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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20
FATAL RAILROAD WRECK.

Five Men Killed by \ Collision of Freight
Trains Near Now London, Conn.
New LONDON, Conn, Oct. 15.-Tbe
Boston express freight which left the
city Friday morning at $40 O'Clock
collided with the Brattlebo freight,
bound south, about 1000 feet south OF
the flag station at Harrison's Landing,
on the New London & Northern rail.
road. The engines came togethe,
head and head. The first car OF
the south-bound train contained fou,
race horses bound for the races
at Croton. Four of the five men ir
charge of the horses were killed out
right and the other was so fearfully
injured that he died a few minutes
after reaching this city: None of the
train hands suffered injury, other thar
that sustained in jumping from the
trains. The train dispatcher of the
road at Norwich is declared to be the
person at fault and he has been placed
under arrest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

ONE of the strange things in Paris is
club composed entirely of deaf and
dumb men. The servants, too, can
neither hear nor speak. When they
are wanted they are notified by means
1t "a little electric apparatus invented
BY 9 member Of the club, which gives
them a slight shock. The clubhouse is
near the Montparnasse railway station.
The president of the club is an old man
who fought in the Indian wars in Amer
lea, and whose tongue was cut of by
IN Indian who once took him captive.
The members of this curious club con-
verse entirely by signs and seem to find
life we'll worth living.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

RECENT reports from central Africa
are not encouraging to the progress Of
Christian civilization there. The
Arr bs, who are superior to the negroes,
teem determined To- rule the country.
As. Northumberland, allows slavery,
they welcome and support missionaries
Of their own; faith and influence the ma
tives against Christian missionaries.
The Congo Free State does not contain
white settlers enough to exert much in
fiuence. Obviously there must be con-
cert OF action between European states
or Darkest Africa" will be in worse
condition than, it was before it was
visited by. Livingstone and Stanley. !.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20
Collapse Of an Elevator.

Chicago, Oct 1.-THE Illinois grain
elevator, just north of Madison street
on the west branch of the river, COL
lapsed Saturday afternoon. One hum
dred and thirty thousand bushels
of grain were, scattered over the
railroad tracks aud dumped into the
river. What caused the collapse can
only be conjectured. The structure
was erected twenty-seven years ago,
and has passed every inspection, the
last being but three months ago. The
loss will not exceed $50, 900, as part of
the grain can be saved. The employees
were warned in time and all escaped
in safety.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

A KITTEN became lodged in a fly
wheel OF an engine in Portland, Orc.
The wheel ran for six hours and q half.
The cat was taken out nearly lifc]ess,
but recovered The Hy-wheel makes
nearly $50 revolutions per minute, and
-evory turn pussy travelled II feet. The
engine was in motion 800 minutes, and
during that time the kitten travelled a
distance of 315 miles.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

J.! TIE soil Of 2Hayti is so fertile that
three crops are often raised in a year.
The natives, however, are too indolent
to avail themselves of these advantages,
and they only work for enough to en-.
able them 10 live.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

IMPRISONMENT may help man by
giving him absolute leisure in which to
think. NJ. Turpin, the inventor of the
explosive melinite, who is now under
going five years Imprisonment, claims
to have finally solved the problem of
aerial steering.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

The proposed electric railways be-
tween Chicago and St. Louis and Chi
cago and Milwaukee, upon which the
rate of travel will be one hundred
miles an hour, are not looked upon as
impracticable by many thinking men,
and capital has been attracted to the
enterpriSeS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

SIR JOHN WHITAKER ELLIS, who was
lord mayor. of London ten years ago, is
about to visit the United States, and as
he has given solemn assurance that
he will not write up the country he
may count upon hearty welcome.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20
WEST AND SOUTH.

