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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25
OUR FINANCES.
The United States Treasurer's Statement
Shows an Apparent Deficiency of
S787.lO8

The United States Treasurer's Statement
Shows an Apparent Deficiency Of
e7S7,1OS.
WASHINGTON, June 2O.-The United
States treasurer's statement lust
issued, but bearing date June II, shows
an apparent deficiency of $751;
10S. This, however, does not
include S33.637,4 ALB on de-
post with national banks and
$30,220,950 of fractional silver. Includ-
ing these two items the cash balance is
$4S, O6l,26+ Officials of the secretary's
office say that exclusive of national
bank deposits and fractional silver
there is an actual available balance of
$3,Sl2,000 in the treasury, and
that the treasurer's statement, in
GLIDING the receipts to that date,
will show it. There will be a constant
excess of receipts over expenditures
during the remainder of the month,
and it is estimated that the net sur
plus will be at least $1,000, 900 by the
first. Treasury officials are not dis
turbed by the situation and say that
the government is amply able to meet
all it's obligations
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THE AMERICAN DERBY.
1t Is Won at Chicago by Strathmeath in
the PRESENCE of "a, 900 SpectatorS

1t IL Won at Chicago by Stratllmeath in
the Presence of 10000 Spectators.
CHICAGO, June 22.-Notwithstandin
disagreeable weather the great Ameri-
can derby Saturday was a conspicuous
and overwhelming success Forty thou
sand people witnessed the race. The
value of the stakes was $21, 500. The
result of the race was victory for
Strathmeath, ridden by George Coving-
ton. and owned by Green Morris, but
he did not win it until after game
fight. The second horse was a
great surprise, being Poet Scout, the
least tried horse in the lot. The latters
stable companion, High Tariff, was
considered the better animal of tho
two. but after running mile he was
suddenly seen to waver, slacl1en his
pace and a moment later fell dead of
heart disease. Poet Scout set the pace
most of the distance of the
race, but was passed by Strath-
meath on entering the stretch, and the
latter won by length and a half.
Kingman, the much advertised Ken
lucky horse, was third, Valera fourth,
Ludowic fifth, Michael sixth, Pessarra
seventh, SNOWFALL eighth and Forerun-
ner ninth. Balgowan was scratched.
The time, ~ miles, was 2:494, very
fair for the track. The winner was the
favorite in the betting at = to 1; King
man was 3 to l.; Pessarra and Snow
ball, to l; the rest, to and more.
The record of the American Derby,
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MANY FAVOR ANNEXATION,
Coffee Planters in Guatemala Would LII
tn he llule:l llY llncle Sum

Coffee Planters in Guatemala Would Like
to he Ruled by Uncle Sam.
CITY OF MEXICO. June CA Guate-
ma!an correspondent says that an in
vestigation shows that among coffee
planters in Guatemala there is Il decided
feeling in favor of annexation TO the
United States, but that officials do not
share this feeling, which has existed
for many years, and is no stronger now
than when first brought out by Antonio
Tabaoda in 1862. President Barillas
and his immediate adhercnts are favor
ably inclined toward the United States,
but the presidents desire seems to be
to finish his term peacefully.
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RIOT on A STEAMBARGE.

Capt. Dupont and Five Men of the Jane
Cook Shot Down at Amherstburg, Ont.
AMHERSTBURG, Ont, June 2O.-Thurs-
day evening the stcambarge Jane Cook,
of Port Dover, Ont. anchored about
300 feet off the Amherst burg dock, and
a portion of the crew went ashore
and filed up with liquor,
returning about midnight. They
proceeded to make dis
turbancc below deck, and became so
noisy and abusive that the other men
objected. Captain Dupont went below
to stop the row, but matters had
reached the danger point. and about
the time the captain showed up
pistols were pulled and indiscrimina te
firing started. The battle ragged for
half an hour. and when it was over it
was found that six men had been
shot. DR.. Robertson and an assist
ant were summoned and dressed
the wounds. Captain Dupont was
shot through the right lung and his
recovery is doubtful. Peter Riopellc
was also shot in the chest and may die.
The other four wounded men were shot
in the legs and their wounds are not
considered dangerous.
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4 AERo.s FAre.

