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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-16
LATER NEWS,
Dropped a Shell,

VALLEJO, Cal, June ia report
which shook the town like sharp
shock of earthquake was heard at 1880
o'clock this morning, and it was fol-
lowed by the ringing of alarm bells at
Mare Island navy yard. When the
great volume of smoke at the yard
cleared away, it was found that an ex-
plcslon had taken place at the shell
house of the naval magazine. The
burned and charred bodies of two ap-
prentices were found on the beach 200
yards from the scene of the explosion.
A third body, that of German, was at
the same time on the way to the hospi'
tai. In the midst of the ruins and all
around the sidehills were seen the
bodies and remains of bodies scattered
here and there.
When collected together the dead
numbered twelve, with Gunner Hittin-
ger, OF the cruiser Boston, at the head.
The bodies were greatly disfgured,
some being cut in two, and nearly all
minus a limb. Three wounded men
were taken to the hospital in dying
condition.
No one seems able to tell exactly how
the explosion occurred. A working
party of fifteen men from the United
States steamship Boston, which was in
the stone dock near by, had been sent
down to prepare ammunition and fill a
she'll for the ship. All were at work in
the filling room of the magazine under
charge of Gunner Hittinger. It is sup
supposed that one of the party dropped
a shell and the conclusion caused the
explosion.
CHICAGO was visited by a violent
storm the afternoon of the 18th. The
wigwam for the Democratic convention
was badly damaged. A brick cottage
at 1896 Whipple street was demolished
Two year old Emma Klima was killed
instantly, and the mother and another
child badly injured. Several houses
were struck by lightning.
1T was reported the 18th, that in the
town of Chicora, Pa, 100 buildings
were burned.
The town of Galva, ILL.,, was wrecked
by cyclone the evening of the 18th.
Several persons were known to be
killed.
The Mississippi river at New Orleans
is again rising and grave results are
feared.
The town of Neville, To-, was de-.
stroyed by fire the 18th. Twenty two
business houses and several residence q
were burned. Loss $6O,OOO
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.


MONDAY. June - In the senate a
bill was reported to facilitate the en-
forcement of the present immigration
and contract labor laws. The consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill was
also reported. Ii the house bills were
passed to admit New Mexico and Ari-
IONA to statehood; appropriating $780,
600 for pedestal for monument to
Gen. w. T. Sherman; the Legislative ap-
preparation bill and Mr.. Hatchs anti
option bill. A concurrent resolution
for the final adjournment of congress
on Monday, July 4, at 2 o'clock, was re-
ferred.
TUESDAY, June 1.-THE serate passed
the diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill. In the house q bill was
passed appropriating $4,000 for the
establishment of weather bureau sta
tions on Middle and Thunder Bay
islands, in Lake Huron. The urgent
deficiency bill was also passed. June
IS, was set apart for the delivery of
eulogistic addresses to the memory Of
the late Senator Wilson, of Maryland.
WEDNESDAY, June S.-1he pension
deficiency bill was laid before the sen
ate and referred to the committee on
appropriations. bill was introduced
appropriating Sl50,000 for a branch
home for volunteer disabled soldiers
and sailors at or near Beatrice, Neb.
In the house the agricultural appropri-
alton bill was passed.
THURSDAY, June 9.-In the senate
the urgent deficiency bill appropriate
ing over S7,o00,0oO for the present
fiscal year was passed. Two Of the
general appropriation bills-thc legis-
lative and agricultural-and the two
bills for the admission of New Mexico
and Arizona as states were received
from the house. Adjourned to the 18th.
In the house bills were passed permit
ting poor persons to sue in the United
States courts upon affidavits, and
authorizing the courts to appoint coun-
sell; defining the crimes of murder in
the first and second degree and man.
slaughter in places and on waters
under the exclusive jurisdiction of the
United States, and modifying the re-
vised statutes SO as to dispense with
proof of loyalty during the war of the
rebellion as prerequisite to being re-
stored or admitted to the pension roll.
FRIDAY, June 1O.-The senate was
not in session. In the house the day
was spent in the consideration of un-
important measures and the evening
session was devoted to the considera-
ton of private pension bills. Adjourned
to the 18th
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WEST AND SOUTH.

