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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-12-26

We hear that bicycllst WAS given ionf months Tor
stealing bicycle. Is justice a failure:
The breath of a chronic catarrh patient is often
ST. offensive that he becomes object of disgust.
After a time liberation sets in the spongy bones
attacked and frequently entirely destroyed.
constant source of discomfort Is the dripping OF
the puruent secretions into the throat, sometimes
producing inyeterate bronchitis, which in its turn
has been the exciting cause of pulmonary III sease
The brilliant results which have attended IT'S use
fnr wears past properly designate Ely's Cream
Balm 10 by far the best and only cure 2w3l
Everythngis Lovely, and -Mr kanoodle-"And nd
ent?" Miss AIert-"Certainly, If you'ii hang your
self on the Christmas tree"
There is no economy in buying cheap resinous
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-12-26

Stanley was so utterly cut off from communi-
cation with the outer world that when some
one mentioned the name ofGeneraI Boulanger
he exclaimed: "Boulanger, who is he, never
heard of him before"
Colonel John c. Boone, grandson Of the pion-
eer,Daniel Boone,is living, friendless and needy
near sulphur Springs, Ark, and movement
for his relief has been started in Missouri. Ar
kansas and Kentucky.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-12-26

Incoming ocean steamers at New York report
tempestuous voyages. The Ems, from Bremen
and two cabin passengers, Mr. Leopold Outside
ana Mr. Is. Walters, were thrown against the
deck fixtures and seriously Injured. Mr.. Outside
had an arm broken, and MIR. Walters leg was
fractured. lifeboat was smashed. The Au-
rania and Normandie also experienced heavy
gales.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
IN CHINA AND JAPAN,

Tho Kumalnoto Earthquake - Japan
Floods-Chinese Riots
SAN Francisco, Aug 19-The steamer
City of Sydney has arrived from Hong
Kong and Yokohama bringing news
papers whose dispatches indicate no
such loss by the recent earthquake
at Kumamoto. Cablegrams from Yoko-
hama of July 80 said that 5000 lives
had been lost and that the town of Kuma-
motto, whose population is 81, 0Oo, had been
destroyed Several late kilograms to Yoko-
hama gave the loss at twenty to thirty
killed. The Japan newspaper, il ii Shin
pc, says, however, that many hills
have been rent, houses demolished,
and people killed and wounded in the city
independent of the surrounding villages
Another shock has been telt and the in
habitants are fearing further disaster.
The people have been seized with super
stition on account OF the hills being broken
open.
The floods having subsidized in various
districts of Japan fairly accurat estimate
Of the damage done is obtained Nine
hundred and thirty houses were destroyed
by being washed away or broken up by
colliding together. Forty one persons are
known to have lost their lives.
The overland China mail learns July 6
that the rioters in the Fahien provinces of
China had fled before the approach
ing troops Before leaving, how
ever, they burned their boats and
lmpedimenta The attack OH the Chin
Chu villages is confirmed. For the loss
of four or five of their coun r. men last
year the rioters revengcd themselves by
Strengthening between 400 and $50 inhab-
itants of the Chin Chu villages, including
women and children.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
THE PEARL HUNTERS.

They Are Lining Their Pockets in Illinois
and Wiscon sin.
GALENA, ILL.,, Aug. 19.-The craze for
pearl hunting has reached this section and
bids fair to be as general US it has bern
In Southern Wisconsin during the past ten
days or more. At the present time investi-
cations are confined to the smaller tribu-
taries OF the Galena river, which abound
In the shells in which gems are
found, and many farmers and their
families, excited by the stories Of sud-
denly acquired wealth, have left their
fields and are industriously searching for
pearls, not few being rewarded by really
valuable discoveries. Galena river which
is very low, is said to be prolific field for
pearl hunters, and a large party are ar
ranging to invade that stream few miles
above the city. News reached here to tho
effect that at Darlington and vicinity the
total value of pearls found will aggregate
$4,000
PRA1R1EDU CHEN. Wis, Aug 19-The pearl
hunting craze has struck here, and the
largest number Of pearls yet reported in
the State have been gathered during the
last day or two. More than LOCO pearls
were sent from here Saturday by two or
three parties.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
THE PRESIDENTS PLANS.

