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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
The Fires Arc Out.

The forest fires in the northern por-
tion of the state have been extinguished
by rain. There has never before been
n fire of such magnitude in that region.
The whole country has been swept by
the flames, and everything has been
burned outside of the to Sns, except
that few lumber camps were, by great
exertion, saved. Thousands of tons of
hay have been cut on the lowlands
about the lakes and this is all de-
stroyed. For miles and miles on every
side there is nothing but blackened
waste
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
STlMulANTS AND STRENGTH,
An Instsace Of the Deceptiveness II Ap.
pearDncoS.

Many persons defend their habits of
living by comparing themselves with
some one who does not live rs they do.
The man who uses whisky, tobacco,
tea coffee or anything which he can
find no other wav to defend. will look
for some one that does not use tho
thing in question, and compare him
with one who is addicted to the habit
He selects the strongest specimen ON
his side and the weakest on the other.
This is unfair. Because a man il
stronger than a child, it does not prove
that his habits of living are better:
Because a pugilistic fellow, often
drunk, can easily toss some temperance
man about, that is no evidence that
drunkenness adds to ones strength.
Because large dray horse fed on MOTH
ing but hay can out pull a granted
Shetland pony. one would not think Of
concluding it to be on account of the
way in which the two horses were fed,
but of inherent strength, and if tho
feeding were reversed, the difference
would be still more marked
1t is just so with mankind. Tho
best living produces the best results.
Hygiene cannot produce impossibilities,
and its friends do not claim that for it.
Most people live as they should only
when they cannot live any other way.
When the constitution has been shat
tered by violation of natures laws un-
til it can endure no more, possibly they
will then begin to be more careful
But there is much that is deceptive
in the physical appearance of men.
Often the tea and coffee drinker and
flesh eater points to his red face and
full figure, and compares himself with
some paler and sparer man, whose hab-
it's differ from his own. In Minnesota
spent night with portly Scotch.
man. We both desired to be at a place
nine miles distant, at very early hour
the next morning, but we were told
that the road could not be travelled
with a team. l had been speaking to
my acquaintance of his habits OF drink.
ing tea and coffee, and he resorted to
the old subterfugc of comparison, about
! as follows: ''Waal, meow, look at me-
There is no mon in the place like mo
for strength. l am much bigger and
stronger than you!' l tried to show
him that . reformation in his habits
! would give him still more strength, but
the argument seemed lost. then pro-
posed that we should together walk
the nine miles in the morning, but he
seemed quite averse to the idea, and
evidently thought, when we went to
bed, that he had convinced me that it
waS imNractioalJa
When renewed my suggestion early
next morning, he admitted that he
could not endure so long a walk, but
when proposed to go before break
fast, without even cup of coffee, no
was astonished, and declared it would
completely PROSTATE him to do a thing
like that Poor man! he had a fine
physical endurance given him by ma
ture, but he had so abused it that it
was little compared with what it might
have been.
! was obliged to leave him and go ON
my way alone. walking the whole dis
lance easily, and without the stimulus
of a cup of coffee.-Good Health.
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Discovered 4 Lost Art.

Peter johnson. of Dassel, thinks he
has discovered the lost art of temper
ing copper. He and Nils Nilsson, ma
chinist, want to organize q company to
build factory in Minneapolis. The
new process will make copper as hard
aS steel
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
Brown Denies IL,

Jacob Brown, who confessed in Min
neapolis that he had murdered q; tramp
in Cen tralia, ILL.,, now denies his story.
lie claims that his name is j. A. Buda,
and that he killed his brother in.law;
that he was tried and acquitted on the
ground of insanity and sent to the asy-
lum at Anna. ILL.,, where he remained a
year, and then went to St Paul. He
protested total ignorance of his story
and claimed he had been drinking.
Another man was convicted of the
crime and sent to the penitentiary for
life,
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An Unknown Suicide.

An unknown man was killed on the
Great Northern railway tracks mile
south of Granite Falls He had appar-
emily laid down ON the tracks with his
body across the rail. The head was
entirely severed from the trunk. and
was found some ten feet away. There
was no clew to his identity.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
Cut Twonty-3eveIn Time,1sI

g NAPPANEE, Ind. Oct. 5.-At dance
Saturday night William Hecklemau
was stabbed edeath BY Joseph seath
Heckleman had twenty-seven knife
wounds In his body. Much excitement
prevails, and If the murderer IL CAP
tured Ne may be lynched
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
To Protect the Girls.

