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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01
Snow in West virginia.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 29.--Specials
from different parts of West Virginia
state that snow is still falling and now
exceeds that Of any year since 1857.
Reports from all up and down river dis
hicts show q fear of rain and foods.
AL railroads are still laboring under
great disadvantages, with passenger
trains behind time and freights still
blockaded. Business is gradually re-
covering, though street traffic is, slow.
Hunters are mourning defamation, in the
ranks Of quail and phsasants. both
species Of game being reported o dying
fapiAly from starvation.
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Disastrous Lake Seaeon,

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 29.-The last
season has been unusually disastrous to
the shipping on the great lakes. From
tabulated statement compiled it is
learned that sixteen steamers, whose to-
tai tonnage was 5,915 tons, and whose
value was $3.50, 500, were lost. Twenty
seven schooners and barges valued at
$27s,000 and with . tonnage Of 1855
tons were also lost, as well as twelve
tugs valued at 81, 900 and $40 tons bur
den, making the total number of vessels
lost IS, with an aggregate tonnage Of
5000 tons and financial loss q &713,-
900,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01

CHIEF GALL, who succeeds Sitting
Bull as head of the Sioux nation, led
the Indians in the battle that brought
defeat and death to Custer. He is not
only fond of fighting but is capable of
handling a body of Indians successfully
when in the field, and has frequently
exhibited the qualities of generalship.
He is, moreover, an Indian of some hon
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THE following populations make an
interesting comparison: Russian EN-
pire, 115, 1874, $40; United States, $780,
$40: Germany, 4G,s52, $50; Austria Hun
gary. 4o,464,sos France, 3s,21s, 9os;
Great Britain and Ireland, 1926, 1868;
Italy, 20, AGO. 900; Spain. l7.55O.246 1t is
only question of time when we shall
lead even Russia, and with our increase
will be the leadership OF the English
speaking civilization.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01

sOHeAN1zED charity, in the form in
which we now recognize it, has had
hardly twenty years of life. In 1862
that is, before the combined action of
the poor law with charity organization
the proportion of adult able-bodied
paupcrs in London, indoor and out, ex-
elusive of Migrants, was 81 per 1000; in
1883 it was 3D.
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Craxed by His Ruin.

WooNsoCKEr s. D., Dec. 29.-The
strain upon L. L. Stevens, owner of the
Sanborn County Bank which failed
Friday, has driven him mad. FIRE.
quently he has torn hair from his head
and constantly called for money he
could not get. Z Steps are being taken
to have him examined by - the in
sanity board and sent to an asylum.
just before going crazy he gave instruc-
tions to the, assignee to pay back some
money to few creditors who had made
late deposits, but nobody knowing the
combination of the safe it could not be
$40, 900 and they are greatly excited.
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REV. DIR. CHARLES F. HOFFMAN and
his brother, Rev. DIR. E. A. Hoffman,
dean of the General Theological Semi
nary, both of New York, are said to be
the richest clergymen in the United
States. The wealth of each of them is
about $14, 900, 900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01

THE safest piece of water on earth is
the Lake of Urumia il Persia, situated
more than four thousand feet above the
sea level. It is much salter than the
Dead Sea, the water being found on an
alysis to contain nearly twenty-five per
canf If salt
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01

IT is said that no graduate of Vassar
College has ever been divorced from her
husband. Such is the statement of a
man who married one of them, and who
declares that the young ladies who have
been educated at the college are the
best cooks in the world
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THERE is project to construct a ship
canal across New Jersey from the Del
aware river to the Atlantic. The
scheme was first suggested by mer-
chants of Philadelphia, who desire a
ehn''tcr water route to New York and
all Authorization of the Journey Of hun
dreds of miles down the bay and around
Cape May to strike the ocean paths to
EurOpe
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01

JOHN W. YOUNG, son of the late
Brigham Young, has purchased three
million acres of land in Northern Mex
leo, and ten thousand Mormons will
colonize on it, their object being to find
a place where they can practice polyg-
amy unmnleSted
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sANDs-sJ0RMs IN ILLINOIS.

Stronger Storms Of Sand and Dust Than
Ever Known Before.
=. BLooMINGToN, ILL.,, Dec. 29.-Such
storms of sand and dust as are prevail
ing in Central Illinois were never be-
fore known at this season or indeed at
any time of the year. No rain has
fallen in this country for months. The
wind has blown strong and continuous
~ for several days and, the dust and
sand lie in. deep drifts in the bitches
like snow. The streams are drying up
rapidly and the scarcity of water is
occasioning great inconvenience among
the farmers.
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GATHERED OF LATE.

