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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
The State Ia Reafen.

All the creditors of insolvent banks
have equal rights, although the state
may he depositor, according to the de-
cision of Judges Smith and Pond, of the
Hennepin district court. 1t will be re-
membered that the state attorney gen
eral applied to the court for an order
requiring the assignee of the State bank
to show cause why he should not pay
over to the state treasurer at once the
amount of his deposit in the bank. It
was claimed that the state was pre-
ferred creditor and was entitled to i'm
mediate payment, but the court denies
this, and holds that it must recover
from the bondsmen of the bank. These
can then come in with the other cred
itors OF the bank for the pro rata divi-
dend on the amount of the states claim
paid by them. The State bank sus-
pended July ~, 1893, and had SIS, AS. 70
OF state funds on deposit.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
LATER news.
A Terrible Fire.

Minneapolis, the 18th, passed through
the most terrible ordeal by fire in her
history.
Nearly score Of blocks are in ruins
Over 100 dwellings in ashes and 200
families homeless.
At least two people dead, indirectly
the result of the conflagration. and ru-
mors of many more who persisted in
fame or water.
Forty million feet of lumber DESTROYED
and numerous mills, factories and other
industries wiped out of existence. The
total loss, 81, 100000.
Such is the record of the 18th day of
August.
The fire broke out in a stable in the
rear of the Cedar Lake ice house on
Nicollet island about 1880 p. m. First,
second and third alarms were turned in
in rapid succession. But while the fire.
men were busy at that point there was
a burst of flame from Boom island, sew
eral blocks up the river. A blaze start
ed by an incendiary was eating it's way
into the heart of the dry wood and lum-
Der piled there.
Almost simultaneously the fire broke
out in the Wilcox lumber yard and the
Nelson-Tenney lumber yard, mile and
half to the north of the original fire,
and in short time there were spread
ing from these three nuclii confagra-
tions, any one of which might we'll
have been regarded as menace to the
safety of the city. Gradually they
grew together until the whole lumber
district facing the river from Sixth to
Thirteenth avenue north was raging
sea of flame, in whose surging depths
the streams of water that the fire de-
partment could bring to their assist
ance were unnoticed and useless.
Thomas Falcon died as the result of
the fire, but his death was only indi-
rectly traceable to it. Falcon lived at
20 Seventh avenue northeast and his
home was one of the first to catch fire
from the Boom island conflagration.
He worked excitedly to save his house
hold furniture, but his efforts were un-
availing: With his family he made his
way to place of safety. On reaching
Main street, near Seventh avenue north
east, he stopped, staggered and fell.
When picked up he was dead. Falcon
was about 70 years of age.
BERTHE Garrett fell from the third
story Of q building to the pavement be-
low and was probably fatally injured.
Captain Kroke Of Company No. was
seriously injured by being knocked
from . ladder. ss 3
Il + the general impression that the
Z &roA4- ia. s.. :
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

Nor the ingenuity of the Yankee, but
that of an. Englishman, has invented
the long-looked-for milk jug, which
can be used by every family, and dis
closes the purity of the milk it contains
as unerringly as a chemists analysis.
1t is aptly named the '"Telltale" and is
made of strong glass marked off in
quarter. hall, three-quarters and one
pint measures To test the quality
exactly q pint or a half pint must be
allowed to stand till the cream rises:
its thickness shows the quality of the
milk by means Of marks on the glass
at stated intervals, respectively:
Ayerage, : good and Every good. IS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

"LARGE, long pearly teeth belong &c
sentimental, imaginative people, u
writes one of those imaginative people
who read character by the finger nails,
the hair, the handwriting, etc. Large,
long pearly :eeth also belong to bull.
dogs, and there goes another fad the
DRY to the demnition bow-wows.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

OCEAN steamers must reduce their
speed or there will be little benefit in a
sea voyage. When it becomes possible
as it will in a few years-to go to Eu-
srope without being out of sight of land
for more than four days there will be
little balm for wraclzed nerves or en-
feebled lungs in the trip. 1t will soon
be necessary to prescribe journey to
Australia or Japan for persons in need
of sea air.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

The Financial Times figures the
actual deposits in the banking institu-
tons of this country at $1,000, 600, 900.
Taking into consideration, also, the
millions which have been deposited in
stockings and old trunks during the
money stringency, the people of this
country would seem to be far from a
state of pauperism.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

EDISON is at work on magnetic ore
extractor by which he expects to greav-
ly cheaper the production of iron ore.
He has had ten important details to
master and has solved eight of them.
After the completion of his magnetic
iron ore extractor Edison proposes to
solve the problem of direct control OF
coal energy and do away with steam
mower
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
Robbed Of Her Gems.

