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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-28
4. E.pl,..sn q ltaphsAa vapsr.

b A I1plssssN oS Nsphtha vspor.
In . machine shop locomotive
boiler was being repaired. The steam
dome had been removed, 90 - to a.
low q man to get inside tho boiler,
and about q pint Of benzine had been
applied to some Of the interior bolts
and screws, apparently for the pur.
pose Of loosening them 90 that they
could be removed. The men at work
ON the boiler went of to their dinner,
and on their return one Of them got
inside to remove the bolts, while q
man standing outside handed him q
light.
The moment the light came in con.
tact with the air from the boiler,
slightly impregnated as this was with
the naphtha vapor, a tremendous ex'
plosion occurred. The man outside
who was handling the light was in
stantly killed, and another, who was
standing on top of the boiler, was
thrown to the ground and badly
bruised, while the man inside was
blown through the dome opening, II
inches in diameter, and 80 feet up
ward, where he struck the iron roof
truss, lodging there SO firmly that he
was pulled out by the travelling
crane, but in such a condition that
he died hours afterward. It is well
known that mixture of a small
quantity of naphtha vapor with a
large quantity Of air may be explo.
sive, but no attempt seems to have
been made to determine the limit OF
explosive proportions. - American
Architect.
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Making Money With Ease.

. IAN old farmer came into my Of
fee not long ago and sat down,
said an Alabama banker. II was
putting my signature to some blank
bills received in sheets-the usual
form, you know, from the treasury
department. The old farmer watch
ed mo for q few moments and asked:
"What is that9'
II handed him one Of the sheets.
He looked at the blank bills and said:
This is money!
"'Yes,' said.
"'1s that the way you make it9' he
asked.
+ "Yes,' said l.
b my godlemityr he said and
walked out without another word. "
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Turkeys Formidable Guns.

In 1873 Mohammed II, in forming
the siege of Scutari in Albania, en-
ployed IA heavy bombards, the light
est of which threw a stone shot Of
80 pounds weight, two sent shots of
500 pounds, one Of $50 pounds, two
of $50 pounds, one of 1900 pounds
five of 1900 and one of the enormous
weight of 1,640 pounds, enormous
even in these days, for the only guns
whose shots exceed the heaviest of
these are our 80 ton guns, throwing
a !, 200 pound projectile, our 100 ton,
throwing one of 1000 pounds, and
the ITO ton, throwing an 1900 pound
shot with a high velocity.
The stone shot Of Mohammed's
guns varied between 20 and 80 inches
in diameter, about the height of a din
ing table; 1854 of them fred on this
occasion weighing, according to a
calculation of General Lefroy's, about
1000 tons and were cut out of the
solid rock on the spot. Assuming "a
inches as the average diameter Of
the shot fired at the siege, the total
area of the surface dressed was near
ly 80, 600 square feet. At this siege
the weight of the powder fired is e.
timated by General LEROY to have
been $50 tons. At the siege of Rhodes
In 1850 Mehammed caused 16 basilisks
Or double cannon to be cast on the
spot, throwing balls 2 to 8 feet in di-
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
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bottom. Some Of the6e things don't
care to talk about, for he made over
al tho ideas to me, and ! am going
20 have them patented. I can give
up diving then, for m be . rich man.
He seemed to be looking all the
time for letters, and at the end Of q
month . big envelope was brought
byam man who looked the typical Span.
ish don all over. It was addressed to
Don Luis de Aguado de Perano,
duke of Castelonia, care of Louis
Peran, Hotel Atlanta, Norfolk. Va.
United States of America"
The Spanish minister, the same
nice old fellow who joked so with
Peran, came down from Washington,
and the three went into secret SEES
sion.
r The result of the ''powwow" was
apparent a week later. A Spanish
gunboat ran in under the lee of the
capes and came to anchor. We went
aboard, and I'm blessed if the whole
crew, officers and all, didn't turn out
to receive us and give us salute.
Peran had 4 talk with the captain,
and the next day the gunboat anchor
ed right over the spot where our
schooner used to lie. Our traps were
brought off in boat, and Peran him.
self went down to the bottom every
day. He sent up in the graphing
irons inside of three weeks nearly
1000 bars of gold, each weighing
about so pounds, besides several iron
boxes all mud and nearly rusted
through. One of the Spanish chaps
told me they were full of diamonds
and such stuff, but never saw them.
It was the neatest piece of subma-
rine work ! ever saw. Peran took
me down when he had nearly fin
ished the job. The dredge had swept
the new bottom, where the changed
current had torn away the mud
banks as clean as a fine tooth comb
and raked everything into our ditch
where it lay snug at the bottom.
And I'm blessed if that there galvan-
ometer hadn't runga bell every time
the dredge struck bar of gold, so
that Peran sitting in his cabin in the
old schooner had known he had the
treasure safe enough. There it lay
at the. bottom of our trap to be
fished up at leisure and stored away
in the hold of the gunboat in big
steel boxes.
They tell me the Spanish govern
ment gave him half the find, that he
is now a grandee, whatever that is,
that his right name is Perano, and
that he got back all the lands and
castles of some ancestor who lost that
lot of treasure long ago in Hampton
Roads.
AS l told you, Peran was a gener-
GUS young chap, and when he was
going away to Spain he gave me a
check for S., 900 over and above my
wages.-Leutenant J. C. Walshe, u.
s. A., in Chicago Inter Ocean.
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THE wAysIDe PUMP.

