31st ult afflicted will,
glandera -..
AT Louisville, Ky, Charles Illger and
henry Smart were hanged on the 3lst ult.
Tor murder. The former killed Officers
Jones and Eosenberger III August, 1883, and
the latter took the life of his mistress. Belle
Ward, July 5, 1855.
On the Cincinnati, Hamilton Il Dayton
road passenger train collided with q
freight train on tho 31st ult near Oxford,
o., and five persons were killed and over
twenty injured, some fatally.
The Maryland Prohibition party in State
convention at Glyndon on the 1stnominated
DR.. D. E Stone, Of Frederick County, for
Comptroller.
TIMER to the amount Of $4,000 had
been destroyed by forest fires in Montaps
on the LIST In Idaho timber valued at
81 ,OW, 600 had been burned
FLAMES destroyed eleven business houses
] ct Psruvtlle, Mich On the 1stt
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
THE COKE STRIKE EXTENSIVE.

Ftfty.Six Out Of Sevsnty-Three Works
Closed and Nearly 10000 Ovens Idle.
scoTTDALE, Pa, Aug. 5-There are now
fifty six out Of seventy three coke works in
the region engaged In the strike, with, q
total Of 9,G02 ovens idle Master Workman
Kerfoot, of subdivision No. 4, Knights of
Labor, said Saturday morning that the
unanimous action of the men in the present
strike was far beyond his expectations
From the latest reports received here it is
evident that nearly all the works now run
ming will be out to-day. The leaders of the
strike held meeting here Saturday and
mapped out the work for tho committee
during the week. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

The manufacture of postage stamps,
which for twenty-eight years has been
carried on at New York, is to be trans
ferred to Philadelphia, Charles F.
Steel, of that city, having put in the
lowest bid. The business is a large
one. Two hundred hands will be en-
ployed and the annual output will be
about 140, 600, 900 sheets.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
OUR FoREFATHERS.

4 Beautiful Monument Dedicated to 10
Memory Of the Pilgrims 1t Plymouth,
Mass.-A Big Psrado-An Grafton by
Congressman Brockinrldge. OF Koatucky
and = Poem by John Boyle O'R6illy.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, Aug 2 The grand Na-
donal monument in honor of tho Pilgrims
has been dedicated. The sons and daugh-
tors of Plymouth were out In great num-
bers, also visitors from far aud near The
weather of the early morning was unpropi-
dous. 1t was necessary to view the parade
from beneath umbrellas The celebration
began at sunrise with salute by Battery A
and the ringing OF bells The morning
trains brought vast numbers of strangers,
and q great throng surrounded the nav
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
NAa r1v Tan T1,nueo-ra G,

Nearly Ten Thousand Saloons in Ohio.
COLUMBUS. O., Aug. 2-The Dow liquor
tax reports for the first half of 1889, which
have been received by the Auditor of State,
show 9, COZ saloons in the State, an increase
of lis. The receipts to the revenue fund
are 1882 600, an increase of &c. 600
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

MRS. CYRUS w. FIELD is said to
guard as the chief among her treas
ures small silver box presented to
her husband by the municipality of
New York, and containing the free
dom of the city. This was given to
Mr.. Field after the successful laying
of the Atlantic cable, and was tho last
time that the honor was bestowed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

j. H. PUTNAM, of Toga, Pa, has
been at work ever since the flood in
the Conemaugh valley drying out
about one thousand two hundred legal
papers. He hung them up to dry on
lines, just as a washerwoman would.
The writing is as good as ever on
most OF them, and in some very old
and almost faded manuscripts the ink
has been brought out again by the
water
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
Work IF the Lfvhtnin1.

ST. ALBANs, Vt, Aug. 2.-Lightnjng
struck H. L Sowles' barn at Alburgh
Wednesday, shattering part Of the build
Ing, killing two horses. injur1ng other ami
mails, and more or less prostrating num-
Der of persons in the vicinity. The pc
culiar feature Of the occurrence is that there
was no storm within two miles of the spot
where the lightning struck
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

NINE. ErELKA GERsrER still cherish
es the hope. in which she is encour-
aged by experts, that she will recover
the full use of her voice, and she
works and practices as methodically
as in the starring days when she used
to star in the United States. Her
famous baby has grown into chubby
little girl, who has already shown
signs of possessing a voice worth
training. The whole family are liv-
ing quiet, happy life in villa near
BOLOGNA
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08

AT meeting in Chicago recently of
the executive committee of the knights
of Labor charter was issued to the
first assembly of the order ever Or
gained in Australia. The new dis
trict is composed of FIVE local as
semblies, with total membership of
over five hundred, all of whom have
joined the order within tho past year.
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A Big Recent.

