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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-23


thwaite were summoned, but failed t.
arouse the patient, and he died soon after
their arrival The physicians attribute the
fatal termination of tho case to sudden
swelling Of the CLOTHS, which prevented
the patients breathing ~
. [Allen sThorndikes Rice was born in Boston,
June 1a 1854 IS Atthe age Of nine years he was
taken abroad, and &for five years lived in Eu
rope. In 1867 he returned to the United States
and remained here until 1871, when he, went to
England and was graduated at oxford in 1878.
On his return to the United Suites he entered
rs u student the Columbia Law School. In
1876 he bought the North American Review, OF
which he has since been the editor. He organ
lied in 1873, and subsequently, directed, the
Charnay expedition, which was dispatched un.
der the joint auspices Of the United States and
France, to investigate systematically the re-
mains OF ancient civilization in Central America
ard Mexico. In 1884 he bought a controlling
interest In 10 Matin. ono OF the chief papers
OF Paris, OF which he was still proprietor.
He has always been actively interested in poll
tics and In 1885 ran on the Republican ticket
for Congress insthe Tenth New York district
agasnst General Spinola.bu was defeated by
local political teaders. He was strong adyo.
cateof the Australian system o. voting. He
has edited ':Reminiscences OF Abraham Lin:
coin, land :contr buted to Ancient Cites in
the New World.''1 ~
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SENSATIONAL REPORT.

Rumor in Now York That " Chinese " Cor.
don Is Alive and Being Held for RAM
som - James Gordon Bennett Said to
Have Started for KhartOum to Purchase
His Release.
New YoRK, May 1s-An evening paper
says that James Gordon Bennett started
three weeks ago for Khartoum, the Mahdi's
capital. There are two stories in regard to
the journey. One is that it is undertaken
on account of wager made by Bennett with
an officer who had served In the Egyptian
army who asserted that no foreigner could
enter khartoum and depart alive
The other story is that Bennett received
a long dispatch from Cairo correspondent
saying that he had just received visitfrom
an envoy of the Mehdi with important news
regarding Chinese Gordon, and that the lat
ter was still alive and kept a close prisoner;
that the new Mehdi, by reason of his
reverses on Kordofan and the Bahr-el-
Gael and his loss of the great province of
Darfur, was willing to ransom Gordon for
100000 francs. The next few days Bennett
made all Arrangements for the trip and for
the payment of the vast sum mentioned,
and with an intimate friend set out for
Egypt -
But little could be learned in New York
In confirmation of the story. An editor of
the Herald stated that cablegrams from
Bennett had been received from Mar
settles, Alexandria and Cairo, but that
nothing was known in the Office about his
prospective movements
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TERRIBLY AFFLICTED.

A Texans Wife and Two Children Burned
- to Death and His Home Destroyed.
ST. LOUIS, Nay 1S-While Mrs. Louis
Palmer was booking supper in her home at
Rockdale, Tex, Wednesday evening she
dropped a lighted lamp and was i'm
mediately developed in flames. She ran
from the kitchen through a bedroom
in which her two little boys, aged and 1
years, were sleeping, out into the yard
where her husband was. The latter at
tempted to extinguish the flames, but did
not succeed until his wife was fatally
burned. He then discovered that the house
was on fire and it and the two children
were consumed. Mr. Palmer was also very
badly burned.
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MADE VACANT az DEATH.

Frhs Russian Nlisseas Withsnt - Ossis
= ps.t The NeS y-A1 Ned illaistess
Allsn Thorndiks ssice. Die 1t Nsv Yorl
-The Event Uni boxed 81 Brief skstcl
Of H. BrtllianSa CareS& S.-,.4 sasssss
NEW York, May 17.-Allen Thorndike
Rice, the newly appointed Minister to Rus
sia, died Thursday morning at $3.50 O'Clock.
In the Fifth Avenue Hotel In this city. M.
Rice had been suffering with IN affectjon
Z sthe sshroat:s g seoyaral days and.
On L . slshesfA Ts' not
taken worse Wednesday, night and fell
into dep sleep from which the nurse VA
unable to wake him. Dra Fuller and Gold
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! DRUNKEN husRANn.

