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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06

The old-tashioned summer games of
''bull pen," ''cat'' and ''quoits' did
not produce SO many dislocated fingers
and bunged eyes as the modern base
ball, but the boys of the century got
lots of fun out of them. They are all
good, healthful games. and it might
not be amiss TO relntroduce them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06

The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of
the Independent Order of Good
Templars which met recently in Chi
cago IL the largest =, International tenn
perance organization in the world.
The main principles are total absti-
hence and prohibition. 1t com prises
over, one hundred. grand lodges which
have jurisdiction over as many sep
arate countries, States and Ter. itories.
Under these grand lodges are an ag-
gregate Of 1O.114 local lodges. The
annual report showed that the organi-
xation has membership of over $780,
600 scattered all over the globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06

Miss SUSANNA NJ. DUNKLEE, of New
ton, Mass, the first woman to be a
bank treasurer in the United States,
with the help of a clerk now handles
about 100000 in money each year.
In tho fifteen years of her experience
she has but twice taken in counter
teit bill-in each case ten-dollar one.
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Five Mem Killed.

DANvnLE, Va, Nay Sl-An awful casualty
occurred here Thursday. force of men
were engaged ON a brick factory which 7
G. Penn, tobacconist was building. The
building was an immense affair about An
feet long and six stories high The brick
layers had just completed the walls
but there was no roof ON the buili'
ing. The wind was blowing gale and one
OF the walls got out Of plumb The forca
OF hands went to different parts of the
building to brace the walls and were M ~,
gagged when the entire structure cal
lapssd. Robert Pruitt, d. N. Collie q J.
Jones, William Young and Buck Hoonsr
were killed Seven others were more =,
less injured
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06

The Brooklyn bridge was six years
old the other day. Since its opening
81, 500, 935 persons have walked across
the structure and 125, 1873, 594 pas
sengers have gone over on the cars.
The total receipts have been 81, 287,-
497. 90 =.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06

as MRS. PERCY, wife of the captain of
the American ship Standard, of Bath,
Me-. is now making her twelfth voy-
age around Cape Horn on her hus-
bands vessel (
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06
oEcoRATIoN DAY.

The Nstjon Pays It's Anasal Trsbses y
ITS Bead observation-disclosures IN va
rious CitSes-A Monumont 70 Shefsasa
Unyailed ut Wsshington - Msm9sias
servloes 1t Grants Tomb.
WASHINGTON, May 3l.-Tne Decoration
Day holiday was general in Warrington
Pubic buildings and school-houscs were
closed, and courts suspended their session.
Ceremonies took place ut Arlington. thu
Soldiers Home, the Congressional Gem.
etery, Battle Cemetery and in most OF the
city cemeteries, Oak Hill, Mount Olivet and
other graveyards where soldiers are buried
: The Grand Army Of the Republic OF thus
district gave its principal attention 70
Arlington. preliminary dirge was played
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In lS49 Allen Hawks, of Cherry
Creek, NJ r., left his wife and chill
dren to 60. to the California gold
fields. Little was heard of him, and
finally his wife died and his children
either died or were married. A few
days ago Mrs: Joseph Brand, of
Kingssury, Ind: Hawks only surviv.
ing he.r, received word that her father
was d:ing in California, and was look
ing for an heir for his fortune of
100000. Mr.: Brand left for Cali
fOrnia.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06

WHEN old men of this day we're boys
there were' occasional complaints of
missing fruit from the orchard, but
they are beating that record these
days down East, and will soon have to
adopt the plan of bringing in the or
chard at night. At Farmingdale, N.
j.. man had q thrifty orchard en-
tirely removed in q single night re-
Gently. He, however, took up the
trail, and found his trees snugly cared
tor upon farm many miles distant,
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Large Pension Pavm.rt.

WASHINGTON, My 3l.-A certificate fcr !.
pension has been granted to Philip Flon,i
formerly private of the Forty ~ >
volunteerk The amount of arrears aIIo,..' !,
by the Pension Office in his case b n : ~,
his disability dating back to Novemhsr
1852. This is the largest first peymen. -,
record In the Pension Office. o1'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06
LIFE WAS A BURDEN.

