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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-29
The Oldess Living Postm astsr.

discussio has be9l g NJ N il some of
the newspapers lately as to viii III post ma it
err in the United Statei has hell, wit 10 1T
inter- lptiO !. his CO NM Isl "A t lie gre test
number of years. l ha; REVEALED thu fac
that there are uum erous p)stnasters who
have been il office continuously throug - a
go)i m ny administrations. They Il
offices of minor Importance, of CO lrss, for
a presid sntial postmaste ship is very likely
to be "a ged every ii ne tina tlere is
change of a lministrltion.
50 ne weeks ag) soma one wrote to the
New York Tribune that PJstma3ter
Palmer, of Gerry, n. Y, was entitled to
the distinctio referrel t.. M. P4lmer was
apPoin e i in 1871, an has, the 'efors, bee
In office forty-e ght years. 1t was >me
ii ne before any q was found TO dispute
Mr.. Palmer'S claim, but finally the fac
was brouy ht oat tina Po tmasle' Beardsly,
of North Ian in +, Pa, could 60 hin
fifteen years better, ha Ting been
appointed in 1926 and ha ing servel
sxty-three years. That ap )e lred to settle
it, and nothing else was said about the mat
ter until the other day, when Post ma Ter
Thomas, Of Elel, Ne, died. 1t seams that
Mr.. Thomas was appoi lite in 1922, d at
the time the discussion was being carried on
he held the oldest C )mm sion. MIR. Tn )mas
having been removed by death, p tmaster
Beardslys claim of having served his coun-
try longer than any other living postm lster
must now be recognized, unless some ne
should come 70 ward to di'pute il. There
are some postmasters in Gre re "a whose pa
offices long while, bu5 they will hardy
contest with DR. b sardsly the distinction of
being the post master WAC has beeI il Off .e
the long st
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-29
CURRENT COMMENT.

From q Republican Point o, View.
From the Ptd7ds'ph a Press Pep.l
Repr sentative Springer is Doubt s en-
tlr iy correct ia his opinion that a sOlld south
Is al injury TO the De 1ocrltjc party.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-29

Everything W len belng to pure,
healthy blool is impaired by Hoods Sar-
saparilla. A trial will convince you Of its
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-29
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
The DElQGE
Some Stories ofahss oreae r1ood
at Johnstovsp.
Thrilling Accounts Of Marrow Escape.
Told by survlvors-AAny Deeds a.
sazs MISUNDERSTANDING Incidents
of the WOeful Disaster.

TIMES WHICH Tried MEMS HRARrA
It lis no hackneyed utterance to say that
pen can not dcpiot the horrors az Tho twin
Observation-Disclosures and ~ dsluga-with
which the towns in the Conemaugh valley
were visited last week. Silence Is the most
expressive eloquence for the deep emotions
that spring from tbs q my
who has read the lengthy accounts in the
newspapers Of the. death wAHss which swept
away the homes and destEa tyes ct
the thousands Of Aapp ma osperoua In
habitants o. the stricken IS11on ind IL
flames which fed ravenously upon the huxrse
mass of debris which gathered ths fafal
bridge inJohnstoWn, md tho reds e
cape. People whoswitns I'D onok sceaaa
Is those enacted Is s it, i61nulss esId
Chatswoftla and lkshtabd y u j0Se
fully realize the tnsignificance Of
human life. In this latest, and by far the
most frightful catastrophe ever experienced
III America. hundreds of deeds Of heroism
passed unrecorded into oblivion hund reds
of vain efforts were made to rescue the
waits who went floating swiftly onward to
their doom Numberless cases Of manly
heroism and womanly devotion might be
recorded, and countless others will never
be known on earth. Mothers want to death
rather than accept salvation without tho
children who chung to them Brave men
relinquished their chances of escape into the
hands of those of the weaker sex whose pitt
full cries for assistance fell upon their ears
Stories Of miraculous escapes ARE told ~
men, women and children who reached
places Of refuge after terrible experiences
in the awful Hood. To those who find no
friends in the death list these variations
prove most readable. ~
Curtis Williams and his wife wore carried
on top of their roof from tWoodvalas Their
house struck the Catholic church in Johns
town and they climbed to the roof of that
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
4 INNEsOT ST ATE NEWS
enl pece .TAt Aw.