L. oslnitskansA Awful Crims IN : Wash.
inGsona Sol poi-l Room Calling HIS ~
trsasSd NE - tho Door Hs shoots
E Her Daedsin sisAt Of Her srerriaed Pa.
d ~ ma -uads HE Own Miserable Il.
ssIsssncs.s
WAsHINoToN, Nay 1&-Mrs. Sarah e,
Alien, . ch0ol-teacher in tho Jefferson
school building In South Washington. was
shot and killed by her husband Oswald C.
Allen, about 5 O'Clock Friday afternoon.
Allen then turned his pistol and killed
himself There had been some difficulty
between tho pair, and they have not lived
together for some time. The tragedy
occurred In the school building. Allen
hired cab on Pennsylvania avenue and
told the driver to take him to the Jeffer-
son building: Upon arriving there he
altghted and told the driver to wait until
he wanted him. Then he walked up tho
stone steps and passed through the hall into
tho cloak room adjoining the room where his
wife was engaged ~ teacher. He showed
himself to her and beckoned her to tho door.
She came toward him. As she reached the
threshold OF the cloak-room he drew pis-
toll and shot her In the loft temple Turn
Ing the pistol then upon himself he shot
himself through the right temple. Both
fell to tho floor in the CLOAK. room.
3 The children In the school-room who had
witnessed the frightiul scene rushed from
the room In panic and spread the alarm.
Lieutenant Vernon and two policemen soon
arrived on the scene. The woman was
found to bo still alive. She was removed
to tho school room, and Drs Bowman.
Cook, Thompson and Leach called, made an
examination and dressed the wound,
which, however, was pronounced fatal
The stairway was thronged with the fright
ened teachers and children, while outside
an immense throng blocked the sidewalk.
In the confusion some one had turned in
an alarm of fire, and the gathering crowd
was augmented when the engines arrived,
The remains of Allen were taken away.
to the morgue, but Mrs. Allen was left on Z
couch temporarily prepared in one corner
OF the school room, in which a short time
before she had been cheerfully talking to
the pupils She died at6:lO
F.: Mrs. Allen was about AZ years old and had
been teacher for many years She was in
charge Of q third grade school, composed
Of little girls. She was the daughter Of II.
W. johnson, an old and well-known citizen
OF Washington. Her parents reside in this
city. Allen never had any trade but his
father, Oswell 8. Allen, is a well-known
printer in this city. His family came from
Charlottesville, Va, about fourteen years
ago.
Miss johnson was warned against Allen
before she married him fifteen years ago.
He ill-treated her during their early mar
r1ed life and she was obliged to leave him.
For some time she has been living with her
parents Allen has figured in the police
courts great deal of late. He was worth
less vagabond.
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WILLIAM H. BURGESS, of Alexandria,
Va. who in 1886 assisted in building
Washlngton's new tomb at Mount Yer
non. tells how the face of the father OF
his country looked fifty-three years
ago: II was lad then, but 1 remem-
Der that, in removing the bodies of
George and Martha to their tomb, we
decided to open the coffin. Hooked in
and saw General Washington's face.
The body was we'll preserved, and the
features were intact A minute after
exposure to the air there was nothing
recognizable. The face looked like the
pictures of him.
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BLOOD oranges, for which big de-
mand has already sprung up in New
York, probably because there is a
big supply. have long been popular
in Paris. sopopular that suspicion was
cast on their genuineness. The supply
of blood oranges in Paris L year ago
seemed to be enormous. and the ques-
ton arose whether, common plain
oranges were not colored by artificial
means ~ On submitting blood"
orange to an analytical chemist it was
discovered that fuchsine, red, harm
less coloring matter, had been injected
with a small syringe. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-23

The universal exposition now opened
In Paris is the third In the history of
that city, former worlds fairs having
been held, there in 1867 and 1873 Mag
nitude; glory, display and expenditure
are prominent features The space oc-
cupied is one hundred and ninety two
acres.saT The outlay exceeds IS, 600, 600.
The resources Of the civilized world
are under contribution; and art. and
architectural characterization are au-
thorized utmost without limit. OF the
thirty six 'thousaui exhibitors in the
exposition proper fourteen hundred
pro from the United States.
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observation-disclosures.

