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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-06-15

/ tncket (R. ~ boat club, Intends to-
row from that city to the worlds fair
u hs4 tbirty7Qne5foot aluminium racing
snssajh. haik Seafaif. xpfley' Performed
the feat, till then unprecedented, of
y rowing to New York in q racing she'll
He will follow the same route on his
-TurSse4As {eis ri ftsips u eyn MarraRansett,
bay and through Long Island sound.
>. He will connect with the lakes by the
-. Erie canal, after rowing up the Hud-
= - son Ever. The actual rowing distance
whllbe between 6t0 Sidf Il 10 sihiles,T
and MIR: Appley expects to be from six
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BABIES may be checked at the worlds
fair now. We have seen babies with .
toq-horn accompaniment that sounded
= sstt,s;nErsx1hs s'.'1 "''ra 1

IRELAND sends annually 10000 tons
in round numbers some 40,0OO, 000-of
eggs to England. This is somethtpG.of
an offset to the English yolk of which
she complains
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-06-15

'i1 IRON ore was first mined in the United
Estates in! 1905, when about thirty-five
tons were; exported from jamestown,
= Va The ore production was inconsid-
cradle. until the present century. In
1910 It was but 1OO, 900 tons per year; in
1850 It reached abont 600, 900; while in
y 1880 the vast total was more than 49,
5bo, oOo,' $1,000, 600 of this coming from
the Lake Superior mines. Il, -. =;
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-06-15

The rate schedule of one of the trans
= ntaaptis steapship com pan,es sstsforth
that the price Of passage for dogs, cats
'"9 and monkeys is $40 each, and that those
2 aninials 'smust be Gagged before. being
sbrougghton the steamer, and will then
,nt be- placed in, charge of the butcher"
~. The idea that this may suggest to a sea-
sick passenger is almost petrifying.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

MRS. L. A. PAGAN was thrown from
= wagon and killed in runaway at
5kalanazoo, Mich, and Mrs. T. w. MUIR
ply and Mrs. Ellison were fatally in
4iured.sss -
\ h. AT Bloomington, I'LL, Jacob Simon
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
lite for the murder of Susie Hoover by
! poisoning.
BANKS at Bedford, Ind, Cortland,
Neb., Carbondale, ILL.,, Spokane Falls,
WASH, Defiance, O., and Manitowoc
and Two Rivers, Wis, closed their
dOOrs.s \ - , ~asE
:, In Chicago the Grant locomotive
works, one Of the largest manufacture
ing enterprises in the west, made an
assignment, with liabilities of &41O, $50
FLAMES destroyed the Schelp wagon
and carriage factory in st. Louis, the
loss being 800, 200.
In session in Chicago the antitrust
convention adopted 2 platform calling
for the enactment of more rigorous
laws against combinations in restraint
of trade.
..,. II Detroit the worlds 25-mile record
for bicycles was broken BY Fred G.
Graves, the professional wheelmau. who
made the run in hour, y minutes, ssss
I'M death of 5nliqt. Bake, one Of the
founders of the Brunswick Bake COL
lender company, billiard tabl8 makers
/ o e rel at his u bone in Cincinnati,
IF was said that J. A. Jenkins, who
resigned the treasurership of Jeffersons
vile, End, was short $4,000 in his az:
coaht&L l;tft. - tags III.
The Bradstreet- Thurber .company'S
furniture store in Minneapolis wal
aburnad, tina loss .being s1eo, 0o0.-..:;:-,
The whisky trust directors at Peoria,
slif:shaye concluded TG'shut down all
W dia q b P&r@sion. 4
annual meeting in Chicago of the Ma
tional Prison association in memory of
Ruther1Urd ID Hayeswlate president.
and Gen Biglkerhof, pf St. Panl, was
elssteds1o III the vanency caased BY,
ca. ri tessdeath. 81 T. a
The fifty elevators belonging to t,el
Northern Pacific Elevator company III
North Dakota were attached ON claih,sa
aRgregating &4OO, 200.
In Chicago the antitrust convention
sfnishedNs }abers -aftar,adoptina reso-
lutionas p1Dvi6i ling Sf0rs the formation Of
IN antitrust association, With two ma,
tional committees to prepare remedial
legislation. SIS
The heaviest retail dry goods dealer
IN Chattsaoog>s Tenn, p. B.. Lov4man,
failed for $3.50, 900. -
: AT Hinton, w. Va, and vicinity 4
cloud-burst did damage to the extent of
5000, 900. - 81
'DoRAA.: vE1z!rr' shot ana killed W. q.
Gray at Grand Rapids, Mich. and then
took her own life in the same manner.
Jealousy was the cause. - -.
Q FBAxnsi swepts5way nearly the en-.
tire business portion of Fargo, N. D..
tise"aoss being -over~es y60o, e0O, and six
persons persisted in the flames. The IRE
made clean sweep twelve blocks long
by five blocks wide. Qxex3 600 persons
kYeFs,made bqaia1ase,s
wholesb le lumber Merchants in Chicago;
failed for $3.50, 900. ~.
Gks0L1NE gasf Exploded in the base
ment 6f Samuel Rezepper's grocery
,stdbes q Bt sLoniss thtnrine sixteen per-
sons, four fatally. ..
WILL1AAA. MILES, pf,Nsw York, was
elected president ut the thirty third an
nual convention in Chicago Of the
United States Brewers association.
The asaeciation represents capital 70
the aDount u abont 0400. oo0. ooo.
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Faro iA1lte for ~.