BEER contains but one per cent. Of
nutrltlve matter, and is, therefore, not
. thing to be taken for nutrition at all.
DIR. Lancaster.
The Lutherans in the Baltic provin-
ces OF Russia have undertaken a vi9or-
GUS campaign against intemperance.
and have already achieved notable
success.
A SOCIAL innovation in New York
City is the ''Blue-ribbon invitation, to
dinners, indicating (by a knot of blue
ribbon in the lower left-hand corner)
that wine will not be served.
IHE saloon, by general voice of the
most enterprising business in the coun-
try, the usiness of transportation, is
declared to be menace and a curse.
The saloon has it's interdict. The
saloon is the enemy of life and property.
The saloon deserves to be outlawed bv
the general voice of the State and Ma
ton, as it is already outlawed by the
railroads.-N. Y. Independent
Mr.. JOSEPH Mains reports that Nor
way has reduced its consumption per
head of intoxicants by more than one.
half, and thereby effected vast reduc-
ton in intemperance and crime.
Sweden has suppressed household dis
tillation and given local option to town
and county municipalities which en-
abled the Gothenburg town council to
take over the drink-shops, suppress one
half of them, enact Sunday closing and
early weekday closing. From Christi
ania and other Scandinavian parts come
equally cheering accounts. Christian
Inquirer.
A NUMBER of law and order leagues
have recently been organized in VIII
lagos and towns in the vicinity of New
York City for the purpose of securing .
better enforcement of the excise and
Sunday laws. Organizations like these
ought to be encouraged and sustained
by all law-abiding citizens Their pur-
pose is not to supersede the regularly
constituted authorities, but to give ex-
preston to the best public sentiment.
and to incite the officers of the law.
when necessary, to action against the
rufdanly elements of the gror shops.
where crime and disorder chiefly
Observation-Disclosures at Work.
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HOSTlLES GIVE UP.
Many of them ON Their Way to tn
Agencies - Recapture Of Big Foot
Band.

Many of them ON Their Way to tho
Agencies - Recapture Of Big Foot's
Band.
PINE RIDGE, S. D., Dec. 29.-Big Foot
and his band of hostiles have been capt.
ured by the Seventh Cavalry, under
Major Whitesides. The capture was
made on Porcupine creek without con-
f1ict. All the other Indians in the Bad
Lands have decided to come in, and the
probabilities are that the trouble is
ended. Big Foot's band consisted of
120 men and $50 women and children.
This disposes of the hostile element,
and it now seems certain that all are
coming in. The camp in the Bad Lands
is now deserted.
RAPID CITY, s. D., Dec. 29.-General
Miles has just received dispatch from
General Brooke stating that Major
Whiteside had captured Big Foot's
camp. General Miles expresses the
opinion that the outfit will not
again escape military. The Indians
that took refuge in the Businesses
of the Bad Lands, failing to receive
aid from Sitting Bull and seeing them
selves surrounded by troops with fight
to the death or starvation confronting
them, yielded to the solicitations of the
friendlies and are slowly moving into
the agency. Niles scouts and caval-
ry are in possession of their
natural strongholds. Thus, by the
aid of the railroad and telegraph and
the unprecedented quick movement of
troops around and all over the reserva-
tions, the hostiles find themselves con-
fronted at every point by troops and at
last it dawns upon the savage mind that
a further contest with the forces of
civilization is too unequal and can not
prevail.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. %. - General
Miles advices of Friday evening that
the hostiles in the Bad Lands had
listened to the logic and persuasion of
General Brooke's Ogalla and Brule
peace commissioners, and were NOV
ing toward Pine Ridge, were confirmed
by General Brooke's dispatches Satur-
day. The whole body of braves,
squaws and papooses of the Brules,
Cheyennes and Northern Indians who
have been enjoying several weeks out
ing at the famous terrace or wall camps
in the Bad Lands, killing and smoking
beef, stealing horses and engaging in
other healthful and exciting pastimes,
are now. en- route to the hospitable
agency at Pine Ridge.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01
KEEP your troubles to yourself; when
you tell them you are taking up the
time of the man who is waiting to tell

THE slave population of the country
was 2,0O9, O4s in 1880, 2,4s7,355 in 1910,
1904, S13 in 1850 and 1888, 76O in 1860.
Missouri had %, O91 slaves in 1880, 49,
24O in 1910, s7,422 in 1850 and 114,9S1 in
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01
Great Run for Liberty.

