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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-01-14

THE New Alpine railway, the Bren-
%ier Rothhornb balm, is the highest rail-
way in the world, and commands mag.
niticent views. 1t is 2,351 meters e, $50
feet) high at the summit level. and as
cends 1862 meters (5,6o6 feet). or 81
meters (223 feet) higher than the
PiIatus railway. The journey occupies
~ hours
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A Valuable Satcllel.

State Treasurer Bobleter left St.
Paul the other evening for New York
and only few persons knew that the
little yellow grip which the treasurer
carried in his hand contained 81, 200. 600.
Rather than trust to the uncertainty of
an express company in this age when
the train robber is abroad, Col. Bob
Letter concluded to personally convey
the precious package to its destination,
where it will be used to liquidate other
bonds of like sum.
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The New. Briefly Chronicle l.

.
John A. Petit, Sc years of age and
an old resident of Minneapolis, dropped
dead in the street.
Rev. P. Hart, formerly of Oshkosh,
Wis, was ordained priest at ST. Paul
by Archbishop Ireland
William Ditty, conductor on the
Great Northern, was badly injured at
Crookston between two cars.
Miss Lena Petrick committed suicide
at Plainview. No reason was known
why she should have taken her life.
The third annual meeting of the
Minnesota beeSeepers will be held at
Owatonna January 20 and 81.
Frank Perautka. who has been en-
gagged in business in Winona for
number of years, failed for SIS, 900.
F. r. Manure, a laborer at Winona,
has fallen heir to SIS, 900 by the death
of his father, James v. Manure, at
Dittinger, Pa.
A book agent named Rockow, of Wi
mona, was run down by a freight train
at Devils Lake, N. d., and instantly
killed.
Four members of a gang of dangerous
highw aymen were arrested in St. Paul.
They have perpetrated several robber-
les lately.
A system of free delivery has been
inaugurated at Faribault. The car
riers are John j. Van Saun, Charles
Pike and C. p. Stone.
A rear-end collision at Crookston be-
tween sections of a Great Northern
freight badly wrecked an engine and
caboose and ten cars of wheat were
ditched.
D. NJ. Wheeler, of Wi1ona, has re-
signed his position as chief engineer
of the Winona & Southwestern rail.
way, which position he has held since
the spring of 1885,
Secretary Noble has appointed
Thomas Nary. of Gull River, and
Charles Hayden, OF. Champlin. exam
liners and appraisers of Chippewa In
dian lands in MINES ota under the act
of January ii, 1889, with view to
their future sale.
B. w. Armstrong. chief deputy clerk
of the courts, died in st. Paul of con-
sumption.
A young man named Dudley Smith
had one of his feet cut off by the cars
at Stewartville.
Henry Kauphusman, farmer of the
town of Hart, made an assignment to
Berend Bollman. The assets were es-
timated at $3.50 and liabilities at ST.
OO0
Peter Oleson Kron, IN old citizen of
Evansville, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head with q
revolver on the grave of his wife in the
cemetery.
The following additional money or.
der Offices have been established in
Minnesota: Erskin, Polk county; Nc.
Kintosh, Polk county; Bethway, wi.
mona county; Oakridge, Winona county.
An attachment was served on Henry
kauphsman. q wealthy farmer living
few miles from Winona, for sls, 600,
in favor of Frederick Voksman, of
Dubuque, Ia.
Mrs. Sarah Moore, aged -, commit
ted suicide in Minneapolis by pouring
kerosene oil over her clothes and ther
setting it on fire, She had been suffer
ing from ,nelancholia caused by Til,
death of hAA husband, -
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lslair Said to He All Right

New YORK, Jan. cit is rumored
here that the tsung-li-yamen, or ;m-
perial council of state at Pekin, has
withdrawn the objections to Hon.
Henry w. Blair as minister from the
United States and that this leaves the
viceroy, Prince Ii Hung Chang, at lib
erty to so advise the president
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THE total area of bog land in Ireland
is 1850, 900 acres of which 1884, 900 is
mountain bog and the other is avail
able for fuel. The average thickness
of the peat is ~ feet
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State Farmers' Alliance.

