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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
PEOPLE OVER THE SEAS.

petition as bankrupt in the English
courts.
F. A. CLAIMING, who has been sent
to parliament from East Northampton.
shire, is q son of the famous Boston
Unitarian minister of that name
Hrs HOLINESS POPE LEO XIII. is most
frugal in his diet. A single glass OF
coffee, tea or milk suffices to break his
fast. At three o'clock he dimes on
little soup, two courses of meat with
vegetables, dessert of fruit, with one
glass Of strong wine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Big Ones.

A marriage is scheduled at Pittsburg,
Pa. The contracting parties are Col.
Gilbert Unzale Reedland of Chippewa,
Mez., seven feet and two inches in
height, and Miss Emma Bosnian of
Sank Center. Mimi, whose height is
just two inches less than her intended.
The groom is a grain grower, and has
been very successful in business VEN
lures. The couple have known each
other for about two years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Mary: Allen Vest Dead.

CHICAGO, Dec. s.-Mary Allen West,
long and widely known in this city
through her activity in Women's Chris
tian Temperance union work and
as the editor of the Union Sig
nal, died in Toxic Japan, Decem-
Der I. The cause of her death is
not known, but it is thought that it
was from overwork. intelligence of
Miss Vests death was received in
cab1egram addressed to Miss Frances
Willard at the Woman's temple. Miss
West left this city June on tour
around the world She has been in
Japan shout four months delivering
lectures on the union work
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

AGAIN the Chicago university is ''in
luck" 1t receives gift of about half
million dollars from the estate of the
late William r. Ogden, the first mayor
OF Chicago, and for many years most
prominent citizen, who left an estate
now valued at about $4,000, 600. An
other quarter of a million is falling to
1t from the estate of the late Diamond
Jo'' Reynolds, the father of grain trans
portation on the upper Mississippi and
its acknowledged head during the sew
eral years that it flourished before cut
down by railroad competition" Thus
big items of pecuniary support are
docking to the university.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
RANCHES FLOODED,
Great Damage Follows tho Breaking Of
: - san joaquin Levee. <

Great Damage Follows tho Breaking OF
'-,--. San joaquin Levee. x
SAN Francisco, Dec. 5.-The strength
of the great southeastern was broken
Thursday, but rain still falls heavily
through the state with the prospect of
continuing. The Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers are rising and great
damage will probably result to levee
lands. The first levee to give way
was that of the Jersey tract ON the San
Joaquin. Over 5, 900 acres were flooded.
and the loss to potatoes and onions will
amount to 100000. The land had been
reclaimed only four years, but The own
ers made fortune last year in wheat
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Wheat Receipts.

The wheat receipts at Minneapolis
for the month of November were 9,6sl,-
800 bushels. against 8, 49,, $50 bushels
for the corresponding month of last
year. The shipments for the past
month were 1890, $50 bushels, against
S,072, 240 bushels for November, 1891.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
FOUR LIVES LOST At A FORD.

Nickelson, His Wife and Two Children
Drowned While Trying to Reach Land.
PLEAsANTON, Cal, Dec. 5.-Informa-
ton reached here that family named
Nicholson had been drowned while
trying to ford Arroyo creek. When Ar
royo creek began DISQUALIFICATION decid-
ed to remove his family. The swift
current of the creek overturned the
wagon. throwing the occupants into
the water. Mrs. Nicholson and little
daughter were swept away and
drowned. The father endeavored to
save one Of his sons, but was himself
overcome, both perishin9.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

STEELE MACKAYE is an absorbed
student of reptile lore. At one time he
kept rattlesnake at large in his study.
he would write with the creature
eoiled up on his table, its head close
beside his hand The theory upon
which he tanned this pet was that a
snake is charmed by rythmical motion,
and is only dangerous when angered by
= movement that disturbs this sym.
motrv of action
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

DR.. JOHN EsE, the skin grating
specialist of Reading. Pa, has a new
scheme. This is to graft pieces of
hairy skin on bald-headed men so that
they will be able to grow a luxuriant
head Of hair. He says he has already
tried it and that it is a success.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

HE discovery of a method that would
protect an individual from cholera
would be of great usefulness; remarks
I'r. 9. !. Armstrong in the Popular Sci
.encc Monthly. Form India, the home.
OF the disease, the average annual NOR
.tslity therefrom in the cities is $50,
and IN the country 1.53 per 1000 living.
In the epidemic manifestations Of
cholera In various parts Of the world
tho mortality has often exceeded 50 per
cent Of these attacked. In 1884 and
1855 cholera was epidemic In southern
Europet and ID Spain ID 1885 thers
yese 1sa, ~ atlthA tls mortality be..
lfss1S iassts1s.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