A mass meeting of the newly-organ.
lied Young Women's Christian associ-
alton in Minneapolis was held, and
Miss Elizabeth Wilson, the intcrna-
t:onal secretary, defined the ark of
the new association. She w q
protective body, not re: 4 I'd
divided the young women -. o
be reached in two classes, the Nv =
bracing idle girls who have every lux
ury and comfort at their command, and
the second class those girls Who must
work but who do not know how.
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LATER
Death In \ Funeral.

Dies MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 5.-A series
lof frightful accidents occurred in a fu-
neral procession at Altoona to-day, in
which one man was killed outright,
four other persons fatally injured and
Ia score of people bruised and fractured.
A procession of forty carriages was
following the remains of Nicholas Hem
street from the church to the Gem
|etary located some: distance out of
town. While the procession was
winding down q hill team in the
rear became frightened at steam
!threshing machine and started to run.
The road was narrow and the runaway
horses upset a dozen of carriages: in
front Of them, breaking six Of themltin-
ito splinters and scattering the occu--
Ipants broadcast. "A panic ensued as the
lother teams ran away. Men and
women jumped out of the carriages
and were trampled on. by runaway
teams. . -. -, j.
When quiet was restored it was found
that Edwin Drestel of Altoona was
killed; Joseph Perdue, y telegraph ope-
rator from Grinnell, internally injured
and cannot live; Mrs. Joe Mason, aged
seventy, leg broken in two places and
1otherwise injured, not expected to live;
E:S. Sayre, skull fractured, cannot live
till morning; Mrs. E. C. Lane sof New
ton, SO badly frightened that. there is
believed to be no chance for recovery.
Among others badly injured were Mrs.
James Parker and Mrs. Isaac Parker,
both of Altoona. Fully twenty others
were more or less injured. Ia.
! Four persons were burned to death
in a tenement house in New York on
the 5th and a boy was SO badly injured
he cannot recover. II :. ':ti;% D2.@v53 ]
ITwas learned on the 9Th, that two
cases of seal skins, valued up among
the thousands, j. were stolen from q
freight train on the Milwaukee road
between Red Wing and Lake. City,
Mimi, on the 4th.
The barn of the Manhatten Mailing
fcompany, at Helena Mont. WAS burned
tor the 5th. Forty.one horses and 5, 900
jIbashels of grain were consui1 III
7 ~v1croR LAMBEAN,, st6nemason al
Green Bay, Wis, shot and killed his
wife the night Of the 5th and killed
himself. Drink and jealously were the
causes k8.5 sssg;I3 s5.s,g fgs4 ~
AMOS barrow, an, old soldier, was
found dead near Nebraska, City, Neb.,
the 5th. Every thing Indicated murder.
Last week he received 3 large penaiou
and other money and since then W.
not seen alive. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08