At the annual meeting in Minneapo-
lis of the Minnesota Farmers Alliance.
officers were chosen as follows. Presi.
dent, 1gnatius Donnelly; secretary, A.
l.. Stromberg; treasurer. H. P. Bjorge.
The report OF the treasurer showed
receipts during the year of s2,O12.03:
expenditures. Sl,941.5s; balance in
TREASURY %7O45
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Kentucky Prison St. ti.tics.

. FRANKFORT. KY, Jan. 1.-THE re-
port 1T Warden Bolan shows that there
are 913 convicts in the penitentiary.
OF these 100 are life prisoners. Sixty
eight of the prisoners are under Il
wears of age and 1885 from Is to ~,
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RIOTOUS SCENES.

Over 1000 Street Car Employees Quit
Work In Indianapolis They Prevent the
Running Of Cars.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind; Jan. 1.-THE
Indianapolis street car system, owned
by Chicago capitalists, is tied up by q
strike which every employe has joined:
The strike was declared Sunday morn
ing at o'clock. Between 900 and 1000
are out
The trouble is over an order issued
by President Frenzel that employees
should no longer ride on the badges
worn by them. The men have been
riding on these badges for years and
claim that to be required to pay fare is
an injustice they will not tolerate.
The strike took an ugly phase from
the start Organized labor, which is
very strong in this city, sympathizes
with the strikers, and early in the
forenoon the various stable houses of
the company were surrounded by the
strikers and their friends. In the after
noon the company undertook to run
out some cars with road officers and
Office employees:
AAC ACSu1C "dS luOU scenes SuCQ as
have not been witnessed in this CITY
since the great railway strike of 1876.
The mob, composed of strikers and or:
ganized labor friends, gathered at the
corner of Illinois and Washington
streets, and as fast as car would come
down from the uptown stables it was
taken possession of, the electric cur:
rent cut off and the car pushed by
hand into the Maryland street stable
near the Union railway station.
-Four cars were run out during the
afternoon and each was captured by
the mob.
superintendent of Police Colbert
called on all the available policemen,
but they were unable to do anything.
At one time during the afternoon
fully 5000 men were on I'LL
nois street. to see that no cars
were run. There was no blood
shed, but some very rough handling
was DONE Rocks were hurled through
the glass windows of the cars at the
road officers After the four cars had
been captured and dismantled the
company decided not to attempt to
run any more.
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'THE logger III an English canal
tunnel has hard time of it, says a
traveller. Il went through two canal
tunnels the past summer The canals
are just the width of one of the small
barges used, and but very little higher
than the board which runs from the al
legged cabin to the tow-line pole. AS it
Is impossible for a horse to tow the
barge, the animal is led around or over
the hill, and logger lies on his back
on the board referred to, and, raising
his legs from his hips, laboriously
pushes the boat along by pressing with
mis- feet on the dilapidated roof of the
canal tunnel"
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CONGRESSMAN GRAIN, of Texas, saws:
"Garza, the Mexican revolutionist who
is creating such a stir along the Rio
Grande, is one Of the earnest men ever
met He looks the typical frontier des-
perado. yet he is not rude, illiterate
fellow, as some might imagine. He is
fairly we'll educated, and prior to his
late bold break was running a small
newspaper, printed on the Texas side
in the Spanish language. Cara has
been in countless private brawls and
is lucky fellow to be alive. for he has
Leen pierced by many bullets"
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Deserved Their Rewards.

CALCUTTA, JAM 1.-THE sentences of
the female convicts who November 2
rescued q number of male convicts
who were swept into the serf. clinging
to an overturned wooden building,
have been RENTED or greatly light
ened. The act of heroism was per-
formed during the great cyclone.
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The growth of the Argentine Repub-

HE growth OF the Argentine Repub-
lie in the past thirty years has been re-
markable. According to recent statis-
tics the population of the republic is
now 1000, 900, as against 1850, 900 in
1861. There ~ate now 1000, 600 acres
under cultivation where in 1861 there
were hut 400, 900, and.while in that wear
there were but 10 miles of railroad in
the cou ntry there are now over s, 900
miles in operation and 5000 more, in
GLIDING the great transcontinental
route, in course of construction. The
public debt has grown pretty vigorous
~ too, however. 1t has increased
from S17. 600, 00G to S613. OOO, 900.
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THE STATE TREASURY.

