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The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Tho News Briefly Stated,


A fire in North Branch destroyed
business property valued at $50. 900; in.
surance, S1s,o0o.
County Treasurer David Fakler has
purchased of j. S. Becker his interest
in the Becker & Chellhos brewery at
Winona- Consideration, $4,000.
The team of Peter Mazier, living in
Grand View, ran away and threw him
under press drill. Four ribs were
broken and he was injured internally.
The firm of Kelly, Robson & Co.
suffered a loss of $25, 600 by fire and
water at Owatonna
Jacob Merckle was given a verdict
of S2,0s7 by jury in the district court
at Luvern against C. r. Henton for the
alienation Of his wife's affections and
the breaking up of his home.
Ole Rigg, Jr:, for long time coun-
ty treasurer of Pope county, died at
Glenwood.
The iron mine on the Vermillion
range near Grand Rapids is said to be
showing an excellent body of ore.
The store of H. H. Nerbovig at wi.
mona was damaged to the extent of
$4,000 by fire.
II. l.. Rill, of Mortified, has pur.
chase the well-known Tennessee PAGER.
Tom Allen, a royal descendant of the
famous Tom Hal, and is training him.
Tom Allen was foaled in 1887, and is
q natural born PAGER.
Anton Arntson, a farmer living in
the town of Mandt, Chippewa county.
was adjudged insane by the probate
court, and committed to the hospital at
St Peter:
1t was reported that frank Heidel,
of Nicollet, was 81, 800 short in his &C.
counts as village clerk. Mr.. Heide]
had gone away, and his bondsmen, be-
coming alarmed, got out an attach
ment.
Judge D. A. Secombe, an old settle,
and one of the most prominent mem.
bers of the Minnesota bar, died in
Minneapolis from heart failure. He
came to Minneapolis in 1862 and assist.
ed in framing the state constitution.
The miscellaneous earnings of the
state penitentiary for the month ended
February 20, 1892, amounted to g..
451.4O
Sixty union printers struck in the es.
tablishment of the West Publishing
Company. in St. Paul because the use of
machines caused the employment OF
more apprentices than their rules al
lowed
w. D. benjamin, weighmaste, at
Wentworth station for the Western
Weighing association, was run over
and beheaded by train in South St
Paul Deceased was so years old and
had lived in st. Paul for thirty years.
Mrs. John Heffener, of Perham, At
tempted suicide by taking rough on
rats. She was discovered half an hour
after and a doctor saved her life. No
cause known.
Henry Schultz, a farmer, was
knocked down and robbed of $3.50 in IN
alley in Rochester while under the in
fuence Of liquor. William Lind was
arrested on suspicion. - :
Pat Griffin and Bohemian friend
while drunk left Owatonna for their
home near Pratt station. The team
became frightened and ran away and
the men were thrown out and almos,
instantly killed
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

In the course of q lecture at New
Haven, Conn, Rev. Thomas S. Dana.
an educated Indian, made this singular
statement: 1.-The Indians never cook
anything in the house. They always
cook outside, giving as their only rea-
son that if they cook inside the steam
will collect in their clothing and draw
the lightning: Whethex this is truth
or not do not know, But l do know
this: No Indian wigwam has been
struck by lightning since the dawn of
history, and no Indian has been killed
with lightning for more than 100
years"
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

= A YOUNG woman from Sweden has
been looking for her sister, of whose
wherea eabouts she knew nothing except
that she was in the United States. FL
nally she drifted to Portland, Me-, and
in inquiring for this sister mentioned a
name that sounded little like Swift.
So she was taken to the store of Mr.,
Swift, who, however, proved to be en-.
stirely ignorant of the girls where
abouts. But while she was telling her
story a man happehel to be in the store
who said that he had Swedish servant
girl who might possibly be able to help
the inquirer. The servant girl proved
TO be the long-lookdd- for sister.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

IT is reported that the Palmers, one
OF the largest naval and shipping firms
in the United Kingdom, are arranging
to transfer their plant Of works at New
castle-on-Tyne to certain port in the
United States where they will conduct
their business 10 future Mr.. Rookie
teller, of the Standard Oil Company,
will, it is said, join the enterprise, con-
trolling 100000, 900 anu using his influ-
ence to secure government contracts
Tor warShips,
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Released After Fifteen Years.