FARao, N: D., June II. The total
!oss by the recent fire in this city. Is.
placed at $500, 900, and in appeal for,
aid for the many left destitute has beer,
made. 5.s s r. s54s+5sss Essi -, !.
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TRAIN ROBBERY.
California Express Held Up BY Gang oe
.s,sa9'7., Five Bandits In Kansas.

CALIFORNIA; Expire Held Up BY = Gang Of
..,sae'4.,. Five Bandits IN Kansas.
; @C1MARRON, Kan, June lathe Cali
fornia express No. 1, westbound on the
iAtchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe, was held
up near this place, and, the express car
robbed of about $4,000, at 1880 q. m.
Saturday. There were five bandits in
the party. They tagged the train just
west of Cimarron and forced the fire
man and engineer, at the point
Of. revolvers, to accompany them
TO- the express car. There they
made the engineer ask the express
messenger, Whittlesey, to open the
door. Whittlesey refused, and then
the robbers began firing into the car.
The messenger was wounded in the
left side, but he pluckily refused to
open the door. Then the robbers re-
sorted to dynamite; and with that ex=
plosive blew the door in. They rif1ed
the car of everything Of value which
they could find. The express messen-
gers strong box was opened and the
contents stolen. p It contained. 1000 sill
yer dollars and other valuables to an
amount not ascertainable, but presum-
ably small, because the box contained
matter for way stations only. The
through safe could not be opened Hav-
ing secured everything valuable in
sight, the robbers made their escape on
horses, riding south toward the Indian
TERRITORY. sGs $50. =. 49,. =.
Express Messenger Whittlesey was
not badly injured. and completed his
run to Santa Fe, N, NJ. He is the
messenger who stood of the Dalton
gang at Red Rock, l. T., over a year
ago, and who narrowly escaped death
at the time by shooting.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-06-15

NEAR the Woman's building on the
worlds fair grounds is an edi1ce for
the accommodation of the small chill
dren whose parents take. them to the
II hair, but wHo Do not wish to have the
a6ublesana eare 81 them while there.
For q small fee the child can. .he left in
the hands of trustworthy nurses and
can stay contentedly in the comfortable
plaXFeapds which ~hasrbeen provided
unit ats parflts an ready to leave.
AUSTRALIA has invented the stump
jumping pillow. The farmersswho use it
are claim Jumpers. The deslers who
sell them are counter jumpers With
the boomerang and stump jumping plow
as the principal implements OF war and
peace, the kangaroo and jack rabbit as
the typical fauna, and even. the banks
jumping their hkbilitid Australia
should follow up t smile and make
every year leap SeaEeyssy, season:
spring, and the AaHoaet soa1 of arms
jumping jack. -
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THE EAST,

