davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FlFTY-FlRsT coMoRE8s.

TUESDAY, Jan. z. -Senator Morgan
addressed the Senate in favor of
the bill providing for the emigra-
ton of colored people from the South.
A bill was introduced to provide for =
worlds exposition at the National Capt.
tai in 1891 In the House the rules were
discussed at length, and a bill was intro
duced providing for q penson of S72 per
month to disabled soldiers requiring the
aid of an attendant, and another bill
giving dependent soldiers pension not
to exceed SIS nor less than six dollars
per month, according to disability;
WEDNESDAY, Jan. Sin the Senate
the time was occupied by Mr.. Voorhees,
upon the resolution offered by him
in relation to the alleged interference
by Mr.. Chambers, the United States
District Attorney at Indianapolis, to
prevent the arrest of w. w. Dudley on
a charge of violating the election laws
of Indiana, and by Mr.. Edmunds in re-
ply. In the House bill was introduced
providing that the terms Of members of
Congress shall begin January L. Ad-
journed until the 10th.
THURSDAY, Jan. ,9.-The Vice. resi-
dent laid before sthe Senate com.
munication from Acknowledgement Mil
Ter in which he states that no instruc-
tions, oral or written, have been given
to District Attorney S. N. Chambers, of
Indianapolis, on the subject of the ar
rest of w. w. Dudley. Several bills OF
minor Importance were reported and
numerous appointmentswe were confirmed.
The House was not in session.. -
FRIDAY, Jan. 10. - The Senate was
not in session. In the House resolu.
tions were passed eulogizing the career
of the late Judge Kelley and an ad-
journment was taken as mark of re.
spect to his memory.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
"A co1oRrD woman employed AZ

a coIoRED woman employed as do
:mestio in the family of farmer in
Cooper County, Kan, not until few
days ago discovered that she is not q
slave. = The farmer took her into the
State from the South before the war.
She was then q slave and nothing re-
5garding the results of the war or of the
emancipation proclamation was ever
told her. On the death of the farmer a
few weeks ego she removed to another
place, whore Yor the first time she learned
that she enjoys the boon of freedom. It
seems like IN }almost incredible story,
butperhaps the iarmer had never heard Of
The. emancipsuop proclamation himself.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

Never before in the history Of the United
States has there been such Winter as the
present, and never before in it's history
have the people been afforded such facilities
for travel as are now given by the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
trains traverse the Empire State daily, ar
irving at and departing from Grand Central
Station, in the very ceuter of The Ameri.
can Metropolis. ''-NeW York Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

Poor old Dom Pedro's grief at the
bedside of the dead Empress shows
that he found the loss of his Empire
easier to bear than the loss of his wife.
Il have experienced the most bitter
trial." he is reported as saying, that
God could inf1ict upon me. Her faith
full and affectionate companionship has
sustained me for forty-slx years. Gods
will be DONE" The bereaved ex-mon-
arch will have the sympathy of the
world in his affection.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

To SHOW the capacity of his stomach
visitor at the Neversink Fire House at
Reading, Pa, a few days ago ate MKT
ure composed of a pound of figs, fifty
raw oysters and pound Of sugar, and
topped of the mess with pound of
lard. He said on wager he would eat
box of wagon grease, but the spec
tators would let him go no further.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
Prom WASHINGTON.

In this country the visible supply Of
wheat and corn on the 9th was respect
lively 80, 758, O04 and $685. bushels.
DAVID J. BREWER was sworn in as As
sociate Justice of the United States Su-
preme Court at noon on the 9th.
THE copper output. of American mines
during December aggregated 1858 tons.
On the evening of the 7th the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harrison gave their first
state dinner to the Vice-President, men,
bers of the Cabinet, leading Senators
and their ladies at the White House.
THERE were 460,516 unadjudicated
and pending claims on file in the Pen
sion Office on the Sth
WILLIAM D. KELLEY (Rep.) died in
Washington OH the 9th, aged seventy
six years. He was serving his sixteenth
consecutive term in Congress from the
Fourth Pennsylvania district, being
first elected in 1860, and ranked as the
greatest advocate of protection in the
Nations councils.
In the United States there were 1884
business failures during the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 329 the pre-
vious seven days.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.