Decentralization Bill.
Some important changes In the State
capitol building, consequent upon the en-.
forcement OF the new DISQUALIFICATION
law, were recently begun. The three small
rooms In the basement of the capitol build
ing now 0toupied by the State Grain De-
partment are to be fitted up for chemical
laboratory. The grain department. will be
telnovedto the rooms now occupied as a
janitOrss .room, md tia closets adjoining,
the necessary alterations being made The
food adulteration law, which goes into eff
feet August !, pays special attention to de-
tecting authorizations in baking powders,
sugars and sirups, vinegars, lard and spirit
nous and malt liquors. To prevent the adult
teration Of the goods large number Of ex-
aminations will bs required, and acomplote
analytical laboratory purchased. The forcs
of chemists will also be increased The
present chemist, w. s. Eberman, will be
chief of the division, and will probably have
two assistants, as he will carry on the pres
emit work OF milk, butter and cheese analy-
sis In connection with his other duties Mr.
Eberman has gone East on tour OF inspec-
ton of the food adulteration departments
in other Statos, and in New York will pur-
chase complete outfit for TIE new chem.
ical laboratory Both the apparatus aud
the chemicals required in the work OF
analysis are costly, and the first cost of get
ting the law in working order will be con-
siderable, but 1t Is expected that the saving
to the people of the State will make the law
paying Investment In . very short time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
NEW STOCK YARDS.

They Are to BE Opened ut Minneapolis in
.- Short Time.
The stock yards which have 90 long been
talked of for Minneapolis, and which were
supposed by many to be the offspring Of
some real estate agents fertile brain, are .
reality. Four hundred men are now en-
gagged In grading for the new packing
houses, which are to be in operation by
August 10. There are nine ice houses al
ready constructed and full of ice. The
yards, as at present graded. furnish accom-.
modations for ten thousand head OF cattle.
The company expects to do a business Of
$5,0OO,O0O the first year. The yards are To-
Gated about six miles northeast from the
center of Minneapolis, on the $780, road
and with connecting tracks to the Northern
Pacific and Manitoba
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

ADMIRAL PORTER lately held state
dinner in Washington, and All Sin, a
Chinese servant, was assigned to duty
in attendance at the door. In his
country a VISITORS rank is indicated
by the size of the card, IL huge one
meaning aprince. The small cards
received but scant courtesy from All
Sin, but when the gas collector pre-
sented his bill the Celestial demeanor
underwenta change: The long yellow
slip captured All Sin, and with pro-
found ::salaams he bowed the astonished
: gasmanrinto the presence of the amazed
family and irate head OF the navy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
A HUNDRED FUNERALS,

HUNDRED FUNERALS. --+@
people who were twenty feet be-
hind them We're caught by the flood
and swept away. The water came in
a wall, preceded by yellowish cloud
of mist or foam, and as it caught the blocks
of houses it swept them down together with
a succession of crashes that was terrible.
AS soon as possible they began the work of
organizing relief parties to rescue the people
who were on the houses that had been
swept back into Stony Creek when the
water could not escape below. One secured
"a clothes-line which was used to send
out a raft with a strong man
to take the people of the houses A river
man volunteered for this work. and with i
rope tied securely about hts body he made
many trips into the flood, and each time
brought two people ashore with him. The
other gentlemen carried these people up to
the high ground, where they were cared
for by the residents Of that locality. They
rescue over Fifty people in this way, most
" women and children.
Miss Mary Adams drifted on the toa, OF =
box-car towards the burning debris at the
stone bridge. Her raft lodged about
twenty feet from the flames, which were
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
LATER.