Two Young Girls In a German Hamlet
Disappointed In Love, Drown Thorn.
selves.
LONDON, May 31.-The little town of Ru
dolstadt, on the river Saale, in Germany.
was thrown into a fever of excitement bv
the discovery of the bodies of two beautiful
girls who had drowned themselves in the
river: Both belonged to prominent families
In the place, one, Ida Brand, Is years old.
being the daughter of the bur omsster. and
the other, Miss Remschitz, aged q. .
student ut the Wehrlisch Seminary. The
two young ladies were intimate friends
and both having recently been disappotnu.
ed In love, they determined to die together
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The death Of General Harvey leaves
Colonel Hannibal Day, who entered
the service as cadet in 1919, at the
head of the longevity list of the army.
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DR.. ,AGNEw says healthy woman
;. can kill herself in about = year by
horseback riding ....a.E.-..f.

BELvA A. LOCKWOOD says: I'VE
will inaugurate woman as President
twenty five years hence"
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Three Men Killed, IN !. Ms.

HUMBOLDT, Mich, Nay 81. stephen WIN.
Jams unmarried, aged 80; Richard Trewe,-
. In geo geo p; married, with . largo family.
Instantly killed BY falling eround - t.,s
mine here Wednesday nisht Everv r,,e, ~. y.
don was taken to insure safety 8 - ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06

THERE were rs business failures In the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 3lst ult against 20 the previous
seven days
THE EAST.
On the eth Cornelius Donnelly. Of Water
town, n. T., tried to brighten four montha'
bride into giving him her property by pre-
tending to hang himself. and was not dis
covered until life was extinct
On the 9th Mrs. Julia Ward Howe cele-
brated the SEVENTEEN anniversary of her
birth at her home in Boston and was the re-
cipient of many gifts and letters from the
leading authors and reformers.
The Legislature of Rhode Island met in
joint session at Newport on the 2Sth and,
there having been no election by the people
at the recent State election, chose the fol-
lowing Republican officers: H. W. Ladd,
Governor; D. H. Littleheld, Lieutenant
Governor; S. Il. Goss, Secretary of State,
and Samuel Clark, Treasurer.
AT New York on the 28th the Presbyterian
General Assembly adopted resolution con-
demning the liquor traffic, but refused to
indorse either prohibition or high license a.
the better weapon
The Connecticut Legislature on the 2Sth
passed the secret ballot act
The death of John Hammond, an ex-
Congressman, and Colonel of the Fifth New
York Cavalry during the war. occurred on
the 2Sth at his home in Crown Point, n Y
ON the 10Th the First National Bank of
Sharon, Pa, remained closed because the
time lock on the safe had been set for forty
eight hours and could not be opened
BERTHA ScHREYER, married woman
twenty-five years of age, was shot and ia
tally wounded in New York on the goth by
John Berker, aged thirty-two years, who
then killed himself.
THROUGHOUT the country Decoration Day
was generally observed on the 3oth ult.
President Harrison attended the ceremonies
at Brooklyn.
ATERRIBLE catastrophe occurred at Johns-
town, Pa, a city of thirty-tive thousand in
habitants, on the 3lst ult. A large reser-
voir gave way and inundated the entire
town, and it was estimated that the loss of
life would reach two thousand. Millions OF
dollars worth OF property had been de-
stroyed.
FREDERICK Amy e. Co., dry-goods CON-
mission merchants OF New York, failed on
the 3lst ult. Liabilities, $35O,OOO; assets, Is
Dar cent
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON,