CHINA advices of the 18th report the
loss of the American ship Cheese
brough with sixteen lives.
INCENDIAR1Es burned the exchange at
Brussels, one of the finest structures in
Europe, on the 18th. Loss, 5000, 900
francs.
The death Of the Dowager Empress
Augusta, of Germany, widow of the late
Kaiser William, occurred at Berlin on
the It'll from severe attack of influenza.
AT Marking, China, hundreds of peo-
pie were drowned by recent water
spout and numerous boats were de-
stroyed and great damage was done.
ADv1CEs of the Sth from Prof S. w.
Burnham, chief of the eclipse expedi-
ton sent from Lick Observatory to
South America, announced that the OBJ
servation of the eclipse of the sun on
December 20 was entirely successful.
WHILE skating on the sth at Lubbock,
Germany, eight persons were drowned.
ADvICEs of the 9th from the curator
of the Museum of Egyptian Antique
ties at Boulak announced that the tomb
in which Cleopatra was buried had been
discovered.
OWING to the stormy weather the
steamer Iowa from Boston which ar
rived in Liverpool on the 9th lost $40
out of 625 head of cattle on the trip.
The total sugar crop of Cuba for 1889
was 487,344 tons; that for 1883, $40, 3OS
tons. Local consumption in 1889, $4,000
tons.
Mrs. GoRMAN and her two children
persisted in fire on the 10th at Mon
treal, Can.
AT Lyons, France, the Pilas silk fac
tory was destroyed by fire on the 10TH
Loss, GOO, 900 francs.
On the 10th the steamer Duburg, of
F1ensburg, Germany, was given up as
lost. She had on board twenty two
Europeans and 400 Chinese, and it was
supposed that she foundered Outing q
tvphoon.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

DURING the recent floods in Japan e.
40 persons were killed and 1856 were
wounded; 10000 were deprived of the
necessaries of life; $4,000 houses were
swept away or rendered uninhabitable;
100000 acres of agricultural land, with
their crops, we're laid waste; 5000
bridges were carried away, and hum
dreds Of miles of roads were DESTROYED,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
Kansas Catches . n,,z.,rd

Kansas crrr, Mo-, Jan IA severe
blizzard ragged all day throughout Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska. On an average
!. bout foot OF snow fell and high. wind
drlfted 1t badly. All trains on the Santa
Fe, Wichita & Western, Rock Island and
NJ ssouri Pacific railroads in the neighbor-
hood Of Wichita have been abandone]. A.
Omaha, Neb.. about Is inches of snow fell
i'm eding railway travel Tho electric
and horse car lines are 1t a staudstfll.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
Stole $4,000 and Fled.

I CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-Louis P. Scoville,
secretary and attorney of the Chicago
City Savings and Loan Association, is
missing, and with him about $4,000 be-
longing to the society. There is good
reason for believing that Scoville is
now in Canada. Scoville is nephew of
Charles J. Guiteau, the assassin of the
late President Garfield.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

A NEW style of Enoch Arden has made
his appearance in Connecticut. His
name is John Linck, and when he re-
turned Christmas Eve after long alb
sence to find his wife happily married,
instead of wandering away again to die
of a broken heart he played the part of
Santa Claus, congratulated the woman
and loaded the whole family with Christ
mas presents. This may not be quite as
sentimental as Tennyson's story, but it
Is more in keeping with American charac-
ter, and just as healthy in its moral tone.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
Illinois Farms Flooded.