FOUR men were blown to pieces bv
carelessness in turning water into an
empty boiler at tile works south of
ldaville, Ind.
JOHN c. BEowN,of Saginaw, Mich, a
logging contractor, failed for $115,0o0
and nominal assets of 5000
FLAMES destroyed the mammoth sew
grippe works of Robinson Bros. at
Akron, o. Loss, SiOo,OO
VIRGINIA prohibitionists in conven-
ton at Lynchburg elected delegates to
the national convention in Cincinnati
and adopted resolutions favoring the
suppression by law of the manufacture
or traffic in Intoxicating liquors.
A cLorDsuRsr swept away nearly the
entire village of Zwingle, Ia, only one
house being left. Much live stock was
drowned.
GEORGIA prohibitionists met in con-
vention at Atlanta and decided to put a
state ticket in the field, but left the
question OF It's makeup to the state ex-
ecutive committee. The delegates from
the Fifth (Atlanta) district nominated
Sam Small for congress.
Cong RESsloNAl nominations were
made as follows: Illinois, Seventh dis
trict, II. NJ. Gilbert peoples partly;
Missouri, Seventh district, John T.
Hurd (dem.), renominated; Kansas,
Second district, II. l.. Moore (dem.)
AT the democratic state convention
held in Baltimore, Md. the delegates
elected to the national convention were
not instructed
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to the North Carolina general assembly in .a:1,
nd soon after was clerted as a delegate t., the
Constitutional convention OF North CAROL
ma. In 1877 he was appointed com,ni,sion-
er of agriculture. He began III: pl5;c:..
ton Of the Progressive Farmer in lSS; and
commenced organizing farmers cluGs in hi
state. In 1857 he joined the Farmers Ai.;a1:e
and was elected secretary OF the Formers
Alliance of North Carolina 1T It's 1irs:
organization, which position lie con.
tinued to hold until his ,:rath IL WIS
elected first vice president CT I'll" NJ.
tional Farmers Alliance Cooperative unrr
OF America in 1887 and was reelected in 1873
At the national convention held at ST Lois
December 3, 1889. he was elected president q,
the National Farmers Alliance Industrial
union, which office he filled up to the time of hi:
DEATH
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AT last the Grant monument fund of
$5Oo,0O0 is completed, with $500 to
spare. 1t is nearly seven years since
the first contributions were made, and
up to two months ago little progress
had been made. Then Gen. Horace
Porter took the matter in hand and an
nounccd his determination to complete
the monument without delay. Me-
mortal day was set as the date for COM
pleting the fund, and the last dollar
was obtained within twenty -four hours
of tina: time. New York city and the
whole country are to be congratulated
on the fact that at last the grave of the
great leader will be ittinqlv marked.
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country.

THE new railroad through the Holy
Land will run from Acre to Damascus,
along the eastern side Of Mount Car
mel, thence across the Esdraelon plain,
by Nazareth, Main, Jezrecl and Beisan
10th river Jordan, along the eastern
shores of the sea of Galilee to the IIau-
ran plateau or plains of Bashan, and
thence across the plain Of Damascus,
skirting the eastern base of Mount Her.
mon. This road will probably in due
time become part of a trunk line to the
Persian gulf and India. The names
gwen are familiar to Bible readers,
and the project will open land of
wonderful interest to them.
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SOME people are born freckled and
others have freckles thrust upon them.
The former class might us well accept
their freckles as dispcnsation of Prov
1dence, for nothing can be done for
them. The latter can always get rid Of
their affection, says tile Scientific
American by using couple Of drachms
Df sal ammonia with an ounce of Ger
man cologne, the solution mixed with
pint OF distilled water. Applied two
or three times day, states one of our
contemporaries, it will cure the worst
case of acquired freckles on record.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