". FROM WASHINGTON.
THE President on the 9th appointed
Samuel J. Ruby, Of Iowa, as Consul at Bel
fast, Ireland --.=..- E,
On the 2Sth Northumberland Drum was
formally retired from active army service.
he having reached the age Of sixty-four
years s~,yss -. ~, .f..ss V
The President on the 29th appointed u.
low w. Chapman, OF New York, to be Solic-
itor-General, and John B. Cotton, of Maine,
to be Assistant Attorney General
On the 3Oth ult. the monument erected in
Arlington Cemetery ut Washington by Mrs.
Sheridan in memory of her husband, Gem
eral Philip Sheridan, was unvailed There
were no speeches or poems, only music and
flowers. 8 ILL.,
THERE were rs business failures In tho
United States during the seven days ended
on the 3lst ult against 20 the previous
seven days
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Its mineral product runs into tho millions
Halt the population Of Johnstown is dependent.
directly or indirectly, upon these works. The
Cautier steel works, under the management
OF the Cambria Company, in the upper part of
the town. are among the best known in the
country.l
LOSSES IN OTHER STATES
WnL1AMsPoRr, Pa, June 3.-This city was
visited by an awful catastrophe Sunday.
The river had been raging for two days and
In the morning broke over its banks and
poured it's flood into portions of the town
In the evening ore of the large rail-
road bridges was threatened with destruc-
ton. and . large crowd gathered on
a neighboring bridge to witness the col
lapse. All at once the structure on which
they were standing gave way and all were
hurried into tho angry, rushing tide. Many
were rescued but twenty five, mostly
women and children, were swept away and
drowned.
WARRINGTON, June THE food in the
Potomac reached it's height Sunday after
noon and is now on q decline. It is the
highest ever known. Pennsylvania avenue,
from the foot of Capitol street to
Tenth street, is overflowed to the depth OF
two feet and the water extends in some
places to quarter of . mile In width, doing
great damage to lower floors and Easements
In the area covered The navy yard is en-
ttrely submerged to the average depth of
three feet A large number of new steel
guns are covered and will be rusted 90 Is
to make them useless.
The Government will be the heaviest
loser by the foods, as it Is said that the
entire work OF retaining the Potomac
fats has been totally obliterated This
means loss Of about 100000 which the
Government had expended there. The
private loss is estimated at ]5O0, Co.,
ELMmA, N. T.. June 3-Startling new1
involving tho serious loss of life and the
destruction Of millions Of dollars worth of
property, Is being received here from the
whole section Of county between this city.
Olean, Arlesviile, Hornellsville, A2deeapo
and Painted Post
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LATER.

the flooded district are as badly OF as
Johnstown. At Conemaugh the.inhabitants
OF tho lower lying portion of the town
have been literally wiped out of existence.
AT Woodvale the percentage OF death is
even greater than that ut Johnstown
Kernville has only house or two as a
monument to its former respectable pro-
portions. Cambria City is not even a ghost
Of its former self, while all along the line
Of the torrent the isolated houses of hun
dreds are without occupants. The relief
provisions for Johnstown must be extend
ed to these other places as rapidly as rail-
road transportation facilities can be fur
nished. The towns named all lie between
Johnstown and the South Fork dam, whose
bursting caused the disaster. At Wood
vale the dead bodies Of hundreds are lying
in the debris relatively as numerously as
they are in Johnstown. At Conemaugh
scarcity Of the living at both places makes
the recovery Of bodies very slow work.
Each hour reveals some new and horrible
story Of suffering and crime aud every
succeeding hour brings news of swift and
merited punishment that has been meted
crate the stiff and mangled bodies in the
city OF the dead. A party of ID Hunear-
1a ms picked their way stealthily along
the banks Of the Coaemaugh toward
Sang Hollow: Suspicious of their purpose
pursuit and found their worst fears real
lied: The feuds had cut fingers from the
bodies In order to secure the rings and
four OF the monsters were driven into the
surglng river to their death.
At Ninevah the 8rd corn patch of
about an acre was dug over and 1873
dnd vR0a ma6a In a nnpal, ooo;a>.A.,
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ascertained within less than week or ten
days
The damage done the Cambria Iron
Works. mills is incalculable, and they will
have to spend a fabulous sum in repairs be-
fore they can resume work, which will not
be for several months
There is probably not a man in Johnstown
who can give any reliable estimate of the
number of houses that had been swept
away: City Solicitor Kuhn, who should
be very good authority in this matter,
places the number at 1,5O. From
the woolen-mill above the island to the
bridg 9. distance Of probably two miles, q
strip Of territory nearly half-mile in width
has been swept clean, not stick of timber
or one brick on top of another being left to
that every house in the city that was not
located well up on the hillsides was either
swept completely away or wrecked 80 bad
" that rebuilding will be absolutely neces-
sary.
These losses, however, were a. nothing
compared to the frightful sacrifices of
precious human lives to be seen on
every hand. During all this solemn Sun
day Johnstown has been drenched with
the tears of stricken mortals, and the
air is filed with sobs and signs that
come from breaking heartA There are
scenes enacted here every hour and every
minute that affect all beholders profoundly.
Tho loas Of life IL simply dreadful The
most conservative people declare that the
number will reach 1000
STRUNG THEM UP. LIN
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June "A party Of
searchers saw two men robbing tho body
Of . woman Sunday. The thieves were
caught In one Of their pockets was found
. lady's ear, entire, sliced from the head
with . sharp knife In the ear lobe
was sparkling diamond ring. Fur
ther investigation Of the contents
Of The pockets OF the dends
jeweiry and tho mutilated nnger Of Z
httle GIRL on which was gold band ring.
- eaptoss plaesA ropes around the neoks
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THE GREAT DISASTER,