CAIRO, ILL.,, Jan. 10. - Many farms in
Southern Illinois are almost submerged
with water, the result of long-con-
tinued rainfall: Thousands of bushels
of corn in that part of the State remain
ungathered, owing to the fact that
farmers have been unable to drive into
their fields to make the harvest. Much
ill health has been caused by the damp
weather and the stagnant water.
: = Senator Wilson Renomlnated. j..
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Jan. 10.-In the
Democratic caucus Senator Wilson was
renominated by reclamation to succeed
himself as United States Senator.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
10th Were Ktlled.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-A scaffold on
which John O'Reilly ana Richard Con-
over, carpenters, were at work at the
new school building at Scotchs Plains,
N. j., gave way Thursday and the two
men fell sixty feet, receiving injuries
from which they died.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

THERE are three Roman Catholic and
eight Protestant missions in the Congo
territory. They support twenty-eight
stations and ninety-dve missionaries.
The Protestant missions are supported
by Americans, English and Swedes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16


Democratic Legisla-
tive caucus Thurs
day night on the
second ballot. The
caucus was called to
order at 7:4o p. m.
by Senator Howells,
chairman Of tn g
joint caucus COM
mittee, and Senator
Perry N. Adams, of
Tmn. was selected
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

The recently-formed order Of United
American Mechanics in 1890 will begin
a crusade against the Hungarian coal
miners and laborers in Connellsville,
Pa, with the intention Of busting them
from that region.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
LATER.
Destructive Cyclone at St, Louis

Destructive Cyclone at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, No., Jan. 12-About 4 80 this
afternoon cyclone struck the southwest
ern section Of the city and swept through
to the northern limits, marking Il pathway
near;y aquarter of a mile wide and leav.
ing death and DISSOLUTION in its track. 1t
came with scarcely any warning of its ap-
proach: In add ton to dozens of dwelling
houses and stores In the southern, GEN.
trail and northern sections of the city
more or less wrecked, the following big
buildings were damaged: The Anchor
mills, Goodwin candle factory, Pullman's
shop, Van Brooks furniture factory,
Kingsland & Ferguson's farm implement
works, Missouri Pacific hosra Hokgaen
school, German EvangclioS Tee
ond Presbyterian church and ehers. An
entire family. father. mother md child,
residing on Mound street near Tenth, met
their deaths by the falling Of . building
on their dwelling. The losses on property
ara roughly estimated at 500, 600; but will
likely provo more.
Trees were torn up by the roots and
broken of, telegraph poles swept down as
Though mere sticks while the roofs of
buildings were lifted from their mornings
like feathers and tossed into the streets.
Mrs. Charles Miller, residing at Twentieth
s~AASA NuSS"As ooA sOoS3 " ID SAGu'AS III = TUX
ing chair with her babe in her arms, when
the roof was lifted from her house. She
rushed to the window and just then the
wall gave way, and Mrs. Miller and her
babe were buried under tie debris. The
babe miraculously escaped without a
scratch. but the mother is badly hurt and
VIII not recover. Mr.. Nil or was in
another part of the house and was unhurt,
This isobut one Of dozens of Incidents OF
the terrible storm: The list OF victims so
far received IL as fellows: Dead-Mrs.
Maggie Conners, aged forty; Bernard
Mcconnell, aged forty; Joe Weaver, aged
nine. 1njured-Tessa Weaver. aged six,
both legs broken, will probably die; Mrs.
Charles Miller, badly cut and bruised,
serious condition; Anne K; Corners,
Maggie Corners, Francis Conners.
At Brooklyn. ILL.,, the storm was upusu-
oily severe. Many bu ldings we're wrecked
several persons injured but none killed.
From st. Louis the path Of the storm was
IN southeasterly direction and MANY
towns and villages in Illinois report more
or less damage.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
Hog Cholera in Illinois.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Jan. 1O.-Hog chol-
era is prevailing to an alarming extent
in different parts of Mclean County.
John Thompson, living near Randolph,
has lost thirty-two head, and w. p.
Riggs, living near Farmer City, has lost
thirty.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

A GREAT influx of immigrants is ex-
pected in February, and the railroads
are already arranging for the division Of
the labor OF carrying the newly-arrived
hordes to their new homes in the West
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
CfOnS in iowa.