> ELIZABETH STUART PHELPs-WARp had
her first story. published when she was
thirteen years old, and since she was
nineteen she has supported herself by
her pen. She was twenty when
'1ates Ajar" gave her fame. and she
is now only forty -seven. Mrs. Phelps
Ward writes very slowly and with
painstaking care. All Of her literary
work is done in the morning between
nine and one, and she rarely in one day
writes more than enough to, fill half a
column off, daily newspaper. Some
times the amount produced is hardly
8 half OF that, and it is all carefully re-
svised and rewritten until satisfactory.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Immigration statisti tics.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.The superin.
tendent Of immigration shows that
$40. 1858 immigrants arrived In this coun-
try during the fiscal year ended June
30. 1892. There were returned 2.s01..
who came in violation Of law. OF this
number ,703 were contract laborers.
The law adopted March 5, 1891 the. rs.
port says, has exercised q wholesome
and deterrent effect upon immigration,
especially from the undesirable classes.
The character Of the immigrants arriy.
INF dtfin9 tho last yssr Mas efJatly
eup efiuf = sh1s q inany pfsvisrn
11aAt -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

The earl of Dunraven, who is ex-
pected to come over here next year
after the Americas cup, has long
string Of titles. Besides being earl of
Dunraven, he is earl of Mount Earl.
Viscount Mount Earl, Viscount Adare,
Baron Adare, Baron kerry and a
baronet. Without these titles he would
be plain Mr.. Quinn, for that is his fam
ny name. He sits as Baron kerry,
that being the only one of his titles
which is in the peerage of Great Brit
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
THE EAST.

IN pennsylvania the official vote
gives Harrison . plurality over Cleve-
land of 63.747.
MANY non-union meu have left the
Homestead (Pa.) steel works, being
convinced that their places are to be
given to old men.
In an old barn at Middletown, Conn,
three men and two women, umbrella
members, were burned to death.
The vote Of New York by counties
gives Cleveland plurality over Harri-
son of 1891.
MEMBERS of the senate committee on
immigration in session in New York
considered propositions that all immi-
grafton, except from North and South
American countries, shall be suspended
for one year from March l, 1898, and
that no immigrant shall be admitted to
the United States between the ages of
IL and IS years unless he can read and
write and possesses 500 in money or its
equivalent.
The famous American landscape
painter, Alexander H. Wyant, died at
his home in New York of sotteninp of
the brain.
The inventor Of tho gold-brick
swindle that has been successfully
worked in all parts of the United States
and Europe, George w. Post, has
been sentenced to a term of twenty
years in the penitentiary at Sing Sing,
N. Y.
ANNIE BELL and Chauncey Morlan
were married in New York city mu-
scum. The bridegroom is 81 years old
and weighs 442 pounds The bride is q
yearsyounger and tips the scale at $40
pounds.
BETWEEN New York and Galveston,
Tex, thieves OH the fast train secured
$4,000 by substituting for package
OF money containing that sum brown
paper of similar bulk.
On the Erie road q fast train struck a
wagon at q crossing in Elmira, N. Y.
and Edward. Blanchard and his wife
and Mrs: w. Conlklin and Mrs. Maggie
Pitts were killed
Gov. HENRY HAYr, who was the
chief official of Pennsylvanaa from 1873
to 1888, died at his home in Wilkes
barre, aged SO years
AT Erie. Pa, Joseph Kane, Lake
Shore railroad employe, killed his wife
and himself. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
THE great hnancier and railway
king, Jay Gould, died at his home in
New York of pulmonary consumption,
aged Sc years. He leaves four sons
and two daughters, his wife having
died three, years ago, and a fortune es-
timated at from $50. 0oo, 900 to $780,.
o0o, 600. 80. e.
His term having expired Charles Bud.
densiek, the New York builder who
was sent to prison June "a, 1885. for
manslaughter, has been discharged
from Sing Sing. r
LIZZIE BORDEN was indicted BY the
grand jury on two counts for the MUIR
der OF her father and mother at Fall
River. Mass. .
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
LATER NEWS,