After His Trip to Indianapolis He viii
Settle Down t" Work Oh lis Message tn
the Proposed Extra Session Of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Aug, 19.-The President
accompanied by Private Secretary Halford
left at 3 o'cloXS Saturday afternoon for
Deer Park. Ms. Harrison arrived at the
Baltimore T. Ohio denot Just in time to meet
ta.o PRECEDENT there anu accompany
him. On Tuesday the President will
go to Indianapolis and will remain
there two or three days He
will then return to Deer Park, and it will
be some time before he is seen in Washing
ton again. With the extra session in con-
temptation, possibly as carly as the 2lst Of
October, he has a great deal Of work before
him in the preparation of his first message
He expected before this time to have
had chance to do some of this work,
but at Deer Park and Bar Harbor alike
the public have demanded his time. He
proposes on his return from indianapolis
to accept no invitations of any sort but to
retire to his cottage at Deer Park and work,
He will not return 10 Washington before
the middle OF September and will proba-
bly, make but few appointments until he is
through with the work on his message
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
The Straight Limo tho Shortest Distance
Between Two Points.

A prominent Grand Army man was in
tsrviewed yesterday regarding the alleged
determination Of st. Paul and Minneapolis
posts to patronize a roundabout route to
Milwaukee to the exclusion of the
direct lines. He said: ''History re.
peats itself,l and the old boys
seem to learn nothing by experience.
Those who patronized the inferior lines to
st. Louis and Columbus have been cursinq
since to think how they let self con- tituted
committees on transportat1on'' work
them over said lines, in order that the
committee might ride free, the rank and
file paying the same price for their
tickets that was charged by the first-class
lines. Any indirect line can run q special
train to point without change Of cars, il
there Is sufficient number of passengers
to warrant, without much Inconvenience
to the party, beyond the loss of time; but
1t Is on tho return trip that the hardship
comes in, when one is obliged to return by
regular trains with no close connection,
long midnight lay overs at desolate juno
ttons, and NO through sleeping car service.
Let those cut OF tdeir nose to spite their
face who will, but direct route 10
good enough for me- and I am not going
around Robin Hoods harm to help pay
for some fellows free tickst.''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
A Holocaust in New York.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19-Early this morn.
ing fire broke out in the kitchen Of the
restaurant on the store floor of the big
fve-story tenement at 305 Seventh avenue.
Nine OF the sixty odd occupants of the
house lost their lives and it is a great
wonder that many more did not perish
Two were injured.
The building was occupied by thirteen
families, who have been made temporarily
homeless by the fire. The flames did not
do very much damage in the various
apartments. but burned out their strength
In the Railways. The pecuniary loss will
not amount to more than $4,000. The fire
originated in the rear of John Snider's
restaurant at an hour when all the people
In the house were sleeping soundly. Inst
how the fire started is as yet mystery,
but as the restaurant cook is missing, it
ia fair to presume that an accident &C.
Cured while he was making the fire IN
the big range.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
COULDN'T AGREE,
Northern Illinois Coal Operators and I'll,
Miners Fail to Settle Their Differences