Dies MONIES, Ia, Jan. 10.-The Secre-
tary Of the Iowa State Agricultural
Society estimates the crop in the State
in 1889 to be: Corn, 326, 07s, 900 bushels;
oats, 113,0oo,0o bushels; potatoes, d.
100000 bushels; wheat, $1,000, 600
bushels. The value of the total crop,
exclusive of grass, is estimated at $127,.
600, 600. .,.. .- H..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

The furniture establishment of Raffson
4 Rugler, at Sandusky, o., burned
Wednesday night. Loss on stock s75,-
600; insurance, $50. 900. Loss on build.
ing, So, ZOO, insurance, SIS, 200.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

Oregon, the Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild, equitable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
Oregon immigration Board Portland, Oregon
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

ANDREW CARNEGIE has authorized tho
officials Of the Cambria Iron Company to
draw on him for funds to rebuild the
Johnstown Public Library building,
which was destroyed by the flood.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

For COUGHS AND THROAT DISORDERS use
Bro,Un's Bronchial Iroches.-"Have never
changed my mind respecting them, except
think better of that which began thinking
we'll Of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Sold
only in boxes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

Henry Ward, q negro boy who muir
dered W. b. Benson the night of De-
cember 80, was taken from Jail at Bayou
Sara, La, Tuesday night BY body Of
naAsked. men and hanged to tree IN the
courthouse square.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
A Mathematician Passes AWAY.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.-Prof. j. Fl. C.
Coffin, U. S. N, distinguished mathe-
matician, died Wednesday night at his
residence. The deceased was in his 18th
year, and for some time past has been
in feeble health
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

PAIN in the Side nearly always comes from
adisordered liver andis promptly relieved by
Carriers Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

"A DINGY old coin taken recently for q
twenty-hve-cent piece ct drug store in
Henderson, KY, proved to be . Roman
gold coin Of the date Of 1858. vs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

Where Arc You Going2

VIE, do you start? Where isom1 How many
in vuur par ~ What amount Of freight ox
ts:aaee lave ;ou1 What routs do you preierf
lw:n receipt III an answer to the above Qnes'
lions you viii he furnished. free expense, with
$; 5: IS; $ =;
~i!I save trouble time and money. AGENTS will
c,,it in l,eryon where necessary. Parties not
r.a.y 20 tn.wer aboYe questions should cut out
end r-r.rrve .h;s notes for future reference 1t
x hY hecc ne Useful. Address c. II. WARREN.
Xer,. sos nsv nap Al EorthV>et
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
The baby King of Spain is the thir-
teenth of his name. His mother feels
nervous about him. r..--- .-.. T..

THE oldest member of the French
Legion of Honor is soldier ninety
nine years old. the last survivor of the
battle Of Trafalgar. '''sro~~'-~.-->'~'. --
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
BR!CE WINS.

Only Two Ballots Required in the Ohio
Democratic Legislative Caucus to Nom-
mate Him for the Senate. -r',
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 10.-Calvin s.
Brice look the Senatorial nrize in tho
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
IlnnracedenfAS1.

IT is the man continually cramped whe
ENDS difficulty in keeping his head abovs
Water.-TexaS Siftinrs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

s BIZ their fruits you shall know them; and.
therefore, the almanac-ma are known
by their dates.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

THE gas bill comes under the classifica-
ton Of light expenditures-Was hington
Capital "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

Is society belle considered loud when
she's appealing for her rights -Glenn Falls
Republican,, 81 -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

MANY q man never gets on the popular
side till he joins the silent maiority.-Puck.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