AT Philadelphia, Pa, the evening OF
the 4th, Reading railroad shifting en-
CINE crashed into street car at Ameri-
can street and Columbia avenue, the
crossing of the North Pennsylvania
branch of the Reading system, injuring
eleven persons, two of whom may die.
VIM. Cunningham, conductor, aged 81,
sustained a compound fracture of the
left ankle, lacerated scalp, several ribs
broken and general Commissions. He
will probably die. Emma Carnoge, 10
years old, was injured about the face
and badly shaken up. Lizzie Carnoge,
~ years old, niece of the former, had
her right leg broken and is not expected
to live. Bridget McLin, 10 years old,
was injured about the body. Several
others were more or less injured.
IT, The German steamer, the Spree,
which has been missing, arrived at
Queenstown, the 4th, in tow of q friend
" steamer. The Spree broke her shaft
and for two days was at the mercy of
the waves. Two passengers went insane
and one committed suicide.
Two children, aged and 9 years. sons
OF Rudolph Hulse, Of Kankakee, ILL.,,
were drowned, the 4th, while playing
on large cake of ice in the Kankakee
river. s.. IS. 80 ~. =.
The Wisconsin and Dakota editors to
the number of 10 arrived at Atlanta,
Ga, the 4th, en- route for Florida.
Su1rs were brought in the U. S. court
at Toledo, O., which affects every cleo
trio railway company. The question is
one OF violation of patent. ~
FIRE destroyed the business portion
Of Cumberland Gap, Tenn. the 4th.
Seven business houses and three dwell
ings were destroyed.
IT was announced, the 4th, that Geo.
Gould would succeed his father as pres
ident OF the elevated railway Of New
York. :s...-.--.... - ,ss
MRS. J. Spies, a prominent society
woman Of Willsburg, WA, has been
placed under arrest, charged with the
murder Of Lenora Starr, q 5-year-old
adopted child. When the officers at
tempted to arrest the woman she fed
but was captured IN hiding. s.E5
Ar meeting Of the Chicago Trade
and Labor Assembly, the 4th, resolu-
tons were adopted lin the form of a
communication to President-electC leve-
land. urging him to call an extra session
OF congress for the repeal Of the McKin-
ley law. The resolutions declare in
favor q free trade and ask Nj. Cleve.
land 70 aid s. hastening the time when
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

The variety in odd spoons Of all
kinds is very large. The old chatelaine
Ipoon has been reproduced with his
toric fidelity. This was the spoon with
which the housekeeper was accustomed
10 taste all dishes before they were
presented to guests, as a guarantee
necessary in those rude and savage
times against the use of poison. This
spoon is about as large as tablespoon.
1t was formerly arranged so that it
could be hung on chain from the
yirdle, as it's name indicates.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Ofi,cial Count TN Texas.

& AUSTIN, Tex. Dec. s. The official
count Of the presidential vote in Texas
gives Cleveland 939.14S; Harrison, ~.
AS; Weaver, 9e,6ss; Bidwell, 2.181 To
Harrison's vote should be- added 1909
republican ballots for the lily white
electors, being representatives of the
white maa's faction of the republican
party. 80
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Homes Ruined sc Haxietou

HAzLEroN. Pa, Dec. 5.-Terror was
caused here BY . large area over tho
burning Honey Brook mines caving in,
carrying with it number Of houses.
The fire IN the mines has now full
sway and it is feared that mines Nos /
and will be completely tlastroved.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

COMMANDER F. &. DUNDAs. of the
British navy. who has been in
The service Of the Imperial British
East Africa Company for two years,
has returned to England after prov
ing that the Tana aud Juba rivers
IN East Africa are navigable by
steamboats, for long distance. The
Vana river has only recently been we'll
mapped, and the upper course of the
Juba is not yet known; and until Dun
aas made his journeys no one knew of
the availability of these rivers for nav
igation. The fertile lands of the
Goosha district extend along its banks
tor miles
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Totals ....... .1es,2o $4,000 $3.50 12,47

Nelson's plurality, therefore, is H.
$50. Col. Bobleter received the high
est plurality, his being 1s,1o2, or 8, 1872
more than that received by Nelson.
1t is estimated that fully 10000 votes
were wasted on account of unfamiliari-
ty with the Australian system.
The electoral vote was as follows:
Republican, 122, 1876; democrat, 100, $40:
populist, so,ses; prohibition, 1900; fu-
sion. 107,077; total, 267, $50.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Buddensiek.s Term Exp,res

NEw YoRK. Dec. Charles Budden.
sick. the builder " no staa sent 70 prison.
june =, 1885, having been found guilty
Of manslaughtsr. and sentenced to ten.
years tfnprisonineDt, haa been dis.
aharged ftpn Stag ssnx, Ill torn has~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Seven Italians Perish.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. ga report was
received Thursday evening that several
boats had been capsized near West
berkeley, Cal. and that seven Italian
fishermen had been drowned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Broker whit, sentenoeil

New YORK, Dec. 3.-Cumberland G.
White. the aged Wall street broker,
who pleaded guilty in September 10 the
larceny Of two 81. 600 bonds from Mrs.
Louise dessilya over a year ago, was on.
Friday sentenced to two years in the
nonitenfia ~ ss..s ~ 80,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
-Twcnty-Thrse Is ne H.nred.