Northern Illinois Coal Opera tors and Their
Miners Fai! to Settle Their Differences.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10-The conference, be-
tween the mine owners and their late en-
lloyes came to an end at 2 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon, when q motion to adjourn
was carried after a formal refusal OF the
miners to accept the offer OF 1215 cents
made by tho operators for longer time
than October |. The operators had reject
ed the mems proposition of seventy five
cents ton after October !, and there was
no hope of All agreement being reached.
A mass-meeting in the interest of the
miners was held at the Madison Street
Theater Sunday night and large crowd
wss present Addresses were made by
Hon. Frank Lawler, John Mclaughlin,
William Seattle and Mr.. Mcbride, president
OF the National Miners Association Mr..
Mcbride read an address prepared by a
committee, synopsis OF which follows:
1t rec. ties the location of the mines which
come into compe;it on in this market and the
bass OF the recognition of wages. 1t then
shows that the operators OF Northern Illinois
voted for the Columbus scale OF prices and
says ti;at in 1881 the Ohio, Indiana and Penn.
sylvania operators advanced the rates to the
miners ten cents IL ton, but no increase came
to the Illinois men. In May OF this year
the miners of Indiana and Ohio accepted j re.
duction of two and one-half cents, while the
operators OF the Northern Illinois mines de-
manded q cut of ten cents. The address, re-
viewing the recent negotiations which so sig
nally failed to accomplish any thing says the
wages offered by the operators is not sufficient
to maintain life, EXPRESS gratitude for the aid
afforded the miners and asks continuance Of IL
until the men are granted proper pay.
Mr.. Mcbride said that the miners were
willing to arbitrate, but the operators
would not consent to that-the miners
would even permit Mr.. Gage alone to de-
eide the issue, confident that with the evil
dence which could be produced before him
he would award the miners Eighty cents in
stead of 72115 cents IN the whole northern
Illinois distric.
Resolutions were adopted declaring it to
be the sense of the meeting, in view of the
statement from the miners committee, that
the miners of the Northern Illinois district
should have the sympathy and material
support of the people to such an extent as
will remove hunger and starvation from
their families until an agreement is reached
between them and their employers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
PEOPLE OF ALL LANDS.

"MosT Russian ladies smoke cigarettes, :"
says Lady Randolph Churchill in her article
entitled IA Month in Russia"
WHEN Chinese girl is married, she must
wait four months before her etiquette al
lows her to pay her first visit to her mother
but after this initiatory call she may 20 to
the home of her parents at any time.
THE Chinese are great nation for filia]
piety and respect for ancestors generally.
The Empress-Regent of China, desiring to
honor Sir Robert Hart, has thought of nc
better way than to ennoble three genera.
tions of his ancestors dead and buried.
The Mantchus, of which race comes the
reigning dynasty of China, do not cripple
the feet of their women, therefore the ladies
of the Imperial family are not and never
have been subject to this degrading and de.
moralizing practice. 1t is the Chinese prop
er, the subject and not the conquering race,
who torture and main their women.
In Spain, where men drink little, fat
man is unknown. In Paris, where the men
content themselves with slipping thimbles.
full of absinthe or small cups of black
coffee, the French are thin to q remarkable
degree. The women, on the other hand,
drink great quantities of champagne, Bur-
gundy, and, latterly, beer, and they are, az
result, prone to stoutnesa
French missionary gives serious &C
count of the state of slavery in Ecuador.
Though it is not legal institution, yet the
law permits an Indian to sell himself as q
slave when he IS unable to pay his debts,
and once slave he is rarely able to free
himself. He may be bequeathed by will.
The majority of the interior Indians have
been reduced to this condition.
A "wH1sTL1NG language'' of the inhab.
itants of Gomero Island is described by
Lieutenant Quedenfeldt, of the German
army, as ordinary speech translated into
artlculate whistling, each syllable having
It's own appropriate tone. 1t is unknown in
the other islands of the Canary group, and,
as it may be heard q mile away, it is sup
posed to have been adopted to enable the
people to talk across the many deep, TN
bridged ravines separating their homes On
this Island,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
LATER.
Poisoned by leo Cream.

ST. PAUL, Aug. 19-Cleveland Grove, No.
"a, U. A. O. D. held family picnic yester-
day at Steifels Park, West St. Paul which
was largely attended. The day being
warm ice cream was eaten in large GUAM
titles. Shortly after returning home diff
ferent persons were taken sick and this
morning it was learned that fully one
hundred had been poisoned by ice cream.
No fatal results have been reported.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

IT is problem in Montana how and
where to procure and stow away for
summer use sufficient water for mining
ind irrigation purposes, and the Ma
tional Government has undertaken to
solve 1t. A corps of engineers have
been sent to survey and examine the
facilities for building reservoirs and
estimate the water supply The rain-
fall this season has been very small
and placer mining has been almost
abandoned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