By cave-in in the Victor coal mino
near Trinidad, COL. five men were
killed on the oth. #
The Secretary Of the State Agrdcuitur-
q Society Of lows on the 9Th estimated
the crops in the State in 1859 to be:
Corn, s26, 073, 600 bushels; oats, 113, 0O0,-
900 bushels; potatoes, 81 ZOO, 600 bushels;
wheat, $1,000, 600 bushels. The value
OF the total crop, exclusive Of grass, was
estimated at 1927, 0OO, 600.
On the 9th John Hicks, aged eighty
four years, was released from the north
ern prison Ut Michigan City, Ind. He
had served forty-eight years of his life
behind the bars
DURING the last six months Of 1889
the disbursements from the pension
Office for the Milwaukee district, which
includes Wisconsin, Minnesota and the
Dakotas, we're $3,075, 1871. Is, against $2,-
$40, OF for the last six months Of 1888.
NEAR Poplar Bluffs, Mo-, on the 9th
Cane creek overlooked its banks and
nearly hundred families were forced
to abandon their homes and over one
thousand acres of corn in the shock were
destroyed.
The fast mail train on the Union
Pacific was wrecked near Sidney, Neb.,
on the 9th by broken rail, and the
cars caught fire and the two mail-cars
and the baggage-cars were burned.
DEMOCRATS in the Ohio Legislature on
the 9th nominated Calvin G. Brice for
United States Senator.
FERDINAND CASTING, living near
Winamac, Ind, as the result of feud
shot and killed Charles Kuryart on the
9th and then took his own life. Both
were farmers.
In Southern Illinois many farms were
on the 9th almost submerged with
| water, the result of long-continued
rainfall.
On the 9th a caisson of the new bridge
near Louisville, KY, gave way, crush
ing to death fourteen workmen.
Iowa Prohibitionists held a. State
Temperance convention in Des Moines
on the 9th which was largely attended,
and a series of resolutions indorsing the
prohibitory law and demanding it's re-
tention intact were adopted.
The attorneys for the Cronin defense
LII NAAOoSO AAOA VAC4A JILL VI cIIOIS Oil
the 10th in q motion for new trial.
THOMAS HENDERsoN's house at Web
ster Springs, Va, was burned on the 10th
and Mr.. Henderson and two children
were crenated.
THE report of the National Woman's
Temperance Union for 1889, made pub
lie on the 10th, shows membership OF
142. S4S, gain of 1891 over the previous
year.
On the 10th j. C. Parish. forty-two
years of age, was hanged at Raleigh,
N. c., for criminal assault upon his own
daughter. He died protesting his limo.
cence.
THREE children of j. w. Brayden, liv-
ing near Donaldsonville, La, died on
the 10th from taking strychnino by
mistake for quinine.
On the 10th John and Pole French, al
rested at London, KY, for murder com
mitted in Virginia seventeen years ago,
were identified as the guilty parties and
taken to Virginia.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

WHEa1 hot retorts are plentiful-iu . raa.
housA-Bootop HoraM - =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
| CURE Fits!

men say euro Go not mean merely to stop them
Tor time and then have them return again. mean
rad1ssl curs have made the disease Of FITS Ell
LEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS lifelong study war.
rant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
others have failed is reason for receiving
sure send Mt once for treatise and Free .,ottfc Of
ny infalbs remedy Give Express and losto ONCE
lleHAN1 3Kl0 PAPER asee1 saa I'm Hnne s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16
FOURTEEN KILLED.

Tesrible Accident at tho New BsidgssBs.
tween louisville. ny. and Jsnorsoa-
Vile, Ind.-A DFunken Foreman Rsspon.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-16

SAH FRANC!SCU, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ky. NEW YOR
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-23
The Boston nictnm.

New Barber (in Boston barber shop
Next gent
Boss-Nen you say ager ''next sheut9
/ discharge you at vonce. We no say
shents, We say shentlemen.- York
Sun.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-06
NOTICE or DISSOLUTION.

NOTICE OF DIS-oIETtoS-This Il to certify
~ tbs the nrra heretofore exist Z under In =
name CT Jores & HusbsH Il thfs day asssolv.d
by mutual consent, y. Z jones rrrsriur TIE
business " u be Continued By Hehfell ard
Daysf IT. Val. under the nvn name Of vaIi q
Hah5siL
VIZ JONES
J. NJ HUBBELI.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-06
DANCING ACADEMY.

0uEEN CITY DANCING ACADEMY. CHS.
hofm hal, sIs Kroaf street Open all
asy evening" Fog ladies' and eni.drss, sstsr-
80 e5tsrnoon- Private les sens: waits q epe-