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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
Tho Now, Br,ony CnronIoled.

Willie Scam bier, OF Fergus Falls,
aged Is, was drowned in Pelican lake
by his boat sinking.
The preliminary survey of the Rapid
City, Missouri River & St. Paul railroad
has been made to the Cheyenne river.
The 2-year-old son of William Nc
Laughlin, of St. Paul, had three fingers
OF his left hand cut off by lawn
mower while at play.
A young man by the name of Poaler,
OF st. Paul, was arrested ut Faribault
for stealing team and rig from James
Mcclure.
Andrew Finesth, an old resident of
Crookston, 40 years of age, died from
the kick of a horse.
The Lyons county commissioners
have adopted plans for county court
house. The building is to cost S25, 900.
The annual inspection of the Shat
tuck cadet corps took place at North
field. Lieut.. Col. Ford, T. S. A., was
the inspecting officer.
A grain elevator at Willard which be-
longed to the North Dakota Elevator
Company was DESTROYED by fire.
Frank Hunt, of the town of Shields
vile, was accidentally shot by young
lady Of that place and was seriously
wounded.
Secretary Sweeney, of the state med
zeal board, says that in accordance with
the law passed last winter all midwives
will be compelled to register before
June l.
The lumber stock of J. w. Day & Co.
at Minneapolis, consisting of $4,000, 900
feet, was burned. The loss was $3.50,
600, on which there was $4,000 insur-
ance.
Johnny Ryan, aged II, one of the
youthful burglars who was released by
Judge buchanan at Mortified on q sus-
pended sentence, set fire to another
small boys clothes and burned the lat
ter horribly. Ryan was taken to Fari-
bault.
DR.: E. NJ. Moorhouse, mayor and ex-
senator Of Owatonna, received serious
injuries by falling down steep, mar
row stairway leading from his bed
room to dark basement.
An army of caterpillars delayed all
trains on the Milwaukee road. Mil
lions of caterpillars came out on the
track to sun themselves and were
ground into grease.
News was received at Duluth that
two well-known Indian guides, Pete
Morrison and jackson Carbon, were
drowned in North lake while endeavor-
ing to rescue.a Frenchman from drown
ing: The Indians were drunk.
Ex-United States Senator Sabin, of
Minnesota, is defendant in a case be-
fore Judge Gresham in Chicago. He is
sued by H. H. Porter, a railroad man,
for 500, 600. ..., '.,.
1t was reported that Charles A. Pills.
bury, the Minneapolis miller, was en-.
deavoriug to corner July wheat, to
compel miilers mot in the combine to
pay an exorbitant price for the grain.
The Chase national bank of New
York has been made the reserve agent
of the First national bank of Minneapo-
lis, and American exchange bank Of
Chicago the reserve agent for the CIR
man American bank OF st. Louis.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
IN THE FAIRS INTEREST,

Members of the Commission Selected to
Repre- sent the Worlds Fair In Europe.
CHICAGO, May 50.-Director General
Davis and the foreign affairs committee
have agreed upon the membership of
the commission that is to represent the
Columbian exposition in Europe. The
five men chosen are ex-Gov.
Wallace, of Connecticut; ex-senator
Eustis, orLouisiana; Carl Schurz, Pro
motor General Handy and Solicitor
General Butterworth. Three of the
commissioners have decided to go, but
Senator Eustis and Mr.. Schurz have
not yet been heard from. The com
mission will start early in June and
will be in Europe about six weeks.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

HIRAM HUNT, who recently died at
Robbinston. Me-, is said to have been
the original clockmaker of Sam
Slick" He was selling clocks in Nova
Scotia when he came under the notice
OF the author. He never felt proud of
the notoriety which the book gave him,
and resented illusions to it. His age
at the time of his death was nearly
ninety years. A number of his wooden
clocks are still in existence.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
TIRED OF DRESSES.
Two Iowa Girls Found in st. Paul
Al0aouorn4lIxase i,aN Inla

Two Iowa Girls Found in st. Paul
"a Mssqueradlng in Male Attire.
Theodore Fergcr,, "a ,well-known
farmer of Osceola county, Iowa, found
his two daughters, Minnie and Minerva,
masquerading in male attire in st. Paul.
The girls are II and 16 years old, re-
spectively. They became tired of life
on the farm, and week ago clothed
themselves in overalls and cut their
hair short They then boarded night
train for st. Paul with only $40. The
girls claim they have been looking for
work here and that they slept for two
nights in a box car in the Kansas City
yards. Mr.. Ferger left for home with
the runawavS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