WARRINGTON, Aug. 2-Treasurer Hus-
ton gave receipt yesterday to ex-Treas-
urer Hyatt for $Tl, 5O0, GOO, representing
the amount Of money and securities In the
United States Treasury turned over by the
latter to the former. OF the above sum
$@S7, 9OS, 402 is actual cash. tho remainder
including United States bonds and the
reserve fund
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Spr.ckels,s sur.r Ref,n.r,

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5-The immense
sugar refinery Of Claus Spreckels is nearing
completion. As soon as it is finished tho
entire building win be duplicated and given
double plant capacity of 4, O0O, 900 pounds
of sugar daily and with an increase OF cap
ttal invested to 5000, 000. Tho present
plant without the machinery will cost @l,-
500 600,
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THE MONUMENT,

The MONUMENT.
monument at 9:3), when tho dedi-
catory exercises were carried out by
tho Masonic Grand Lodge according to the
ritual of their order. These exercises were
very interesting. The band rendered q
choral by J. K Paine, following which tho
song of praise, written by R. W. Thomas Pow
or, was sung by the Temple quartet Follow
ing song came the address of the president
OF the Pilgrim Society-ex-Governor Long;
the response of the Grand Master, Henry
Endicott; proclamation by the Grand
Marshal, George H. Rhodes; reading of
Scripture selections by Grand Chaplain
Rev. Charles A. Skinner; prayer by
the Grand Chaplain; report on tho
examination of the monument and lfba-
tons of corn and wine by the Junior and
Senior Grand Wardens, respectively. Tho
libation of Oil, by Deputy Grand Master
Samuel Wells, was followed by the invo-
cation by the Grand Chaplain, Grand
Master Endicott then delivered an ad-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
IT is said that the elephant is being
killed of SO fast that twelve more
years will see the last one wiped out

CAPTAIN FRANK NJ. DUFFY, the COM
poser of the Knocking Bird" is living
at Guthrie, Ky. where he is a we'll
known newspaper man.
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Successful Administration Of DR.. Brown.
Sequard's Elixir Of Life.

Sequards Elixir Of Life.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 5.-The Brown
Sequard elixir OF life was tried here Sat
urday on Noah Clark q decrepit old man,
sSif with rheumatism, and for many years
barely able to walk. The extract from
parts of lamb killed within
two hours of the operation was nd
ministered in thu manner de-
scr1bed by Dr. Hammond in his ex-
pcuments. Four hours after the operation
Mr.. Clark walked over mile in twenty
five minutes He declared that he felt bet
ter and more vigorous than he had at any
time before in twenty-five years. He even
read newspaper without glasses, which
he had not done before in thirty years
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
BASE

Standing of the Professional Clubs In tile
Race for tho Various Pennants.
The following tables show the number Of
games lost and won this season by the clubs
belonging to the leading baseball organi-
cations:
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INC. u,,,, q. p. ~

There VIII BE No school-Book Trust.
NEW YORK, Aug. 6-The statement re-
Gently published that there was to be some
thing like trust formed among the pub
lishers Of school books has called forth .
denial Of the alleged facts by many prom
inent firms
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Afraid to Build ut .Johnstown.

A1E11u 10 nuI1u 8C JOnnBtOWn.
= JoHNsTowN, Pa, Aug 5.-Parttes hero are
undecided whether to build substantial
buildings this tall and wait for the Govern
ment to clear the stream, or wait until
spring. The fall rains will soon overflow
the Conemaugh, and the State authorities
seem inadequate for the task Of removing
the debris. No good buildings have as yet
been erected
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Undoubtedly succe..ful.

STANDING Rock, Aug: 5-To-day was {.
most important one for the Indian COM
mission. Chief Gall who has all along
been steadfast opponent Of the treaty
came forward and without words placed
his signature to the paper and all day
long his followers have been signing.
Some OF Sitting Bulls Indians also signed.
Already over 600 Indians at the agency
nave accepted the treaty, and rs only 40
were required at this agency to insure the
opening OF the reservation, the success Of
the commission ID assured. =
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Drowned While Bathing.

PEMBROKE, Masa Aug: Sired Allen and
Marcus Howe were drowned here Sunday.
They, with others, were ont sailing when q
gust of wind overturned their boat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-08
A Minnesot. Meat Law Decision

sTIILwATER, Mimi, July 30-The first
case brought under the law passed last
winter for the inspection of cattle on the
hoof was decided here to-day William
Fee was arraigned by the state charged
with violating tho meat inspection law, in
bringing dressed meat from Wisconsin
and selling it here. 1he trial was before
Judge Manwaring, Of the municipal court
who discharged the defendant The Judge
did not give his reasons and did not print
. written opinion, although he >undoubt-
lly decided on constitutional grounds that
1t was violation of section 8, article /, of
the constitution of the United States, in
which congress holds the power to regu-
Ilate commerce among the states, also sec
ton of article 6, bearing on the same
Interstate commerce. :.
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THE CHICAGO, KANSAS e. NEBRASKA R'Y
GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTD
Where Are You Going?

When do You startf Where 'FRONT.' How many
In your par ri What amonut OF freight OF
baggage lave root What route do you preferr
Upon receipt Of an answer TO tho above ques-
lions you will be furnished. free Of expense, with
:; $:s:: IS 8: $;
cali in rerson where necessary. Parties not
ready 70 hnswer above questions should cut out
end preserve this notice for future reference. It
may become useful. Address @ II. WARREN.
DaDd leR AsW mo- Of HorthNseS