DELAvAN, Wis, Aug. 15.-Mrs. Philor
King, of Villa Clare, was robbed last
Saturday night of diamonds worth
$1,000. At II o'clock Mr.. and Mrs. King
had returned to their home from an
entertainment at Highland. In re.
Spouse to rap one of them went to the
door. Three masked men with revolv.
ers rushed in, commanding all to throw
up their hands. They compelled Mrs.
King to hand over the brooch, eardrops
and rings she had on. Mr.. King escaped
from the house and ran for help, but
before he could return the robbers had
escaped with their booty.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

A MAN of no ordinary interest died in
New Rochelle, N. Y, recently. John
Stevenson was his name and he was
the builder of the first street cars ever
operated in this country. Events have
shown HIM to have been scarcely less
important parsonage than that other
Stevenson who invented the locomo-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

The women of Rio Grande, N. j.,
voted in large numbers at school elec-
ton and their candidate for trustee
was chosen by majority of two votes.
A would-be funny Photographer says:
1T is reported that, as a result, several
families have been divided and at
least one divorce begun" This will be
received with skepticism by residents
OF the twenty states where women
have been voting for school officers for
years without d single divorce result
ing: The man who would try to get
divorce from his wife because she did
not vote as he did is fit candidate for
the asylum for the Predetermined.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
THE EAST.

HUNDREDS of acres of tobacco at Ian
caster, Pa, were ruined by hail.
AN assignment was made by Robert
H. Coleman, the Lebanon (Pa.) iron
king, who was worth $40, ZOO, 900 two
years ago, with liabilities of $1,000, 900
and assets of 10000
The Madison Square bank in New
York, the Bank of Wellsbury. Pa,
owned by Samuel George, and the Bar
ron county bank at Rice Lake, Wis,
closed their doors.
The death of Charles G. Otis, of pas
senger elevator fame, occurred at his
residence in Brooklyn, N. Y.
In New York the Hamilton Loan &
Trust company went into the hands
of receiver with liabilities of $780,
900.
JOHN M1EsrER, wealthy baker OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, maddened by jealousy
and drink, shot and killed his wife and
then killed himself.
AT Swinburne Island hospital in New
York Vincenzo Cagliostro, aged %
years, died of Asiatic cholera.
JOHNSTON, BUCK & Co., of Ebens-
burg, Pa, conducting banks at Ebens-
burg, Carrolltown and Hastings closed
their doors
THR largest steamboat in the world
| was launched at Chester, Pa She will
ply in the Fall River line.
The firm of Henry A. Hartly & Co.,
carpet dealers at Boston, failed for
$125, 1000; assets, 100000.
LIZZIE Po1D, Edith Flay and Ella
johnson, aged 10, II and II years, re-
spectively. were drowned in Newark
bay while bathing at Bayonne, N. j.
The Boston assessors estimate the
population of the club at $50, 900.
The last census shows q population OF
446, $40.
SEVEN cholera cases have developed
among the passengers of the Karama-
MIA, recently arrived at New York.
A FINGER has been substituted for a
nose upon Fred Darcy by surgical
operation at Rochester, N. Y.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

A New York girl barked at q waiter
in restaurant and was Immediately
placed under restraint as hydro
phobia suspect. If she had roared at
him as some folks do or kicked as is the
custom in others, probably she would
have been escorted to the ''zoo'' or
hitched up to draw.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

The value of farming lands in this
country is greatest in New Jersey. In
1883 it averaged: New Jersey, $65;
Massachusetts, $50; Ohio, $40; New
York, s44; Vermont, s36; Maryland,
S32; Wisconsin, S23, and in some west
ern states less than s. per acre.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
OUR NEW NAVY:
Launch of the Minneapolis, DESIGNED {
He 4 Commerce DestroYer