The Monthly Report Showing tho Condf-
ton At tho End of the Year.
The regular monthly report. Of the
state treasurer, showing the condition
of finances at the close of business De-
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Mills = Can.lidnte Tor Sen.to,

CoRsIcANA. Tex, Jan. lin an in.
terview Roger Q. Mills was asked:
''Will you be a candidate for the sen.
ate before the called session of the
legis ature?" He replied: Il will if
there should be a called session."
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IT is said that sugar made from coal
is three hundred times sweeter than
ordinary cane sugar, but it costs ten
dollars pound
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Killed bv Hor.a.

VIRGINIA. Ill, Jan. 9.-Mrs. James
Conway, living near Charlottesville,
was kicked by horse Wednesday.
She was thrown over the manager and
her back broken. Death resulted Al
most ipst.ptly,
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THE EAST.

THE Legislature of New York con-
vened at Albany, and both branches
were organized by the democrats.
y. S. KENDIG & Co., tobacco dealers
at Lancaster, Pa, failed for $1,000
The Connecticut supreme court has
decided that Morgan Il. Bulkeley is
governor Of the state.
HE welt-hnOwn antiquarian, W.
Elliott Woodward, died in Roxburv.
Mass. He was the best known coin
dealer in the country.
In railway collision which was fol-
lowed by an explosion at Smyrna, N.
y, two engineers and fireman were
killed.
PAPER in New York took poll of
the Legislature on presidential prefer
ences with the following result: Hill,
53; Blaine, 50: Cleveland, 4; Harrison,
6; non-committal democrats, q, repub.
licaDs. II.
TIRE death Of Mrs. Mary O'Donnell,
of Bush Mountain, Pa. occurred at the
age of LOG years. For 100 years she
never missed early mass Christmas.
Last Christmas she was sick with the
grip, but went to church, and had re-
lapse with fatal results
The American Bell Telephone Com
pahy has, it is said, perfected a tele-
phone upon which whispers can be
transmitted 500 miles with perfect dis
tinctness.
MAY and Jennie Howard twin SIS
ters aged 80 years, died at their home
in Wilkestarre, Pa. ALMOST at the
same time. They lived together all
their lives.
FoR no known cause Charles s.
Quackent ush, IA wealthy broker, shot
his wife fatally at Newark, N. j., and
then killed himself.
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,i11E cost of the British royalty is
ABOUT 80. 100000 year. In addition to
: Inc main tenance of palaces the prince
OF Wales has over $500, 900 and the
; princess $50, ooo,a year. The younger
sons of the queen have been voted
sis5, 900, the daughters $50, 600 each,
,the duke of Cambridge, the queens
7 cousin, 500, 900, and his two sisters
S2S, QoO md nm SIS. 900 respectively, and
500. 600 goes to the Empress of Ger
many when she is married. The
lord chamberlaln and lord steward get
Sse. 500 per year each, seven lords in
waiting 81, 500 each and the ladies of
{ tha bedchamber have s. 500 ayear each.
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"A PHILADELPHIA physician says that
the long continued depression in the
money market is due to the grip. "The
mysterious disease" he says, "leaves
an after effect upon the victim that
continues for months and years after
his apparent recovery. 1t returns from
time to time with varying intensity,
and throws the patient into a state of
lethargy that utterly squelches all de-
sire for work. Since that epidemic has
touched large mum Der of those inter-
ested in the money market and finan-
clA affairs I believe am right in my
explanation of the troublous condition
OF financial affairs at present."
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WHITTIER wrote his first published
poem when he was seventeen years old.

: The Chinese exclusion law will soon
expire by limitation, according to the
terms of its enactment.
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CanadA's Public Eebt,

OTTAWA, Ont. JAM 1.-THE domin-
ion debt statement for October has
been issued. On the 31st ult Canada's
national debt amounted to 1886, O33, =
21s. This includes liabilities payable
in England Of S1SS, 4O3, SO2.
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Satisfaction Guaranteed.

"1'm nearly always disappointed In
the Christmas gifts my husband buys
me-" confessed Mrs Dimmick to Mrs
Kickshaw.
rs that 500"
Eyes He means we'll, but he doesn't
sesn 90 get me the things want.
try to appear pleased. of course. but I'd
rather have things I care for: ! give
him hints, but he never seems to catch
them"
Nov I never have any trouble Iaka
that with Mr. Kickshaw."
How do you manage it?"
Easily enough. buy him for his'
Christmas presen: just what want to-
have myself, and h> gets for me just
what he thinks he woul1 like to have,
and then we exchange the articles
with each other. Magazine
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WIDOWED az Her FATHER.