Michael Lyons was a resident OF
Minneapolis in 1877. One day in June
he came home drunk aud ended up a
row with his wife by killing her.
Lyons was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for life. He has been released by
Gov. Merriam exercising the pardoning
power. Lyons was o5 years of age
and had been fifteen years imprisoned
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

MIss KATE FIELD is at q loss to un-
derstand why men that sell ribbons
and tapes should be held in higher es-
TEEN than those who serve in public
restaurants One reason, Miss Field,
is that the latter take tips, while the
former do not
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
GUILTY OF MANSLAuGHTER,
Finding OF tho Jury In tho Sensational
Y0cum Murder Trial,


Y0cum Murder Trial.
HASTINGS. Neb., March 26.-Thurs-
day afternoon, after being out twenty.
two hours, the jury in the Yocum- Van
Fleet murder trial brought in a yer.
dict of guilty of manslaughter. The
case has attracted unusual atten-
tion because of its sensational
features. Van Fleet was accused
of originating a story that ex-Mayor
1ocum's daughter had eloped to
Denver with a colored coachman.
Capt Yocum heard the rumors, came
home to Hastings February %, and,
hunting up Van Fleet, shot him dead
on the street. The verdict is sur.
prising one, as an exoneration on q
plea of emotional insanity or a verdict
of murder was expected from the evi-
dence. Gen. Bowen, counsel for Capt.
Yocum, filed motion for new trial.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

HERMANN ZEITUNG, who makes his
living by travelling in trunks and then
exhibiting himself in variety shows
on the continent, made his last trip
from Antwerp to Christiania in a " ood-
en- box, which stood on the ships deck
four days aud four nights without any
body's knowing that it contained
man. The voyage was stormy, but
Zeitung kept his nose 20 crack in the
boards, ate his sandwiches and kept
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

BY the death of Max Strakosch.
which occurred at Fordham, N. Y, the
musical world has lost one of the most
alert, enterprising and honest of its i'm
presarios. He was one of the most san
s9ulne, genial and delightful of men,
and his fund of good nature never was
not even during the last four
years OF his life, during which he suf-
tered from paralysis. His nephew.
Carl lStrak0sch, it will be remembered,
married Clara Louise Kellogg. H.
himself after remaining bachelo.
many years, married Miss Nelson, r
NV York lady 3 Ly whom he had fou,
chill dren-twoa boys and two girls
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

A QUIET rancher in the foothills of
California has been experimenting
with the olive and now makes the sem.
sational announcement that olives can
be grown on the native willows by the
ordinary process of grating. 1t will
be pleasant and profitable to have a
weeping willow that will shed tears of
olive oil.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Flour for Russia.

One hundred and seventy five cars Of
-four. containing $4,000 barrels, were
sent out in eight sections from Mime
apolis by the Washburn- Crosby Com
pany mills to the Russian Relief asso-
citation of Philadelphia. The associa-
tion bought this -four for Russia. The
trains were neatly decorated with flags,
bunting and notices The steamer
Conemaugh will carry it to Russia.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
FATALLY HURT.

Two Young Ladies Struck BY Switch
Engine ut Evansville, Ind.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 2o.-Lizzie
Deinus and Mary Klinger, aged Is and
10 years, were returning home from
work Saturday night and attempted to
cross the track in front of ar ap-
preaching train. A switch engine
coming from an opposite direction
dashed down upon them. Miss Deinus
had her head crushed and Miss Klinger
had both legs cut off. Neither can
survive. The engineer of the switch
engine failed to see the girls until he
was upon them.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
A Duluth Man Receivers.

jeremiah Triggs, of Duluth, secured
judgment in Judge Blodgett's court in
Chicago for S1s.73s and interest
amounting to $l,oss against ]. Black
burn Jones, Chicago lawyer. Triggs
and Jones were interested in a big
Minnesota land deal and Triggs
claimed to have got the worst of it.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Qu.y'a Libelers At Liberty.

