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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE,

The Torrey Bankrupt lsili Indoors o<l-A
Speech by Henry Wattor~on.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct l6-At yesterdays
session of the National Board of Trade tho
Torrey Bankrupt bill was Endorsed and q
memorial adopted reciting It's virtues and
recommending it to Congress for enactment
Aresolutirn was passed requesting the Pam
American congress to take action for tho
establishment Of a unit of coinage common
to all American people. Other resolutions
were adopted providing that our rivers and
harbors should be improved and main
taiued by the general Government; that
Congress shall organize naval reserve
force, and that Congress be asked to foster
merchant marine by every legitimate
means -. "a
The meeting was closed in the evening
with grand banquet and an address by
Hon. Henry Watterson, who spoke on the
general state Of the county. In speaking
OF the tariff Mr.. Watterson said:
Il have never believed that we shall have FREQ
trade in this country until the manufacturers
themselves lead the free:trade movement. That
this is only question OF time I have always
believed. But meanwhile, here is system Of
taxation devised exclusively for war purposes,
yet outlasting those purposes quarter Of a
century. For my part l can live under any
kind OF tariff that the rest can, and care as
little for expenses, too for in my day
have paid as high as $500 for pair Of boots and
- Tor a glass Of ice-water seasoned with nut
meg-in Confederate money; but, really, it does
seem to me that at the moment when our pub
lie men arc cozering their wits to find the
means OF spending the excess Of revenue the
tariff yields US it is about time that we cen
slider whether it would not be better to save
more and spend less'
Mr.: Watterson then turned his attention to
pensions: and said that unless q stop was put
to the present wastage Of money and corruption
OF morals, that which was begun in National
Indulgence would end in National disgrace. In
closing he drew glowing picture Of the new
South
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24
A QUESTION or AUTHORITY.
Why Secretary Noble Dispensed with
Tanners Serv ices.

Why Secretary Noble Dlspsnsod With
Tanners Serv ices.
WASHINGTON. Oct 1a-Secretary Noble
has made public copies of his letter of
July last to the then Commissioner of
Pensions Tanner, ordering an investtga-
ton into the workings Of the Pension Office
The letter is very lengthy document 1t
shows, what generally has been under
stood all along. that the trouble
between Noble and Tanner originated
in question Of authority. Tan
ner claimed that the Secretary Of the In
terror only had power to reverse the decis-
ions OF tho Pension Commissioner when he
had decided against an applicant for pen
sion, but had not the power to call
halt or reduce tho pensions granted
by the Commissioner. and that the Vice.
Commissioner only could do this.
Secretary Noble difagreed with this, and
quoted the law to maintain his point
After dtsposing Of this qucstton the Secre-
te1y takes up the cases OF ten employees of
the Pension Office. who wore drawing
salaries ranging from 1850 to $4,000
per annum, each OF whose applica-
ton for re-rating Tanner had made
special and granted, besides arrearaees
aRRregattng In all $1,000. Score
tary Noble upbraids Tanner for making
these cases special, and that, too, in ad-
vance of hundreds of thousands Of pom
stoners who really needed pensions and
had no Government positions to support
tnem He then takes up each case sep
arately and shows wherein they were not
entitled to rerating. In conclusion he
states that he had ordered an investigation,
IN order to get at the true history of Pen.
sion Office methods.
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~Ue6o
lnstsntly Killed.

81. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 21-Frank j. Bow.
man, the we'll known lawyer. who figured in
40 many matrimonial troubles here and In
Chicago, was shot and instantly killed by
b. N. Chambers, this afternoon, at Fer
euson, Mo. The killing grew out of the
trouble between the parties over tho old
Times newspaper. Chambers was large
stakeholder and PRINCIPAL owner OF tho
paper up to the time Of its demise. Bow
man WAS also financially interested in it.
he bought, among other things, the Asso-
ciated Press franchise of the paper, and
has been IN litigation with Chambers ever
since. This afternoon, Bowman, accom-
panied by Deputy-Sherih Garrett, called
at Mr.: Chambers home to levy an attach
ment on Chambers life interest in his
wlfe's estate, or whatever properly he
might be able to aud, when the latter told
him to get out quck, upon refusal Of which
Chambers shot him through the heart
killing him instantly.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In the rowing match On the Thamos
course on the 18th between Neil Matterson
and George Bubear for e4OV Matterson was
q winner. crossing the line eight lengths
ahead OF his opponent
The death OF Sir Daniel Gooch, of Lon
don, the well-known engineer, occurred
on the 18th He was born in 1915.
An explosion occurred on the 10th in the
Benttlee colltery at Longton, County of
Stafford. Eng, and fifty miners wore known
to have been killed and many more were in
peril.
Ar Ions, France, nine thousand miners
were out on strike on the 18th, and scenes
of Violence were OF frequent occurrence.
NEAR Ottawa, Ont, doings bordering on
the supernatural were reported on the 18th.
George Dagg, a farmer, awoks TN the night
to find his wife's bed on fire, window panes
broken and things all over the house moved
from one room to another It was attrib
uted to the ''spir1t'' influence Of dis
charged farm hand
CABLEdRAM on tho ] 7th announced that
Hippolyte had been unanimously elected
President Of Hayti.
ON tho 18th twenty men, comprising the
body guard OF the Sultan Of Morocco. were
drowned while crossing q swollen river
near Madrid.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24
THE FlFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS.

Reported Interview with Secretary Blaiae
The Tariff Question Paramount
WASHINGTON, Oct l8-The Warrington
Press, the only Republican paper now
printed here, says that Mr. Blaine ls re-
ported to have said to a friend that tho
first thing the Republicans in Congress
will undertake at the coming session would
be the passage Of tariff hill
This friend In the course Of a converse
ton with the secretary of State, asked him
II there was likelihood Of the Republic
ans passing Federal election law with a
view to stopping the frauds on the ballot
and suppression OF the negro vote In tho
South
Mr. Blaine said the tariff question ought
to receive attention first; that it had been
tho issue of the late campaign, and there
was no reason why the Republicans should
allow themselves now to be turned aside
from dealing with it The passage of
Federal election law could wait
This Is especially Significant taken in con-
nection with the remark the Presi-
dent is quoted as making to a Sem
ator who was complaining OF the
slowness in removing Democratic internal
revenue officers in his State.
"Well," the President said, there's no
use bothering me about them; they will be
A0S OuV u Ou4CO UDlo WHICH,.
The most inter esting feature Of this
Representation Is that it points clearly to
antagonisn by the administration OF Mr..
Reeds aspirations to the Speakership. Mr..
Reed Is from Nh. Blaine's State, but they
are not friends, and it has always been re-
garded as good politics to have the Speaker
of the House In sympathy with the Admin
istration when possible.
Revenue legislation is not the only mat
ter that will occupy tho time Of Congress.
There are come international questions
which may be proposed, and it would
be more agreeable to Mr.: Blaine to
have Speaker with whom he could
talk over tho situation from time to
time. Having had experience through
three Congresses Of Speaker, he thinks he
knows what would be most advantageous
to the Administration, now that he sits at
the right OF the President in Cabinet sos
eions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24
Montanw's Election.

HELENA. Mont, Oct. l8-The count OF
votes in all the counties is completed and
1t IL probable that there will be no other
contest besides the one in Silver Bow
County. As the Legislature now stands,
counting the Silver Bow delegation az re-
turned by the judges Of election, the Dem
ocrats have majority in the Legislature
on joint ballot of three with one seat a tie.
Should the action Of the canvassing board
in throwing out the Tunnel precinct be UP
held BY the courts the Republicans win
gain four members Of the Silver Bow dele
CATION and have = majority on joint ballot
Of Ave. The hearing Of the contest case il
ret fox November T.
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Arrest of m Embozxler.

SIOUX CITY, 10, Oct. 2l:-William A.
Hines was arrested at Lawrence, Kan,
last night at the instance Of Marshal Shell
by, OF this city. He is IN embezzler and
forger. Four years ago he was in the
employ of the Western Homo Insurance
company as agent He embezzled from It
1850. Besides this he forged the names
of kruse and Stevens, two farmers of this
county, and raised that amount on the
note. He also is wanted at st. Paul for
embezzlipg 81, 7OJ from an insurance COM
pany in Minnesota. He 10 said also to
have forged tho names of parties in st.
Paul to notes and IA sell money on them.
He will bo turned over to the st. Paul
officers, whore greater crimes were COM
mitted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24
Maggie Mitchell Again Married.