ABOUT one hundred and fifty women
have taken timber claims within the
J slastsfew months in the state of WASH
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sUsak were Eros( xnds it. pripl palspfIi-
GERS we're fepd9ed nlbsing. The lia-
sbilities wSle 111l, 200 ahile lie ns.sts
swsss very lmalt ss rs IS
1NDEPENDENrs Of South Dakota in
convention at Huron nominated w. II.
Smith, Of Minnehaha county, for con
gress. ls5:sSs.s rs, !.
Ar Fontanelle, Neb., George J. Bald
win and his son John were smuft1srpds
BY James Anderson, : stepson 81 bald.
win. The killing was the result OF IN.
old fepa, ~. sEgtfss|sSss Il i.
...-1n.~ Lee county. Ark nine. p.nAgro.
strikers were hanged to tree by an
armed mob rs they were being con-
sveJSd ny shsf;ns from cat Island %
Marriana* Two of the same gong wcre
shot earlier in the day. H.
/ AT the see dfNp syeqra Harvey Vat,
terson died at Louisville, Ky. He was
the sole survivor of the TsventY-sixth
eneresA having sb{yas theI 3osbxes$;
member OF that body.
IT was said that Edgar II. Kellogg.
until recently The chtcadoaeeat Of che
Brooklyn, N. Y, was short $50, ooo in
Tnr loss 81 the fishing smack Aaa, d
Pensacola, Fla, with . crew of six
men, was announced. ~ .
At Palo xltS, ca, The Leland.stan-s
ford, Jr., university, which has an en-
dowment of $50. Qo0, 900, was. formally,
opened with IN ehsollmemtso& ~ Std
dents.
In gale on Lake Superior of Ven
million Point the schooner F1ahR P&
rev was lost and the captain and five
Of ne crew were drowned.
SIR RaltimpfeE city, marshal gave NO.
tice that the sale of cigars, candy. soda
or mineral water, in fact everything
except milk or ice, would not bc per.
mitted on Sunday hereafter.
In session in Chicago the Irish Ma
tional League of America elected NJ. v.
Cannon. of Omaha, as president The
report of the secretary scored Parnell
and the parliamentary party. and de-
clared that Parnell and his followers
were more anxious for American dol.
lars than anything else.
The marriage of Charles II. Coleman,
aged II, and Maggie Egan, aged 1S
took place at Shelbyville, Ind. Mag
gle is the youngest American wife on
record ...,:
A BULLETIN from the census Office
| showed that the real estate mortgage
debt in force in Illinois January l, 1890.
was 1884, 299, 900.
GREAT fields of grain in North Dalo-
Ia would be ruined through the inabil.
ity of farmers to secure thrashing ma.
] chimes and help
| LATER reports from the scene of tho
labor riot in Lee county, Ark, show
that fifteen negroes were killed by the
! mob.
The supreme court of Minnesota has
declared that contracts in futures arc
not valid and therefore persons who
get caught on the boards of trade may
repudiate their contracts unless they
buy and sell real grain.
| FIRE destroyed the great hucl<leberry
marsh, west of Walkerton, Ind, entail
ing loss of many thousands of dollars
JOHN BROWN, =. well-to-do colored
farmer at Childersburg, Ala, was
lynched to prevent his testifying
| against CNo WAAte meu IN b Odrn-O0rn.
/ ing case. =
SPENCER CANE RON and William
Houser, farmers living. near Kenton.
O., fought duel and both received
fatal wounds.
GIANT powder exploded in a mine
at Butte, Mont, wrecking fifty houses
and injuring several persons, three
fatally.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
Can't. Eoater Dead.

CHICAGO. Oct. 75.-Capt Eli Foster,
who has been. q guide at the Libby
prison war, museum for the last
two years, died early Sunday
morning ct his residence, No
10 Thirty-third street During the
war he was q prisoner at Libby
for six months, and the exposure and
hardship which he underwent then
undermined his constitution to such an
valid ever since. Capt Foster was one
of the original thirteensmen to dig the
famous tunnel 1t Libby through which
100 men passed, afty-eight Of whom
nude their way to the union lines. 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
The National Circulation

WASHINGTON, Oct 5.-A statement
prepared ct the treasury department
shows that there was . net increase OF
~, SOC, 903 in circulation during the
month Of September and q net decrease
Of $11. sos, 115 ia money and bullion in
the treasury during the same period. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08

TOBACCO smoking is growing rapidly
in England. During the last fifty years
the consumption per head of population
was nearly double.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
The News Of the Week.
by TELEGRAPH AND NAIL
FROM WAsHif(oTofy

ISL *
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the goth was: Wheat,
*, 1901. 5s7 bushels; corn. 1857. 0oo BUSH
els; oats, $40. 224 bushels. zNest'-s.ns'.-
DURING August last the total number
of immigrants arriving in the United
States from foreign countries was 45,-
IT, against s7,ss:: in August of last
year. L =,
DURING the twelve months ended
August 81, 1891, the total value of ex@
ports Of merchandise from the United
States was 5000, 264, lSa The value Of
the imports was 1883, oS0.2 4l.
The business failures In the ninp
month. IT the year 1891 numbered g.
S2s, witI liabilities Of 1886, 600, 600, as
compared with 1851 failures and $780,
600, 900 OF liabilities for the same period
of 500.
THE govefpment receipts since Sep
TENDER amount to 81, 1886, 900, being
an excess of $4,2S7, 900 over ordinary
expenses during the same time. The
net cash BALANCE In the. treasury on the
SOth ult. was 81, OOO, 900.
The statement of the public debt is
sued on the list showed the total debt
to be 81, 5S4, 142, s51; cash in the treasury,
$741, 66S, 200; debt less cash in the treas
uey, 500, 474,O4 Decrease during
July. S15, 2S6, 426.
CAPT. GEORGE H. PERKINS has been
placed on the retired list of the navy
after forty years service at his own re-
quest.
A GREAT shortage in the tobacco
crop this year was reported, the prin-
cipal deficiency being in that grade
used for cigar wrappers. - Z
In September the coinage at the
United States minis was 11,437, 24d
pieces of the value of s., 702,671.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the I'd numbered 23). against 2lO
the preceding week and 297 for the cor
responding week last year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
Big Blast Furnace Lea,ed.

