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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
NON-PARTISAN w. c. T. U.
Call for . Convention to Bo Held Ut
Cleveland In January.

Cleveland In January.
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 21.-The pro-
visional committee of the non-partisan
w. c. T. U. has issued call for a con-
1vention in this city January %. The
call recites that for five years serious
division of sentiment and opinion
has existed among the membership
and between the leaders of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
on the subject of the proper attitude
towards politics and political parties,
and referring to the secession of some of
the delegates at the recent conven-
ton in Chicago, and the determine
ton of the ''bolters'' to form
new organization, proceeds
to denounce the policy of the elder as
ISOLATION as wrong in principle, con.
trary to the letter and spirit Of the
original constitution, illogical in it's rea-
sonings, inconsistent in its conclusions
and exceedingly detrimental to the cause
OF temperance;" accuses that body of &C.
cordlng unchristian treatment to Chris
tan women; says much good may
be done by "a society keeping itself so
free from all party entanglements that
no political vultures will ever hover
over its conventions, hoping to bear
away any influence that will help them
to places of power; invites the
aid of Christian workers in all
fields; entreats temperance women
to consecrate themselves anew
on December % to the crusade
against the liquor traffic, and in conclu-
sion invites all who sympathize with the
new movement to meet with the pro-
visional committee on or about January
20 next at Central Music Hall in this
city to take action to effect a Nationa!
organization.
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TREES IN FULL BLOOM.

rear Trees Blossoming in Ohio and But
terhies Fitting Through the Air In Penn
sylvania - The Queer Winter Weather
Causes Much Bad Health, Business Dc.
preston and Fears for tho Wheat and
Fruit Crops.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 21.-Reports have
been received from twenty-five counties
OF Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsyl.
vania on the effect of the present unsea-
sonable weather. In several local.
tiles grass is growing as in spring,
buds are bursting on trees. and
wheat is so far advanced that
farmers fear it will be ruined when a
cold snap comes. Fruit will undoubted-
~ be greatly damaged. In Fayette
County, this State, butterflies are fit
ting around; in Columbiana County,
o., pear trees are in bios
som. The open winter has had
disastrous effect upon the general
health. Typhoid fever is on the in
crease in the Ohio valley, and scourge
OF pulmonary diseases ts sweeping Blair
County, Pa. Business depression is re-
ported from everywhere, and two fail
ures In Stark County, O., are due to the
bad weather.
CHEBoYGAN, Mich, Dec. .21.-Lumber-
men here are much discouraged by the
continuance Of mild weather. Low lands
are flooded and log-hauling is conse-
quently almost impossible.
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WEST AND eou1h,

A LIVERY stable at Trinidad, COL,
was burned on the 18th and forty horses
were cremated.
In thunderstorm on the 18th at JAS
per, Mo-, two young sons of George
Cashell were killed by lightning.
In an accident on the 18th ON the Dem
YER h Rio Grande road near Walsenburg,
COL. William Gleyer (engineer) and
Thomas Baker (ireman)s were killed
and the cattle in seven cars were
crushed to death.
AN extra session of the West Virginia
Legislature to settle the Governorship
contest will meet on the third Wednes-
day in January next
JAMES H. WILSON'S barn st Barr
township, Ind, was burned by tramps
on the 18th, and six horses and several
head Of cattle and hogs were cremated.
The firm of Mead, Van Bokkelen 4
Co., of Chicago, dealers in California
fruits, failed on the 18th for $3.50, 900.
On the 18th five children on their way
home from school near Fort Recovery,
O.. were bitten by mad dog, and
each had developed symptoms of hydro
ephobia. ~. <. . r. -..
OK tho 18th representatives of nearly
every comfy in South Dakota met st
Waterford and adopted resolutions deny.
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THE LIVESTOCK MEN.