( 81 .inan MineEs a1d Their Employers Like
Is " e sRSaoh = Satisfactory Agreement.
REHI1N, May 17.-Efforts to arrive ut a
compromise in the miners strike are pro-
ceeding SO satisfactorily that it is thought
probable general resumption OF work will
take place by Tuesday. = ~ -.
The Emperor, in an address to a delega-
taon of employers, said that the main point
seemed to him to be to bring the strikes to
an end, leaving the question at issue to
be settled while peace and order pre-
vailed and while production was proceed
ing. He had spoken plainly to the
workmen on the subject warming them
to hold aloof from Socialist intrigues.
"Telegrams from Westphalia," he added,
u announce that my. words have been favor
ably received. The healthy patriotic feel
Ing ma nifestedE by the workmen's DEL
egatton inspires me with confidence
that they will do all possible to
bring their comrades back to work as
soon as possible. 1 have urged the mining
companies to maintain henceforth as close
touch as possible with their workmen. !
am anxious that the dispute be brought to a
favorable ISSUE" The Emperor also evinced
very kind disposition toward the work
men and said he hoped the companies
would consider their welfare.
After the audience aconference was held
between delegates of the miners and Herr
Hammacher, member of the Reichstag, who
represented the mine-owners. Tho result
was provisional agreement on basis of
eight hours work per day, exclusive of the
time occupied in descending and ascending
pits; the abolition of compulsory over
time, and an increase of wages according
to local circumstances. The directors Of
the Weimar collieries have convened a
meeting for Saturday to consider the pro-
posed settlement
Hundreds of the striking miners at Essen
have been sworn in as special police at
their own request in order to keep their
fellow workmen from rioting and thus
spelling their hopes of the mine-owners'
concession. Many of the miners at Dort-
mund resumed work Thursday without op-
position from the strikers The owners are
now treating with the men and the strikes
will probably soon be settled.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-23

LEWIS WUNDEK, the superintendent
oil the inquiry division of the Philadel-
ph'a post-oftice, has just completed
his fortieth year of service as postal
Official He was appointed a stamp
clerk in 1849, during the administra-
ti"n of President Taylor. He has
served under twelve of the twenty
postmasters that Philadelphia has had,
and during his long term of service
has not once been suspended. Mr..
Wunder is sixty-four years of age and
is hale, hearty and apparently good
for another quarter of a century of
active work.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-23

A YOUNG man in Raleigh, N. c.,
olopcd with the wife of one of his
neighbors q few days ago, and the
husband of the woman had the man
arrested for stealing his wife. The
justice OF the peace before whom the
case camc up dismissed it on the
ground that wife-stealing was not
larceny. because a woman, even though
a wife, is not personal property, and
therefore could not be the subject of
larceny,
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The Nossl .Aaapers in Which the Identlt,
Of Thief Was Discovered
:. P1TTsBuReH, Pa, Nay t17.-H. J. Cook In.
been arrested IN London, Ont, for robbine
Tho Portersville Savings Bank In Meroe,
County, Pa, Of 1900 last week He con.
leased and Implicated others III the rob
berry: ~ 'ssi d - IS .-7as.f1s
Cook was formerly employed in the
building In which was located the bank
no WINS an inveterate smoker and had tho
habit OF chewing tho end of his cigar The
morning no w after the robbery, . stump Of s
cigar was found on the hoor az the bank
and it gave: evidence Of having been n
toned Z 80 s. -
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A STORY comes from St. Louis that
young married woman who had ap-
psrently- died. from puerperal fever,
and had been placed in a coffin, was
lesuscitated just before the time set
'or tho funeral, a movement of one Of
the arms being detected by her hus-
band. The, victim, alleges that she
was perfectly conscious of all the
movements of her relatives, and srf-
Tered untold anguish at the thought
TINT she was about to be buried alive
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FATAL RUNAWAY,

