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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-03-14

shundredth birthday on the 7th 1t Baltimore
She was In good health
AT Louisville, KY, hre on the eth de-
stroyed three business buildings, cau,dng .
loss Of @435, COO 5..s8
AT Ida MINI, Annie Roche committed
suicide by hanging on the Sth. She was In
love with Lee, recently hanged for murder.
On the Sth Samuel Gaskins (colored, was
hanged at Camden, 8. c., for the murder of
Betsey Clark, colored girl
TEE firm of l. O. Desfarges b Co., Of New
Orleans, who lost q number of coal barges
in the storm of August last assigned on
the Sth, with liabilities OF 4144, 900.
GOVERNMENT officials on the 6th arrested
in Conway County, Ark, Martin Thorp and
William Garner, leaders Of the most ex-
tensive gang Of counterfetters in the South
west. An immense sum of bogus money,
comprising p, 80 and $2O imitation god
pieces, was also secured
FIRE destroyed the business portion of
Slater, Mo-, on the Sth.~ - .es-s - ~,-> ,-,.sa
FLAMES swept away the best part of the
village of Wabash, Neb., on the Sth
FARMERS near Still Pond, Nd were on
the 8th losing a great many cattle b.
cerebro spinal meningitis, which was prev.
alent there
AdE SoaOleS Oh bI16 ElOCoOCc STOCK farm
near Three Rivers, Mich, were burned on
the Sth, together with nine finely-bred
horses. $780, ..s-r.--"' .r-.-~' -.ss~2
In fit of jealousy on the Sth William
Gessler, of Fostoria, o., glass worker, shot
and killed his wife and then took his own
life.
The ten-year-old son of Judge Snead, OF
Augusta, Ga, on the 10th killed two colored
boys with revolver supposed to be un-
loaded.
FIRE on the 10th did damage to tho
amount of $100,000 in High street business
property at Columbus, o. -.
WILLIAM E. Bell, cook in J. G. Christen-
sens restaurant at Kansas City, fatally shot
the proprietor on the 9th and then killed
himself.
EXCITEMENT over the gold fields of Lower
California had somewhat subsidized on the
9th, and reports were freely circulated that
land companies started the boom.
The Legislature of Arkansas passed bill
on the 9th prohibiting non-residents from
hunting in that State
The Burlington road on the 9th estab-
ished voluntary relief fund for it's thirty
eight thousand employees
On the 9th Thomas Love, of Fredericks-
burg, Va, accidentally shot and instantly
killed his young wife while fixing his re-
volver.
WHILE playing with rifle Boone Stores,
a son Of Rev. c. s. Stores, of Little Rock,
Ark, accidentally shot and killed his young
brother on the 9th.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-03-14

rs THE only fomalc alderman in tho
WORLD Is said TO he Miss Cons, a men,
Dor OF Tho London board. She is de-
scribcd as a rs.nackab'e woman, very
pAiiHr:bropic ard Intelligent.
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A Fund for Pigott's Children.

LONDON, March 6.-Mr. Labouchere has
written letter suggesting that a fund be
started for the benefit of Pigott's poverty
stricken children, and accompanies the
suggestion with a personal subscription of
go. Several other gentlemen have signi-
fed their willingness to contribute to the
object, and it is likely that considerable
sum will be raised
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-03-14

HE pilgrim idea, started by the five
hundred Catholics who sailed for the
Holy Land recently, seems to be per-
meatlng tho general mind. A COM
pany OF three hundred have chartered
steamer and will excurse thither
under the auspices of the Worlds
Sunday school convention, to be held
in London in June The Baptists and
Methodists are also arranging for an
other five hundred batch to visit the
sacred localities. The American pill
grim will be q pretty numerous insti-
tuition in the Oriental world next sum-
mAr.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-03-14