The work Of registering survivors of lhe
flood at Johnstown was going on on the
9th, and up to date there were about II 600
registered The number of the lost was
placed at coo by those who held that ii
would reach 10, 0OO week ago. A conserv-
alive estimate was between 5, 500 and 4,0G0
Up to date there had been 500 bodies re.
covered
THE ga oons and theaters in Cincinnati
were closed on the 9Th and no ball-playine
was allowed
The ship Altmora, bound from Sidney tt
San Francisco, was wrecked Off the FIJI
Islands on the Sth, and a number of hel
passengers and crew were drowned
VARIOUS portions of Eastern Illinois were
visited by severe storms on the Sth, accom-.
panied by hail, doing much damage *
growing crops.
CHEYENNE had veritable blizzard ON the
6th, and three inches of snow fell in the
|nefghboring mountains
The exchanges at twenty-Mx leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9Th aggregated
III ,l18 GAS GA, against 81, O12, 80 429 the pre-.
vious week. AS compared with the cor
responding week OF 1858 the increase
amounted to ISL.
The Clay County Bank, the oldest in
stitution of the kind in Topeka, kan., failed
lon the 8th for 500, 1000
JACK WALKER and Frank Davy went ::over
the Horseshoe fall at Niagara Falls in
boat on the 9th. They started for the head
LOT Goat island, but lost control of their
boat and were drawn into the current,
Walker was thirty years old and Davy
twenty three years of age.
A BAND of Mormon missionaries who had
for month been holding forth at Kinds
boro, I'LL, were driven out of town on the
9th by citizens
A CYCLONE swept through Arkansas City,
Ark, on the 9Th, wrecking the Methodist
land Baptist churches and ten stores and
residences Two persons were killed
MRS. DENNIS CARROLL and her little girl
and Mrs, Edmund Thomas were drowned
in the river at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 9th
by the upsetring of boat
LEONARD SWEET, the noted Chicago law
yer, died on the 8th of a kidney trouble.
He was Exty-four years of age. For third
of century Leonard SWEET was one Of the
most prominent lawyers OF the Northwest.
On the sth Kansas City, No, was visited
by severe storm Of wind and rain, break
ing windows, uprooting trees etc.
BELOW will be- found the percentage OF
the baseball clubs IN the National League
for the week ended on the Sth: Boston,
Isl; Cleveland, .62l; Philadelphia, .61l;
New York, $50; Chicago, .42S; Pittsburgh,
1882; indianapolis, 3l3; Washington, 800
American Association: St Louis, Ill;
Athletic, .625; Brooklyn, .5s5; Baltimore,
.575; Cincinnati, $50; Kansas City, sos,
Columbus. 80; Louisville, .2SA Western
Association: st Paul, .8l2; Omaha, .666;
Sioux City, .6O6; Minneapolis, ass; Dem
yer, .437; Des Hoines 4ss; St Joseph, .3s2;
Milwaukee, .2sa go.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

OFFICIAL statistics of the Agricult-
ural.Departmentsfor the last ten years
show that five countries of Europe
import more POTATOES than they ex-
port the average net imports being
1850, 600 bushels. a]ofs which Great
Britain receives 10000 600. ] Three
countries-Germany, France and Port
tgal- export more than they import,
Germany leading off with 10000, 600
as the annual average. The United
States imports l, 100000 bushels an
nually on the average above the ex-
ports while Canada exports l, 900, 900
more than she imports. Is
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

A GENTLEMAN of Murray County,
Ga..7 has genuine curiosity in his
possession. 1t is the deed to tract of
land in Kentucky bearing the --ture
OF the famous Dan1eI B00ne as witness.
The document is musty and yellow
with age, but Notwithstanding this the
chirography of the old hero of hun-
dred battles appears in characters still
bright and legible
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

A RARE thing in New York harbor
is British cruiser. the Queens
ships do. not touch at our American
ports much for tho reason that their
crews have too good chance to de-
sort ssOnea appeared, however, in New
forksharbor the other, day-the gun
boat cruiser Buzzarl, detached from
the squadron at the Bermudas to carry
important dispatches to New York for
cable transmission to the British Al-
uffraitv =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

MOR1han q thousand John Smiths
in this country are said to hold Gov
ernmentsoftices. 1t is such things. as
this, says a contemporary, that some.
times make one feel that it was an act
of mistaken kindness for Pocahontas to
have saved the original John.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