Boston. Oct la-Tho report that Maggie
Mitchell, tho actress, had tried her fortune
again in. the matrimonial lottery proves
true. The matter. however. has been kept
secret, but was proved Thursday by the
entry on tho hotel register at Brockton,
whore she is playing. This entry read:
Charles Abbott, vito and maid-'' Mr..
Abbott has been playing leading man with
Maggie for some time. The ceremony il
said to have boon performed here in Boston
Saturday. Tho couple remained with Bos-
ton friends until tho Bfookton engagement
called them thither. Haggis was divorced
from her former husband, Henry z. Pad,
111k, n March last
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24
a BENEVOLENT RAILROAD.

Conductors En- DC Traiued to Extract Gin,
dsrs From Eyes.
II Is reported that tho Old Colony
railroad Is about to adopt q new idea,
not less original in its conceptions than
humane in the object 1t 10 intended to
accomplish. The notion is simply that
every conductor in the employ of the
road shall acquire through as many
lessons from. a tirst-rate oculist as may
be necessary, a knowledge of tho best
process for extracting cinder from
tho eye. The amount of real misery
arising from this cause ON passenger
trains in the course Of year is posi-
lively incalculablc Think how many
people there are who endure hours OF
torture thus occasioned before they can
get to the end Of their journey and take
measures for obtaining relief. IL there
single person who reads this letter
who has not been through at least one
experience of the sort?
But now something is to be done. on
the Cd Colony road at least, to miti-
gate the pangs of the cinder-crushed
unfortunate. IN future, it is said, the
passenger thus sadly afflicted will be
able to appeal with confidence to the
conductor, who will say in reply: III
you please, sir" '.madam"-.' look
down moment"
Whereupon the impromptu patient
will have the lid Of his eye turned
quickly inside-out, by means of lexd-
pencil and a delicate grasp upon The
lashes. and the ticHet-punch expert will
cast an investigating glance over the
exposed connective membrane through
a small but powerful magnifying glass
Having ascertained the precise location
of the cinder, he will deity remove it
with a corner of. his handkerchief, or
with the moistened end of toothpick,
If the obstruction is particularly OBJ.
stinate. and the victim will experience
relief the intensity OF which only
those who have endured such torments
can appreciate. To the conductor also
it will be doubtless most gratifying to
apply bene6cent ministrations of tho
kind to the people whose bodily safety
while travelling is entrusted TO his care.
The cinder that makes trouble 10 al
most invariably caught in the little
folds beneath the upper lid Of the eye.
Unless so detained. any foreign sub
stance is at once ''winked out" nature
having constructed the organ apparent
ly with view to accomplishing this
object A sharp. jagged thing like a
minute scrap of burned coal, however.
is apt to lodge in the folds aforesaid,
and then there is distress at once, even
the most microscopic bit OF calcined
carbon occasioning immediate and vio-
lent Inflammation. the only cure for
which is the removal Of the disturbing
cause In big factories there il usually
one man who is skilled amateur in
this art. and any employe who gets
something in his eye goes 10 him for
help. AS rule such assistance is we'll
rendered, for the matter is simple
enough when once derstood. Any
way, 1t Is much better than using the So
called repositories" which are always
dangerous and seldom do good. Boston
Letter.
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A REMARKABLE dinner party was
given recently by the sisters in charge
of Belts Hospital at Cincinnati. Tween.
ty-six OF the inmates sat down to the
table Fifteen were over sixty years
Ut age, eight over seventy, one over
eighty.three, another eighty-seven,
and at the head of the table sat Mrs.
Elizabeth Schulten. just one hundred
and four years old.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24

The Lodz Zeitung states that an ex-
traordinary discovery was made in an
old lum5er-room at LODI. An old arm
chair, which mad belonged to the
present ownor's grandfather and had
been put away in an attic for want of
room, was brought out the other day
TO l'3 recovered. When the old cover
YVES taken off large packet was found
stuffed into the seat Of the chair. con-
ta'ping three bank notes of 1000 ru-
blcs each, 800 rubles in gold, and bank
receipt. dated 1867, for $500 rubles.
Tho chair has been in the possession of
the present owner for some years.
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SOME time ago the boiler in the Del
aware State almshouse exploded, kill
ing " man supposed to be the engi-
ncer, Patrick Grogan. who had been
cnginec:: of the institution for years.
Tho remains of the dead man were
buried by Grogan's relatives, and an
administrator appointed for his estate,
which amounted to ten thousand dol
lars. just as u division Of the proper
ty was about to BIO made Grogan
turned up, having been on hunting
trip in Virginia. The man killed was
u paupcr whom Grogan had hired to
take his place while he was away.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24