Launch of the Minneapolis, DESIGNED to
BE u Commerce Destroyer.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.-The Mime
arolis was launched at precisely 2:1o
p. m. Saturday. She is the second triple
screw warship built for the new navy
of the United States, the first
being the Columbia. She will
probably be ready for her initial
tests in four weeks The MINNEAPOLIS
represents the most advanced type of
the modern commerce DESTROYER.
She will possess speed power suffi,
Gent to run down and over
take, with but few exceptions
the fastest merchant craft afoat. At
the same time the new ship will carry
battery sufficiently powerful to make
her dangerous adversary in the event
OF being forced into action by any of
the unprotected cruisers of an enemy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In Swansea bay, Wales, boat in
which were twenty-eight pleasure seek
ers was upset and twenty-five were
drowned.
The official statistics from the
eighteen provinces affected by cholera
in European Russia show that hun
dreds of persons were dying daily from
the disease.
The Parnellite members of the Brit
ish parliament have decided that the
home rule bill in its present shape is
unacceptable to the Irish people.
TERRIFIC thunderstorms throughout
Great Britain did immense damage in
the country districts.
In Austria nineteen villages were in
undated and the whole country was
devastated by waterspout.
The government has ordered that a
physician and a sanitary corps accom-
pany every train running between
Naples and Rome to guard against
cholera.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

AN old carpet which had been use
for seven years on the coiners' floor in
the United States mint in San Fran
cisco was recently burned. and from
the ashes was. recovered over s., 500
worth of gold.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

THEODORE THOMAS is no longer mu-
steal director of the exposition. His
resignation was accepted at meeting
of the executive committee, and within
a few days Mr.. Thomas will leave for
the seashore, to be gone until Novem-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
CALLED HIM DOWN,
A Would-Bs Suicide Frightened With Pull
verified Sugar.

"ould.Be Suicide Frightened With Pull
verified Sugar.
A dishevelled man with a green,
ghastly glare in his hollow, spectral
eyes, dashed into the corner drug store,
apparently laboring under intense ex-
element. His bloodless fingers were
tightly clenched into his thin palms,
and on his forehead the great drops
stood out chilly and damp.
Staggering up to the prescription
desk he Kissed in a sepulchral voice:
Gimme some arsenic, quick!'
Druggists are not in the habit of dis
pensing arsenic on demand like sugar
candy, SO the clerk laid down his pestle
and faced about.
what do you want with arsenic?''
said he.
II want to kill myself!'' gurgled the
frenzied one, hanging desperately over
tho railing, with limp legs dragging on
the floor. Life hain't no charms for
me. and want to die! Gimme some
arsenic, quick!"
''Al right, mister" cheerfully re-
sponded the clerk. "You shall have
your arsenic" and he turned to the
shelf
The strangers knees caved in against
the counter with a thump.
The druggist turned, nonchalant1y,
with package in his hand; and with
out the slightest feeling in his careless
voice, went on:
ANY man that's big enough fool to-
want to die hasn't any business living,
and the sooner you shuttle off the bet
ter it will be. Now, take this stuff,
and take it quick, SO we can get your
carcass out of the shop in time to put
up for the night. And, for goodness
sake, don't muss up the foor!'' said he,
slapping the packet down on the coun-
ter, and turning back unconcernedly to
his work.
The fellow feebly shrunk away from
the little paper packet, and his eyes
bulged with horror:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. he stammered
hoarsely. "You wouldn't give feller-
being arsenic to kill himself with?"
II wouldn't!" calculated the drug
Gist- I'D like to know why not? That's
what gave that to you for, amt it?
Hurry up and take it and go of and
die"
With . disguised expression blazing
on his face, the wild-eyed customer re.
marked:
well, I'll be blanketty blankedl
Give man poison to kill himself with
what's the world coming lowell.
III be blanketty blanked! You hain't
got NO more feeling than tin tobacco
tag"
And with = look of reproach that
soured the pulv. sacch, the suicidal citi-
zen stalked haughtily from the shop.
leaving the poison unconsumed.-
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

Is THIS country the United States or
are this country the United States is
the momentous question certain pa
triotic editors are wasting time over
whilst the mercury is lowering among
the nineties.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
WEST AND SOUTH.