Mrs. MALINDA SHELLEY, OF 'Millers-
burg, Pa, missed 1875 by getting
married. She applied for Il pension
several years ago and the other day a
letter was received granting it. to-
gether with 4 voucher for the amount
named" She had changed her name,
becoming Mrs. Anderson eight days
before. and the valuable paper had to
be returned 10 Washington '"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

THE terrible disaster when the
Bradfeld reservoir embankment near
Shenieid, Eng. gave way on March
H. 1864, was secured enduring men,
OE7shy Charles. Reads wonderful de-
scription in his novel: PUT Yourself
in His Place" About $50 lives were
losts and the damage amounted. to
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
THE OLSONS FALL OUT.

''Knify" Olson Attempts to KIN His Son.
Who Thrashes Him Sountlly.
Andrew Olson, of Milton, Dodge County,
generally known as ''Knify' Olson, made
an attempt recently to kill his son, attack
ing him with large knife, but the boy
overpowered his father and beat him un-
mercifully. The old man was arrested and
turned over to the next torn of court of
Dodge County, and was il the Olmsted
County Jail He was blind from the in
juries received from his son. The latter
was cut considerably, but not dangerously:
Public opinion seemed to be with the SON.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
FOREIGN intelligence.

In Russia the Ural silver miners who were
on strike set fire to the houses of the man.
ayers and to a number OF factories at Eka-
terinburg on the Sd and seven persons were
burned to death. + >
Four HUNDRED Panama canal sharehOld-
ers at meeting In Paris on the I'd decided
to send commission to Panama Immediate
~ to inspect the canal works
The firm of J. i H. Taylor, railway sup
ply merchants of Montreal, Can, failed on
the 18th for 100000.
AT Reichenbach, Germany, q hurricane
and water-spout on the 4th caused grea:
loss of life and property.
THE death OF Hon. j. Hamilton Gray.
Justice of the Supreme Court of British.
Columbia, occurred at his home In Victori;,
on the 5th.
ADv1cEs received in London on the 18th
from missionaries reported that the
nanu.sU-ranaJ1cs nau sIaugntered thou
sands of native Christians in Western Abyss
sinta and sold thousands of others into
slavery.
The fund being raised at the legation in
Paris for the relief of the sufferers by the
flood at Jamestown Pa, amounted ON the
9TH to $4,000
THE Marchioness de Chasteler, an aged
lady Of noble family, was found slain in
her bed on the 9Th at Mons, Belgium
In the village of Libionsch, in Prussian
Silesia, a fire en- the 9TH destroyed one hun.
dred and ninety five houses, including the
village church and vicarage.
In Offepburg, Baden, the cotton mills
were destroyed by fire on the 9th, involving
a loss of 10000 marks. Several women
were killed
NINETEEN men were crossing the river at
Grenville, Que. on the 9Th when the boat
capsized and five of them were drowned
The houses of two leading Boulangists
were searched by the Paris police on the
It'll and resulted in the discovery of papers
which implicated Boulangef in an tnterna-
tional plot -
The Car of Russia on the 7th bestowed
dowry of one million rubles on Princess
Militia, of Montenegro, who has been be-
trothed to Grand Duke Peter, of Russia
ADv1cEs of the eth from Crete showed
that complete anarchy reigned on the ISL
and Murders and outrages of all kinds
were of daily occurrence, and went un-
nunished
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

SURPRISING as the statement may
appear, it is asserted on good authority
that the coast line of Alaska exceeds
that Of the United States. And its ter
ritory includes eleven hundred ISL
ands, some of them of considerable
size. It's an empire in extent, with a
vast interior region untouched by the
foot of civilized man.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

IN one particular at least America is
well Represented a; the Paris exposi-
sti0ns One third of the space in ma
sninery. hall is occupied with the works
.aof@ American inventors and manufact-
sdsrer. furthermore, in many respects
4sth1 exhibits. in: the same department
i0rei gners are. borrowings from
ssAmsrisats ideas. BY far the most in
ssstessatiug diiplsys IS that Of electrical
machipess !Ehe section in which Ed
ison' Inventions dre shown is the
largest single exhibit. There may be
seen all OF hiS 493 contributions to
|. mar' scatcgorH pfmechanical triumphs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