MS
GEORGE PETERS, a discharged re-
porter, fatally shot Victor C.. Seward,
editor of the saltwater (Minn.) Mes
senger. 49,. l.... :.
To: BUILD an astronomical observa-
tory for the University of Chicago,
Charles T. Yerkes, Of Chicago, has given
$500. 900. - = =" r:
The death Of Mrs. Mary Smith &C.
Cured in Detroit, Mich, aged 1O3 years.
She leaves two children, both over 70
years of age. &@5fS =*SE##
In Chicago Capt. Porter, of the secret
service Department.. discovered a new
counterfeit IS treasury note of the Sc
.ries of 1880 The bill is readily detected
by the paper, printing ink and absence
of silk threads.
: EVERY school in jerome township,
~, was closed, and it was estimated
that within q radius Of 4 miles there
were 800 cases of diphtheria. <
DURINe the progress of negro DEM
onstration at Gainsboro, Tenn, three
negro men had . fight and all three of
them were killed.
AT Kansas City q railroad train ran
into grip car, and three men and a
woman who were riding in the car
were killed.
The village of Salix, Ia, containing
coo inhabitants, was wiped from the
prairie by fire Of unknown origin.
A FEARFUL storm prevailed in Colo
RADIO, and at Palmer lake, on the divide.
the snow in places was 80 feet deep.
Several fatal accidents occurred at Ell
Moro -. ~ ~.
The annual encampment in Indianap-
oils Of the Union Veteran legion elect
ed w. H. Tucker, of indianapolis,
commander in chief 49,
FIRE nearly wiped out. sillage of
Bluford, III. ~
In San Francisco flames destroyed
fifteen dwellings, and several large
stables and twelve horses were ere.
mated. - - 's4ss ~ - 3
NKARLY the entire business portion
OF Hill City. .. D, was destroyed by
s6rs.
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LATER NEWS.
A Mad Dog.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.-About
o'clock this evening, an hour when
Chestnut street is generally crowded
with people, a small shaggy-coated dog
came around the corner of Sixth stret t
On a full run, Swapping and snarling as
he ran. The terror-inspiring cry OF
"Mad dog was quickly raised, and
every one in the path of the animal
started for shelter A little Russian
girl, selling papers was not quick
enough, and as the dog rushed past her
he bit her in the leg. The corner OF
Eighth and Chestnut streets is the f.
vorite spot at night of the sporting fra
ternity. from the Gloucester race track
All. forts, of tho pohcezto keep them
off the corner have been Intellectual. but
the little dog had the corner to himself
in less time than squad of officers
could have cleared it. ~.
Before the crowd could scatter, how
ever, the dog had bitten nearly dozen
men,
THE night of the 18th Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic passen, ~er and mail
train ran into a team OF horses and
lumber wagon near Newton. vile, Mich.
James Burns, the. DRYER, was instantly
killed, his brother sJohn ha his face
and eyes badly injured and II horses
were killed. The men were il xicatcd
and lost the road and drove :. ,>n tie
railroad track ~
In Des Moines, Ia, the 10th, two boys
aged 10 and Q, sons of j. H. Mcnamara
of that city, were run over by an cleo
trio motor and. instantly killed. The
youngest was decap and the other
shocking1y mutilated. The elder boy
was struck while trying to save tn.
younger. -. - .
E. BENJAMIN ANDREW, president OF
Brown university, . democrat, is ap-
pointed q delegate to the International
monetary conference, in place of F. A.
Walker, declined. .,,,r~.
PREs1DENr HARRISON opens the sur.
plus,lands u,so0, 900 acres) of the Crow
reservation in Montana to immediate
settlement. i
~ AT Portsmouth, Ohio, the 18th two
boilers in the rolling mill of the Bur-
CESS. Steel and Iron works exploded.
Richard Fleming and G sorge Bressler,
were killed, twelve othe are seriously
and some probaly fatal, injured, and
and . score arc more or ess injured.
- The: Tennessee Republic. IS and Pop
.ulists have fused on congregational and
local candidates.
RoBEBr LINCOLN, minister to England
arrived in New York the 18th.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

JOSEPH D1oN; the billiard player, who
at one time was the champion of
America, has become an inmate of tho
home on Wards island for the pauper
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20
SHOWED m.