n s0Aaks Aaadsi' says the waysids pump
# 6oot q friends on summer day,
MI And swssesst talksr you ever knew,
Although, no doubt, tits true
sS Hs speaks through his nose in . careless way
That would make . precisian jumpl
shake handsr' How his arm Of oak
Stretches ont - You draw a-nigh!
~ All he asks 10 An easy stroke.
h N To pour you out, - smooth a. smoke,
"A A swester nectar than you could buy.
What! do you doubt it?-only try!
~ Take that cup from the rusty nail,
r. Hold It under tho gurgling spout.
Well, how goes It, this Adams ale3
Pump away: You can't pump him out!
Hearts like his weren't made to fail.
Three full cupsr All! you need not tell
Whether you like him Ill or WE'LL
So he stands by tho dusty way
Gods own landlord-and seems to say,
"Drink your all: there Is naught to pay!"
Thirsty horses. with nostrils wide,
Plunge their heads In his messy trough.
Drink, and crop from the cool wellside
A bunch Of grassland then amble OF
And now the deep chested oxen come,
Their great eyes glisten, though they are dumb.
And thank the pump for the nectar quafed.
The smoking team meath the load of hay
Lovingly turn their eyes that way
They, too, shall drink, for the axle swings,
And the outstretched noses kiss the COOL
Sweet stream from the spout that springs
Like mountain brook in messy pool.
The farmers dog with his lolling tongue
Laps and pants till he laps his I'LL.
Then tho creaking wheels from the rut arc
swung,
And tho fragrant load sways up the hill.
Dear old wayside friend.
Doing good in thy time and place,
Full of cheer as q good mans face,
Overlooking with simple grace
OF giving whate'er thou hast to spend,
Would that were as true man
A thou art pump, on thy humber planl
Out Of my hands kind deeds would go;
Out of my heart sweet love would flow;
Round mo all nourished life would grow,
And ev'ry pilgrim with thirst opprest
Would stop to bless me and to be blest.
james Buckham In Youths Companion.
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MS CaD1u VIII A4S 0y0S Ou Uno kd4'
vanometer.
All at once there appeared to be a
great change in the lad. He was IT,
ritable and would allow no one in
his cabin. When I asked il he de-
sired me to go down to the bottom
and take a look around, his eyes fair
~ blazed, and he looked like young
panther about to spring. But all at
once he softened and reached out his
hand.
mo, Tom," he said quietly.
'There's no need. We are near the
end of our work"
For the life of me I couldn't say if
he'd found treasure or not. You
could tell nothing from his face.
Well, we staid there and swept
10 acres of the bottom with that
wedge shaped dredge, but never a
man was sent down to see if we had
raked anything into the ditch we had
made with the dynamite.
Then the crew was paid off. They
thought the whole thing a failure.
The schooner ran into Norfolk. The
dredge was broken up. The schooner
was sent back to New Bedford. Pc
ran took lodgings in town. He kept
me on at full wages and sent for a
complete new outfit for two divers.
BY this knew we were not through
with the search. We also got new
machine for sending down air which
we ourselves could control at the
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-10

WASHINGTON, D. G., May |, 189:

WASHINGTON, d. G., May /, 1893.
10 the officers and members Of the gaTSous
State Farmers Alliances:
BRETHREN:-By the unanimous action
OF the executive committee of the Ma
tionsl Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union, Brother d. P. Duncan has been
chosen as secretary treasurer Of the Ma
tional Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union, and all business pertaining to
that Office, including remittsnces, should
be addressed to him, at Columbia, s. @.
The executive committee very re-
spectfully but urgently request that sll
delayed remittances be forwarded to
Brother Duncan as soon as possible, as
funds are very much needed to carry on
the necessary work connected with the
national offices.
BY direction of the executive commit
tee Of the National Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union.
Fraternally yours,
Fl. G. DEMMTNG,
Secretary Executive Committee.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-10
OFFICIAL STATE PAPER.

started; he told Hudson that he did not
want to be mentioned in connection with
it. "Hudson knew was friend OF the
governors when l came to him." said
Mofhtt. "After the publication Of the
article, I told Major. Hudson that that
portion Of the article which said the gov
ernor acknowledged the money had been
received was an error, that the governor
only said he had heard it was received"
Moffitt admitted that in his converse
ton with Fitzgerald and Coney, he
(MOhitt) suggested that there ought to
be q line in the Capital the following
morning inquiring "who got the boodlsS"
1t was then that Coney and Moffitt went
to the Copeland and found Major Hud-
son. Moflitt said that he went along to
see that no injustice was done to his
friend Governor Lewelling.
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The Implement Trust.

The following resolutions were adopted
at the April meeting Of the Clay County
Alliance, held in Clay Center, April u,
1893:
ReS0lOsd, That we, the members Of
Clay County Farmers Alliance and In
dustrial Union, hereby condemn the i'm
plement dealers trust, lately formed for
the purpose Of controlling the prices Of
farm implements, and we believe it to be
an unwise and an unjust move
Resolved, That we give our patronage
in the future to such dealers and manu-
facturers as have given us fair and Just
deal in the past, and have had the man
hood not to enter into the pool.
W. T. BALDWIN,
Secretary Clay County Alliance.
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ERROR WOUNDED.
The BOodler" Editor Scores Failure in
His Effort 10 Blaoken Character,

His Effort to BlaCken Character.
Fifteen hundred dollars worth of evi-
dence has been used by the senate in
vestigationg committee in an effort to
get at the facts concerning the alleged
corrupt use of money among state of
ficers last winter. 1t cost that amount
to prove to the few ekeptics who did
not believe it before, that in an effort to
make themselves appear respectable
some of the men who have lately been
kicked out of power and position are
willing to descend to the lowest depths
of sensational slander. But the investi-
cation did prove, beyond question, that
some of the same old crowd that has in
tested the state house for years we're on
hand this year with their propositions
of bribery and corruption. It also
brought out evidence not calculated to
elevate the reputation Of the member in
whom the Populists Of the Eleventh
district had placed confidence.
On Saturday evening, after another
two days session, the committee made
the following report:
To the Secretary Of the State Of Kansas;
SIR: Pursuant to the resolutions
numbers Sc and of the state senate,
the committee appointed Hereunder beg
leave to report as follows:
AS soon after the adjournment of the
legislature as possible 1t assembled at
the senate chamber of the state house
in Topeka, and caused subpenas to be
issued for a large number of witnesses
who were supposed to know something
touching the matters which the COM
mittee were appointed to investigate.
The committee found itself embarrassed
by want of power to compel the attend
ance of witnesses and to punish con-
tumacious witnesses for contempt; there
seems to be no power for legislative
committee sitting after the close of the
session from the body which it was ap-
pointed to enforce the attendance Of
witnesses or to compel them to testify
truly. The following witnesses were
duly subpensed by our sergesnt-at-
arms to appear before US but failed and
refused to obey: Peter W. Kline, A. A.
Burgard, G. S. McGonigal, ]. A. Clarke
and James Lillis. John V. Moffitt was
duly subpoenaed to appear at our first
meeting, but he did not come; at our
last meeting as we were about to adjourn
he voluntarily appeared and gave his
evidence.
We beg further to report as to Gov
ernor Lewelling, his private secretary,
Fred j. Close, and Attorney General
Little, that we find no evidence showing
that they or either of them received
money for any official act or influence
whatever, neither did they, or either Of
them, know of the use Uf any money to
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-10