BEAVER, Pa, March 2s-Messrs
Mellon and Porter, the Star publishers
who were prosecuted for criminal
libel by Senator Quay, were set at lib
erty Saturday. They have been in
Jail since February 2 Their pardon
arrived just after midnight The costs,
amounting to about $500. were paid by
contributions sa., 9gssx NJ T. e - .ss. IS =
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Duluth Liquor Licenses.

Municipal Judge Powell has decided
that the city ordinance regulating the
licensing of saloons in Duluth is illegal
and void, and SO far as it is concerned
the liquor seller can keep open seven
days week, twenty-four hours every
day. The decision is the outcome of a
ruling recently made by the supreme
court of the State regarding the ordi.
nance
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

News of the recent blizzard in the
northwest, or possibly the blizzard it,
self, must have reached Delaware ere
this, and yet the total annihilation of
the peach crop has not been an
nounced. Have the fruit growers of
that commonwealth lost their cunning?
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

Mr. W. B. SoMERv1LLE, superinten-
lent OF the press service of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, says that
ten years ago there were only about
hfty papers that had special corre-
spondents and received special dis
patches in the United States. The
total numb Der Of words of service for q
year at that time was about 2s, 900. 900.
For the last yea- of record special dis
patchesswere sent to over 500 papers IN
the United States and the aggregate
number of words so delivered was $780,
r()O OOn
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

MRS MARY STATTLEY, of Ports
mouth, O., is seventy-seven years old,
and just now she is being terribly
bothered with a brand new set of
natural teeth, which are coming up like
spring flowers in her nervous and restc
less lower iaw
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
MORE INDICTED.

The Chicago Grand jury Said to Have
Found True Bills Against Two Addi-
ti0nnl Aldermen.
CHICAGO, March 26. - Just before
their adjournment at 2 o'clock Friday
the grand jurors voted to return in
dictments for perjury against Alder
men Michael Bowler and Harold Mi
chaelson, both of the Fifteenth ward.
The evidence on which the indictments
were found related to an ordinance for
the extension of street car line. The
indictments were held back by the jury
for further consideration. Therefore
no capiases were issued and the men
will not be arrested for the present.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Tho Lost Found.

After an anxious search for Rev. S.
B. warner. pastor of the Oxford Meth
odist church at St Paul, he was found
In St. Louis by Rev. Fl. c. Warner. of
Colorado Springs, COL, who went first
to st. Paul and from there to St. Louis
to look for his brother. MIR. Warner
on his arrival in St. Louis searched
everywhere for the wanderer. and,
failing to find him, advertised in the
morning and evening papers. Unex-
pectedly the missing preacher walked
into the hotel
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Motive for Her Suicide.

The corpse of Miss Flora 1ngersoll,
who committed suicide at Mortified
some months ago, and which was taken
to Dodge Center for burial, has been
disinterred by the coroner at that place
and found to be with child. This prob
ably explains an act hitherto unac-
cOuntable
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
EDITOR MUNFORD DEAD.

A Prominent Figure in the DEMOCRACY Of
Missouri Gone.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 2s.-Dr.
Morrison Munford, for over twenty
years editor of the Kansas City Times,
died at o'clock Sunday after.
noon of exhaustion resulting from
a long illness. He was 40 wears
of age. He owned the Times
from 1860 until last summer, when he
lost control of it. He planned to start
an evening paper, but was taken sick
before the project ripened. Munford's 3
fortune was once S2,O0O,0o0. He died
worth only few thousands.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
SIX MEN DROWNED.