TIE yard was originally the length
OF a king IS arm; the foot, the length of
his pedal .extremities. The word inch
is derived from the Latin uncia, a
twelfth part, but why the foot was d.
vidcd into twelfths, instead of tenths
or e'cvenths, no one claims to be wise
enough to tell Probably the inch was
originally the length of the second
joint of the forefnger ''Mlile" is de-
rived from the first word of the Latin
Phrase militia passuum, "a thousand
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

kEcENT experiments with that dyna-
mite thrower, the Vesuvius, show that
while she may be useful in bluffing a
1orelgn belligerent, she is not cock sure
VI dropping six hundred pound dyna-
mite she'll just where it IS most wanted,
The important discovery is that her en-.
tire usefulness in fight depends upon
how quickly and accurately her com
mander can estimate distances. Her
three pneumatic guns are not nova
BILE, but fixed, and what with figuring
the curve or projectile's flight, and
maneuvering the boat so as to get the
desired line of fire, the man command
Ing her is up to his neck in business,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

By a recent Colorado law man who
is caught carving concealed weapons
any where in the state is liable to be
be fined $50 or ''jugged' for thirty days,
and what is more if an officer, when
notified, fails to search a person carry
ing such forbidden arms, the officer is
liable to be fined $3.50, onc-half of
which shall go to the informant, and
onc-half to the school fund of the dis
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

TIE citizens of Fort Smith, Ark,
celebrated the completion of the grand
railroad bridge across the Arkansas
river at that point. 1t was marked as
an event of great Importance as the
connecting link between the great
northwest and the deep waters of the
gulf. There was parade, addresses
by prominent speakers, the day ending
with fireworks by night from the
bridge. The new structure is the lare-
est in the southwest, being 1850 feet
long, has thirteen piers, including draw
pier, and contains s,s00,0oO pounds of
steel and iron. 1t has railroad, wagon
and foot accommodations,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

One of William X. Vanderbilts great
est hobbies is the raising of choice
strains OF poultry. He has just given a
contract for the erection on his beauti-
full estate at Oakdale d poultry house
to cost $4,000 1t will be 3S5 feet long.
and it will contain, in conjunction with
original ideas of Mr. Vanderbilt's, every
improvement known to professional
breeders.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
CONTRACTS For ST. PAUL.
Tho Custom House Bullding bids Have

The Custom House Building Bids Have
Been Decided Upon.
The treasury department has award
ed John J. Rhodes the contract for fur
-nishing fuel for 1892 to the st. Paul
custom house building at 81, GIG. Is. The
contracts for furnishing gas and electric
light were awarded to the st. Paul Gas
Light Company; gas at asl.6o per 1000
cubic feet and electric light ut cent
per hour for each 16-candle power lamp
burning. The st. Paul Ice Company
secured the contract for furnishing TO-
900 pounds of ice at 1919 cents per 100
pounds. Moodler Bros. were awarded
the contract for furnishing miscellane-
GUS articles at $12,Gl3.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

THE late Henry Shelton Sanford was
in 1877 one of the founders of the Inter-
national African association (now the
Independent state of the Congo, and
became member of the executive COM
mittee representing the English-speak-
ing races. He was United States dele
gate to the Berlin-Congo conference in
1855, which opened to free trade and
neutrality the entire state, which in
cludss 100000 square miles, with a
population of 100000 Last year he
was member of the Brussels anti-slav-
cry congress. In 1870 he founded the city
OF Sanford, Florida, and gave large
part of his time to it's Improvement
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

THE old method of the art preserva-
tive has been discovered by German in
genuity. The means by which the head
bands of Egyptian mummies was pre-
served is to be adapted to fabrics, and
they are expected to possess the prop
erty Of never wearing out. The dress
makers need not be alarmed; the FASH
ions will change twice year just the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

THERE was confusing scene in a
justice court in Chicago caused through
the arrest of two John Smiths for the
same offense. BY some mistake the
wrong one was fined, but the court
fortunately rcctited the mistake be-
fore mass meeting could be convened
for protest by the innocent owners of
that name
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

The young Chinese emperor has eel
ebrated the completion of his goth
year by picking out new wife. Prece-
dent allows man of his rank seven of
these companions, and this acquisition
is only the second. His mother exam.
ined the many candidates for the honor,
and selected ten thercfrom, out of
which number Hwangti made the final
choice. The maiden is the daughter of
a mandarin of the yellow button, and
is said to have the smallest foot in
Pekin. To be an emperor's wife in
China is not considered very enviable
lot, as after marriage she is never per-
mitted to see her old friends again,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

BISMARCK IS quoted by Berlin cor.
respondent to the effect that he will
publish his memoirs during h., life, SO
that he can defend them If they are at
tackled. He says it would make him
Jump in his coffin if some persons
he could think of were to have an op-
portunity Of lying about him unan-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

THERE is no danger Of the Japs over
sleeping themselves. The reports show
that they have been shaken up by six
ty-four earthquakes during twenty four
days in March. That is little less
than three earthquakes day, or one in
about every ten hours.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
Catarrll.
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly On the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 5Oc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. 10 not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
.o.o sAN FRA@cIsco, ca.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
John Barton's Close Call.