FIRE destroyed the Port Pitt tanneries
and the warehouses of the Consolidated
Wire company at Rankin, O., the loss
being &125, ZOO.
Mrs. ELIJAH DALTON, of Borden, Ind.
was taken from the home of her hus-
band by white caps and whipped terri
bly, with hickory switches
AT Mishawaka, Ind, A. D. Baker,
owner of the wagon works, failed for
$4,000.
AT the Chicago stock yards Swift &
Co., packers, laid off 500 men and re-
duced the wages of the remaining en-
ployes 10 per cent.
FIVE women at Higbee, Mo-, horse
whipped James Collins, who insulted
one OF their number.
A BOILER explosion wrecked the Cad
wallader Touring mill at Fostoria, o.,
and q. Davis, secretary of the mill, and
F. c. Myers, bookkeeper, were killed.
RESIDENTS of Glendive, Mont, gave q
coat of tar to white man and a gar.
ment of alabastine to his colored bride
and ordered them out of town.
The stables of the driving park at
OOuucrSVA1e, Auu., were burned and
seven valuable horses were cremated.
FLAMES destroyed all but two stores
and few houses at Snow Hill, Nd.
the loss being ss00,0O0.
GREAT restitution and suffering pre-.
vailed among the boomers along the
Kansas line of the Cherokee strip. -.
FLAMES nearly wiped out the village
OF Derby. Ind. the loss being over
500. 200. &c
A CIGARETTE caused the destruction
by fire of much of the business part OF
Sidell, I'LL ..r.~. 49,
ALMOST the entire business part OF
Barnard, Mo-. was destroyed by fire.
JAMES JACOBS livery stable al
Goshen, Ind, was burned and twenty.
i've horses were cremated.
FIRE ruined the business portion OF
South Wayne, Wis. s5.s
At Santa Rosa, Cal, many buildings
We're damaged by the severest earth.
quake felt there since 1868.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
Shot and Killed Two Man.

MARSHALL, Tex, Aug. 15.-Over q
''crap" game Will Jones, 10 years old,
shot and killed Tom Braddix and Bill
Meeks, colored men. Meeks was shot
three times and Braddix twice with q
fve-shooter. Jones attempted to es-
cape, but was captured Meeks is re-
ported to have served q term in the
Baton Rouge penitentlary,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
Uniform Laws.

There is national movement to form
some sort of plan to revise the stat
utes of the various states so that they
shall be uniform. The scheme has
taken definite shape and a convention
is to be held in the Plankinton house.
Milwaukee, on Aug. 81. It will be a
representative gathering, and the gov
errors of the various states have ap-
pointed delegates to attend the conven-
ton. Gov. Nelson has announced his
selection. He has commissioned Chas.
E. Flandrau, of St. Paul; Dean w. S.
Pattee, of the university law school; C.
E. Chapman, of Fergus Falls; w. w.
Billson. of Duluth, and Judge en-.
Start, of Rochester.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
Fate Of . Father and Son,

PrrsBuRaH, Pa. Aug 1h-Frank
Leach, steward Of the steamer w. w.
O'Neill, and his son Harry were drowned
in the Ohio river at Vanport, Pa, about
IS miles below this city. Sunday. The
father tried to rescue his son and bot1
were drowneS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

THERE were eight marriages in Wash
ington county, Ca, recently on the
same day, and six of the brides were
sisters, one an aunt to them and the
other cousin,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

THE largest knitting-needle plant in
the world has recently been enlarged
at Manchester, N. H. New England
proposes to attend to her own knitting
and not let darned thing escape.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
THE. W0RTHIaGTON ADVANCE.
: ReRERr McCUNE, Ed and Publisher.
WORThINGTON,N Mobiles Co., MINI.
MARK TWAIN is said to have received
800, 900 in royalties for his '.Innocents
Abroad" *. -, > 5.--.-

THE latest report from all peach.
growing sections is that the crop is not
a failure. This Is great summer for
startling surprises. s"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
E.rthouake Ruins H.lf . Tovr

ROME, Aug. Is Repeated shocks of
earthquake have destroyed one-half of
the town of Mattinata, on the Adriatic
coast. Three persons were killed and
four injured. The Stromboi volcano is
in violent eruption. The inhabitants of
Mattinata are camping in the open air.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
A Heavy Nllortsgo.