The largest fish story lately con-
c":vct: is that of q London establish
n.-nt where a whale is kept in man,
.oo:h tank. an expert mixer being
employed to milk the whale and deal
the whaloid" out to customers as
cure for conservatives.
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THE taxpayers of Europe may we'll
wonder whether Kings and Emperors
aro worth having at the price. Ameri-
cans with little army of 10000 men
can hardly realize that there are 49,
600, 600 trained soldiers under arms
Or 90 the reserve corps in Europe.
Hero are the figures: Russia, 1900, 600;
Germany. 100000; France, $500, 600;
Austria, LOO. 600; Italy, $500, 600;
England, 1900, 900; other nations not
mentioned, 100000. It costs some
thing to indulge in dynastic pride
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The March session of tho Georgia
Chautauqua will be held this year at
Albany, Ga An attractive and inter-
esting programme has been arranged;
many of the most distinguished divines
and orators of the country will deliver
addresses Reduced rates on all rail-
roads can be obtained.
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A CONNECTICUT man has invented q
mute for the piano, which prevents
the sound Of that not over-bashful in
strument from being heard more than
three feet away. Now we trust the
world will be ready to forgive that
little wooden nutmeg episode.
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Standard Oil Schemes.

JAMESTOWN, N. Y, March GA special to
the News from Pittsburgh says the Standard
Oil Company has gone to producing OIL and
that the large purchases at Lima and Find
lay, O., are being followed by great deals in
Western Pennsylvania, the intention being
to monopolize production as it now does
buying and refining. Millions of dollars are
being invested
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The sugar crop Of Cuba for this year war
on the 9th estimated at five hundred thou.
sand tons, large increase over last year.
KING MILAN abdicated the throne OF
Servia en- the 9th in favor OF the Crown
Prince Alexander, who was proclaimed
King. The new ruler is only thirteen years
old
On the 9TH an Austrian ship laden with
petroleum became ignited and exploded in
the harbor of the French island of Bone.
-Four of the crew were saved and nine per-
ished
A TELEGRAM was sent to the European
governments on the 7th by General Legit-
ime announcing that the rebellion in Hayti
had been crushed and demanding recogni-
ton of his government
A SHORT session of the Parnel commits.
sion was held in London on the 9TH. An
ex-Fenlan named Coleman testified that he
had received 81, GOO from the English Gov
eminent for acting as a spy in America
UPWARD of 81, 0OO, eco had been subscribed
on the eth by American boodlers to defeat
the anti-boodle bill in the Canadian Parlia
ment, which would keep out American
fugitives
SAMOA advices of the 7th say that the Ger.
man corvet Olga had bombarded Mataafa's
camp. The captain of the man-of-w war pro.
tested, but seeing his protest disregarded he
opened fire on the Olga, when the olga di-
rected torpedo at the American ship, blow.
ing her up with all hands.
The damage done by recent snow-storm
IN Switzerland was enormous. Thousands
of splendid frs were destroyed and several
old inns and bridges were ruined.
On the 9Th the SEVENTEEN anniversary OF
the entry If COMMIT v01 Mo1flo jo+o +1~
army was celebrated at Berlin AL the
royal families of the empire sent messages
of congratulations and presents to the
Count
In the district of Winterberg, Bohemia
famine prevailed on the 9th to distressing
degree. Twenty-four villages in the dis
trict were almost entirely without food.
HAITI advices of the 9th say that in &
recent battle the forces of Legitime capt
ured Grand Saline, massacred all the peo.
pie and looted the town.
IMMIGRATION into Canada last yeal
reached 49, 1863
STATISTICS published on the 9Th showed
that SOC, 600 emigrants had left Germany
since 1871, Of whom 100000 came t.
America.
The death of Mr.. Meier, the founder an6
manager of the North German Lloyc
Steamship line, occurred in London on the
9th.
A TRAIN on the Transcaspian railway was
thrown from the track on the 10th in tun.
mel near St. Petersburg, Russia, aud fifty
persons were killed and injured
DISPATCHES of the 9th say that party Of
FIVE French travellers 1.-TWO wonderland thre.
men-had been murdered in the Yellow.
stone National Park by Indians.
On the 9th it was said that Montreal
CAM man had patented a process for max.
ing ice by which he claimed years supply
could be manufactured at cost OF sew
enty-fve cents.
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q. a, Not ..sh.lsn B.sDr. r.n..,,