THE visible supply Of grain in the
United States on the 9th was: Wheat,
27,9l0,ooo bushels; corn, 4,47s.o00 bush
e:s; oats, 1860, 900 bushels; rye. $50, 900
bushels: barley. 4l1.O0O bushels
MIR. BLAINE left Washington for Bos-
ton en- route to Bar Ilarbor.
The president has approved the act
granting pension to ex-senator George
w. Jones. of Iowa.
IN Washington William Henry Uar-
rison died at the age of 104 years, 6
months and 20 days. He claimed to
have enjoyed an acquaintance with
George Washington.
In spite of all obstacles, the aggre-
gate volume of trade was said to he :
per cent greater throughout the coun-
try than year ago.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 10th numbered 1872, against 207 the
preceding week and :24 for the CORE
spending week last year.
TIE exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 10th aggregated
Sl,1ss, 4s7, 73o, against S1,ol9. 4G5, s73 the
previous week. The increase as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was 1916.
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ANOTHER serious duel has occurred in
France. A man who had been compro-
missed in family scandal fought with
the editor of the paper in which a re-
port OF the facts was published Both
parties were severely wounded 1t
may be that after time French duels
will become something besides mere
matters of form or comedies In this
case the editor was slashed with a
sword until he could stand no longer.
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The population of the German en-
pire was 40, 42S,47o December 1, 1890.
The relative numbers of the leading
German states stand as follows:
Prussia, 29.957.367; Bavaria, 1904, 9s2:
Saxony, 1892. 6s4; Wurtem burg, 2,o3G,-
$50; Baden, l,657.s61: Elsass- Lorth-
ringen, 1902 ,5O6; Hess, 99o. 1913.
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ALEXANDER HoCKADY, OF Blue River
township, KY, is one hundred and
twelve years old. He has taken but
one dose of medicine, and as he was
nearly one hundred when he swallowed
it he doesn't think much of DRUGS.
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The life OF an editor in Turkey is far
from being a harry one. He is not al
lowed to publish novels that have not
been approved by court official, petit
tions regarding abuses of the admins
tration, and must avoid the names of
prominent people. If an officeholdcr be
accused of theft or other crime the event
must be suppressed. Neither is it al
lowed to publish reports of attempted
murder of princes or riots in other coun-
tries. The editor is instructed to give
preference to all news regarding the
health of the emperor and his family,
the condition of agriculture and the
progress of industry and commerce.
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HELPING THE DESTITUTE.