s
ensct Of the severe storus IL the west.
All Railroad Tramc Il Biocked-l.oss Of
Life Roported-Catt and HorSes Per
iah.
CHEYENNE. Wyo, Oct. Is. For NEAR
" two days the severest storm ever
known on the Union Pacific railroad
ragged here and as far west
IS Ogden. Utah. In all directions tele-
graphic communication was cut of
until late Thursday night, when
this dispatch was sent through
on temporary wire. All rail-
roads have been blocked, tho
SUITS being filed with snow which in
some places was piled up Is feet.
Rotary snow plows have been hard at
work between Granite and Laramie,
the snow being feet deep on the level
at the latter place. A half dozen west
bound trains have been tied up here,
but left after the return of the snow
plow. .-
At Granite canyon Conductor Rob-
erts was blown off the platform of q
c:r and hurled down 150-foot en-
bankment, the deep snow saving his
life. Reports are being received of i'm
mense loss of cattle and horses in north
ern Colorado and in Wyoming. Thou
sands of dollars worth of these animals
are known to have persisted. and it is
estimated that almost third Of the
cattle and horses on the ranges have
been destroyed by the storm, An un-
known dead man was found by the
side of the railroad track near Greedy,
Col. He had persisted from the effects
of the storm.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Oct. 49,
Word was received in THE city by Rock
Island trainmen of damage and loss Of
life along that road between Colorado
Springs and the Kansas line. Near
Falcon the track-walker was overcome
by the storm and sought refuge in
a culvert, where he was frozen to
death. Near Mattiscn a flock of 800
sheep were found dead and on further
investigation the dead body of the
herder was discovered about 100 yards
away. He had evidently endeavored
to find house, but had persisted in
the attempt. Engineer Leeman, who
:" 0o AuAuAAk 0uO"' pAO"s WAY SCH
ously injured by piece of the pillow
breaking off and, crashing through the
cab, striking him in the breast 1t is
reported that 800 head of cattle were
frozen to death between this city anc
:Iinon.
DENVER, COL, Oct. 1.-THE storm in
Colorado has been the most terrible ir
its history, especially at this season Of
the year. At Palmer lake, on the
divide, the snow is in places 80 fee>
deep, and rotary snow plows are neces
sary to bore holes through the drifts
Trains are at a standstill and he wire.
are all down. Accounts If fatal acct
dents are coming in slowly. Two
wrecks occurred at Ell Moro on the
mon Pacific, the result of the blind
ing snow. In the first collision Conduc
tor King had both arms broken and hi.
skull fractured. A Rio Grande trai,
was at the same place. f. ii. Vaner, :
brakeman, could not see the train or
account of the snow. He was grount
under the engine and fatally injured
An Australian miner named Botez,
stepped into shaft covered with SNOW
at Central City and fell so feet. II,
was instantly killed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20
To Young Wives.

A disappointed bachelor has laid that
some time after marriage q mats wife
ceases to be supremely attractive to him.
Never was a greater libel Beauty pre-
served and grace retained can never lose
their charm or yield their empire. The
healthy perfection and conleliness il sacred
duty. Every young mother who will faithful
" carry out tho directions given with each
bottle of Mothers .Friend' will never
lose figure or complexion. The dainty bud
will mature into the blooming no e. and old
ago will find her blessing the day she first
sedA'Mother's Friend" Sold by all drug
0istS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20
FAILURE At DETROIT.

Charles Bobsein Z Co., Dealers In
ss.M Musical Merchandise, Forced to Assign
DETROIT, Oct. 1.-THE well-kno!vn
firm of Charles Bobsein & Co., dealers
in pianos, organs and general musical
merchandise, has made an assign
ment to Herman &C. Ralph. The
liabilities are 100000, but Mr..
Bobsein states that If the business
is carefully managed the firm will be
able to pay dollar for dollar Of its i'm
6ebtedness lie further says that the
assignment was made for the purpose
OF protecting the weaker as well as the
stronger creditors d: VA ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

NEW YoRK's most notable capitalists
are men OF very simple habits, and some
OF the richest of them spend less than a
wen-paid clerk spends ON minor per-
sonai pleasures. Very few of them use
tobacco or liquor. 1t is said to he a
rare thing for Jay Gould to have 500
lin money in his pocket, and Russell
Sage, John D. Rockefeller and C. p.
Huntington carry bnt little ready cash
with them Mr.. Sage keeps as. careful
s-asrecord OF his small personal expenses
aSdoes "a young house wife on a limited
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

WHILE, according to the European
and American returns, the number of
women always exceeds that of the
men, the reverse is the case in Japan,
where for every 100 men there are only
81. % women.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

~ NANCY HANKS, the most famous OF
= trotters, having now beaten her own
record and accomplished a mile in two
minutes and four seconds has removed.
%slflngering donbtSeas to the genuine
aess OF her previous exploits. All the
IDEAS of the trotting turf are modified.
, That the two minute point will some
day be reached is no longer doubted.
Nancy Hanks herself may accomplish
the feat, as she is but six years old,
2 and the best records Of Maud S. and
Goldsmita Maid were achieved after
they passed that age. ''!! = =.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