John Barton had narrow escape
from death the other evening, being
struck by team at a crossing on the
Northwestern road miles west of
Winona. lie was thrown high into the
air, but, strange to say, escaped with a
few slight bruises. One of the horses
had. his back broken and had to be
killed, and the wagon was smashed to
SnlinterS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
Will Pay Miners by the Dav.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 3o.-The op-
orators of the various coal mines in
this district held meeting in
this city and resolved that when
work is resumed they will pay
miners by the day instead of
by the ton, as heretofore. This
action is brought about by the
probability of the passage of what
is known as the ''gross-weight bill" by
the general assembly, which the oper-
ators contend will work an injustice to
them, as it will give dishonest and in
competent miners undue advantage
over the better class of miners and their
EMPLOYERS. =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
ex.convict

News comes from San Francisco that
a cargo of 100000 pounds of opium has
just been struggled in from China. AS
the duty on the drug is $12 per pound
the opium ring makes S1,2O0,00o on the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
Rrigands Demand Ransom,


| CoNsTANT1NopLE, June IA party of
brigands near Tchereskei yesterday
placed distractions across the railroad
track and succeeded in derailing the
Eastern express.
When the brigands had thus brought
the train to standstill they found that
! that there several German and English
tourists among the passengers. One of
them was a banker of Berlin. The
brigands have demanded $4,000 as a
ransom for the captives, and Chancellor
Won Caprivi has telegraphed to Herr
Won Radowitz, the German Ambassa-
dor here, authorizing him to advance
this amount. The remaining passen-
gers were despoiled of their BELONGINGS
and were then left alone.
Two lovers, Ada Townsend and Ell
mer Foster, living near Galena, ILL.,,
suicided together on the LIST, by taking
strychnine. The girls parents would
not allow her to marry. 81 =
DURING the ceremony of'laying the
corner stone of a church in St. Louis,
Mo-, on the LIST, Joseph Stoddard shot
mortally wounded Aloise Steiner.
Prompt action on the part of the police
only prevented the lynching of the MUIR
derer. 2.f,,<. +,
CHICAGO .laborers will fight the
worlds fair on the. question of mini
mum wages. Prs
A DAUGHTER of Mr.. Pinney, Justice of
the supreme court of Wisconsin was
killed on the 1st. She was returning,
from ball game and the, horses ran
away. She jumped to the pavement in
such way as to break her neck.
c. r. BOYD, local editor of the Times.
Mt. Pleasant, Texas, was found dead
on the morning of the LIST, with his
throat cut from car to ear. ~
The bill closing the Behring Sea. to
English sealers was read a second time
in the British parliament on the list.
1T has been decided to cre1nate the
remains of p. T. Barnum.
during May. -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
WHERE THE REPORTER CAME IN.

Also where He Went Out Of the ssaaiAs
Maiden's Life.
'sYou know Miss -, who lives on
Seventeenth street?'' asked q maiden
with short, curly, blonde hair OF . COM
panion with roguish brown eyes as the
! two exchanged condolences in the cor
ner of a Fifteenth street car the other
afternoon. 4,H--
''Slightly," replied she with the brown
eyes.
do You know how she became 80
popular in society?" pursued she with
the short hair.
Haven't the least idea"
''Well, you know she was at the sea-
shore last summer. She had the good
luck to become acquainted with a news
paper reporter, and he foated her in
the swim When anything took place
her name was foremost among those
who participated. Everybody saw it,
and she has become the go"
"And does the newspaper reporter
continue in her good graces?" innocent
~ inquired the brown-eyed maiden
Horrors! No, you silly goose. She
has no further use for him.
'Thats real mean," observed the
other.
"Now, do You know" continued she
with the short hair, that have re-
solved to become acquainted with some
newspaper reporter when I 60 to the
shore next summer" and then these
two girls, barely in their teens, fell to
chewing gum in a manner that would
have made the face of a monkey ache.
Philadelphia Press.
-Father.-"James,w why did you eat all
the candy in the box l gave you? said
that you could only have three pieces"
James.-"Well, know, father; but I
couldn't help it. I've been making be-
lieve there was another little boy spend
ing the day with me- Smith, Gray &
Co.'s Monthly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
A Mortified Elopement.