At the Meeting of tho National Com mis-
sioners Sanitary Organization Il
Formed.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. 2O.-At Thurs
days session of the National Livestock
Commissioners it was decided that q
permanent organization should be Of
fected to be known as the Interstate
Livestock Sanitary Association for the
purpose of establishing basis Of CO.
operation among the various State
Boards of Livestock Commissioners
for the suppression and prevention Of
the spread of infective and contagious
diseases. The first officers are: Presi-
dent, T.. c. Jones, of Ohio; Vice. Presi-
dents, 81. H. Kinds of Michigan, John
M. Pierson of Illinois, and Adams Earl
of Indiana; Secretary, G. P. Johnson,
of Illinois. Resolutions were adopt
ed calling upon the Legislatures Of
all States that have not already suit
able laws to enact laws requiring all
dairymen to secure certificates as to
the health of the COWS from which milk
is supplied, to be renewed seminar
nually, to prevent the spread of tuber-
culosis; asking the Department of Agri-
culture at Washington, d. c.,
to formulate rules in regard to
the shipment Of Southern cattle,
to prevent or guard against
the spread of splenic or Texas fever, to
apply to shipments coming from the
southern boundary of Kansas and Mis-
souri,, west of New Mexico. 1t is also
asked that the department provide Ger
tain regulations for the cleansing Of
cars after shipment Of Southern cattle.
The convention adjourned to meet in
Springfield at the call of the president
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THE NEW SOUTH.
Industrial Development Of That Section
Since tho War.

Industrial Development Of That Section
Since the War.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec s1.--Nr. B. IL.
Edmunds, the editor Of the Manntactur-
or's Record, contributes to this NSekbI
issue Of that journal : review OF the In.
dustrial hi6tory sof The South. The
Losses entai1ld upon the South ~ the
war are estimated atover SIS, zoo, 900, 900,
or double the amount of capital invested
in manufactures in the United States
IN 1880 .s.s.s....
!, In 1880 the South had commenced to
regain i'll position oflso0, and Its prog
ress during the last nine years has been
the wonder Of the age. Since 1886 over
81, 500, O00, 900 have been drawn to the
South to pay for cotton, and the value
Of cotton exported "a Europe during
that period has been q, 100, 600, COO.
The agricultural ID yancementa has
been almost as marked, as the industrial.
In 1879 the value Of the South's agri-
cultural products was g $571, 900, 600;
In 1883 $3.50, 000, 900, and in 1859 lit
will be about $3.50, 100000 In 1879 the
South produced 4S1, OOO, 900 bushels az
grain, and in 1888 632, OONO0O bushels.
and the yield for 1889 will probably
show $50, 600, 900 to 675. 600, O0O bushels.
The percentage of increase in grain pro-
duction in the South was larger than in
the West. In 1879 the value Of the live
stock in the South was 1891, 400, 600, and
in 1889 1863, 10000
In 1880 the South had $40 National
banks, with capital Of $45, 597, 900, and
in 1889 it has 472 National banks. and
their capital is $40, 454, 600. There was
an increase of surplus in National banks
of IS per cent. in the North, 80 per cent
In the West and 146 per cent. in the
South.
In the last four years $4,000 new man
ufacturing and mining enterprises have
been organized in the South. The rail-
road mileage of the South has been in.
creased by the addition of nearly 81, 900
miles since 1880.
3 In 1880 6,o4s,571 tons of coal were
mined in the South, and in 1883 the
output was over 100000 tons.
Cotton mills have increased from 16l,
with II, 1923 looms and 667,s54 spindles
in 1880 to 355 mills, with 45,O01
looms and 2,0S5,26 spindles, while
many new mills are under construction
and many old ones being enlarged. In
1880 there were 40 cotton-seed oil mills
in tho South, having a capital of So, $780,
600; now there are 213, with over $40, OOO,-
600 invested.
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PcWDERLY INDIGNANT.
The Master Workman Denies the Gen.
spiracy Charges Made by Callaghan.