A GENTLEMAN living in Richmond,
Va. owns IL violin which. is associ-
ated with the early history of Virginia.
1t Is ono of four violins connected
with the carly history of that section
Of the country. 1t is marked "Nico-
laus Amati fecit, Cremona. 1851"
This violin was brought to this coun-
try by Robert Boiling, tho husband of
Jane Rolfc, the granddaughter of Po-
cahontas, who was the dau ghter of the
mighty Indian King Powhatan, of Vir-
ginia~ Tho violin is of superior tone.
volume aud finish, and has been used
by many prominent performers
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24

A GERMAN scientist wishes to de.
termine by means of photography if
the moon is inhabited, and it is said
that the King OF Wurtemburg has
decided, in order to solve this inter-
esting problem, to cause to be made
in tho best possible condition, photo
graphs of the moon; then to enlarge
the negative ono hundred and ninety
thousand times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24

TWELVE persons have now been shot
and killed in the continuance of the
Hatield-McCoy feud in West Virginia.
Ut these one was Miss Allaphare Nc
Coy, shot pleading for mercy in her
fathers doorway by Ellison Mounts.
Another, the second woman killed,
was Julia Ann Mccoy. shot by her
groom q side, together with the minis
tor in tho act of uniting them,
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A Rule Of Anarchy.

ATHENS. Oct. 1a-The mutiny among tho
Turkish troops in Crete is spreading rapid
ly. In Canea the soldiers have thrown off
all semblance OF subordination, and in
many cases have beaten and abused their
oticers~ Chakis Pasha, the Turkish Gov
ernor Of Isle. is at Canea, but utterly holp-
less, hts soldiers refusing to obey HE or
ders The island Is threatened with a rule
Of anarchy
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sPooks INsnoNTARIO,

The Pesceful Lie Of Farmer D.Rs Great.
~ Disturbed.
S. OTTAWA. Ont. Oct l6-The neighpor.
hood q Clarendon has. been thrown into
great state OF excitement over the doin1o
lot some hidden, and It il believed super
natural, hand The mysterious agency has
vreaked the full force OF it's vengeance
upon the household OF George Dagg. A
few days ago boy named Dean
was discharged from the Daga
family, and 1D taking his depart
ure invoked tho vengeance OF the spirits
upon tho household OF his late employer
shortly after his departure the window
sa hes commenced to shake and, nearly
every pane OF glass IN the house was
broken, Mr. Dagg states that his hrst Inn
preston waa that an earthquake was pass
Ing, but on going into the gable end Of tho
house he discovered it to he on fire. This
d1o was exttngu1shed That night after
the family had retired Mrs. Dagg was
awakened to find her bed on flro. This was
put out whom 1T WAS found another fire had
inst been tstarted downstairs, which was
also put out: Tbs strangest part of the
STAIR, Mr.. Dsgys states, ID the miraou.
lous removal of articles from ono
part Of the housesto another. A spinning
wheel upstairs was taken apart and tho
portions placed in opposite corners Of
the room An ink bottle locked in q
cupboard changed its location and
was found on a table in an out
house. 1t was restored to It's place in
the cupboard, and although the latter was
guarded closely by one of the parties
presently the bottle took wings and
again transported itself to the clubhouse.
The boy Dean was taken into custody,
charged with being the author of the m g.
chief, but the evening Of his arrest Mr..
Dsgg returned from Plumb Hollow,
where he had been consulting an old
woman known az the witch OF Plum
Hollow, from whom he had learned suf1i-
ctent to convince him that young Dean was
innocent He accordingly appeared before
the magi 1tEate and Withdrew the charge.
The boy says he has not been near Dagg's
sinoo the tricks began, but has during che
interval since been engaged with Mr.. Ohm
stead, of Litchfeld Dagg says he was told
by the Cd lady at Plum Hollow that the
mischief was being done by woman and
her two children through tie medium Of
BLACK art" and that it Is to cease In No
Vember
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For the first time in the history of
the Yale Law School an Italian is
among the students. His name is
Signor Paul Russo, and he has been
employed as court interpreter in New
Haven for several wears.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24