COLONEL A. E. JONES, of Cincinnati,
who was murdered by his negro
coachman recently, was an uncle Of
Robert j. Burdette, the humorist. He
was brother of Mr.. Burdette's
mother, and when the famous funny
man was named, in the early days OF
long ago, it was Robert Jones-the
middle name in honor of his uncle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
Died IF His Iniuries.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Aug. l9-W c. Perry,
the aeronaut who sustained severe in.
juries by falling from n balloon 100 feet
high at Mount Holly fair, near Charlotte.
ten days ago, died Sunday night from in.
ternal injuries. Perry leaves wife anG
two children, who came here from Birming.
ham. Ala a few days ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
ROBBED THE FAST MAIL,

Unknown Thieves Steal Mall Pouch Near
Tore Hauto, Ind., and Secure Its Con.
fonts. Valued ut $4,000.
Is ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 19.-When the fast-mail
train from New York arrived about . O. clock
Sunday morning over tho Vandalja road
the head mail clerk, Charles Deshields. mott
fed Thomas Culkin, superintendent Of
mails at the post office, of robbery of hia
car at Terre Hauts, Ind. The first in.
timation he had of the robbery was when
the train reached Etfingham, sixty miles
this side of Terre Hauta Ho there re.
ceived q telegam from the station agent nj
Terre Haute, asking him If he not lost
q mail-pouch. He made an examination
and found his Albany pouch missing, and
wheE the train reached Vandalia ILL.,, he
10 telegraphed the agent ut Terre Haute.
The postal authorities here are extremely
reticent about the affair and very little def
mite Information has been obtained from
Terre Haute 1t is known positively, how
ever, that during tho five minutes,
stop OF the train at Terre Haute
Saturday night through registered
mail-pouch, on route from Albany
to st. Louis, was taken from it's hook in ono
end of the car, and that the man who took
it either left the car with it or threw it out
Terre Haute the bag was found in the depot
yards short distance from where the train
had been standing.
The pouch had been cut open and ritied,
all the registered letters having been So
cured by tho thieves. The pouch con-
tained principally checks and money for
cattle dealers of this city, but the amount
is known only in Albany. 1t is known,
however that the amount will reach $40
600 and possibly much larger figure The
Government detectives are hard at work
on the case.
Postmaster Hyde said that the packages
possibly might contain large sums OF money.
Many of them probably had remittances
covering several carloads of cattle and this
would swell the tota; amount up to consid-
cradle figure Checks were doubtless sent
on some, and in these cases no loss would
be sustained aside from the Inconvenience
and delay.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

EXPLORERS in Mexico are said to
have discovered in the forests relics of
a former great city, in the shape of
ruined houses. monuments and so
forth. Their alleged discoveries also
include sRendidly paved roads, vast
columns, carvings, ETC.. all of which,
together with other signs, it is said,
indicate that a nation of thirty millions
once existed there,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
Dial In Raeiz

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug 19-Private dis
patches from Paris announce the death of
sylvania Company. He was prominent
railroader and phtlanthropist, whose wealth
was computed ct s2o,oo0,oOo He was u
years Of age.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

DENVER, COL, Aug. 19.-At the meeting
this city Sunday some fine records were
made H. NJ johnson lowered his 100.
yards running record of 8 40 seconds ir
1885 to 924 He won the 50-yard race in
seconds and James Collins won the 12O.
Y0rd race in IL seconds
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
Hurricane In Suafn.

MADRID, Aug. ia terrific hurricane
swept over the southern part of Spain Sat
urday causing immense damage to prop.
erty. A number of houses and churches il
Granada were wrecked and part Of tn,
dome of the famous church of San Felipe
was blown down. The Alhambra was ais.
damaged.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
Eightecn Hurt.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. l9.--At 7:3O o'clock
Sunday morning an incoming passenger
train on the b. l. NJ. railway was derailed
two miles from the city. A broken brake
beam threw switch open, and two cars
were hurled down high cmbankmsnt.
Eighteen persons were injured more or
less seriously, but all may recover.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