Charles Himrod & Co., Crearar &
Clinch, and Maj. Bertolet, all iron and
steel dealers and furnace men, have
leased the new, blast furnace of the
Duluth Iron & Steel Company and
will operate it for term of years The
furnace has a capacity of about 1, 100
tons of pig iron. 1t will be the first
large coke furnace on Lake Superior
and the tirst one to use the Bessemer
ores of the Vermillion range at home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
C0Ditol L1n(la hold.

State Auditor Biermann has disposed
OF the capitol lands in Kandiyohi coun-
ty by leases to the highest. bidders.
There were about $50 farmers present
from the eastern part of the comfy at
the opening of the SALE The rental
per acre yer year ran from 50 cents up
to So. 25. If the lands had been placed
on the market a good deal of them
would have brought 80 per acre.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
Two .Msn Asphyxiatsd.

PoRTLAND, Ore, Oct hTheodores
Van Tuynbrook and Peter Rsuch were
aaphyxiated by gas Ut the Oswego iron
aud steel works near hera Saturday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
Big Elevator At Baltimore, Md, burned
Case Of Spontaneous Combustion.

Big Elevator 1t baltimore, Nd, Burned-
81. Case Of Spontaneous Combustion.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct. 5.--Elevator
"A," of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company's system, located At Locust
Point. was completely destroyed
by fire about 7 a., m. Sunday, together
with all the machinery and the
$4,000 bushels of wheat which it
contained. Elevator IA" cost to con-
struct and put in the machinery $780,
0oo.s All is gone Its capacity was
500, 900 bushels. The fire did its work
quickly. Half an hour after the dis
covery OF the flames the roof and walls
had fallen. The fire is attributed to
spontaneous combustion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
MANY telegraph lines are being OK
tended into the heart of Africa

UMHRELl.As are now made of paper
in France. They ure made waterproof
by gelat;ned bicromate of potassium.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08

THE annual coffee crop of the world is
estimated at over II, COO, 0OO, 900 pounds,
worth In first hands $1S5, ZOO, 700.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08

= GIN 5WlcHcorE, aged ninety-seve
years, the last English officer who
fought at Waterloo, died recently. lie
was born in 1904 x'Et
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-08
Swept by . Tornado.

A hurricane swept through northern
Minnesota striking the Red and Rock
lake lumber regions. The tornado
struck Beltrami county and passed
in a north westerly direction into Itasca
county, spending its force near the
Manitoba line. 1t was estimated that
$50, 600, 600 feet of tim Der was DESTROYED.
Evening journal., 1891-05-12
APopLExY CAUSED DEATH.
Heartless Charges Made a gainst a Youn
Widow Are Shattered BY an Autopsy.

HeartIess Charges Made sgainst a Young
Widow Are Shattered BY an Autopsy.
Elmer 6 Ford, freight brakeman on
the p. w. & B. railroad, was found dead
in bed at his clearinghouse, No 400
East Sixth street, at an early hour last
evening. Ford was a large man.
although only "a years, old aud
was often seized with sick spells and
was then rendered incapable of igoing to
work for several days Yesterday he had
been feeling very Ill all day and was
unable to eat anything
He became weaker coward evening and
soon after 6 o'clock he gave two or
three loud gasps aud died. A rumor
was at once circulated that be had been
the victim Of some foul play. 1t was
reported that he and his wife lived I'M
happily together aud that they fire.
quently mad quarrels.
Investigations was at once begun by
Coroner Sparks and others interested In
the case and when this morning dawned
grave shadow Of suspicion rested on
the young widow.
The rumor was found to be wholly
false. Mr.. and Mrs Ford belonged to
the same church and loved each other as
strongly as husband and wife should
The wife is almost heart-broken at
her loss and was FRUSTRATED
with grief when she heard
Of the suspicion shat rested upon her,
The neighbors who had known both Mr..
and Mrs. Ford, we're indignant that such
da9rsnt charges should be lmade against
the young woman who had always proved
such dutiful wife.
Coroner Sparks was about to empanel
a jury Of inquest this morning when,
after a consultation with Coroner's
Physician Smith and DR.. John c. Fahey,
it was decided TO hold a post norton
examination FIRST At the conclusion
of the examination both physicians gave
certificates of death from appoplexy.
The coroner's physician held from the
first that death resulted from apoplexy,
as the symptoms of the man eonclusively
proved
Evening journal., 1891-05-12
An Old Wilmington war vessel