Colonel Lewis Butler, of st. Paul,
will spend the next year of his life in
the penitentiary as penalty for dis
posing of mortgaged property. The
Colonel is IS years of age, but he made
great run for his liberty after commit
ting the crime and was not captured
until he had reached Corpus Christi,
Tex r
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WEST AND SOUTH.

NEAR Gosport,; Ind, car of stone
became overbalanced while being UNI
loaded and upset, throwing ten men
down a forty-foot embankment. Five
were hurt, two fatally.
In Clay County, KY, Robert Gregory,
merchant. was assassinated by the
15-year-old son of Thomas Woods, who
had been killed by Gregory. 5
FIRE destroyed the Masonic Temple
at Baltimore, causing loss Of $3.50, O00
AT Viroqua, Wis, fire destroyed q
block of business buildings, causing q
loss Of $3.50, 200.
JOHN and Peter Kane, noted desper-
ADDE'S, were shot dead by Marshal
Booth while resisting arrest at Hinck-
ley, Mimi. s
T1AuK f. D10xMso1i u Dubuque,
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SELAH CHAMBERLAIN.
The Famous Capitalist and Railroad Man
Expires at Cleveland, O.

The Famous Capitalist and Railroad Man
Expires at Cleveland, O.
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 29.-Selah Cham
berlain, the well-known railroad man.
lied about midnight Saturday, aged IS
years. Mr.. Chamb rlain was one of the
wealthiest men of Cleveland and had in
terests in various parts of the country.
He organized the Chicago, Milwaukee g.
st. Paul Railroad Company and built most
Of the lines comprising it's system. He
also built the Lake Champlain railroad,
the Cleveland & Pittsburgh railroad and
the Cleveland, Lorraine & Wheeling rail-
:oad, being president of the last named
company at the time of his death. He
built several canals in Ohio, Penn
,ylvania and Indiana, and was largely
Interested in the Lake Superior iron
mines, was director in several banks
md had other financial interests. Mr..
Chamberlain was the great uncle of
Jennie Chamberlain, the famous Cleye-
and beauty.
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Wants to Ruv Alaska.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Captain James
Carroll, of Sitka, who has been elected
70 represent that Territofy*in Congress
+ that body would give him seat, is:
1ere, and says if the Government will
lot give the Territory a system Of
jurisdiction, and other rights ! to
which it is entitled, he is authorized by
solid citizens of the country to offer the
Government $4,000, 900 for territory.
and, # accepted, he will pay it over in
s20gold pieces op the shortest sort of
notice. This is $7,5OO, 900 more than
.arst cost, to say nothing of what the
Government has got from the invest
ment in the way Of sealmgspr
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01
Arrested ON a Charge of Murder

Hamilton De Hart was placed under
arrest at Lake Benton charged with the
murder of Henry Pietre. The murder
was supposed to have been committed
about three years ago, the body being
burned to a crisp in the ruins of his own
barn. After following clews for three
years the brother of Pietre swore out a
warrant for his arrest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-01
Couldn't Live without Willie. r

Pretty Mary Maresh, who inherited
So, 900 from the estate of an aunt, died
at st. Anthony Park, having taken q
dose of poison. She was 10 years old
and had been keeping company with
William Moullen. She left this note:
''Willie Moullen used to be my fellow,
but Hattie cut me out. There is nobody
in the world that love but Willie, so
will go away from this world" Her
parents are wealthy.
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MINNEsO TIA STATE NEWS
FlvE-s,xTHs CAN DECIDE.