r THE great tsagedian, Edwin Booth,
died at the Players club in New York
at 1915 q. m. on the eth. Mr.. Booth was
born on his fathers farm in Hartford
county, Nd, November Is, 1888, and
was the fourth son of Junius Brutus
Booth.
AN engine crashed into an express
train on the Lackawana. road, near
Cortland, N. Y, and Engineer Wallace
and Fireman Sherwood, of the latter,
were killed.
The failure was announced of Samuel
F. Prince. owner of steam marble works
in Philadelphia and interests in marble
aaagries in Rutland, Vt, with liabili-
ties 81 SlO0. 900. '''',~
AT the Dannemora IN. w. prison
SapiOne MartellO was electrocuted. He
murdered another Italian named Clio
vianni Parrelo in Saratoga May $, 1892
A BIG whale which became tangled
in the traps vsof some fishermen off
Sandwich, Mass, was killed after an
exciting battle. >&x.
The Pennsylvania prohibitionists
nominated ~ F. KEN for state treas
urer and ID. +. Ames~ tor supreme JUS
tice. 49,.
In Boston Josiah B. Kendall, q real
estate dealer and broker. failed for
1854
FAMILY trouble caused G. C. Pray,
aged &c, to kill his wife and then shoot
himself at Shirley, Me.
EDWIN BoorH's remains were inferred
in Mount Auburn cemetery at Boston.
FIRE destroyed the Lehigh Valley
coal trestle and coal storage house, con-
tanning &C, 600 tons of anthracite coal, at
Buffalo. N. Y. Loss, $5O0,OOO .ss
The death ofseWarren Leland, aged
50. the last survivor Of five, brothers
who made the name of Leland famous
in the hotel business from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, occurred at Port Chester,
n. Y.
R.F sanford &SCo.. New York jew.
elers, made IN assignment, with liabili-
aesof sf5o;coo ana asses Of 800, 900.
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The News the eek.
ny xEEoH eiI AND MAIL !
FROM WASHINGTON.

1 In the Uni.ed States and Canada the
Are loss for the month Of May js esti-
mated ct 90, 427, 900. This Is shout :
million greater than the aggregate for
May, 1882.
THE president says that he will call
an extra session Of congress early in
Serkembet.
tsaaanEy,WaE 4oE. the pay.
ment Of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
land claim. amounting ,tQ 5000, 900,
were cashed. "a .saasSt<sfss t-ss5.s1 iii
By . presidential proclamation the
extradition treaty between the United
s lsas' fr1l'as nes.' lrn ofI'h'
THE three floors of Ford's Theater
building. used by the pension and rec
ord division OF the war department col
1as gweEcfes ty0n i'll
pa b abf tie com yswerN k1kdsand
'OSUf sa4ty others - were@fnjured, some
fatally. War records on which the
claims of thousands of veterans in all
les4aspt thAalan4 pdet@ sHefe 4e..
stroyed. The building had been In an
unsafe condition for some time, and re-
pairs were being made when the acct
dent occurred.
The leading clearing houses In the
United States repol1lEsssoxlGanKsa
during the week ended on the 9th
amounting to $l,156, 1884, 1858, against
ts99, l42, $50 the previous week. As COM
pared with the corresponding week OF
1902 the decrease WAS 2.G. ,,;s,et{f
business failures reported during the
seven days ended on the 9th. In the
week preceding there were 2ss, and
during tho corresponding time ip 1892
the number was 1853 say.
The report of Auditor Alderman
shows the worlds fair receipts to May
81 were sao,so9. s45 and the expenditures
&10, 142,9S1.
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Bsasa Hall.
The fDllowingstable shows thesstand.
ing Of National league baseball clubs
in tho 81 ~, rrolo fov <ho Drcr,;,~,
:, Mrp.aLeslies Divorced.