Ysa Are Not ssshslGen Before Takon''
With malarial disease, but with prodigious
violence afterwards, il you neglect imme-
date measures of relief The surest pre-
ventive and remedial form of medication is
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the potency Of
which as an antidote to miasmatic poison has
been demonstrated for over thirty years
past. The liver when -disordered and con-
eested, the bowels if constipated, and the
kidneys If inactive are promptly aided by it,
and 1t Is invaluable for dyspepsia, nervous
debility and rheumatism.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-03-14

~ TAE Pennsylvania railroad is ar
raining to connect New York and
Ph;'adelph:s q. tho rate of mile a
mi"utc Distance. lightweight miles;
present timc. two hours.
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The United States pays 5000, 900 a

HE United States pays 5000, 900 a
gear for its weather service, Great
Britain $4,000, Germany $50, 600, Rus
STA $65, 600. Austria $40. 900, Switzer-
land $1,000, France 100000. And,
though no European nation attempts
to do as much as we do or takes gen.
eral observations more than once a
day. the percentage of verification of
predictions is rising, which is said
not to be the case in this country.
Our weather service, with it's great
cost and thorough organization,
ought to be the best in the
world.
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Shocks of Earthquake Felt in Pcnnsyl-
vania, Maryland and Delaware-Feopl
Are Badly Scared, But No Damage Re.
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Radlv Hurt,

New YORK, March Ga forty foot stee
shaft in the Travers Irvine factory, 522 Wes
Fifty second street, fell Tuesday, wrcckin
Sc ,eral spinning machines beneath it an
seriously injuring four employees.
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1elphia. II e as
general secretary of
lhe Young Mems
Christian A ssOcia-
lion, and in 1861 went
INTO the clothing bust
aess. His business
prospered, until now
ae has the largest
store in America, in
which the system of
proft-sharing is in
successful operation.
Mr.. Wanamaker was
= member of the Gen.
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Horrible Death of q Miner.

P1ATrsBuReH, N. y, March 6. - William
Crime, a miner, while working at the mouth
OF an open mine at Lion mountain Monday,
slipped and fell to the bottom of the shaft
500 feet below. He was instantly killed,
his body being terribly mangled
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A Theater. Burned.

ALTOONA, Pa, March 6.-Slack's Mountain
City Theater was burned to the groulAl
The fire is supposed to have been of in.
oendiary origin. The structure was valued
at 80, COO; insurance, $2l 800 The building
ia q total wreck
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A TriDlo Lvnchinp.

DENVER, COL, March 6.-News comes from
Springfield, in the neutral strip, that three
of a band of "Rustlers,' who had disregarded
the settlers warning to leave the section,
were hanged by vigilantes Friday night
Two others escaped after being captured.
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LOST AT SEA.

Four Sailors Drowned by the Wreckfng of
a British Vessel on the Pacific.
PORT TOWNSEND, W. T., March 6.-The
British bark Port Gordon, loaded with gen.
cral cargo from Liverpool for Puget Sound
ports, was wrecked last Wednesday forty
miles south of Cape Flattery, and four sea-
men were lost. The wrecked vessel was
valued at $Go,oco and the cargo at $4,000,
fully insured. The cargo was owned by
BalfOur, Guthrie Il Co., of Portland
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-03-14
A Man Who Was Falsely Arrested anI
Nearly Lynched Obtains Damages.

Nearly Lynched Obtains Damages.
PEORIA, ILL.,, March "a dispatch just re-
case Of "a, $50 against the officials at Milwau-
kee. Kuhl went from Metamora, Woodforu
County, to Wisconsin to work several years
ago. and was there arrested for murder,
and narrowly capped lynching It was q
case of mistaken identity, and he sued the
sheriff and other officials for damages This
is the second trial, the first verdict having
been reversed.
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nance, and has been prominent in various
public and benevolent movements in Phila-
lelphia, but his first marked political serv-
Ice was in the recent campaign, for which
he rendered valuable assistance. He is
largely interested in and is director of
many important business enterprises, but
finds time nevertheless to do great amount
Of religious and charitable work, bringing
TO this the same business principles which
have made him the master merchant of the
country
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Prafi.rre(l Death.