stand, and his evidence was simple de-
niRl Of the charges made against him,
His statements we're accepted by the
committee as the plain truth.
MoFFITT's EVIDENCE.
John V. Mofitt, who enjoys the unen-
viable distinction Of having been the
cause Of the investigation, found himself
in an uncomfortable, not to say pitisble
position, when placed on the stand Sat
urdsy. He had remained away until
this time, but probably concluded he
might as we'll face the music and be
done with it. His story was something
like that of twO-year-old boy who has
been caught fbblng. To give him an
bipartisan hearing the OapGtGI report Of
his story is given below:
"The day prior to the attack Of Major
Hudson in the Capital, about 2 p. M,
] was in the Copeland hotel and over
heard conversation between two gen.
tlemen from Kansas City--one con-
nected with the stock yards, and the
other l did not know-ir which they
said that there was a scheme on foot
by raising money in Kansas City, Kas.,
to control the appointment Of police
commissioners. l went to the governors
Office and he told me Of it, and he said that
he had heard about it. Later in the day
/ talked with P. Fl. ConeY and Judge
Fitzgerald. The latter said that if the
charges were true, the governor ought
to expose the parties who were engaged
in it and he would be the biggest man
in the state. Fitzgerald and | talked
with Governor Lewelling, and Fitzger-
aid told the governor that he ought to
demand an investigation, but the COVER
nor SAID he had entire faith in Close and
Little, and did not believe there was
anything in the story. Then Coney and
l went to Major Hudson's room at the
Copeland. l told Major Hudson l was
satisfied the governor had nothing to do
with the money transaction. Igsve him
all the information l had and he took
notes Of it. | went to my hotel, and the
next morning was very much surprised
to find it all in the Capital. That part Of
the conversation about Lewelling was
to have been private. The
next day at the Copeland, Captain II. d.
Baker came to me and said that Nels
Acres charged him with giving away the
deal. Baker admitted that the money
was paid to Legate, and he also men
toned the names Of Close and Little in
connection with it,"
Questioned regarding the men who
gave him the information in the Cope
land hotel, Mr.. Moflitt said that he did
not know the names Of the men; all he
knew was that one Of them was stock
man. The two men said that General
Little was present when the money was
paid to Legste and Close.
Mofitt said that he did not know he
was going to see Hudson when they
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-10

Secretary Morton is the best dressed man
in the cabinet. The idea that a farmer
must be harnessed up in such way as to
make him look Dh- "guy" is becoming
rapidly obsolete in this country.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-10
L. P. KING, Chairman.
S. 0. THAoHER,
A. G. FoRNEY,
j. w. PARKER,
w. p. DILLARD.

The first witness after the convening
Of the committee on Friday was Repre-
sentative Lupfer, who gave some dam
aging testimony against Representative
Burgsrd and j. K. Hudson. He said
Burgard approached him with an in
quiry as to whether he wanted to make
$500 on the election of state printer and
senator. He said they could make that
much by voting for Hudson. Burgard
also made offers of money to get votes
against the miners screen bill. Mr..
McAleny had told the witness that sim
liar offers had been made to him.
Representative McKinnie, of Mitchell
county, testified that he also had been
approached by Burgard with a PROPOSE
tion Of $1,000. Burgard said he was
working under Cubbison, the republican
member from Wyandotte county.
Fred j. Close testified again, repeating
what he had said at a former session,
that he knew Of no money being paid
to any person for any corrupt purpose
during the session of the legislature. He
had met Legate at the hotel, at the re-
quest Of the latter, who wanted to ask
him about the appointment of police
commissioners at Kansas City. John
Moffitt had proposed to the witness that
the Populists make deal to trade the
state printership for the Topeka Oapital,
but nothing further was done in that
matter. Witness had heard Moffit state
to the governor that the "boodle"
charges in the Capital were not true.
Attorney General Little was on the
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-10

DustOn House, Topeka, KAa-, si.assi5Opor day
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-10

influence their own action in any man.
ner whatever, or to effect legislation, or
the appointment or election of any Off
Ger whatsoever.
We find further that Major Hudson,
the editor of the Topeka Capital, placed
confidence IN certain statements made
by John V. Mofitt concerning the
charges made by him against the state
officers mentioned, which statements
were entirely unsustsined by said Moi
fit on the witness stand.
We beg leave further to report that
from the evidence before us we believe
that sum of money not less than $4,500
and probably equsling $1,000 was raised
by Peter w. Kline, of Kansas City, Mo-,
who had policy shop in Kansas City,
Kas, and paid by him to James F. Legate
for the purpose OF influencing and cor.
rupting the members Of the legislature.
AS to the exact manner in which this
money was used or to be used we were
unable to OBTAIN satisfactory evidence.
The witnesses who probably could have
informed US fully upon the question were
not before US, and some of them were
beyond the boundaries of the state dur
ing our sessions.
LIP. KING, Chairman.
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stand, and his evidence was q simple de-
niRl of the charges made against him,
His statements were accepted by the
committee as the plain truth.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-27
The Surprisers Surprised.