Z Nsbrasks sch0olhouso Threatened By .
F1ood-A Young Scholar saves Several
OF His Companions, but Loses His Life
Together with two Others whom He
Was Trying to Rescue-Furious Storms
Elsewhere.
NORFOLK, Neb., June 20.-A country
sehoolhouse near this place which was
crowded with children was washed
away during the recent storm. The
catastrophe resulted in the drowning of
Charles Miles, Cora Hamlin and Anna
Cox. That all the children did
not perish was due to the heroism of
young Miles who, on observing the
ravine filling with water and the build
ing settling, attempted to conduct the
scholars to high ground. Several
pupils drifted away with the flood but
young Miles gallantly plunged in and
rescued them. While struggling ashore
with the two little girls all three were
swept away beneath pile of drift
wood.
GREAT DAMAGE IN ILLINOIS.
PEORIA, ILL.,, June 20.--The damage
by Thursdays storm is more general
and widespread than was ut first sup
posed. A new iron bridge 800 feet
long over Ten-Milc creek. in Fond du
Lac township, was washed away. The
creek is high and people there are cut off
from communication with the rest of
the world. just across the river from
Peoria two brickyards are under 10 feet
of water. The face of the country was
entirely changed. Where hillocks stood
there are now ponds and where there
were ponds and depressions there arc
now sand ridges. The damage to crops is
almost incalculable. The reports come
m slowly for the reason that in the
country districts all bridges were
swept away and the roads washed out
SO that it is impossible for people to
get to this city.
The farmers for distance of or 6
miles up the river and ~ miles back
to the hills have lost all their crops.
In many places the water is vet stand
ing over corn fields to depth of feet.
Along the line of the Toledo, Peoria &
Western road is terrible scene of
wreckage. The household furniture of
people in .Farmdale anG Hilton was all
washed away. Chairs, baby carriages,
wagons, dead cattle, pianos, tables and
picket fences are piled up 10 feet high
against the railroad trestle
ALTOONA, Pa, UNDER WATER.
ALTOONA, Pa, June 2O.-One of the
heaviest transforms in years struck
Altoona Friday afternoon. The streets
and avenues looked like Srnal II l,lxoS
and the sewers failed to carry away
the large body of water. Gel
lars in all parts of the town
were filled with the fluid, and a
great deal of damage was caused in
consequence. A second storm oc-
CURED about o'clock, followed by
serious results. Mrs. Barbara Reichl,
aged IS years, and Katie Brady, aged
years. were struck by lightning. The
former will die. Small bridges through
out the county have been swept away
by the overlooked streams.
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GRANDMA HARPER lives at Princeton.

GRANDMA HARPER lives at Princeton,
Mercer county, Mo. She was 101 years
old on the 27th of last September, and
is totally blind. She has four sons liv-
ing, aged IS, Is, 81 and Sc years. She
has four daughters living, aged 81, ~,
81 and one 81, who is twin with the son
who is 62. Five of her children are
dead, three sons and two daughters. The
first to die was 50 years old at the time
OF death. She is a native of Virginia,
belongs to the Baptist church and was
baptized seventy-tive years ago at Big
Springs, Va. She has over 600 living
descendants The old lady is in good
health
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

AS USUAL, most of the graduating
class at Yale this year will study law,
says the Boston Herald, and it will be
the same at Harvard and all the other
colleges, doubtless 1t is the most
crowded of all the professions, but it still
holds out the most attractions to the
ambitious young men about to choose a
calling in life. We suppose it is speak
Ing entirely within bounds to say that
not one-half of the young men who go
into law ever succeed in making liv-
Ing out of that alone.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

A BOY in New Jersey has created a
great deal of trouble for the school au-
thorities of that state because he re-
fused to apologize for kissing a girl and
would not take a whipping from the
teacher. The boy refused to acknowl-
edge that he hal committed a crime
even though the kiss was stolen. He
was dismissed from school, but the
county and state superintendent were
both boys once, and they have rein
stated him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

OVER two and half million dollars
have been absorbed by the short term
endowment societies which have been
going to the wall so rapidly of late in
Philadelphia. Very little OF, this money
will ever go back to the artisans and
working people who paid it. Most of
those who went into these get-rich-
quick orders realized that they were
only engaging in speculation Their
experience shows how ready people
nre to speculate when the cost is small
and the returns promised large, and
how little attention is paid to which
way the odds lie until it is beyond their
na,wsr to retrace their steps.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