A Cross Current Capsizes = Boat Contain
ing Eight Woodchoppers.
QUINCY, Ill, March 2&-Six colored
men employed on the Illinois side of
the river, opposite Canton, Mo-, were
drowned Saturday evening while
crossing the river in skiff. There
were eight in the party. but two man
aged to save their lives by clinging to
the boat. A cross current in the river
capsized the boat The drowned men
were woodchoppers. named Marble
Shelton, Charles Bradshaw, Squire
Hudrens, Doris Belt, Hugh Tibels and
Jake Gross
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
WAIT WHITMAN.

b WALT WHITAAN.4 Ocdt0 HS 6SAcu
that he be moved The nurse turned
him on his side and in ten minutes he
was dead. Five days ago change was
noted in his condition. He seemed
to be fast losing vitality and did
not care for nourishment. His respira
ton became rapid. and there were
other things noticeable showing that
the end was near. Artist Aitken will
take cast of the head for statue.
Whitman died poor having only his
residence; library and copyright as his
worldly possessions j.,
In December last Mr.. Whitman
agreed with his attending physician to
allow them to perform an autopsy upon
him after his death. He did this in
view of the number of remarkable ILL
nesses which he had survived and in
the interest of medical science. The
autopsy disclosed the fact that the poet
had died with his organs in state
of disease that should by all laws of
medicine have killed him years ago
His left lung was entirely gone, while
of the right there was but & breathing
spot. The heart was surrounded by a
AoI EC AN"OCA u SAoAA OO0CCSSCS,
and about two and half quarts of
water. The pain in the left side, that
had been diagnosed by some physicians
as an internal, cancer, was found to
have been caused by peritonitis. The
brain was found to be abnormally
large and in fairly healthy condition.
Walter Whitman was born at West Hills,
Long Island, New York, May 81, 1919. His ed
ucation was obtained at the public schools OF
Brooklyn and New York city. and, on leaving,
he first learned the printers trade
and subsequently carpentry. After teach
ing school he edited for brief
time newspapers in New Orleans and
Huntington, making in the meantime extended
pedestrian tours through the United States and
Canada During the civil war he volunteered
as nurse and was In the hospitals of Washing
ton and Virginia. He was afterward a clerk
at Washington Since 1874 he has resided
at Camden, N. J. He is the author
OF Leaves of Grass Drum Taps"
democratic Visras," Passage to India, +"
AFTER All Not to Create Only "As Strong
Bird on Pinions Free 1.-Two Rivulets' and
Specimen Way and Collect His last publica-
tion was volume Of poems called November
Boughs,' which appeared in the fall of 1888
His books were first published in Boston.
afterwards at Philadelphia, because the Massa
chusetts authorities objected to its sale in that
state on the ground OF immortality. Mr.. Whit
mans most marked popularity is his deviation
from the usual poetic forms of rhythm and
meter.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Murdered by His o-Year-l)ld son

,.,nF Fort ASSN ABo1NE,. Mont, March 2e.
Patrick Doyle, the murderer of Mike
Welsh, was killed by his own son, a
boy of o years, on his ranch near Pop
lar Creek agency Friday. While Doyle
was saving wood the boy took down
his fathers rifle and shot him through
the heart.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

Der 17last, Ahe1:
he was first az
dicted wi b
pm e u m o nj d
Walt Whitman,
the poet and
author, died at
his home in
Camden, N. j.,
IT. e:45 o'clock
u His. lis.
taking off was
peaceful. Short
" before his
- ~N,taj -
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Given Nlx Yaa-

Utica, n. Y, March 26.-Anthony
Gould, who was found guilty of aiding
and abetting Bookkeeper Whitney in
abstracting $4,000 from the Albany
City national bank, has been sentenced
to Sin years. Imprisonment .$s
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
The News Of the Week.
BY gxLEoRApH AND GAit IA j
FlFTY-sEQoND C0NoI(EcsI