Joseph French and Carrie Ellis disap-
pcared from Mortified and no trace of
them could be found until word was re-
ceived that they had been married at
Maiden Rock, Wis. Their relatives
went to that place, but they could not
persuade them to return. French is 81
years old and Miss Ellis 16. They are
highly connected.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

THE Grand Duke Nicholas, of Russia,
who died recently, received at various
times in his career no less than thir-
teen million rubles as part of the pro-
ceeds of military Jobs" This story is
openly circulated in Russia.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
Gov. Boyd's Father Dead.

ZANEsvILLE, O., May 3o.-Joseph F.
Boyd, father of Gov. James E. Boyd, OF
Nebraska, and whose failure to take
out his final naturalization papers was
the cause of the Nebraska guberna
torial muddle, died here Friday even
ing, aged - years,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
Sentenced for life.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, May sO.-The trial
OF George w. Bennett for the murder
of William Scott, which began April
so, closed at o'clock Friday afternoon
with a verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree, the punishment to be
life Imprisonment. The crime was
committed November 3 last, and Scott
was BENEFITS second victim, he having
fatally shot John Werkhoff a few min.
uteS previously -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

The Duluth, Mesaba & Northern
Railway Company filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary of
state. The capital stock is S., O0O, 600.
The company proposes to build line
from some navigable point on Lake
Superior, st. Louis bay or the St.
Louis river to some point on the north
ern boundary of the state to be de-
tcrnined hereafter. It will run
through the Vermilion and Mesaba
iron ranges.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
Paid In Ills Own Coin.

T. R. Yolton, proprietor Of the
Saddle Rock restaurant in Duluth,
came to that city some months age
with a woman thought to be his wife,
from Omaha, where he had been in
the same business. The other day his
wife No. arrived and had Yolton ar.
rested. She claimed that he robbed
her in Omaha of $4,000 and left for
Duluth in company with paramour.
Wife No. 2 left Yolton, carrying with
her all his available cash, about So, 7OO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
ANGRY SEAuERS.

Opposition to England's Proposed Beh
ring Sea Observation-Disclosures In British
Columbia Threaten to Evade Any Law.
LONDON, May sO.-The bill prohibit
ing the capture of seals in Behring sea
by British subjects, which has Just
been introduced by the government,
has aroused a decided opposition and
the government may have diff
ficulty in enforcing its provisions,
even if it succeeds in passing the bill.
A dispatch from Victoria, Il. c., says
that the proposed action of the govern
.inent has caused great excitement there,
and that sealers openly propose
to evade any law that may be
passed on the subject. The feeling
in London and = Liverpool among
merchants interested in the seal
fisheries, outside Of the American com
pany, is very strong against the pro-
posed measure, and the government is
freely denounced for a cowardly sur
render to the United States.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-The only in
terest that the action of Lord Salisbury
In introducing his seal bill Lin parlia-
AAASAU CACACCS 1lCIc Is UIdG IL ScclIlS W Uc
a step in the direction of final ending
of tiresome controversy. 1t
seems to indicate that pend
ing arbitration of the whole
question Great Britain is willing to
stop the seal taking altogether, pro-
viding the United States will cooperate
to that end. The authority which
Lord Salisbury seeks from parliament
will come too late to be effective
this year, but by next year the
sealing industry will wholly cease
until America and Great Britain have
settled every question between them.
The new arrangement involves the
United States in heavy losses and liza
bilities, but the administration con-
siders the country we'll. repaid by the
assurance that the seals will be per-
manently saved and a dangerous con-
troversy about rights in the high seas
fnrQvor ,.orrouol
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

WALTER HAYNES has lived upon
Haynes hill, Brimfield, Mass, since he
was eighteen months old. He is 1O1
years now, has wife of SO ard sister
of 80, and the horse he yet drives about
cOnfeSSeS to 26 years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
I;urned to Death.

Two children of Felix Lawlcr, a rail-
road man, were burned to death in a
fire which broke out at his house in
Minneapolis. The children were alone
in the kitchen, when hot fire in the
stove ignited some clothes hanging
over it. They were dead before they
could be rescued The mother was
badly burned in trying to reach them.
The other children were saved.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04
An Insurance Company Reaten.

The suit of the Powers Dry Goods
Company against the Imperial Insur-
ance Company of London for insurance
on their building which burned in St.
Paul Nov. ~, 1890, has been decided, a
verdict for s2,oo9.51 being given. This
is the full amount of the claim with in
terest on the $1,000 policy. This is a
test case and a number of other suits
for amounts aggregating over 100000
are pending.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-04

TwENrY-oNE Italian immigrants who
arrived in New York on board the
steamer Massalia were debarred from
landing on the ground that they were
nv.nnnvicts E&%&