gan is the winner Of the western inter-
collegiate len qe rhampioniRfg u.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-06-15
Hood Cures

/" Fourteen years so,
I had en attack az tie
gravel, and stnes have
been very seri6asly
troubled with my nvef
|ssnd kidneys. Three
years s8o I got down.
30 low that i eou1At
se aP 0ely walk. I
hooked inore II uhe .;
corpse than q living
being. s1h4d no appetite
ate nothlDgb 0t gSnei
than q marble 0ea11a
three bottles Of
Hoods Sa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
A NEW RULING
Decision of IL United states Court on
Naturalization.

Decision of II United states Court on
Standardization.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 2a.~TR United
States circuit court of appals, with
Judges Sanhorn, Thuycr and SGras on
the bench, to-day handed dow an inn
portant decision limiting the pMer of
naturalization TO the national Chgrcss.
The ease came from MINNEAPOLIS,
and Judge Sanborn announced he de-
cision, confirming the lower ,ot&t. 1t
Is held that the power granted tACon-
grcss by the. constitution of tlr United
naturalization is exclusive, mdl the
naturalization laws enacted Iv l'on-
gress in the exercise OF this power (on-
stitute the only rule by which ;forAign
subject may become Il citizen of THE
United States, or of Il state, within The
meaning of the federal constitution and
laws II is not in the power of state
to denationalizc Il foreign suhlee who
has not complied with the fed
cral naturalization laws, AM to
constitute HIM 4 citizen of the
| nited States or ct 4 stat SO
as to deprive the federal Courts
of jurisdiction over the controversy
between him and Il citizen of 4 satr
conferred upon them by the consttu-
ton and the acts of Congress. nhc
foreign subject who is qualified to
become a citizen of the United Sta es
under the Revised Statutes does not le-
come such by filing his declaration .oi
intention to do SO. That section requires
that he shall renounce allegiance to TIE
sovereignty of which he is 4 subiee
take an oath of allegiance to the United
States and comply with the other con
ditions prescribed in the second ant
third paragraphs of section 2l6o OF the
Revised Statutes in order to become
naturaized, and until he does $50 he re
mains Il FOREIGN subject.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
ARRESTED ON NINE WARRANTS.

Banker Hockafeliow, of Wilkcsbarre,
Pa, VIII Probably Go to Jail.
WuKEsRARHE, Pa, May 26.-Last Fess,-
ruary Banker T.. v Rockafellow closed
the doors of his bank on $40 depositors.
The report of the assignees showed
that the depositors would get per cent.
on the dollar. 1t has been impossible
to serve warrants of arrest ON the ex-
banker, rs he remained at home and
physicians testified that he was unable
to leave his bed. Last evening Constable
Bauer, disguised as delivery man for
grocery store, got access to Rockatel
low $ kitchen, made his way upstairs
and served nine warrants on the banker,
all charging embezzlement. Il. +.
Bogert furnished bail in the sum of
$4,000. More warrants viii be sworn
out to-day and it is believed THAI Rocka-
fellow cannot secure Il sufficient amount
of bail to keep him out of jail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

Two thousand sheep were washed
away and drowned near Madison, ). d.,
by Il sudden rise of the Nermillion
River.
TIE body Of an unidentified man was
found under high railroad trestle near
Arenzyville, III. 1t is supposed he fell
through.
JAMES +. LAYTON was granted a di-
vorcc 1T Goshen, Ind, and within an
hour had taken out license To we'd 4
pretty girl in the same town.
HEAVY frosts were reported along the
line of the Central Branch Railway in
Kansas, and it is thought the growing
crops have been greatly damaged,
AN English syndicate has purchased
the Warren featherbone whip factory
at Three Oaks, Md, and will acquire all
the whip factories III the country.
nrn CHAMPION, a notorious resident
of Wyoming, was killed by Mike Shon-
sey, Il ranch foreman, whom he at
tempted to shoot, near Chevenne
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