Sr. PETERSBURG, Dec. s. The trial
BY court martial Of the persons COM
scerned Il the cholera riots In saratoh
e July last has ended. Twenty. three
so4 the prisoners were sentenced 20 "
haaled - AlA1.sia ~ - aiapsl1snsd
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

The postmaster general Of Norway
has ordered that after January l, 1898.
the bicycle shall be used by all coun-
try postmen for the delivery of mails
where the roads will permit.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

THERE are not few opportunities in
this country for the work of the home
missionary. In Genesee county, N.
Y, there are 155 families who have
never seen Bible. So says an agent
of the American Bible society.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

SOME of the boys Of Berlin seem to
prefer suicide to life. In the last four
teen months sixty-two of them COM
mitted suicide. Fifty-four of them
were under is and one of them was not
years old.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

ATYPEwRITINa machine which will
print on the leaves of blank book Of
any thickness is the latest invention.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

The first wheat raised in the New
World was sown on the Island of Isa-
bella in January, 1894. March 80 the
Ears were gathered The foundation
II the great wheat industry of Mexico
is said to have been three grains car
ried into that country by one of the
slaves OF the Cortez company. The
6rst crop of wheat raised in South
America was grown by a monk in the
karden OF a convent at Quito. Gar
silazo afirms that up to 1858 wheaton
bread had never been used as an article
Of diet by the people of Peru.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

The priests tell the people in Persia
that the cholera plague is the result Of
alcoholic stimulants, and the temper.
ance Gauge is prospecting there wonder
fully &sr-<-z-. 3. Szs5E$
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

THE new Century dictionary contains
Two words that are worth remember
ing. They arc substantiationalis
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Now
aon't forget them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08

WILLIAM D1cKEY was sent to the
Maine legislature in 1s42, and they are
+ lending him there yet. lie was re-
elected at the recent election, and is
now 81 years old, -. IS. ts
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
Bisgest Flour Mill in tho World.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Dec. &c p.
Pillsbury is to build 10000 barrel
daily capacity -four mill at Superior.
The contract has already been let. The
mill will be the largest in the world.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
The electoral college Of every state
In the union meets January g.
DURINe the coming year France will
spend 81, 900, 600 for arms and ammuni-
4 lion for the cavalry alone.

The Hamburg senate budget for the
coming year shows a deficit Of not far
from 81, 0OO, 600. Cholera did 1t.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-08
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= -
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sss.* ~ ~ A1.o % mo Depart
!. 49, 80
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penalne a.os maj entries, ana tho
~ s.es.y incIeaaing These have
- ,s me present Nd
.n snoa - aef1ellt.lral patents have
49,. Y t1e preceding
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The advocate., 1892-02-03
THE NATIONAL UNION COMPANY.


Mr.. Edwin Snyder has an article
in the last number of the Kansas
Farmer upon this subject, some items
in which we desire to notice. In the
outset we desire to thank him for the
corroboration of The ADVOCATES
statements of fact concerning the
plan of the company which his entire
article affords. His opening sentence
is as follows:
The history purposes and ultimate results Of
the organization known as the National Union
Company are matters but poorly understood by
the public.
That is just what The ADVOCATE
said about it. It is worthy Of remark
further that the reader Of Mr.. Sny-
der's article will know very little
more about these matters after he
gets through with it than before he
began. We said repeatedly that the
policy of the company is to conceal
many things from the people that
they are entitled to know if they are
expected to give it their endorsement
and patronage. Mr.. Snyder con-
tinues:
A M ooua6 ,,lou oP h,,ulnaoa hoa haon wida1v
published and unfavOrably commented upon by
the press generally, both by the SO-called mo-
nopOlstic and reform press.
A "so-called"plan is decidedly good,
especially when Mr.. Snyder goes on
to explain and defend the very plan
that was published in TIE ADVOCATE
of December 30, 1891. We are aware
that it is denied that the plan we
published is the correct one, but Mr..
Snyder's contribution to the Kansas
Farmer shows that it is near enough
correct for all practical purposes If
he knows anything about it, and we
would ask if it has been changed
since its adoption by the Business
Agents Association at Indianapolis,
who changed iti If the National
Union Company changed it, then it
may take a notion to change it again,
and we would ask those who favor
the scheme what guarantee they have
that the plan will not be changed at
any time when the interest or caprice
of the incorporstors may seem to de-
mand it?
1t is not necessary now for Us to
enter into discussion in detail OF the
several propositions presented by Mr..
Snyder. We call attention especially
to the fact that every point which he
undertakes to defend is point that
appears in the plan as we published
it; 30 that we have not been shooting
as much in the dark as some people