Forty Eight Hurt In the Frecport Wreck
FREEpoRr Pa. Aug. la-The list of in.
iured in Friday nights accident on the
West Pennsylvania road has increased tt
forty-eight Conductor Gray will probabl,
die. Mrs. L. A Jones, General Rowley ane
ex-Mayor Lyon are still in critical cond
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
A Mans Neck RrOlen nv a l&;oxr

W1LKEsBARRE, Pa, Aug 19.-During a
quarrel in a saloon ut Pittston Saturday
night Edward Tates struck Thomas Smell
in the neck, telling him to the floor Smell
died a moment later, his neck having been
broken. He was a weil-known resident of
Pittston. Tates is under arrest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

Mr.. LUKE CRAWFORD, of Thomas
ton. Ca, may we'll claim the belt as
the champion horse-trader. He had
one day three horses, all together not
worth $500, and during the day traded
iifty-five times and quit with one
horse, it being one of the same he
started with. He also had as result
of the days work $3.50 in money, a
bull and buggy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

AN Oregon Judge has refused to
grant naturalization papers to a pro-
fessional pugilist on the excellent
ground that it is contrary to public
policy to confer citizenship on people
whose avowed occupation was to
violate the law.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

NED is the only survivor Of the
four famous Bradford brothers of At
lantic City, N. j. These men formed
what was known as the Bradford Life
Guards. and to their efforts hundreds
OF bathers at Atlantic City owe their
lives. Michael, the oldest brother,
was the most heroic OF the four. He
died at Philadelphia in 1877. He and
the others who have passed away died
rematurely from exposure and hard
ships in their noble calling.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

The grandmother of the Emperor of
China is eigh:y-nine years old, blind.
deaf and cripple, and the other day
her loving grandson presented her
with five hundred singing birds, two
hundred silk dresses and one hundred
musical instruments.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

The generally accepted theory that
warm sunni er follows a cold winter,
and vice-versa, has been carefully ex-
amined by Science with the aid of
temperature records made in the same
place. under the same conditions,
twice day for forty years. Science"
can not find any rule on the subject,
and has come to the conclusion that
no estimate can be formed ip regard
to the character of coming season
merely by knowing the character CT
the past season of any greater
value than could be gained by mere
guessing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

''SHOOr any one who bothers you,"
said Georgia man to his wife on pre-
sentfng her with q shotgun. She fol-
lowed his advice, and now he has
bad wound in the neck.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
Growth of tho Grand Armv.

KANSAS CRY, NO., Aug. 19-Commander-
in-Chief Warner, of the G. A. H., has CON-
pleted his report for the past year, which
will be submitted to the Milwaukee en-
campment The report shows total
membership of 4l3,22S an increase of So
OH members during the year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

CALIFORNIA fruit-growers who used
TO throw away their peach pits, are
now getting six dollars a ton for them.
They are worth this for fuel. They
make hot aud aromatic fire.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

FRANCE has some of the Oldest trades
unions in the world. The Paris car
penters' union, for instance, is said to
have been in existence six hundred
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
West Points Superintendent.

WASHINGTON, Aug: 19-Colonel John N,
Wilson, OF the Engineer Corps, late Super
intendent of Public Buildings and Grounds
IN tho District of Columbia, has been an
pointe superintendent of the United States
Military Academy at West Point to succeed
General John g. Parke, who was recently
retired
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
Heavy Loss by Fire in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Aug: .10-Fire yesterday
afternoon completely destroyed the so, COX
stock OF wholesale drugs. paints and drug.
gists' supplies of Hecht 4 Zummuch, 2S
Third street, and the wholesale paper stocl
OF the Minnesota Paper Company adjoin'
ing. Total loss on stock, $4,000; Oh build.
ing. $50 COO; insurance. $3OOOO.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
What Miss l0sey Lost.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Aug. 19.-Miss Fannie
Losey, of In Crosse, Wis, passenger o,
the steamer Vera, was robbed of jewelry
worth $500 and purse containing So
while she was bidding farewell to som,
friends Her state-room was entered ami
her trunk broken open.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22

TIN and glass have found rival in
paper as a material for making kero-
sene oil cans The latter, it is claimed,
will not rust and leak like tin or crack
like glass.