Work of the Relief Committee In the ILL
Fated A.ty of Titusville.
OIL CITY, Pa, June 13.-The fifty
fourth body was found here Sunday.
This completes Oil City's dead, all of
the missing having now been found or
accounted for.
T1rUsvl1LE, Pa, June 13.-The fol-
lowing is given out officially to the pub
lie:
THE prompt and generous assistance given
to our afflicted citizens in their recent cal2nit
by the people in all parts of the country is most
gratefully appreciated by the sufferers and all
residents of Titusvlle 1t is due to the public
that we make a statement of our condition as
exactly and accurately as is possible six days
after the calamity. We nave our relief COM
mittee thoroughly organized and the distribu-
ton OF food, clothing, bedding and other sup
plies IS progressing with system. Perfect or
der prevails Large forces of laborers are en-
ployed in removing wreckage from the streets
and in clearing UP the ruins of houses.
'Fifty-nine bodies have been buried. Several
persons are still missing. We do not need
clothing: food or other supplies. Our need is
for money TO relieve those who have lost
by fire and flood and to repair the
enormous destruction of property. The
district devastated by fire and food ex-
tends through the entire length OF the
city for about one mile and half. It's breadth
is from oneeighth to one fourth Of g mile. The
estimated loss of property exceeds 81, 600 OOO
The losses fall chiefly upon tl4e poor and labor
ing people.
'Within the bounds named were more than
one hundred and fifty dwellings as well as many
shops, manufactures and oil rc1ineries where
labor was employed The loss of personal prop
erty in the homes of the people was almost to-
tal while very many lost not only their houses
and contents but the ground on which they
stood. The streets are many of them destroyed
and the loss in this particular and in bridges is
very large. Everything possible is being done
to alleviate distress and our people are recov-
ering hope and spirit
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THE following countries have a
larger national debt than the United
States: Austria, Hungary. France.
l'erman States, Great Britain. Italy,
Russia, Spain and Turkey. The ma
tional debt Of France is the largest, be-
ing s6,427, 500, 900, against 1862. 42o. 541
the national debt of the United States.
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A YOUNG Mexican woman claiming to
be possessed of divine power has been
banished, being charged by the Mex
lean government with havin < instigated
an Indian uprising.
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At tho conclusion Of tho voting tho clerks IA.
nounced the result, and Chairman Mckinley
said: benjamin Harrison, having received q
majority Of all the votes cast is the nominee Of
this convention. Shall that nomination be made
unanmous?' 1t was made unanimous and an
adjournment was taken until evening"
At the evening session Whitelaw Reid, of
New York, was nominated for vice president by
reclamation.
A long list OF names was announced as men,
bers OF the committees to notify the nominees
for president and vice president of the United
States.
The motion to adjourn was carried unapi.
mously and the chairman announced that the
convention now stands adjourned sine die''
BENJAMIN HARRlsoN.
Benjamin Harrison was born in Hamilton
county, O., August 20, 1888. He was graduated
at the Oxford (O) university and studied
law Tor two years in Cincinnati In
1854 he went to Indianapolis, which city
he has since made his home Mr.. Har-
rison was elected reporter OF the su-
prone court of Indiana in 1860, six years after
ne had begun the practice of his profession
Soon after this, however, he Joined the union
army, In which he was commissioned a second
lieutenant. He was one OF the rs, 900 volunteers
who answered President Lincolns call After
short service he organized Company A OF the
pointed colonel. He was mustered out in
June, 1865, with the rank of brigadier general.
Returning to civil life he discharged the
duties OF court reporter for four years In 1888
he was candidate for governor on the repub-
lican side, but was defeated. He was appointed
on tie Mississippi river commission in 1872
MIR. Harrison was elected United States senator
for Indiana in 1880 as the successor of joseph
+: Mcdonald and took his seat on March 4, 1881.
His term Of service expired March g. 1857 In
1883 he was nominated by the republicans for
the presidency aad was elected over Grover
Cleveland, who was renominated by the demo
Gratis.
WHITEIAW REID,
Jacob Whitelaw Reid, republican nominee for
vice president, is editor in chief and one of the
born in xenia, O., in October, 1897 His parents
gave linn a good education. Az IS he entered
the Miami university at Oxford, Butler
county, O., where he was graduated in
1855 He began the active duties of life as
principal of the graded schools in South
Charleston, Clark county, in the same state, but
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Fatal Collision of Cattle Trains,

GUTHRIE, O. T., June 13.-Two cattle
trains on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway came together in a head-end
collision at South Canadian, !. r. One
of the firemen, named Elliott, was
killed. Both trains were completely
wrecked and large number of cattle
were killed.
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NEW WORLDS FAIR BILL.
Substitute Prepared by tho sub-Commit
tita H>uxe

Substitute Prepared by tho sub-Commit-
tee of tie House.
WAsN1SGToS. June ia sub-com-
Inittee Of the worlds fair committee 0;
the house has prepared substitute bill
for that now before the committee,
providing Tor government aid -
the exposition. The substitute pro.
poses that 100000 silver SOU
venir half dollars be recoiucd from
the uncurrent subsidiary silver coins
now in the treasury to aid in defrayin;
the cost of completing the work at CL,-
cago. The sum of 5000, 900 is appropr.>
ated to REIN burse the treasury for losa
on such recoinage. Out Of tho net
amount received into the treasury IT
the exposition the government is to re-
ceive thereof such proportion as this
appropriation bears to the whole
amount expended.
Provision is made for the preparation
OF 1000 bronze medals and necessary
dies therefor, with appropriate devices
commemorative of the l0Oth anniversary
of the discovery of Anne erica. and for So.
600 vellum impressions and diplomas,
the medals and diplomas to be awarded
to exhibitors at the exposition. The
bill will be laid before the full COM
mittec next week.
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A CURIOUS superstition prevails in
Norway. When people arc in quest of
a drowned body, they row to and fro
with rooster in the boat, fully ex-
pecting that the bird will crow when
the boat reaches the spot. where the
corpse lies
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Burglars Secure . Biz Sum.