Ff lV.SeO4NO CON0NESSS4 gs
MospAs Mifcha2L--sBilh were In
troduced in the senate to appropriate
SSl, S33 for the purchase by the govern
ment of the Sturgeon bay ship canal;
to refund to producers of cotton the
amount of internal revenue tax paid by
them. Bills were passed to change
the name of the customs collection
district and port of Wilmington, Cal,
to that ofFLos Angeles, and to amend
the statutes so as to prohibit the in
'trodnction and sale Of Intoxicating
liquors into the Indian country. In
the house the river and harhor bill,
$50 ooo, 900 WAS reported andsthe army
appropriation bill (s24. .245, ,649) was
passed. The, free wool bill was furs
ther discussed sff$ e. : 7: /
TUESDAY, March 22.-In the senate
bills were passed appropriating sls,-
75o. 900 fof the Improvement of the
Mississippi, and for the relief of set
tiers on public lands In the house
M: Bland began the debate in favor of
his bill for the free coinage of silver,
and Mr.. Williams, of Massachusetts,,
made the first speech in opposition. A
bill was introduced granting pension
of $12 month to women who served
during the war as army nurses. -sz*..ssrt
WEDNESDAY, March 23.-A petition
was presented in the senate from
Maryland asking congress to secure
compensation for slaves taken by the
general government or emancipatel by
q state convention at the instance and
desire of the general government. The
Indian appropriation bill was consid-
cred. In the house favorable report
was made on the bill providing for a
home government for Utah. The free
coinage measure was further discussed.
THURSDAY, March 24.-The time of
the senate was occupied in discussing
in executive session the Behring sea
question. In the house the sundrv
civil appropriation bill (s25, It's, 1877 was
reported. The Bland silver bill was
discussed, and Mr.: Bland, seeing that
he could not reach a vote, moved an
adjournment, which was carried. This
means that the silver bill loses its pre-
ferred place and goes back on the cal
endar to take its chance with other
bills
FRIDAY, March 25.-In the senate
a bill was introduced to encourage
postal savings, to invest the same and
to divide earnings among depositors.
Resolutions of respect to the memory
OF Senator Hearst were adopted. In
secret session a practical agreement
was reached to ratify the Behring sea
arbitration treaty with proviso that
%h~ IL
until an agreement has been reached
on the modus vivendi issue. Adjourned
to the 2Sth. In the house a favorable
report was made on the Paddock pure
food bill. A bill was introduced to
prevent the use of substitutes for hops
or pure extract of hops in the manu-.
facture of ale or beer. Mr.. Bland in
troduced a resolution fixing Monday,
March 2S, as the date for resuming con
sideration of his free coinage measure.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

01e" OH - "eHt-nuU"u LA"y6fs
PHILADELPHIA, March 28. John Il.
Colahan, distinguished lawyer of this
city, died Thursday night, aged II
years. He was one of the engineers
employed by the United States govern
ment in the survey of the boundary
line between Louisiana and Texas
when the latter was acquired.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Eaateek T1ue on Ra.,or,,

NEW YORK, March ea-The French
line steamship La Touraine. from
Havre, March 10. crossed Sandy Hook
bar at 1858 o'clock Saturday morning.
The trip was made in days % hours
and so minutes. the fastest ON record.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
A Bride OF q Day.

A case of marriage one day and de-
sertion the next came to light in St.
Paul. Isaac Weiss, tailor living in
Minneapolis, took out a marriage
license in st. Paul and married Ida
Goldstein, young woman recently
from Winnipeg, who was clerking at
that time in a small dry goods store.
The wedding was duly celebrated in
hospitable Jewish fashion, but the
couple quarreled that same night, and
next day Isaac took his clothes that he
had brought over from Minneapolis and
departed for parts unknown.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

P9oF. SWIFT assures MS that the latest
new star can be seen through an opera
glass Still a great many people prefer
& q frontrow in the orchestra @S4 \
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
Bloody Work.

WASHINGTON, Ind, March 28.-Adam
Niedick, a German coal-miner, shot and
killed his wife late Saturday afternoon.
He then ran to stable two squares
distant from his house, where he shot
himself to death. Niedick had been long
married to the woman and they had
grown children. The couple quarreled
frequently and Niedick had often
threatened to kill her. He went home
Saturday afternoon intoxicated and car
ried out his threat The murder occurred
in q thickly populated part of the city,
and officers were hot on the trail of the
murderer before he committed suicide.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31

@sESAroRf MoaR1Lk, Of Vermont, has
the best record in the United States
1 senate for sregnlar attendance, Until
his present illness hes was not absent
without leave week altogether, in
rain or shine, during his thirty years
mem bership.
The Worthington advance., 1892-03-31
sprecssels surrenders.

PH1LADELPHIA, March S2aA- Claus
Spreckels' sugar refinery was formal
" turned over Saturday to the sugar
trust in consideration of $1,000, 600 in
trust certificates. Z