1T will afford much food for discus
sion and wonderment that SO, OOO, 900
in gold could be on q train all the way
from San Francisco to New York and
the car porter not secure even q single
cent of it. =" - F., 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

THREE warships will be launched
next month, cruiser No. 6 at San Fran
cisco, unarmored, $500 tons, and car
rying powerful battery; the Cincin-
natl, from the New York navy yard;
and the Ammen ram, now building at
the Bath iron works.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

Tue largest greenback extant is =
$4,000 bill, and only one such note has
been printed by the government. OF
the Is, 600 bills, the next largest, there
are soven
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20
THE carriage in which Napoleon I.
made his famous retreat from Moscow
IS still we'll preserved. 1t belongs to
the Wellington estate. 4sy ~, 50.

A VENTILATED UMBRELLA" is on the
market. In mercy's name. does the
average umbrella need any freer circu-
lation than it enjoys already?
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Excursion Rates Sout

, The Chicago Eastern Illinois B r. will
sell excursion ticz ets Oct 18th. 1872. at The
low rate of one fare for the round trip, to
0outhwest
For iulf n q = r Ma .stl1eebles or
any other infor nation, apply to c. W.
Humphrey, Northern Pas enger Agent. 40
East Sd st St. Paul, MINI to City Ticket
once, 2N Clark St, Chicago, to any agent
=. q r. r. r., or to Charles L. Stone,
General Passenger Agent, room 4l5 F.rst
National Bank Building, Chicago.
If the early bird which catches the worm
would rush matters little and visit the
electric lamp he could get his I'LL Of bugs
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

Mr. AND Mrs. JAMES MAXWELL, of
CINCINNATI, have been the proud parents
of >twenty-ene schildren, twenty! OF
svho.n aie st,ll living. Three pairs oil
twins are counted in the family census.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20
Two Men Meet Death In . We'll on a
Farm Near Fort Scott, Kan.

FORT ScoTr, Kan, Oct. 17.-Henry
Humphrey, a farmer of Bourbon coun-
ty, was Saturday overcome by foul air
while digging in a well on his farm. A
neighbor named Joe Carter, who was
manning the bucket, saw him fall to
the bottom of the hole and con-
sented to go down in the bucket to his
rescue. He also was Frustrated. A
brother OF Humphrey called for help
end was let down to rescue both. He
succeeded in getting them out, but
humphrey was dead and Carter died
later. The third man was also affect
ed, but will recover I:
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ct while Breaking I,,to : HOUSE

LoeANspoRr, Ind, Oct l7.-David
Humphrey shot and killed Shorty
Stevenson ats2 o'clock Sunday morning.
Stevenson was attempting to break
Into Humphreys place, where he had
peent the evening.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

Halls CATARRH CURE is a liquid and IL
taken internally. and acts directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system
Send for testimonials, free Sold by Drug
Eists, 75o' F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props,
Toledo, O.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20
The result of the second seasons
a m
Five Persnns Seriously Injured In an Ex-
plOsiOn ut An OIL Well.

pIO*tOn Mt An OH Well.
ST.. AfARY's, o., Oct. 17.-An accident
happened Friday night on the Hyatt
farm in the Camden (lnd. oil field.
A large gusher had just been COM
pleted and when the crude oil was
turned into the tank, by some
means an explosion occurred. Quite
q number of persons were on top to
watch the inflow of oil. They were
thrown in every direction and FIVE
were seriously injured by burns and
from the fall. They are Jacob Listen
feldt, A. NJ. Hyatt, j. C. Graves, Charles
Wood and A. Il. Walker. The tank was
entirely destroyed. 80
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The News BrIefly Stated.