Proclamation by Governor Merriam -
tho New Jury Law.
Governor Merriam has issued proc.
lamation declaring the adoption by the
people of the constitutional amendment
making verdict by Ave sixths 81 .
jury in civil action valid. This proc
lamation was by the advice Of At
torney-General Clapp that under the
oft-quoted Supreme Court opinion Of
1876 ga majority of those present and
voting where it occurs in the State con-
stitution means not q majority Of those
voting at the election, but majority Of
those voting on the pending amend
ment. 1t is no secret, however, that
the States law officers believe the
amendment will be overthrown as soon
as a test case is taken to the Supreme
Court. In other words, they believe
the decision of 1876 to be ''bad law
- Almost Cruciaxion.
Jacob Frey, a butcher at Fergus Falls,
tried to throw quarter of beef over q
beam and when he slipped from the
step-ladder he fell on one of the sharp
hooks used in the meat market to hang
up beef. The hook caught him under
the ear, inflicting q terrible cash. The
flesh pulled of, and he fell to the next
hook below, where he caught by his
shoulder and hung until lifted off. The
injuries were severe, but he would re-
cover.
Tho Changers. ,-.'
At the annual meeting in St. Paul of
che State Changers Association the cleo
ton resulted as follows:
Master, J. A. Bull, Edna Mills; Overseer, r.
G. Wright, Platnville; Lecturer, N. Lothian,
Millbank, 8. D.; Steward, s. H. Schofleld,
Bloomington; Assistant Steward. s. F. John
son, Northfeld; Chaplain, A. w. Hoar, Month
cello; Treasurer, Sarah Baird, Edna Mills;
Secretary. Celeste Chowen, Chowen; Gate.
keeper, J. H. Thomas, Young America; Mem
bers Of Executive Committee, S. E. Adams,
Minneapolis; J. J. Alexander, Northheld
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A GIRLS AWFUL DEATH.
Instantly Killed by a Train of Cars Pass
.s Ing Over Her on q Bridge.

Instantly Killed by q Train of Cars Pass
Ing Over Her on q Bridge.
LOCK HAVEN, Pa, Dec. 29.-Emma
Mather was killed Friday on a rail-
:oad bridge near Halifax by train
:unning at high rate of speed. She was
aaf way across it, and: realizing her
LANCER, attempted to drop through
re ties into the creek below. The space
vas too narrow, however, and while
The was trying to squeeze through the
engine struck her. All her clothing
vas torn from her as the train passed
,ver, killing her instantly. Her body
dropped into the creek.
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TEMPERANCE NOTES.
THE ABsTEMious ARARiANs.

Country Where Total Abstinence Has
Been Prscticed for Centuries.
The ancients had proverb to the eff
feet that milk is the wine of youth and
wine the milk of old age" That absurd
sdage has been made the test of nu-
merous dissertations in defense of the
old world drink habits "America,'' said
those apologists, sis q young country,
offering its inhabitants sufficient excite
ment in the form of adventures in the
struggle with the perils of the wilder
ness and of manifold inducements to
activity and enterprise. The older civ
lized nations, on the other hand, need
an artificial stimulus to prevent the
stagnation of their vital spirits"
Such sophists ought to visit Arabia,
the ancient home of total abstinence.
The Mohammedans date the triumph
Of their religion from the year 622,
though the complete conversion of the
Arabian peninsula was not accom-
plished before the end of the
seventh century. But under the Calf
ate of Omar prohibition of intoxicating
beverages was enforced throughout the
Mos:em dominions, and since that time
the followers of Islam, with the rarest
exceptions, have remained total alb
stainers in all continents and all climes
1t would be mistake to suppose that
the Mohammedan Scriptures interdict
wine alone and permit other noxious
st1mulants. Wine-drinking, indeed, had
become synonym of the poison-habit,
but the precepts of the Koran are COM
prehensive enough to answer all the
practical purposes of Temperance:
"Avoid Drunkenness" ''Renounce the
Vice of Intoxication." The Wahabites,
or Mohammedan Protestants, as they
have been called, on account of their
reform doctrines, make, indeed, the
Koran their warrant for prohibiting
coffee and tobacco, as well as wine and
brandy, and the opium excuses of the
modern Turks have never been sane
toned by the strict expounders of their
faith. In that part of Araby known as
Arabia Felix (the hill country in the
south of the PENINSULA grapes flourish
in hundreds of gardens, but the crop is
gathered exclusively for the sake of the
raisins, and the natives actually dis
pense with all fluid stimulants except
coffee; yet the effects of that abstemi-
BUSINESS can by no means be traced in
their lack of mental energy. 'What
struck me most in the character of the
nation," says the traveller, Burkhardt,
who visited every part of the peninsula,
''is the dignifed bearing of their poor
and the vivacity of their old men. Pa
triarchs of sixty or seventy years will
enter with unaffected pleasure into the
The advocate., 1891-03-04