TBE people of Wyoming are NOV
ing forward on the lines of Statehood,
and propose to be in readiness to come
Into the Union as soon as Congress
will aalow them to do So The Terri
4 tory HAS been laid off into delegate
districts, and the Governor has issued
ahispvoclama.ion for a constitutional
3conventi0n. which is to meet at Chey.
ennes The first Monday in, September,
and after adopting a constitution, SUBJ
nit i tosthe people on the first Tuesday
In. NQlsNber; when state officers will
Sslso be voted for This done. Wyoming
sllains he will be ready to come in.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

NM Ann PEARsALL SMITH, an
ApGSfean,& Is said 10 have made the
best woman's speech of the evening at
the meeting of the Women's Liberal
Association in London recently, when
Mrs. Gladstone was presented with a
bracelet by the association in honor of
her gOlden wedding. - ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

''OF what use are spiders?'' asks a
timorous Boston maiden, in the first
line of thirty -stanza poem. Spiders,
of course, may have dropped into dis
use in, Boston, but in various other
parts of the country women find them
handy utensils in which to cook meat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13

The next census of this country will
be taken with electrical census ma
chines.ngThe census collector will take
the names in The usual way, but his
report Will be- rewritten and printed
by a novel device which is said to be
incapable of making a mistake.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
A Brute on Two Legs.

Quite sensation was recently created at
Owatonna by Mrs. John Strausky, who tried
to poison herself by drinking muriatic acid
The dose almost proved fatal 1t seems
that her husband liz in the habit of getting
drunk every night He comes home aud
beats and pounds his wife numerically.
Last night, having been cruelty beaten. SO
that her face was all blood, she was either
driven by him, or Of her own accord, to
take the poison. He threatens to kill her
with club, and If he can not accomplish
his object that way, to shoot her rs soon as
she leaves her room
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
Fell from the SkY.

A business man of Little Falls who re-
Gently visited the little hamlet of Gravel
vile, ten miles east, reported the 1nhab-
itants north of that town in great conster-
nation at large object of grayish-white
color which descended from the heavens,
accompanied by noise not unlike the
screaming of bombshell It struck near
large pine tree with whrling motion,
like miniature cyclone, the conclusion
sounding like several stones striking the
ground 1t was doubtless q meteoric stone
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
III lsMYSk Izeishtuf dbefere is
rq1aa e@&phdS9 pl,set :py J 1qy
large majority, bill requiring all
freight cars in the State TO be equipped
with automatic couplers. ,'"- 60


lsag1E 1859 proniSess to. IS d
memorable epoch. The early hot
weather, followed by severe frosts
upon the last day Of May and the floods
and disasters to life and property,
make up s6n extraordinary record
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
He CHICAGO, KANSAS e. NEBRASKA R'Y
GREAT ROCK AND RQuIE
Where Are You Going?

When do you START Where FRONT How many
Ia your par ~ What amount OF freight OF
baggage have Jou7 What route do you prc!erS
Upon receipt Of an answer to the above Ques.
lions you will be furnished, free OF expense, with
:: SIS: 81! &c
sb's INFORM w Ha.sAx Nation which
s 'ns, sers sna money Asss n r
yeaiy to ANSWER above questions should cut ont
and preserve this notice for future reference. Il
may become useful. Address n. WARaEs.
oGD1 ~ nsw Dao ~ NRthNssA
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13
Attempted Suicide.

Phillip Phillips. who was arrested the
other morning in st. Paul for trying to
steal a horse and buggy from Edward Corn
ing, tried to commit suicide while locked in
a cell at the Central Police station He
threw large bandana handkerchief over
one of the bars in the top of the cell, fixed
a moose around his neck while standing on
one of the benches next the wall, and
then jumped off the bench. He was dis
covered by Jailer Spiel in time to save his
lite.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-13


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the papph3ets pumber 200, 900 THIS
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