BALTIMORE has secret organiza-
ton. the object of which is to protect
It's members from undesirable mar
riages. When one of the club finds
himself in love he reports the matter
and a committee is appointed to in
vestigate tho matter and advise him.
Any fellow who can't manage an af-
fair OF that kind without help is a
pretty poor specimen for a level
headed girl to tic to-
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Stray Plece Of Iron Responslbls for tn,
Mount Auburn Horror,

Mount Auburn Horror.
-, CINCINNATI, Oct 18.-James NJ Doherty,
secretary OF the company operating tho
Mount Auburn inclined plane, has made Z
statement which throws some light on the
cause of the inclined plane railway acct
dent by which six passengers were killed.
He saystt was little piece of iron that be
came lodged In the cutoff valve and waa
found by the men who have taken the ma
chinery apart How it came there no one
yet knowh 1t was not broken off of any OF
the ling machlnerys By occupying
aspaoe required for the rod to move in II
50 disarranged the machinery as to render
it impossible for the engineer to shut ofI
the steam.
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AFUII-LENGrH oil portrait of Wash
lngton, which was purchased for ten
dollars at the recent sale OF tho Bar
NUNS Hotel effects in Baltimore, is
now estimated to be worth one thou
sand dollars, experts having pro-
nounced it to be an original by Gilbert
G. Smart.
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Supposed to be Lost,

NEW YoRK, Oct. 21.-The steamship
Brooklyn formerly the Tonawauda),
Capt. Carson, which sailed from Dar1en,
Ca, Oct. II, with cargo Of lumber for
the South Brooklyn Sawmi!l company, is
supposed to have been lost with ali on
board eighteen persons in ally, in the gale
OF the 18th, as she 10 no six days overdue.
vessel answering completely to her do
scription was passed by the steamer Cher
okee, Oct II, sixteen miles east southeast
Of Body Island, with her bow twenty feet
out Of water and her stern apparently on
the bottom.
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E0NH Sudan naakl

CHICAGO, Oct. 19-In this city Friday
Joseph Bazel, q boy IL years old, was
caught in a 1y-wheel in Taylor's factory at
IA Clinton street and killed; Fred sober, q
farmer from lombard, aged 50 years, fell
on his wagon and was picked up dead;
Mary Davis, of 297 West Jackson street,
dropped dead in front of her home, and the
hose-cart of Engine Company No ~ ran
over and killed 3-year- old bow named
Isaac Levi 1T Union and Maxwell streets
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CONGRESSMAN O'NE1LL, of Boston,
against whom John L. Sullivan ex-
poets to run, says he will give tho
slugger the first complete walloping
he ever got if he enters tho field
against him,
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PROBABLY the largest photograph
over printed has teen produced in
London. 1t is picture of Mrs. Shaw,
the whistler. and is nine feet high.

DEBORAH Powers, of the firm of d.
Powers & Son, of Lansingburg, N.
T.. Is probably the Oldest banker in
the country, being ninety-nine years
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-10-24

S. L. NJ. BARLOW died few months
since in New York supposed to be
worth $2,00O.000 1t is now discov-
cred that his estate was really bank
rupt. and his magnificent residence ia
to be sold to pay his debts.
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jar GOULD was recently offered
$4,000 cash and royalty Of forty
per cent on all copies that should be
sold for volume of "reminiscences to
be written by the noted f1nancier. He
did not even condescend to reply to
the nrOnOsition
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PROBABLY the longest word in the
German language is in the last edition
of the official journal of commissions.
Here it Is: Observation-Disclosures
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES"
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A Hundred Families se.rv,nx,

QUEBEC, Oct ia messenger from
Bishop Bosse Of the Labrador coast ha,
arrived hero with news that the fisheries
have altogether failed at Esqutmaux
point anc that over hundred families are
starving. The local Government authori
ties will send sufficient food to relieve thet,
immediate wanta p,