EDWARD WHELAHAN, who died re.
Gently in New Haven, Conn, was near
er to the head of the army for a longer
time than any other man. He was a
trooper in Company Il. of the Fifth
Connecticut cavalry, but was detailed
as the personal orderly of Gen. Grant
When Grant rode out the armed cavalry
man rode fifteen PAGES behind to
personally guard his commander,
Wherever Grant walked there Whcla-
han followed. The trooper was tall,
powerful y-built man Of splendid mill
tary bearing, a bold and skillful rider.
. soldier of recognized bravery and a
faithful man.
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A RECENT visitor to Concord, N. H.,
ran across an old man who claimed to
have worked for Hawthorne, and who
INDUCED in this bit of description of
that author: II could never get him to
say anything till after three in the
afternoon; he was writing and think
ing about his books, you know, morn
ings. Why, he'd go as near to me as
that tree (pointing to one three feet
Off and never see me mornings But
after three, when was working round,
he'd sit on a saw-horse and talk"
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A BROKEN rail- ditched . freight train
at Disko, Ind, and sixteen cars were
wrecked and twenty head of imported
CATTLE killed.
NEAR his home in Crook county,
Wyo., James Waggencr, q noted horse
thief, was lynched. - ,..-
Miss Lou BELL and George Thomp-
son, both colored, were struck by q
train near Dayton, O., and both were
killed.
On the 18th John Brooks, of Waldron,
Mich, celebrated the 1O5th anniversary
of his birthday. He was a soldier Of
the war of 1872, is in good health and is
Michigan's oldest citizen.
A sCHOoLHOUsE near Norfolk, Neb.,
was washed away during q storm and
Charles Miles, Cora H6mlin and Anna
Cox were drowned.
AT Napanee, Ind, a windstorm did
great damage to the crops and fruit
trees. blew down barns and out
houses, and blew houses from their
foundations, some OF which were total
ly wrecked.
IT was said that thousands of immi-
grants were crossing at Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich, monthly. They were not
examined rs to their means of support,
as the government has no immigrant
inspector at that point.
A FAST express train on the Illinois
Central road was wrecked near Ken
ner's station, La, and six persons were
reported killed and twenty injured.
WILL II. HoCKw1sHER and Willie
Krcipke, both under so, and two col
ored men were drowned by the over
turning of their skiff in sudden wind
storm opposite Golconda, Ill.
A FEW miles north of Belvidere, I'LL,
cloudburst caused great damage.
News of the drowning of Lieut.. Rob.
inson, w. C. Moore and four other men
of the United States cutter Bear at Icy
bay, Alaska, has been confirmed.
FLAMES in the Nestor block at Mar
quette, Mich, caused loss of 800, 900
AT Altoona, Pa, rain flooded the
streets, and Mrs. Barbara Reichl, aged
IS years, and Katie Brady, aged 8
years, were killed by lightning. Small
swept away by the overflowed streams.
In New York on the 10Th the temper
allure was 81 degrees-the coolest June
day in that city on record.
HEAVY rain flooded the streets at
Fort Scott, Kan, and Buck run, a
ravine which ,traverses the city from
south to north, was transformed into a
raging torrent Several persons were
drowned
MARY DAVIS and Alice Jones were
killed by the cars near Union Springs,
Ala. while crossing trestle
AMELIA HEINEMANN was fatally shot
at Fall River, Wis, by her jealous
lover, Seymour Turner. Turner then
shot himself, proba bly, fatally.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

ANTWERP diamond frauds are said to
have fooled the world with 25, 600, 900
francs worth of bleached diamonds
since they commenced the business
But as long as the owners are not
aware of the fraud they are happy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

The census bureau has made public a
bulletin on the subject of bituminous
coal production in Pennsylvania. 1t
shows the output of that state to have
been 81, "a, 0S9 short tons in 1889, near
~ double that reported ut the tenth
census. The total value of the output
is given at $27, 1858, 215, or an average of
77.2 cents per short ton at the mines,
against $1s,567, 129 in 1880, or an aver
age of 1905 cents per ton at the mines
The average number of persons en-
ployed IN 1889 was SO, $780,, against
S3,"4s for 1880, the amount paid for
wages in 1889 being $21, 142, O51, against
90, S63, 5S3 for 1880.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