given 10 the idOlatrous servants Of the
financial barons, by the board Of trade
cf the city OF Gotham, whose Wall
street seeks TO rule the whole civil
llzed and barbarous world. "Calico
Charlie" alias eX-Governor Foster Of
Ohio, is undoubtedly the most fitting
man TO wear the draped Window
mantle.
This is the way this western man
with eastern principles talks Of free
coinage:
/ am In thorough accord with the President In
his Views on free coinage. do not think that
the free coinage OF silver would be practicable NJ
all, whether the silver 10 be coined we're the
profit OF our own mines or not. lam bimetal.
llst, however, and believe I'm maintaining tho
ratio OF gold and silver 30 that a parity In the
value OF silver may be brought about This can
be accomplished, 10 seems 10 me, best by the
methods No present adopted, until the world is
ready 10 undertake some movement by which
all civilized countries will recognize both metals
While do not believe In the unlimited coinage
OF silver / have felt that the present rate Of
coinage Is not too great for tho needs OF the
country. This 10 growing country and Che law
In force at the present time providing for tho
coinage OF t5O,OOO,OOO In silver a year, or what
BiOOO,OOO ounces would about amount 20, does
not 90 too far, In my opinion.
But a revolt appears in the Repub-
lican Senatorial circles for even James
Donald Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, is
vehemently opposed to his confr-
nation.
The advocate., 1891-03-04
THR PEOPLE CAN RR TRusTED.

There is q world of wisdom in the
following from the New York Herald,
which we commend to the serious
consideration Of the blatant dema-
gogues OF our state, who are now
lsmenting the asCendency achieved by
the people over the politicians in the
recent campaign:
Worun our eye over a multitude of people,
05,OOOOOO, graduates Of our free schools, readers
OF newspapers and magazines, who spew Ingalls,
out OF their mouths when he says that purity in
politics Is an iTTldescent dream, and that the
decalOgue and the golden rule have no relation
TO public life, These men are the bone and
Sinew the brain and heart Of the country. They
earn their bread by the sweat Of their brOWs,
maintain our industries, believe In honesty and
fair dealing, regard public office as public trust,
demand legislation for the good Of the whole
and are proud Of che great commonwealth OF
which they are citizens
You can trust that multitude They know
what they are about. They may be slow but
they are sure We fall back on them as the
tired man throws himself on his couch, The Re-
publican party may plot and conspire IL may
rave and rage, steal, cheat and lie. The Demo
Cartic party In its turn may become corrupt and
venal. The people can get along without either
party. They are their own masters and masters
OF the government. SO long as their heads are
clear we are safe; and At the present moment,
with a rotten party In power, we can boldly turn
TO the SOCalled common people and still feel
that our future is secure.
The advocate., 1891-03-04

NAL HUDSON, who boasts so loudly
Of the great achievement Of the Re
publican party in the payment of SO
large an amount of the national debt
has not yet had time TO examine the
facts and figures published in TRE
ADVOCATE two weeks ago in relation
to the fraudulent manner in which
the Republican party created that
debt. The Major has to devote SO
much time 10 the southern brigadiers
and the southern alliance that he
never has time to notice small matters
like the creation OF a fraudulent
debt Of only $S,OOO,OO0,0OO.
The advocate., 1891-03-04

Of war on January 15,.1S62, and with
Grant secretary OF war ad interim,
be insisted on remaining in che cabi-
net during considerable period Of
the johnson administration.
President johnson appointed Henry
Stanberry attorney general on July
20, 1866, and he was followed by
Senator VIM M Evarts Of New York
on July Is, 1868. These two at
toneys were very serviCable to Presl-
dent johnson during his impeach-
ment trial.
President Grant had Ex-Governor
Jacob Dolson Cox and Columbus De-
lano in his cabinet as secretaries Of
the interior, and Alphonso Taft was
the attorney general in the closing
days Of bis administration.
William T. Sherman was secretary
Of war from September 8, 1863, until
October 20 of the same year, and Mr..
Taft held that Office from March 8,
1876, until May %, 1876.
Morrison r.. Waite became chief
Justice in 1874.
Rutherford b. Hayes had John Sher-
man for his secretary Of the treasury.
Mr.. Hayes had appointed Stanley
an associate justice Of the supreme
court, but he was nominated by Presi-
dent Garfield and confirmed.
Joseph Warren Keifer was elected
speaker of the national House of Rep
resentatives on the first Monday of
December, 1881.
Under the last Republican speaker
Of the House, elected eight years
later, William Mckinley, jr, was
made chairman Of the ways and
means committee, and Benjamin Har-
rson, the last Republican President,
on February 2l, 1891, appointed
Charles Foster, secretary Of the treas
ury to succeed the late William Win
dom.