The Adaster Workman Denies the Gen.
spiracy Charges Made by Callaxhan.
SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 90.-Hon. T. Y.
Powderly furnished the local papers
18th : lengthy statement Of his dificul.
N With HIM. Edward Callaghan. 81
6cottdale, which ledsto the present pros.
ecution for conspiraoy. Mr. Powderly's
version In brief is as follows:
The trouble dates back TO the appointment Of
q committee of knights Of Labor in the spring
working: men g it came before the General
Assembly Of Pennsylvania This con-
.mittAe IF was appointed by Q oonvon-
ton called by Mr.. Powderly. He heard
no more Of the matter until March g. 1883 when
he received letter from Edward Callaghan
saying that the committee neglected it,
duty, and that the WritorsWAs roliably in.
formed that members who stood high r. the
order did not want the committees reports
published. In reply to this Mr.. POWderly
wrote that he had not been before apprised,
that the committee had neglected its duty, and
at any rate tho matter was not in his hands.
In conclusion, mi. Powderly requested Mr..
Callaghan to give his authority for saying
that members who stand high IN the order do
not want the reports published, asking
this under the seal Of the General Master
Workman Callaghan refused to make known
his authority, but wrote Powderly scorching
letter, charging him with treachery and lying
and with conspiring 70 cause his (callaghsn's)
political downfall. sI,5a.s5s.sga
Mr.. Powderly says that he knows
nothing of the present case except what
he has seen in the newspapers, but sup
poses that it is renewal Of the charge
of conspiracy. He does not know CAL
.laghan, though that gentleman claims
to have met him in tho Bingham
House, Philadelphia, April 2, 1887. He
thinks that there is no doubt that his
name has been used by Callaghan's OPP
ponents, but he says he is not re-
sponsible for that. b The libel is
not against Callaghan, but against him
self, for, although he Is thoroughly limo
cent in the matter, he has been SUBJ
jected to persecution and damaging al
legations. Callaghan has even gone so
far as to write Mr.. Powderly that he
had made fool of Cardinal Gibbons by
lying to him and every one else. MI.
Powderly has not yet been arrested.
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FRANK GIBBONS, who d. d recently at
hlbernia' N. Y, was the greatest guesser
Of the age. His faculty was first devel-
oped In q homely way, and did not at
tract great deal OF attention. It be.
came recognized characteristic when
the boy would stand at the end of row
OF potatoes and guess with close ap-
proaches to accuracy how many of the
vegetables would be found in each hill.
ne could guess the number Of eggs in a
basket the quantity Of milk in pail.
the number OF sticks of wood in load,
how many bushels of corn would be
husked from patch, and how manv
grains OF corn there were on an ear.
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REV: w. H: M1LBURN, the blind chap
lain of the National House of Represant-
atlves, Is native of Philadelphia and
was born in 1922. He lost the sight of
one eye when quite young, and the other
soon became practically useless. He
mastered the blind alphabet, and at the
age OF twenty was ordained minister,
After that he travelled over 400. 600
miles, hlling appointments to preach in
Ill the Southern States. Within the last
thirty years he has preached in. nearly
every State IN the Union and in some Eu-
ropesn countries. He has been Chaplain
Of the House since 1883 and can, in ali
probability. hold the place indefinitely,
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) How MANY black-haired women do
you know? If you will take the trouble
to count you will find that out of ten
women you meet nine will have blonde
hair of some shade and the tenth will
possess dark brown rather than black.
The tendency Of the times seems to be
towards light-haired women; but we
don't mean the ones whose hair is made
light by the use Of peroxide of HYDRO
gen. Scientists tell us. that as a nation
grows more civilized its women grow
more perfectly blonde, and students in
the mysteries of love say that the
blonde women are the most affectionate
wives.
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WEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES
Statistics Showing . Wonderful Increase
During the Last Nine Years.

During the Last Nine Year,.
New YORK, Dec. 2O.-The World has
obtained from the Treasurer of each
State the value of property as assessed
for taxation. The Census Offico in 1885
made report Of its exhaustive and la
borious inquiry into the proportions ex-
listing in each State between taxed
property and actual wealth, which
ranges between IS per cent. in Illinois
and 6s in Wyoming. The Worlds re-
port shows an increase in taxable prop
erty of 81, 963, 000, 900 and an increase in
actual wealth of $1s,662, 900, 900 since
1880. The total wealth is @61. 459, 0oo, 600
exclusive of public property, and IS, oos,-
600, 600 property invested and owned
abroad. The assessed value of taxed
property and our actual wealth at differ
ent decades have been:
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It Came Too Late.

JOLIET, ILL.,, Dec. Ex-Governor Fifer
signed Wednesday night pardon for
Michael McDonough, sent to the peni-
Tertiary from Rockford for seven years.
The pardon was granted because the
convict was dying of consumption and
that he might die at home; but when
his brother reached this city with the
pardon he found McDonough dead. He
died at about the moment when Gov
ernor Fifer signed the pardon.
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ELIZABETH JACKSON, of Huntington,
w. Va, the widow of Elijah jackson,
who was soldier in the war of 1879, te-
oeives pension at the rate Of S12 per
month: She is 1O4 years old and walks
five miles every quarter to receive her
vouchers. She is an inveterate smoker
and declares she will live to be ia
years old. She has three sons who are
drawing pensions for wounds received
in the late war.
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HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Ono Girl Burned to Death and Eight 9th
ers Injured at Christmas Rehearsal IN
Detroit.