A NOVEL and interesting feature of
the immigration to this country is the
Danish immigration to Maryland.
The first arrival some time since was a
colony OF 1862 under the leadership of
Peter Cedar, of Copenhagen, and now
100 more have arrived. They win buy
LOO acres of land in Prince Georges
county, near the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, between Baltimore and Wash
ington, and will devote themselves to
dairy and truck farming, in which the
Danes are adopts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

A VERY sensible little booklet has
been published under the ominous title
of Getting Married and Keeping Mar
RED" There seems to be in this age a
need for instruction in the second
clause. Too many people think the
work is all done when the marriage
ceremony ends, when the fact is that
the real courtship then begins
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

THE 14th of June was the anniversary
of the adoption of the American flag.
On that day in 1777 the continental
congress passed the resolution estab-
fishing the stars and stripes as the ma
tional standard. The Sons of the
Revolution have issued request that
the day hereafter be annually observed
by flinging the glorious star-spangled
banner to the breeze.
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Enormous Strawberry Crop.

NAuvoo, ILL.,, June 2o.-The straw
berry crop at this place is enormous.
Over 1000 men, women and children
have been engaged in picking the fruit.
which is shipped away by the steam
boat and carload. Shipping at one
time had to cease on account of the
strawberries becoming too ripe. The
grape and peach crop will exceed any
thing of the kind known Tor years.
Some peach trees are breaking down
on account of their burden of fruit.
The fruit crop generally in Hanco ck
county will be large.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25
Double Murder.

WINSTON, N. c., June GA double
murder was committed in this city Sun
day morning. John Smith and Wilburn
Walker got into a difficulty with some
unknown parties near d dis
reputable house and sought shell
ter in the house OF Henry
Coins, Il colorcd man. They were pur-
sued and fired upon, the first shot kill
ing Mary Coins. Walker returned the
fire, and Smith, who was between
Walker and his pursuer, was shot four
times. Smith and the woman died in
stantly. The unknown parties have
escaped.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

Miss GARNER, of New York, who has
Just married Sir William Gordon Cum
ming, is one of the heirs of the great
Garner estate, which is conservatively
estimated at the pleasing figure of &c.
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Heavy Verdict Ae.,n.t . Railroad

BEATRICE, Neb, June 20.-In tho
case of Frank G. Eggleston vs.. the
Kansas railway and Beatrice railway
for s49, 600 damages, through his losing
both arms at the shoulders while in the
employ OF the road as q brakeman in
this city in October last, a jury awarded
a verdict for plaintiff of SIG, 900. The
road will appeal the case.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

JUDGE PHILLIPS, of the United States
court at Kansas City, has decided
case interesting to accident insurance
companies. He decides that sunstroke
is not an accident, but a brain disease,
arising from natural and known causes
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

SENATOR ABBOTT, the new premier of
Canada, has succeeded in forming a
cabinet. 1t is practically the same as
under Sir John Macdonald.
The new census of England and Wales
shows population of $4,000, 900, an in
crease of 5000, 900 in ten years.
KlLBURN j. Brown, conductor on
the Canadian Pacific railway, was dis
covered to have been for ten years
smuggling goods, thus defrauding the
United States government out of over
$780, ZOO.
AT all the North German coast
cities a hurricane did great damage and
scores of persons lost their lives at
Hamburg, Kiel, Stettin and Dantzig.
AT the request of Premier Rudini,
Sig. Corti, late Italian consul at New
Orleans, prepared a report on the New
Orleans affair. He affirmed that the
victims belonged to no particular So
ciety, but were murdered because they
were Italians and were competing in
the labor market against natives.
In the railroad bridge accident at
Basic, Switzerland, $50 persons were
killed and the injured mum bered 500.
IT was said that plan had been dis
covered in Guatemala to annex that re-
public to the United States.
A BOAT containing eleven persons
was struck by a squall and upset in
Rice lake near Peterboro, Ont, and
John Foote and his two daughters were
drowned.
THE bill to. prohibit children under II
years of age from working in factories
was adopted by vote of 203 to 1856 in
the British house of commons. This
was liberal victory.
FIFTY lives were lost by the cloud
burst in the Mexican mountains near
Catorce.
The four children of family named
LaChance were playing in boat near
Port Neuf, Can, when waves from a
passing steamer caused the boat to fill
and they were drowned.
MRS. DAVID CLARKE. of Blenheim,
Ont, who was deserted by her husband
and left without means of support,
drowned herself and her two children.
In one day sixty earthquake shocks
were experienced throughout the prov.
ince of Bengal, India, and many build
ings were destroyed
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Three Girls Asphyxlated.