DrlQgee, freight cars and locomotives wore
lodged there. Then to the horror Of the
flood was added that of fire, which was
communicated to the debris from stove,
and many who had hoped for sdccor from
the waters were burned to death
The magnitude of the catastrophe can
not now be approximately stated The de-
VISITATION in the entire region is ~ COM
plete as to prevent access to the desolate
and heartbroken survivors. and tho prop
erty loss is incalculable. Watchers
line the banks of the rivers recov-
er1ng bodies. Villages below Johnstown
have become charnal houses, all points an
nouncing numbers of dead left BY the re-
cedin2 flood. Several trains on the Penn
sylvanta railroad were overtaken by the
rising waters and some passengers, stran-
gers to the locality, lost their lives in
the which prevailed In Johns
town and neighboring places whole fami-
lies were swept away together. The scene
OF utter desolation, the deeds Of heroism
and the lamentations of those unable to
learn tidings of loved ones make pathetic
story, but it is marred by the deplorable
fact that the ghouls who escaped tho food
robbed the dead bodies of valuablea
Some corpses were taken from the
river near Pittsburgh and others ut long
distances from the point where the disaster
occurred.
Movements for the relief of survivors,
who are in need of all comforts Of life,
have been made promptly by Federal, State
and municipal authorities and by In
dividualA
THE HOLOCAUST.
DERRY, Pa, June 3-Of all the fearful
occurrences the most terrible was the flre
In which Supervisor Hays, Of the Pennsyl-
vania road, estimated that from 1000 to
1900 beings were burned to death Over
800 frame houses were jammed together In
heap forty feet high against tho
massive viaduot Of the Pennsylvania
road at Johnstown All tho houses
were destroyed and the majority Of the In
mates were crushed to death beforo the
terrific hre began. Men, women and ohfl-
dren, with their limbs ptnioned between
the ttmksrs. their hfs-blood slowly obotn9
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War, has asked Governor Beaver by tele-
graph what the War Department can do to
aid the sufferers He says the DEPART
ment has no tents, all the extra ones
having been sent to Charleston during the
earthquake and have never been returned.
GOVERNOR foRAKER's ACTION
COLUMBUS, O., June 3-Governor Foraker
sent a telegram to General James A.
Beaver, Ut Harrisburg, rendering the use
of tents, up as high as 1000. for the
sufferers at Johnstown. The Governor has
issued q proclamation requesting the MAYOR
Of each city and town in the State to take
the necessary steps to secure from the peo-
pie such contributions of money, food and
clothing as their ability, generosity and
sympathy may prompt them to make. Hon.
William G. Deshler, of Columbus. is an
pointed to receive and forward the same in
the name and on behalf of the contributors
to the proper relief committee In Pennsyl-
vania
ANSWERING THE CRY FOE AID.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 3-Reports are
coming In from q large number of towns
throughout the western part of this State.
Eastern Ohio and West Virginia, of citizens
mass meetings being held, and donations in
aid OF the sufferers are fast pouring in.
urday contributed u 600 for the sufferers,
A carload of provisions was shipped from
Cleveland Sunday night About $500 was
collected In the churches Sunday and Is GOO
from other sources More will be raised
to-day.
Grand Master Long, of the Indiana Grand
Lodge A. F. and A. NJ, urgently requests
subordinate lodges to give what they can
spare.
Mayor Grant, of New York, has appealed
Tor succor for the relief Of the Pennsyl-
vante sufferers, as has also Governor Hill
Similar appeals have been issued all over
tho country.
Mayor Noonan, OF St Louis, has issued .
proclamation calling for contributions from
c1tizens So
Mayor Mosby, Of Cincinnati, in accordance
with the proclamation Of Governor
Foraker, issued his proclamation to tho
people of Cincinnati calling for contribu-
tions to aid suderexn ~. J5.x ::
Columbia O., forwarded her first INSTALL
mont OF clothing to tho Johnstown sufferers
Sunday night Several thousand dollars
has been raised and meeting II called for
Istematto work this morning. Surround
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-06-28
A BIue-Jay on a Spree.