Surprise parties are common,
and though the party to be sur
prised is supposed to be ignorant
of the coming event he or she is
generally well prepared for the re-
ceptiOn of visitors. An exception
to the rule, however, occurred last
night when a party Of ladies and
gentleman, headed by music and
ladened with good things, left the
city to surprise friend who re-
sides in the suburbs. 1t was a
long and dusty journey and when
they got there they were tired, but
they became more tired and
sick when they found that the
friends house was dark and empty
and that no one was at home or
likely to be home for some hours.
The party then decided to take an
al freses lunch and returned weari-
ly to the city.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-27
Forest on Fire.

Last Sunday party of San An
tonians repaired to the Will Wiles
ranch, on the Medina, and enjoyed
a picnic. When they departed for
home, late at night, they left fire
burning in the woods. The next
morning ranch hand, while
watering the stock, noticed blaze
and rushed to the forest to ascer-
tain what was burning. He found
the entire woods ablaze, and since
that time, the farm hands have
been kept constantly at work, en-
deavoring to extinguish the blaze,
but up to o'clock yesterday after
noon the trees and shrubbery were
still burning. The loss is consid-
cradle. Mr.. Wiles reported to a
LIGHT representative last evening
that four of his choicest large trees
were in ashes.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-27

The "White House." SOledad
Block, best liquors, wines and
cigars. Elegant appointments
throughout. Fred Kerble, mana
ger. II III tt
- Visit our furniture department
this week. Goods marked below
any competition. l.. WolfsOn.
Z q 2t
For THE BEST HARDWARE,
House Furnishings, Tools, Materi-
ais, Garden Hose and water appli-
ances at lowest prices, call on us.
No worthless "Cheap John" goods
sold in our place. Competitors can
not meet our prices, or furnish
equal quality for the money.
Tips & HAARMANN, ll6 and lis
West Commerce street. 6 Ii l yr
Iron and brass bedsteads in
splendid assortment at l.. Wolf
son. 70 IT
AT the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Scofield, at West End, tonight,
cobweb social will be given for
the benefit of the Madison Square
Presbyterian church.
Summer dress goods lower
than ever at l.. WOlfson's. 7 p 1t
John d. Sipple has moved to
his new country home, five miles
south of the city.
Don't miss our bargain sale
Friday and Saturday. l.. Wolf
son. y 1t
"A gang of San Antonio hun
tiers will enjoy hunt near the
Salado this afternoon.
Silk handkerchiefs in an album
dance at l.. Wolfson's today at log,
20e, 25c and for Sl.00. See them.
727 2t
The family of Officer Foster is
sick and Mr.. Foster is compelled
to be off duty. His place as
mounted policeman, is being filled
by Officer Dawson.
Our line of remnants this week
is especially attractive and we in
sist upon you visiting our counters
before going elsewhere. l.. Wolf
son. z q Ut
Our remnant counters are load
ed with bargains from every de-
partment this week. l., Wolfson.
727 ct
The Marshall street mission of
the Cumberland Presbyterian
church will be abandoned, after
next Sunday.
United States Marshal Ware
has lodged in the county Jail Mar
garet Alvado on the charge of send
ing obscene letters through the
mail.
Tomorrow is l.. WolfsOn's rem
nant and special bargain day.
7 ~ ct
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-27
A Reported Hold-up.

1t has been reported that a guest
at the Mahncke hotel last Tuesday
night, named Thomas Ramsay,
was sitting IN front of the hotel
when tall, nice looking man APP
preached and began to converse on
different subject, the latter propos-
ing a walk down st. Mary's street.
The two walked forso time, and
arriving at the bridge two men
Jumped out and robbed Ramsay,
taking 500 from him. They then
ran off, as did also the tall man
who proposed the promenade.
These are the facts as reported, but
as to the story being true, it cannot
be said, as Ramsay has left town.