New YORK, March 6.-Immediately po1
his arrest for embezzlemcnt in the office o:
julius Bien & Co., Tuesday. Hobart Null
lancy, cashier Of the firm, shot himself dead
His shortage was about 5000
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BAcKAcHE is almost Immediately relieved
by wearing oneof Carter's Smart Weed and
Belladonna Backache Plasters. Try one and
be free from pain. Price Is cents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-03-14
CABINET BIOGRAPHIES,
JAMES GILLESPIE Rr.AINE

James Gillespie Blaine, the Secretary of
State. is not unfamiliar with the duties Of
the office having, held it under President
Garfield He was born in Pennsylva n1a in 1880.
and on attaining his majority removed to
Maine and became an editor. He served four
years i'll the Legislature, two OF them as
speaker OF the House. and In 1882 was
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TESTED BY TINE. For Bronchial afYec-
tions, Coughs, etc, Browns BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs have proued their efficacy by test
of many years. Price, rs cts.
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WHEN bathing the face do not open the
eyes under water, as this is apt to be in.
furious to the epithelial covering Of the
eye.
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The 1S-year- old wife Of Charles Honald
was found dead on the floor of her home at
Flkhart, Ind, Friday: Fonl play is sus'
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The stomach daily produces nine pounds
Of gastric juice for digestion Of food; ita
capacity is about five plnts ~.
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W, II. H. MILLER.
William Henry Harrison Miller, of il

dianapolis, the new
Attorney-General, is
4S years old, q native
of Augusta, N. Y, and
has been the law
partner of President
arrison for ten
years, coming from
Fort Wayne, where
he had been In prac-
tice for .eigh. years:
Close relations have
always existed be-
tween the President
and Mr.. Miller, Mr..
. Harrison ing
great. reliance ON his
Judgment and learn.
ing: Aside from their
business relations, the
Harrisons and, the
been the closest per-
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WEST AND SOUTH.

ON the 9TH i've men lost their lives and
eighty mules and twenty three street-cars
were destroyed by fire in Kansas City which
ruined the stables of the Metropolitan Street
Railway Company.
NEAR Aspen, Col, q remarkable rich vein
OF silver ore was struck on the 9th
AUGUST Z1sKA, sixty years DID, killed him.
SELF on the 9TH at Clinton, Ia because his
daughter had bought an expensive dress.
On the 9Th three farmers living near Knox,
Ind, were arrested for systematically rob-
bling freight cars They had been carrying
on their operations for some time.
DUKE McLACHLAN, aged twenty-five years,
and Cora Carnahan, the thirteen-year-old
daughter of the proprietor of the Detamore
House at Paw Paw, ILL.,, eloped on the Sd,
and at o farmhouse In Earlville on the 9th
McLachlan shot the girl dead and then
killed himself.
NEAR Van Vert, o., Charles Binkley. a
farmer, shot his brother in the face on the
9TH and tore out both his eyes with shot
gun which he didn't know was loaded.
The failure Of the Mahoning National Life
Association of Columbus O., doing an in
surance business on the mutual assessment
plan, occurred on the 9Th, with assets of
$5o,oOO cash and $21 900 in notes and &C.
counts. The risks outstanding amounted
to 100000.
MRS ANN DR1scoIL, aged ffty-fve years,
while insane decapitated her sleeping hus-
band with an axe ON the 9Th near Delafield
Wis
LEE WATSON and Judson Bell, noted des
peradoes, were MORALLY wounded on the
7th while making an attack on the camp of
some railroad contractors near Cumberland
Gap, Ky.
JOSEPH SERwERsHE1M was taken from his
house at Ireland, Ind, on the 7th, and given
thirty lashes by White Caps for refusing q
warning to go to work
On the 9TH Michael PEBBLES and his wife
and two children were found murdered in
bed In their home on Duck creek, near
Paducah, Ky. Robbery was the cause of
the crime.
A TRAIN ran into ditch on the 9TH near
Coshocton, D., dozen persons being hurt,
but none fatally.
ALL the employees of the METROPOLITAN
street car stables at Kansas City escaped
from the recent fire, and no lives were lost.
az at first reported.
FERRY BENNETT, aged eighty years, fatally
wounded his wife, aged seventy years, with
hatchet and then attempted to kill his
daughters on the 18th at Rushville. Ind.
Bennett was hard character.
A RELIGIOUS revival was in progress in
Carroll County, Ga, on the 7th under tho
preaching OF Jimmie Cook, ten years old.
He claims to have been called to preaching,
in vision.
MRS. E11zABETH SANDS celebrated her ono
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The WORTHINGTON ADVANCE.
ROBERT McCuNE, Editor and Publisher.
.WORTHiNGTON, Nobles Co. ~. MINI.
The United States Express Company
Is the next American company to or
ganize for British and European bust
uGSS. se + e. 81 ~. ........r s. T.