A California Lady Killed and Another
Badly Hurt at Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 49, Friday afternoon
shorty before O'clock horse attached to
a cab containing two women became
frightened while coming down Fifteenth
street above Boundary. The horse ran
down the hill at frightful rate, and at tho
foot of the hill the cab was overturned
and one woman killed. 1t was found that her
name was Mrs A. f. Horton, a stranger
and visitor to the city, and that her home
was in San Diego, Cal. Miss Haight, of San
Diego, who was with her, was badly hurt
Mrs. Horton was here on q visit to her Sis
ter, Mrs. NJ B. Hay, from whom she had
been separated for thirty years,
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#CRUSHED IN A WRECK:

Eight Mon Injured, Three Probably Fatal.
", in Railroad Accident Near Pitts.
burEh.
h. PITTSBURGH, Pa, May ia wreck on
the Pittsburgh, Virginia l. Charleston rail
road, near Ormsby, a suburb of this city, at
z O'Clock a. m., resulted in the injury Of
eight workmen, three of them seriously.
The accident was caused by the freight
train backing out of siding on which the
work train was standing; A gang of nearly
100 men, mostly, Hungarians were on the
train, and the escape of the others is con.
sidered remarkable. A number of cars
were badly wrecked
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-23

AsPECULAT1vE New Yorker who pre-
pared thirty thousand sandwiches for
the hungry, anticipating a grand rush
during the centennial celebration, only
disposed OF one thousand, and has been
since trying to unload tina remaining
twenty-nine thousand on the commits
sloners of charity and correction.
Strange that the proprietors Of rail-
way restaurants failed to take advar-
tage of this chance for bargains.
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BOUNCED.

Marshal Jones Summary Dismissed Be-
cause of Charges Of Misconduct in OF.
flee During the Opening Of Oklahoma.
WASHINGTON, May 1S-Richard L Walker
OF Kansas, was yesterday appointed United
States Marshal for the district of Kansas, to
succeed Marshal Jones, against whom
charges of misconduct In office during the
time of the opening of Oklahoma settle
ment had been made The President and
the Attorney General decided mot to
allow Jones to resign, and the order for his
removal was made Friday. Attorney-Gen-
eral Miller said that action in Marsha,
Needles case had been suspended unit
more information concerning the charges
against him could be procured. ~ y,
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DENMARK expends $50, 600 yearly for
the maintenance Of dairy schools. The
result is an immense improvement in
the quality of the dairy product, and
an increase within twenty years in Dem
marks butter export from 81, 100, 600
to $13. 00o. 600 annually. There is no
longer any thing rotten in Denmark's
butter. Industrial instruction paws
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-23

PAUL DU CH1LLU. the veteran ex-
p]orer, has just returned from Morocco
He has been living Ike asnative in ma
tive villages around Tangiers, and isso
impressed with the worlds ignorance
of the true character of the Moors that
he is going back tosspend several win
ters with them and write book.
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ANDREW MITCHELL died in the city
hospital at Baltimore the other day.
He refused to send to his relatives for
help. saying that he had led rowing
life for many years and deserved no
help. A few hours after Mitchell had
been buried it was discovered that his
parents had died in New Haven, Conn,
two years ago and left him LOCO, 600.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-23

The Sault Ste. Marie canal, which
was opened in 1885, has so far cost
about s., 600, 900. 1t is less than mile
long, but it is one of the most impor-
tant waterways in the world. The
canal is open about 200 days in the
year, and in 1888 the daily tonnage
through it was 30,242, almost equal to
that of the famous Suez Canal.
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: BOTH WERE DROWNED.

Sad Ending OF u Pleasure Party in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 1.-THE families
OF W. P. Shereth and W. T. Denham were
spending Thursday in fishing at Lake Trout
Barlow County. The 12-year-old son Of
Denham stole away from the party and
went In swimming. He got beyond hi
depth and screamed for help His siste,
Sent to his rescue. The lad c]inched he,
frantically and both were drowned. Thei,
mother reached the scene III time to so
themssinking for the last time. She rushed
Into the water to assist them and would
probably also have been drowned but 70,
the arrival of some of the men of the party
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Arrest Of the Araxona l,o,,..r.