'Naw, sir, | ran him down. He's
drunk on mad-berry. | didn't shoot
him." so said our little stable-boy, John
Henry. We examined the beautiful
blue-jay. 1t was lying in the boys
hand, with a sort of contented dolce far
nieRte expression on its face. It's head
wagged ridiculously in the effort TO
hold it up. 1t was common North
American drunk, nothing less. The
bird was intoxicated on the berries OF
the Pride Of China, known throughout
the South as the poison or mad-berry.
In Florida thousands of respectable
Northern robins, that would blush 10
do it at home. are found lying about in
the state of grossest drunkenness from
the same cause. We wondered il some
blue-ribbon society might not be prof
itably started among these poor birds
But they do not know any better We
have this advantage over them, we
know the mad-berry when we sec It..
II Is to our disgrace If we do not let /.
alone. Youths Companion.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-06-28
THE CORPSE QUAKE.
a Strange NIalady Which Sometimes At
taclSs Grave III ggers.

a Strange Ngaiady Which Sometimes At
tacks Gruve-DiGgers.
A strange sort OF mental affection,
known as "corpse-quake," has often
been found TO exist among grave-dig-
gers. 1t is no uncommon occurrence
that a person employed in cemeteries
for many years is suddenly afflicted
with a shaking similar to chat expert
enced by persons suffering from ague.
A grave-digger who has been en-
ployed at Cypress Hills cemetery for
fifteen years was seen yesterday by
reporter.
II know OF a number of such cases."
said he. Ten years ago we had three
diggers here who had worked together
for quite while. One of the three,
who used to be a very lively chap and
always willing and ready to tell good
yarn, became very quiet all at once.
His companions noticed this and, think
ing that Joe was not feeling well, Let
him alone There was TO be a funeral
in the afternoon and we went over to
dig the grave. As soon as Joe stuck
his spade in the ground he began to
shake His companions told him to stop
working if he didn't feel well, but Joe
paid no attention and continued with
his work until the job had been fin
ished. Three or four more graves were
made that day, and every time Joe put
down his spade he shook The other
two tried TO make fun of him by imitat-
ing his shaking while at work.
A few days later Joes compan-
ions had the corpse-quake, too, and
week later had to stop work entirely.
81 thought that the three men had
contracted ma aria, but, strange to say,
they never would have that peculiar
shake while away from the cemetery.
Joe came back TO as but every time he
would pick up a spade and try to work
that old trouble would come back. We
insisted upoa his giving mp the job. rs
ne was falling away. He remained at
home about week, and his wife told
US he was getting better again, when
one day his boy mentioned the word
spade i'm his fathers presence. IL was
the strar gest thing in tie world-no
sooner had the boy said spade than
Joe took the corp5e-quake again. He
didn't last long after that lie would
be thinking about digging graves all
the time and this made him 50 sick that
he died shortly aftor don't rcmem-
Der what became q the othcr two men.
They had 20 give up ths job, and. |