JAMES =. FLOop's estate. to which
his unmarried daughter falls heir, is
estimated by the San Francisco papers
to De worth over $50, 0OO, 900. go
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>H AS - AASsOAv~ ~
born In 1890. Inl85
he went to Wisconsin,
entering politics by
being the successful
candidate for several
coun ty Offices. In
1852 he was a member
Of the Legisla ture,
and In the same year
went to the war as
q Major. He served
until the close of the
war, and was bre-
vetted Brigadier- Gen
eral for meritorious
services at the battle
OF Salkehatchie. In
1896 and 1868 he was
elected Bank CoInptroI
In 1870 was sent to
served three terms.
three terms rs Govern
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THE skin contains more than 1900, 900
openings, which are the outlets Of On equal
number of sweat glands.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

The appropriation bills passed during the
last session of the Fiftieth Congress
amounted to total of $2Sl, SIS, 69,, divided
as follows: Agriculture, ", 6G9, 10; army,
~, 800, lis; diplomatic and consular, 81 $50, =
025; District of Columbia, s., 6S7, 4O6; fortif-
cation, 81, 205 ,594; Indian, $S,0G5, 724; leg1s-
lative, ETC., $20, $40 535; military academy,
$500, 766; navy, 321, G93, so; pension, $751;
75S 200; post Office, sG6, COS S44; sundry cixl,
$25, Fl, 34l miscellaneous act, (estimated) ,
Is, SIC, Goo; deficiency, GIG, 1928 $40.
ON the 9Th ex-President and Mrs. Cleve-
land left Washington for their home In New
York.
MEMBERS of President Harrison's Cabinet
took the oath on the 9Th and were duly in
Quoted into Office
The display of fireworks at Washington,
deferred from the 4th until the evening of
the 6th were said to have been the finest
ever seen in that city:
THERE were 221 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 9th, against 243 the previous seven
days The total failures in the United
States from January l to date was 2,9S
against 2.485 in 1883
AT the convention on the Sth of Railroad
State Commissioners 1t was stated that over
5000 active, strong men were either killed
or manned for life during the year 1883 while
coupling cars
The Inaugural Executive Committee on
the 9th decided to devote the surplus
az, 0OO) in relieving poor people in and
about Washington by investing the sum In
real estate securities and expanding the in
terest for their needs.
At twenty SIX leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 9th aggregated 81 Off,
765, AGA, against 81, Oe4, $3.50 the previous
week AS compared with the correspond
ing week of 1883 the increase amounted to
133
The death of r. W. Townshend, Of Shaw
neetown, Ill, member Of Congress from the
Eighth district since 1878, occurred in Wash
ington on the 9th of pneumonia He was
forty-n1ne years of age, and leaves q wife
and two children.
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elected to Congress, serving until 1876. and
being Speaker OF the House from 1863 to
.S74. In 1915 and in 1880 he was q prom
ment candidate for President He was
elected to the Senate in TT He served as
Secretary of State in Garheld's Cabinet re-
iring upon his death. In 1884 he was nom
mated for President, but was defeated by
3roVet Cleveland Again In 1888 he was
Urged for the place, but against his wishes
WILLIAM WINDOW.
William Window, Secretary of the Treas
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;anu1date Tor the Presidential nomination
the convention of 1889, and was appointed
3arield's Cabinet. He retired 1T Garfield's
Heath and was again elected to the Senate,
Ind since the expiration of his term has
been engaged in business in New York City.