Los AseE1Es,S Gal May 1s-Assistant
Adjutant- General volmar, Of the Depart
ment of Arizona, has received a dispatch
from Captain Lebo, dated Fort Thomas
A T., that Cyclone Bill, who was arrested
Of Clifton for the robbery OF Paymastes
Wham, was 'brought il Thursday evening;
and that ". E. Cunningham, of Fort Thorn.
as, has been arrested. i Both men haye been
identified by frankie Stratton, a negress
az having been in the party who robbed
tWham. ~ sss5 fs5 a sss.ft "A
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A Reform Party to Be orx.ni.ed,

=. II NM Z ~ y % DO OFB1u1zOus
= CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nay 1R-Chairman
J. W. Goshorn, Of the National Union Labor
Executive Committee, has called commit
too meeting at Chicago June 13 Indtca-
lions point that 1t that meeting the Prohi-
bitionist and other reform movements will
effect consolidation, and that q cali for
convention will be issued for tho inaugura-
tion Of the reform party. 80 -
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On. ~LsoHTaNBAG, of Budapest, says
that out of $50 railway employees
whom he examined, go, or more than
q third: suffered from ear disease.
Engineers are especially liable to
rheumatism and pneumonia, and after
some years service a certain proper
ton of them become dull of sight and
hearinp
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-23

The forty life.saving stations OF the
New Jersey coast have been closed
for the summer. During the winter
season the wrecks averaged one for
each station, but not life was lost,
owing TO- the efficiency of the life
savers. They are noble band and the
service to which they belong is cause
of just pride to their country.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-23

Ex-Secretary B.yard to Be Married.
WILMINGTON, DEL, May 1S-Every Even
ing confirms the rumored engagement of
ex-secretary Bayard to Miss Clymer,
daughter Of DR.. Clymer, U. s. n, of Wash
ington. The wedding will occur early in
the summer and the wedding pair will pass
few months in Europe.
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An Iron Firms Heavy Liabilities.

BELv1DERE, N. j., May 1S-Chester Van
SICKLE has been appointed receiver for the
West End Mining. Company, corporation
owning iron mines in Hunterdon County,
n. j., and Pennsylvania. The liabilities
of the company are reported to be from
$500, 200 to S5o0, 200 greater than its assets,
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The News 0f.the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WAehelee(SToNe.

i CVVNWS VV0SotVkGyO OCYSFAsF "a
| The validity Of the law excluding Chi
nese laborers known as the Scott Exclu-
don act was affirmed by tho United States
Court on the 18th
On the 18th Judge Matthews, who SUE.
ooeds Judge Durham a. First Comptroller
of the Treasury; Mr.. Huston, who succeeds
Mr.. Hyatt ~ Treasurer of tho United Sta6esS
and Frank W. Palmer, who succeeds Mr..
Benedict a. Public Printer, entered upon
ON tho 18th the United States Supreme
Court awarded the executors of the will of
Myra Clark Gaines the sum of 9576, 00O
This decision ended one OF the most famous
cases On record which had been In the
courts dnoe 1857. &,.ag Ess5@ J I. : ~
On tho 18th the United States Supreme
Court adjourned until October next.
The President made the following ap-
poiptments on tho 10th: Solomon HiFsch, Of
Oregon, Minister to Turkey; Colonel CLARK
E. Carr, Of, Illinois, Minister to"Denmark:
Henry Nv. Severance, Of California, Consul
ut Honolulu; Johp Jarrett, Of Pennsy lvania,
Consul at Birmingham; Thomis Sherman,
of Washington, Consul at Liverpool
= In the United States there were 2l7 bust
ness failures drring the seven days ended
on the 10th, against ~ the previous seven
days 5rIs sAf$5 e. ~ ss5s
MRS. SARAH E. ALLEN, teacher in the
Jefferson public school at Washington, was
shot and killed on the Itch by her husband
who then committed suicide, They had
not lived together for some time.