JAMES bE'kWol3. OF Mason, bayfield,
,o'h'}' was l2Hath 1i@ room in the Hotel
i"kef, chicago, lAun>cjoNs from the eis
iF''> ~ cstapdS "A Alter being revived
nc ,ooHu that ms " which contained $40
all' i" rIceN Tor ~, wa miS>ing The
'aN''auN avs thaj Nliu% thc excitement
Nv" 'tail&'FN Wrht W the room with the
o"ttot apparently u ylst him, but after
'ti'!a'h'i'& 'hl% i k,t time came out
naain Harry Kelly lent tAp mon Who
;%SfS'e" tne doctor nj been arrested on =
charge OF having rohbl Eepkwith
EARL NJ kuGEnS, Nlcctor OF internal
revenue 1T Madison, " received &pplica-
tons from several ChItneu in Wisconsin
who desire to register ! compliance with
the requirements of TIA GearV law. This
can only be done now tough the federal
courts. anu each CnlnalNn is required to
present one white witness 10 swear that sucn
Nhiilalnan was Il rcsldcnHt the time of the
passage of the law
NR. COOLEY, formerly aresident of Eau
Clare, was shot and Kill on his ranch
near Custer, Mont. The aassin made good
ms escape.
BERNsvEN TuoREsEN hassommenced suit
against the La Crosse City Railway Com
pany Tor $4,000 damages iorhe death of his
wife, who died from injurieAlleged to have
been received in collision 18th astreet car
INTERNAL REVENUE CoLLE(pR ROGERS, of
Madison, has received letteirom the COM
missioner ut Washington instlcting him to
collect the government liquoitax in June
this year. Payments have uSnlly been re-
celved during both June and Wy.
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT, an engieer in La
Crosse vinegar factory, had Is face and
hhaansd hands terribly burned; He hattie furnace
forth and caught him before Il could get
ont of the WAY
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
FATAL CASE OF CHOLERA.
First Oath from the Plague This Season In
Hamburg.

New York, May 29.--Dr. Jenkins,
health Naicer, this morning received q
cablegr4 IN from DR.. Nash ut Hamburg
dated Nay rs, stating that they have
cholera shere
HAMnliG, May 29.--The committee on
the prevention and detection of cholera,
CONSTITUTED by the Senate of Hamburg,
declared officially to-day that Il clerk
who was s. opposed to have been suffering
the previous week from diarrhna died
ON Saturday last from Asiatic cholera.
PARIS, My 29.-Two deaths from dis
ease of clDleraic nature have occurred
ut TOULOUSE, in the Department of
Haute Caroline, and one death of II
choleraic nature is reported at Nismes,
hi the DepaHmen of Gard.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
Delicate Weights i'm u Mint.

Sixteenth one-hundredths of a graf
in weight is enough to made troub
and work for mint officials. After {
silver pieces are coined small numl
are examined and weighed by the
pervisor's office before the lot is
ceived. Then two pieces are sent OF
the director at Washington, Tor wi
they are weighed. Out OF a lot of s
Decent pieces recently coined in
city Supervisor Smyth failed to {,
from the lot any that was not up tc
requirements in every way, and acc
inglv drew out of the lot two
dimes. and then sent them to Was
ton. There one of them was fou
be l6-1o0 of a grain light, of whic
DR.. Smvth was accordingly no
This necessitated the reweighing
whole lot, in which only Il dozenI
were found not TO be in conn
with the weight regulations.-A1
leans Tines Democrat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
DIR. GRAVES GIVES BAIL.
Released mt Denver on Bond In the
Sum $4,000.