O'NE1LL, Neb., Aug. Is. - Barrett
Scott, county treasurer, has disap-
peared. An investigation shows q
shortage of something like eco, 600. It
is thought Scott has gone to Mexico
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

s'TaERE, I knew something was in the
wind" said the western farmer sadly to
himself, as, through . crack in the cellar
wall he saw his new barn sailing along on
tho crest Of q cyclone.-Boston Courier.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
] Lost " Hearing
As q result of catarrh II

As . result Of catarrh in
tho head and WAS deaf
for over . year. I began
TO take Hoods Sarsapa.
rfllA TO my surprise
and great Joy I found
when I had taken three
bottles that my hearing
was returning. I
kept on aud I can hear
perfectly we'll. I am
troubled but very little
with the catarrh. Icon
slider this . very re.
naFk0blo case.ss Hen
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
FROM WASHINGTON.

AT the extra session OF congress a
propositio ion to keep open the Worlds
Columbian exposition throughout the
summer of 1894 will be presented.
THE death of Rear Admiral A. T.
81. He entered the navy as midship-
man November l, 1928, and had a
brilliant record.
UP to date there have been 6,472 PEN
sions suspended which were granted
under the act of June ~, $780,
The losses by fire in the United
States during the first seven months of
the present fiscal year reached sos, 10l.-
300, against SIC, 1867, $50 in 1892 and &c.,
247, $40 in 1891.
The report of the statistician of the
department of agriculture for August
shows that crops throughout the coun-
try have suffered severely from the
drought.
In the United States there were s94
business failures during the seven days
ended on the 18th. In the week preced-
ing there were 1876, and during the COR
responding time in 1892 the number
was 80.
AN improvement was reported in
business throughout the country.
The president left Washington for
Buzzard's Bay, Mass, on account of
poor health.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
e799, 9O5, 224, against $973, $50, 753 the pre-
vious week. The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1892,
was 2O.2.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

"Do YOU look to the future with rour.
agel" he asked the maiden. Eyes" She re-
piled, pa says nerve 10 everything in the
wheat business."-Detroit Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
FlFTY-THlRD CONGRESS.
Extra RAaai0n


MONDAY, Aug. THE Fifty-third
congress met in extra session. In the
senate the vice president presided and in
the house Charles F. Crisp. of Georgia,
was elected speaker. No business was
transacted by either house during the
day.
TUESDAY, Aug. 3. In the senate
resolution was introduced to make
August % the time for taking the
final vote on the suspension of sill
yer purchases but no action was taken.
The presidents message recommending
prompt repeal of the Sherman silver
law was read. Several bills were in
troduced to regulate the finances. In
the house the message of the president
was read. The Belknap-Richardson
| contest over seat in the house from
| the Fifth district of Michigan resulted
in favor of Richardson. the democrat
WEDNESDAY,, Aug. 9.-In the senate
| no business was transacted. In the
house an adjournment was taken in
order to give time for caucus of each
faction on the silver question and 6
general conference If possible.
| THURSDAY, Aug. 10. Immediately
after the reading of the journal thu
senate adjourned until the 14th. In thu
house the committee on rules was an
nounced and then an adjournment fol
the day was taken.
FRIDAY, Aug. 1.-THE senate was
not in session to-day. In the house Mr.
Wilson wv. Va introduced a bill pro
viding for unconditional repeal of the
silver purchasing clause of the Sher.
man law. Mr.. Rayner (Md.) spoke il
favor of the bill and Mr.. Bland (Mo.
denounced the measure. A joint reso
luton was adopted providing for tn
appropriate comme'noration of the
Tooth anniversary of the laying of the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

"ALwA1s put your best foot forward es-
pecially il tho fellow has really wroneed
you.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-17

si0oE tnl6 Vefy re- HeF00n HHeke
narkable case.ss HERMAN HIcYaL n Caster
Street, Rochester, N. Y. -. = :. :.
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Nood'o pile cure all Liver his. :