On an Appeal from His Daughter John
Morris Shoots tier husband Dead.
PEORIA. ILL.,, Jan. l1.-John Morris
shot and instantly killed his son-in-
law, w. Murphy, at Kingston Mines, u
small coaling hamlet 70 miles from
here, Sunday night Murphy had been
drinking for some time and went home
and abused and beat his wife, who ap-
pealed to her father for protection.
After warning Murphy his father-in-
law took shotgun and poured its con-
tents into him. Murphy fell dead in
his tracks. The coroner has gone to
Kingston Mines to investigate.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

THE visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 4th was: Wheat,
1865, 724 bushels; corn, 7,OSl, 1876 bush.
els; oats, 1868. $40 bushels.
In a message to congress touching
the efforts in this country to relieve
the distress OF thu famine sufferers in
Russia President Harrison recommend
ed that everything possible be done to
alleviate their terrible condition.
MINISTER MoNTr has informed Secre-
tary Blaine that Chilli is exceedingly
sorry for the Baltimore affair." Min
lister Montt hopes that within a week
every cause of irritation will be re-
moved.
IN the United States the products of
corn, wheat and oats in 1891 were the
largest ever known. The aggregates
were: Corn, area, 76,204,515 acres:
product, 1860, 1874, 900 bushels; value,
$685., 439, 2so. Wheat, area, 3O,e16, S97
acres; product, Gil, 100000 bushels;
value, S5lS, 427,711. Oats, area, %, $751;
SOL acres; product, 736, 1874, 900 bushels;
value, $685.. 3l2 267.
The business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the Sth nun bcred 435, against 329 the
previous week and 403 for the CORE
spending week last year.
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Riches That Arc valueles..

HOMELAND do yon think you will
propose to Maude?
Fred-No. Her father, they say, il
almost penniless
Howell-But she is a beauty. never
saw such a rich complexion.
Fred-Well, q fellow can't live on q
rich complexion, can he?-Philadelphis
Press.
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The News; Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
F,FTY.sECoNp CONGRESS

TUESDAY, Jan. 5.-President Harri-
son sent a long list of nominations to
the senate, among others being
James W. McDill. of Iowa; William NJ.
Lindsey. of Kentucky, and William r.
Morrison, of Illinois, for interstate
commerce commissioners, and Abra-
ham J. Seay, of Oklahoma, to be gov
ernor of that territory. A resolution
for ship to carry -four to Russian suf-
ferers was adopted. b. w. Perkins
was sworn in as senator from Kansas
and MIR. Vance from North Carolina.
In the, house Mr. McMillin pre-.
sided Bills were introduced to
regulate immigration: to absolutely
prohibit tho coming of Chinese into
the United States: to tax trusts; for
the election of rostmasters by vote of
the people; to repeal the sugar bounty
law; to prohibit usury; placing salt,
coal and iron orc on the free list: to
prevent aliens from holding certain
positions and doing certain manual Ia
Lor in the United States; to reduce let
ter postage to one cent per half ounce,
and to prevent the Dissertation of tho
United States flag.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6-In the senate
the Till to provide for the free coinage
of silver was discussed A bill was
introduced granting pensions to tina
soldiers Of the Seminole and other In.
dian wars. In the house the time was
occupied in discussing the resolution
appropr:ating 100000 to carry toatri.
buttons to Russian sufferers, and the
resolution was defeated.
THURSDAY. Jan. 7.-Bills were in.
troduccd in the senate for the loan of
500, O01, 900 to the farmers of Indiana
to regulate commerce carried on by
telegraph, and to revive the grade of
lieutenant general of the army. Scna-
ator Hill, OF New York, was sworn in.
Adj ourned to the 18th. In the house
bills were introduced granting PEN
sions TO Indian war soldiers: to reduce
the postage on fourth.class mat
ter; for constitutional amend
ment providing for uniform law for
marriage and divorce; fixing the
minim um rate of pension at six dollars
per month; for the free coinage of sill
yer; for the imposition of an income
tax: for the prevention of trusts; fix.
ing the presidential term at six years;
to establish uniform system of bank
ruptcy; for the admission of New
Mexico us state, and to prevent per-
sons from being forced to labor on
Sunday. Adjourned to the 18th.
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The Ghost Dance Goes On.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Jan. 9.-Six hundred
Indians, composed of members from
the tribes of Otoes, Iowas, Kaws and
Poncos, are indulging in ghost dances
at Red Rock, in the Cherokee strip.
The whole tribe of Pawnees are dane.
ing short distance from Red Rock.
The latter have bought 81, 600 worth of
presents for the Messiah.
The Khed!ve IL Dead.
CAIRO, Jan. 8.-The khedive is dead.
He had been suffering from influenza
which developed into congestion of the
lungs This was complicated with
cardiac affection and he succumb bed.
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Had No Deficit.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Carroll D.
Wrights report as commissioner of
labor to Speaker Crisp shows that his
department was operated during the
last fiscal year within the appropria-
ton. The amount allowed him was
Sl53, $40 and he turned back into the
treasury 1888.
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Blown I'm by DYNAMITE.