Ono Girl Burned to Death and Eight 9th
ers Injured at . Christmas Rehearsal IN
Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 2O.-A shocking
accident occurred at the Tilden public
school Thursday evening while some
sixteen girls were rehearsing a Christ
mas cantata. The costumes of the girls
we're made of light gauze and trimmed
with cotton batting. One Of g the
performers had a wand with which she
accidentally struck a candle, igniting
the wand. The flames were then COM
municated to the children's clothing and
all were burned more or less. Bessie
Zeley was the girl whose costume was
first ignited by the wand. Immediately
the other girls gathered around her and
endeavored to extinguish the flames.
The result was that in a moment
dozen terrified children were running
wildly around the room with
their clothes ablaze. A terri
bic scene ensued; the panic
stricken children ran from the room
and rushed wildly through the building
calling for help, but none was at hand.+
Finally, however, the janitor appeared
and dashed pals of water over some of
them. The janitor's timely appear
ance undoubtedly prevented the
disaster from being. much more ter
rible in its results Jennie Lancashire
was carried to a house near by, where it
was found every article Of, clothing,
with the exception Of her shoes,
were hnrnod from hor 'hr;dv
She fingered in the greatest agony
till death relieved her sufferings.
The number of seriously burned is now
put at eight, but it is not thought that
their injuries are necessarily fatal.
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MARCHING ALONG.

me Inhuonsa Epidemic Makes Its Ap-
psaranoe In SAyoral More American
Cltiss-MerchantsSho Of Hap Through
the Sickness Of Their Empltxes.
Bos7ox, 10. 3o-The |rop,ii ~ T.
auenza Il cd reslity, and Bost@ Mans
[,re beginning = realize thatfact.
The first case was III reported sabout
/, week ago Now they are num-
oered by the score in all parts
81 the city. The symptoms are similar
% those reported from the continent.
The victims complain or pains in the
asad. y tho baok and in the leks, their
ayes and nose discharge profnsely, they
experience considerable nausea, and
there IL more Or less rise. IN their
|.emperatureseTh The ehavooeit~mskes in
,ertain quarters is almost amusing. r.
d. White q Cos big sdry-goods Arm
had to allow forty of It's clerks togo
aome Thursday on account of this sick
aess. Jordan, Marsh & Co., Shepard &
Norwell and the other city traders are
undergoing similar experience.
NEW YoRK, Dec. 20. --Physicians say
shat the number of cases. Of influenza In
The CITY is steadily incrsasing. No sta
hstics are available IS the Board Of
Health pays no official attention to the
matter, the ailment not being of dan
yerous character.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.-There has
been a widespread epidemic of in
luenza in mild form in this CITY
for some time, and it is gradual
" assuming the severity of the type
now prevailing so extensively through
out Europe. i, During the last three
days nearly 400: Of the employees in John
Wanamaker's store have been excused
rom work on account of illness, and DR..
William F. Morris, who has examined
several of them, says. that their ailment
Is, q milder form of the European NAL
ady.
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 2o.-The Rus
sian influenza has reached Detroit, and,
:uriously enough. 50 far only bank en-
ployes are afflicted. This is attributed,
however, to the report that the
microbes travel in paper money,
and when the contagious paper has
been freely circulated in the city it is
expected the disease will become cpl
aemic. The symptoms are different in
nearly every case. In some it produces
IAN all gone, tired feeling" az one ex-
pressed it, while in others the lining to
the nose, mouth and throat is affected;
still others have cough. Lameness is
one of the general points in which it
shows up strong.
KANSAS CITY, NO., Dec. 20.-Over 100
cases of influenza are reported in this
aity. There is no doubt that the cpl
demic has reached here.
BERLIN, Dec. 20.-Emperor William
Is suffering from influenza.
PARIS, Dec. 2O.-Judic and several
other artists have the influenza.
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Johnstown's New Charter.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 2O.-Governor
Beaver issued a charter for the new city
of Johnstown Thursday. 1t includes
the boroughs of Johnstown, Grubbtown,
Conemaugh, Woodvale, Prospect, Mill
vile and Cambria, these boroughs hav-
ing population Of at least 10000.
Juror Culver Sues Chicago Paper.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2O.-John Culver, who
has gained worldwide notoriety as the
obstinate juror in the Cronin case, has
brought suit against the Chicago Herald,
claiming $4,000 damages for alleged
libel. The libel complained Of was pub
lished in last Sundays issue of the paper,
and consisted of very strong intima-
ton that Mr.. Culver had succumbed to
the wiles Of the jury bribers.
Timothy j. Coe, New York hotel
proprietor, shot and killed himself
Thursday morning. The act was caused
BY temporary insanity caused by in.
OSAAAAAAs .
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A Wyoming Corporation Fails.