DENVER, Col, May 29.-Dr. Il, Thatcher
Graves, who last year was convicted of
the murder of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby,
of Providence, II. L., is to-day Il
free man for the first time in
two years. This morning he
appeared in Judge Burns court
where his motion for Il new trial had
been pending for some weeks. With
out any delay the court set the new
tria for June u and fixed the Doctor's
bail at $4,000 Judge Macon, the Doe
tors attorney, signed the bond and the
prisoner walked from the court room
Il free man. The general opinion
among lawyers and court officials that
this ends the famous case, ~ there is no
expectation that the second trial will
ever be called and the final motion will
probably be nolle prosequi.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
RIOTOUS ACTS IN SPAIN.
Popular Demonstrations Against the
Government Budget.

MADRID, May 29.-The government is
quite uneasy regarding the agitation
that is being carried on in the prov
ince of Navarro, in Southeastern
Spain, against the governments tax
alton estimates in the new bud
get and against the local adj
ministration BILL Yesterday in Pam
pelona, the capital of the province, and
in Tudea, popular demonstrations were
made. Orders have been issued to the
military authorities in the province to
adopt stringent measures and the lead
crs in the movement are being closely
watched. The authorities are anxious
rs to the outcome.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
SEVERAL TRAMPS KILLED.

Seventeen Freight Cars Wrecked on the
Ft. Wayne Road, Near Dunkirk.
LIMA, O., May 25.-Early this morning
west bound freight train No. II, on the
Fort Wayne road, was wrecked near
Dunkirk, seventeen cars being piled up.
A number of tramps are reported to
boya hpap killed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
EDITOR QUINBY HONORED.
Detroit Man Appointed Minister to the
Netherlands.

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 25.-The
President to-day appointed William L.
Quinby, of Michigan, to be envoy ex-
traordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the United States to the Neither
lands.
DETROIT, Mich, May 25.--William +.
Quinby, editor-in-c of the Free
Press, received word from Washington
in private telegram last evening that
the President would appoint him min
lister to the Netherlands. He says that
the position was unsought for on his
part but will be accepted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
Possible Trouble for Holland.

VIENNA, May pa dispatch from
the Hague says that Queen Wilhelmina
is developing rapidly symptoms of con-
sumption, and that the queen regent,
who is now in the country with her, and
the royal physicians fear the worst. In
case If her death the Nassau-Orange
dynasty would become extinct. This
would lead to complications, Dutch
statesmen apprehend, which might end
in the annexation of the Netherlands by
Germany or the cession of them to
France as compensation for the loss of
Alsace- Lorraine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01

WASHINGTON, u. c., May 2o,-E. Q.
I.eech. who was appointed director of
the mint early in President Harrison's
administration, to succeed Or. kimball,
and who recently resigned, severed his
connection with the bureau to-day and
left tonight for New York To fill the
position OF cashier OF the National
Union Bank, which will begin opera
lions in New York June /.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
NEW QUESTION RAISED.
Geary Chinese Law imperative by Reason Of
a Lame Section.

WASHINGTON, D. d., May 25..-Atty.'
Gen. Olney has received a telegram
from New York stating that Judge la
combe, of the circuit court of New York,
had decided that section of the Geary
law, though decided to be constitutions
al, was still Intellectual, because no pro-
vision is made as to how or by whom
the order of deportation of Chinese Is
to be executed. This is said to be a new
question which was not raised or IN any
WAY involved in preYious appeals.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
BLOW TO A BLIND PREACHER.
DR.. Milburn Told OF tho Suicide of His
Son in Chicago.


SON in Chicago.
CnIcAGo, H., May 29.-It was late last
night, when the famous "blind preach
err the Rev. w. IL. Milburn, chaplain
of the national House of Representa-
tives, was informed ut jacksonville ofthe
suicide of his son in Chicago by throat
cutting. DR.. Milburn exclaimed: Poor
boy, it is too bad" For several years
Fletcher had led reckless life. He re-
Gently had taken the gold cure at Den
yer. For some time he had been clerk
III Il hotel in Denver. lie applied to
his father for his influence toward secur-
ing a position. The father has been
trying to get him governmental posi-
ton. Dependency at the refusal of
financial help by the father was the
cause of the tragedy. The son vas SO
years old. The reason given by the
father for declining to send money was