BELLA1RE, o., Jan. 11.-Twentv
sticks of dynamite were placed around
a fire in a stone quarry near here.
and, catching fire. the stuff ex-
ploded with terrific force. John Wal
tors, John Smith and seven Italians
were seriously injured, and some of
them will not recover. A house near
the quarry was bio wn to pieces.
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A Veteran Gone.

WAsHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Rear Admiral
c. R. P. Rodgers (retired) died here
Friday evening of heart trouble. He
had been ill for some time.
christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers was
born in Brooklyn, N. ", November II, lS19
His father was captain in the navy and many
OF his ancestors occupied distinguished places
in the government service. He served in the
Seminole and Mexican wars with distinction
and was commissioned commander OH October
Is, 1861 He won distinction on the Wabash
and as fleet captain Of Rear Admiral Du Points
fleet at Port Royal, as we'll as in the capture OF
Fort Pulaski In 1853 he was assigned to the
command OF tie steam sloop Iroquois He be.
came commander August q, 1870, and rear
admiral June IA, 1874. November H. 1884, he was
placed on the retired list
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1Selieaded by q Saw.

McBAINs, Mich, Jan. 11.-While at
work in the mill of J. w. Cromwell
Charles Bodary slipped and fell upon
fast-running circular saw. His head
was cut off Clearly just below the chin
and fell upon one side of the saw, while
the unfortunate mans quivering body
rolled to the floor on the opposite side.
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LA GRIPPE is not q thing to be sneezed at.
Boston journal.
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One Brother Kills Another.

RICHMOND, Mo-, Jan. 11.-At Caleb
Jackson's house Saturday night his
two sons, Anderson and William.
quarrcled while sitting around the
family fire and the former struck
William with pair of tongs, breaking
his neck and killing him almost in.
Stantl".
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A DEADLY BLAST.

Further Details of the Indian Territory
Mine Explosion Over Sixty Bodies
Taken from the Fatal Shaft.
ST. Louis, Jan. ia telegram re-
ceived from Superintendent Cameron,
of the Usage mine at Krebs, says that
all the bodies that have been found have
been removed from the mine. There
may be five or six more bodies under
the heavy mass of slate which was dis
lodged by che explosion. The superin.
tcndent says he has six exploring
parties at work.
The death list will prove great deal
smaller than first reported. The list
now stands sixty-three dead and about
one hundred injured.
1t has been learned that the explo-
sion was caused by George Lowery
exploding what is known as window
shot Fleming, the mining expert and
former superintendent of the mine,
but now general manager of the
Southwest Coal and Improvement
Company, of Colgate, I. T., says
the men who fired the shot were to
blame for the disaster, for they should
not have fred until all the men were
out of the mine. They fred the shot
at 5:o7 when they should have waited.
until $780, Had they done this there
would have been only four or five men
in the shaft and not more than four or
five deaths would have resulted from
the explosion
The funerals of most of the victims
whose bodies have been recovered
were held Sunday. There were no re-
ligious services excepting in few cases.
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Big Gun Going to San Francisco.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The new
twe]ve-inch gun, constructed at the
Washington navy yard, was shipped to
San Francisco Thursday night. The
gun weighs ffty-one tons. The trans
portation will cost $4,000.
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GALEsBURe, ILL.,, Jan. 1l.-Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Randall, two of the oldest
settlers Of this county. who have been
married fifty seven years, died Friday
and were buried in one grave SATURDAY..