LARAMIE, Wy. T., Dec. 2O.-The Lar
annie Plains Land and Cattle Company
has made an assignment The ranch is
on the Laramie river, near this place,
and consists of $4,000 acres with cattle
and improvements, valued at $126, 116.
The assignment was caused by recent
heavy failures of stockholders residing
in WaynesborO, Pa.
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LOST THEIR STARS.
Five Moro Clan-na-Gael Policemen Re
m0Yed from h.

Five Moro Clan-na-G Gael Policemen Re-
moved from the Chicago Force.
CHICAGO. Dec, 20.-There were five.
more discharges issued from the office of
Superintendent of Police Hubbard yes
terday. The officers removed: were
Detectives Palmer and Flynn,
Patrolman Michael Ahern, of the
Cottage Grove avenue station;
Officer Daniel Cunningham. of the
East Chicago avenue station, and Desk
Sergeant Peter Kelly, of the Desplaines
street station. The charges are in each
case conduct unbecoming a police Of
fcer and neglect of duty" but the men
are all removed for their actions in the
Cronin case.
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Two HUNGARIAN engineers are said
to have invented an explosive called
ecrosite' more powerful than dynamite
and capable of being transported with
perfect safety. 1t can be used in rifles
as we'll as cannon, and bombs loaded
With 1t have great destructive power.
Tho secret of it, manufacture has been
purchased by thV Austrian Government
which is therefore in q position to laugh
u the noiseless and smokeless powder
secret In the possession Of the Ger
mans. But IT the new substance stands
the test Bismarck will not rest until
the German Government secures control
OF it.
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LATER
A Town Wiped out.

BUTLER, Pa. Dec 22-The little town
OF Petrolia, fifteen miles north Of here,
once the scene of the liveliest oil happen
1ngs in the country, was desolated bv fire
which started at O'Clock this morning,
and ragged fiercely, helped by q high wind
until the entire business portion of the
town was destroyed, a blow from which
the place Will doubtless never recover.
and its 700 inhabitants will seek q new
place to hive in some other oil town.
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The Supreme Court of Ohio has de-
oided that the biennial elections amend
ment to the constitution of Ohio, which
received q majority of the votes cast
on the proposition at the last election,
was not legally adopted. This estab-
fishes the principle that to change the
Constitution majority of all che votes
cast at general election must be in the
affirmative.
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RECENTLY $50, 6o6 persons were under
sentence in the German Empire for
offenses against the law. OF these 61.-
500 offended against the State, religion
and the public peace; 134,670 against
the person, 152,659 against property, $50
were sentenced for Insulting majesty"
4s2 for arson, ATS for bribery, 1853 for
offenses against the anti-Socialist law,
and 900 for adulte Grating food.
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The wealth of the United States now
exceeds the total wealth of the whole
world at any time previous to the mid
die of the eighteenth century, and the
amount invested abroad is alone equal
to the national wealth of Portugal and
Denmark. The total wealth of only
five nations is equal to the mere increase
of. the United States in the last nine
years.
In its estimate the World publishes
the following figures secured from off,
cial sources to show the wealth Of tho
States named:
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THEY WANT EIGHT HOURS.

The Minors Convention 1T Indlanapolis
Makes > Number Of Demands.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 21.-At the
meeting of the Miners Progressive
Union Friday resolutions were adopted
asking the miners and mine-workers in
this Held to prepare to put the eight
hour day in force May l, 1920; that the
miners OF Illinois be requested to use
every available means to establish
shorter interval between pay-days, ind
that in order to raise general fund
mine-workers in the district 6e assessed
one dollar head for the months Of Feb
ruary, March and April.