The old turrett monitor saugus, which
was built by the Harlan and Holdings.
worth Company Of this city. in the year
1862, and was rated in the Naval Record
as fourth class monitor during the late
war, arrived at Dialogues shipyard,
Camden, yesterday afternoon, In tow Of
the tug Sampson, having been purchased
by John Il, Dialogue and &. Fl. Wilson
She has recently been condemned and she
will now probably be converted into
q coal barge or broken up for
the old material in her. She has
been lying at the Washington Navy
Yard for seventeen years and is badly
rusted tup. II she Is made into a coal
barge, her turrett, armor plates and
machinery will be removed Captain s Z.
7. Bernard, q s. ~, has been 10 com
mand of the old craft. The Saugus is
one of a number of old monitors that
were recently condemned aud sold at the
Washington Navy Yard,
Evening journal., 1891-05-12
cITY NEws N RaIEE.

The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion will hold an athletic meeting to.
night.
The Fourth ward Democrats will hold
q nesting tomorrow evening at their
headquarters.
Thieves stole 800 worth Of goods from
Cole & Cos, store, No. 202 Market street
yesterday morning.
The Mechanics Loan Association re-.
elected It's old ofi,ers at its annual
meeting last evening.
Robert Bstten, the grocer charged with
arson, had such clear alibi thai his
case Was not taken before the grand
jury.
Contractor Swayne Is pushing the
demolition of the buildings at the
northwest corner Of Ninth and Market
streets.
Mrs Daniel Bubenzsr was thrown from
her carriage by runaway horse on Sun
day morning near Elsmere, and had her
arm broken.
Washington Couclave No. 2, Hep.a
sophs or Seven Wise Men, will celebrate
its atth Anniversary this evening in the
Hardness Building.
Robert c. Haddock was before Maeis
trate Sasse last evening charged With
desertion by his wife. He was held in
800 bail for his appearance at the upper
court.
William Fleming, the former isnitor
OF the Court House, has been assigned to
guard the rear stairway during the ses
sions of county court in place Of James
Downey, deceased.
The selection Of reserved seats for the
Tuesday Club concert, May 81, was
opened at O. F. Thomas and Co.'S. yes
terday. The clubs rehearsal last ever
ing was very successful.
Hon Thomas F. Bsyard, United States
Senator George Gray aud Hon. Charles
B. Lore will address the Young Mems
Democratic Club on the constitutional
convention question to morrow night.
The Guild Of Old swedes' Church. as
sisted by Mr. and Mrs John Brown, will
give g concert and operetta in Eden Hall
on Tuesday evening. May 26, for the
benefit Of the organ fund of Old Swedes
Church.
George Piero, who was arrested by
Sergeant Scott aud Special Officer Fran
els yesterday on telegram from Cape
Charles City charging him with burglary.
was released last evening On the receipt
of telegram stating that he was not TIE
man.
Evening journal., 1891-05-12
CONSTITUTIONAL coNvgNrloN.
Men's Democratic Clubs Commit
tee Issues a Circular.

tee Issues a Circular.
The committee of the Young Mems
Democratic Club to bring out full vote
on the question OF constitutional con.
vention, completed circular yesterday
and Issued 1t throughout the city. Tue
circular Is appended:
WILMINGTON, d ell, May II, 1891.
DEAR SIR: The undersigned, COM
mittee appointed by the Young Mems
Democratic Club of Wilmington to assist
In bringing out in the city and county at
a special election to be held on Tuesday,
May 10, full Democratic vote for con
stitutional reform, has selected yon to
aid 1t in Its efforts In securing as large a
vote Rs possible In your district.
THE state has outgrown the limita-
tions of our present constitution; and the
Democratic party, Ia compliance with an
intelligent public demand, has pledged
itself to constitutional reform.
In round numbers 1t VIII require
49, 600 votes to call convention, and II
the selection fail TO secure the requisite
number OF votes II is probable that the
people Of Delaware will not have an
opportunity to vote on the subject again
for several years. We fully appreciate
the difficulty Of bringing out full vote
at this time, therefore we would impress
on You the necessity for immediate and
decisive action. "W +. KuRTz.
BRANCH H. GILES,
I John O. FARRA,
'JouN J. CASSIDY,
"JoRNF CALLAHAN,
Committee