John Hanley, aged II, was crushed
by the cars at Winona.
The city ice market buildings in
Minneapolis were burned and 1900
tons of ice were melted.
Jacob Kiewell's brewery ut Fergus
Falls was totally destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Mary F. Chaplin, wife Of Rev. N.
c. Chapin, of the congregational
church, died at her home in st. Paul.
W. H. Libby died of apoplexy in |.
barn in Minneapolis.
H. johnson, for thirty years resi-
dent of Winona county, died in. Winona
after short illness at the age of 70
years.
Jack McAuliffe and Swan Claire
(laborers) were run over by st. Panl
& Duluth switch engine in Duluth
while drunk and killed.
Thomas Dryer, an old solder, drank
too much bad whisky and tried to kill
the inmates OF disreputable house
in st. Paul. He was arrested.
The supplementary ssate meet of the
l.. A.. w., which was to have been held
in WinOna the last week in October,
has been postponed till next year.
A fire in the Beltrami county p:ner-
les did much damage to standing pine.
The 6-year-old daughter of II. {.
Landsverk, of ; West Duluth while
playing about the house set fire to her
clothes and was fatally burned.
F. A. Busch, a wealthy young man of
Minneapolis, was robbed Of 1905 in q
saloon at st. Louis. g., -.
Linn Holt while moving threshing
engine near; Rochester. fell from the
platform and was fatally crushed, a
wheel passing over his thighs. -
Walter Cummings, a lad of Is, re-
siding at White Bear, was accidental
ly killed while hunting near Forest
lake.
+ AT the meeting of the Minnesota His
torical society in st. Paul j. Fletcher
Williams reported a large number of
gifts, including valuable books and pic
lures. -
Charles Mattson, Lewis Jenna and
Ole A. Larsen were up in the police
court at Crookston charged with fleece
ing q farmer out of s45 in game of
poker. They pleaded guilty, paid back
the 'S45 they had won and then filed
the city's Golfers to the extent of s45
and departed. .',~,*'f Ii j@~ ..,i-s.a .
!, The Buckeye Mining Compauy's Of
fees are to be removed at once from
St. Paul to Duluth. The Itaska Min
ing Company will also change its head
Offices from Chicago to Duluth. = g.. J
The current expenses of the state
public school at Owatonna for Septem.
her amounted to. s2,s04.65. The ex.
penses of the Rochester insane asylum
were 81, 1854 IS. az '-@.s' 49,
{ In an attempt to jump from a car.
riage in a runaway at Tower Mrs.
Margaret Rice, widow of Banker John
Rice, well-known in northern Mime.
sofa, received injuries from which she
died in half an hour.
Up to the present time the four saw.
mills at West Duluth have cut nearly
20, oo0, 600 feet of lumber, and there 10
little doubt that the cut this year will
reach 100, 600, 600 feet. -
$ Samuel Rosenbaum. the merchans
arrested in st. Paul on . charge of en-
bezzting the funds of the local order OF
the Iron Hall, was discharged on mo
ton of the county. attorney
Erick Erickson, who stabbed John
Korum with knife in . drunken row
at Henning. has been bound over to
the grand Jury on the charge Of assault
In the 6rst deares. Koram WA rory
low.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. II. Thomas
Bell met death Sunday morning by
plunging headlong down stairway.
His fortune of 10000 will go to his
widow and six children. He came here
in 1850 by way Of Valparaiso and went
into banking and rapidly acquired
wealth. He was one of the incorpora-
tors of the Bank of California $780,.
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A Coroner Beatan.

Coroner Henry Shepard, who resides
1T Crookston, was fearfully beaten by
an unknown man as he was coming out
of Ernest Rolsch's place of business.
Mr.. Shepard had gone into . saloon
owned by the man Rolsch, and with
whom he boarded, to get some articles
sout OF. the ice chest for supper, No
one was around at the time, but .ome
one wanted to get in and Mr.. Shepard
refused admission, and supposed the
man had gone away. AS he came out
of the place, which faces an alley, he
was hit over the head.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

BEEcHAM's PILLS enjoy the largest sale of
any proprietary medicine in the world.
Made only in St. Helens, Eng and,
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NIichlKan's Oldest Person Dead,

DECATUR, Mich. Oct. II. = Mrs.
Thomas Mahoney died in this city Sat
urday. She was born in 1894 and it is
claimed was the oldest person in south
ern Michigan.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

button has not necessarily got any comma
shaped bacdlu about him. Boston Tran
RcriDt
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LIKE OIL Upon Troubled " aters is Hale's
Honey IT Horehonnd and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

= = : OF tho livery BtOmaCh, and
bowels are prevented, relieved, andcured.
They're. tiny, sugar coated .gFanules, .
compound Of refined and concentrated vege-
table extracts the smallest in size. the eazi-
est to take, and the cheapest phi you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to, give satisfac-
only for the good You get. esq J
There's nothing likely to Be 4" js6 as oood."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-20

1.-THE more a man. gels tho more he
wants" except when he's receiving a sem
tence in court of justice