NEW YORK, June 22.-Three girls
Jennie Grossman, Katie Keefe, and
Agnes Sears--occupying the same room
on the top floor of a clearinghouse in
East Eighty-sixth street, were found
Saturday overcome by escaping gas.
The last two were dead, and Miss Gross
man, though still breathing, died before
q doctor could be called.
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Immigrants Flocking In.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, June 90
Thousands Of immigrants are crossing
at this point monthly. They are not
examined as to their means of support,
and no one knows whether they should
be classed as paupers or not, as the
government has no immigrant in
SpectOrs at this point.
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LOOKS LIKE A BIG HARVEST
The Government Crop Report Shows Gen
orally Good Condition.

orally Good Condition.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-Thc special
bulletin issued by tn: signal office for
the week ending Saturday shows the
conditions of crops rs follows:
Iowa and Nebraska-Too much rain during
the past week for best crop conditions, corn
especially needing sunshine; slight damage by
hail in southwest Nebraska.
Michigan and Reconsideration favora-
BILE to oil crops, although sunshine and warmth
nre needed. Drought broken in Michigan. Hay
Is reported less than half crop in Wisconsin.
Ohio and 1ndiana--Al crops doing we'll,
though rainfall has been badly distributed in
some parts Of Indiana Wheat harvest begun
In Indiana; crop heavy. Weeds somewhat
troublesome in portions of Ohio
1lltnois-Heavy rains in Missouri ond north
ern Illinois have damaged crops somewhat.
Crop conditions favorable except oats. Corn
growing we'll
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Left an Estate Exceeding o., 600. 900.

New YORK, June 20.-The will of
Cord Meyer, the millionaire sugar re-
finer, who died few days ago at his
home in Mespeth. L. L., was admitted
to probate Friday by Surrogate Weller,
of Queens county. The estate is di-
vided equally between his five chill
dren. Each share will exceed $1,000
COO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

MANIsTEE, Mich, June %. Jack
kehoe, IL saloon keeper of this city,
murdered his mother-in-law, Mrs. Ann
Mccormick, aged IS, Saturday morn
ing by pounding her to death with a
beer bottle. He attempted to kill his
wife, but failed. She received serious
internal injuries, besides fracture of
the skull and nose, but will recover
The family quarrelcd over property
matters. kehoe gave himself up.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

We hear q great deal about smoke
less powder. There is statue, canon
ization, immortality and eternal graft
tude for the man who can invent a
smokeless cigarette.
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night. He had lain
in a comatose con.
dition since SOL
o'clock, and at 9:U1
o'clock began the
irregular breathing
that showed demise
w q S n ar. His
death was peaceful
and as il falling
asleep. The funeral
will. occur Wednes-
day afternoon. Mr..
Mcdonald told DR..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

WHEN China finds and convicts dis
honest official she chops his head off,
and never gives him second trial.
The Chinese believe that they can give
this republic pointers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

George Haswel', of Denver, COL, b.
came maniac Friday on learning that
the worlds fair commissioners had &C.
cepted his proposition to issue souseDif
medals ut the worlds fair.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-25

SAN FRANCISCO, juno %. - It is
learned on reliable authority that the
Anaconda mines at Butte have been
sold. The deal was consummatcd last
Friday. The sellers are Lloyd Tevis
and ]. d. Haggin and the new owners
arc a number of English capitalists.
The price paid was $25, OOD, 900.
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Train Robbers Sentenced.

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, June 2o.-Jose
Maria Mosqueda and Fabian Garcia
pleaded guilty to charge of train rob-
bling here, Mosqueda receiving a life
sentence and Garcia ten years inn
DriSOnmeut,