TExARKANA, Ark, June 13.-Satur-
day night burglars broke into the Office
OF the Bedeau Lumber Company at
Genese, station on the Cotton Belt, 8
miles west, and broke open the safe.
They secured $50, 100 in cash and -
curities.
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THERE are 1922 Americans residing
in China, and 500 of these are women
engaged in mission work. In case of
their expulsion Christianity will be a
larger sufferer than commerce, as far
as the actual residents are concerned.
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Damage by Hail.

DoN1PHAN, Neb., June 13.-A terrific
hailstorm struck this vicinity at 6
o'clock Sunday evening, destroying all
fruit and growing crops in it's track and
breaking every window in town ex-
posed to the fury of the Storm Hail
fell as large as hens eggs and banked
up in some places to depth of : feet.
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Can Now Bridge tho NIi,s,ss,ppt.

WAsH1NGroN,June 10.-The president
has signed the bill authorizing the llli-
nois & Iowa Railway Company to build
bridge across the Mississippi river at
Moline III
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HARRISBURG, Pa, June l3.-Governor
Pattison has pardoned Rev. Clark NJ.
Eggleston, the Methodist minister of
Pittsburgh who was convicted of con-
spiracy to defraud the Granite State
Provident Insurance association of
New York, and sentenced to two years
in the western penitentiary Feb. %,
1902
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Stewart for Prestient.

OMAHA, Neb., June IS. - Peoples
party leaders declare that they would
be pleased with the nomination of SEN
ator Stewart, of Nevada, and Repre-
sentative Watson of Georgia, for pres
ident and vice president.
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A Cornell Junior Drowned.

ITHACA, N. Y, June 13.-The junior
class of Cornell university is plunged in
grief over the death by drowning of C.
s. Strong, one of the most popular
members. The parents of the deceased
1.-Two in Cleveland. O.
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A Theater Burned.

GRAND RApINDs, Mich, June 13-
Powers opera house, the leading
theater in western Michigan was
Quilted by fire Saturday afternoon,
causing loss of 100000 The fire
originated under the stage. Ed War
rington, the stage carpenter, unawares
that the meter had been removed for
repairs, entered the meter closet with
lighted match and turned the gas on.
There was an explosion and in an in
slant the flames burned through the
floor and enveloped the entire interior
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Miss HANNAH FAlRCH1LD, of Vest
port, Conn.,, is in her 18th year. She
has been member of Christ church
for fifty-fve years and has not missed q
service during that period.
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Farm LabOrers Scarce.

WASHINGTON, June 13.-Latest adj
vices from the Argentine Republic
state that wages are again going up in
the colonies owing to the great scarcity
of farm la bOrerS.
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Passed the Century Mark.

WASHINGTON, June 9.-William Henry
Harrison died in this city yesterday,
aged 104 years, months and 20 days.
He claimed to have enjoyed an &C.
quaintance with George Washington.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA produces $780,
900, 900 oranges year-not enough to
give three oranges to each inhabitant
of the United States
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JULES SIMON, one of the clearest
headed statesmen in Europe, thus views
the situation over there: Peace, bar
ring accidents. But accidents happen
80 eaSily.'
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HENRY GEORGE believes that writer's
paralysis, or cramp, comes from the use
of steel pens. "Who ever heard of it in
the days of the quill penn" he asks
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THERE are at present IN China only
1922 citizens Of the United States, near
ly half of whom are women. Nearly
one-half, or 500, arc missionaries
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LADY HENRY SOMERSET will allow
herself to talk about America and the
Americans, but she distinctly declares
that she will not write a book upon the
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Death of Sidney Dillon.

New YORK, June 1O.-Sidney Dillon,
financier and railroad magnate, died at
his residence in this city yesterday
morning, aged - veAra
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The WORTHINGTON ADVANCE
ROBERT McCUNE, Ed. and Publisher.
>tWORTHiNGTON, Mobiles Co., MIMI.

A BIBLE recently issued from the Ok
ford university press is only 81 inches
in length, rs inches wide and q of an
inch in thickness.