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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-29
Another REDUCTION in Flour |


l am now Offering for sale
a new brand Of Flour the
@Matchless."
This is a fancy patent
made from the very best
selected wheat, which is
noted for its health-giying
properties.
Try a sample bag, for TIC
l Ii barrel, Oh lbs. J Bic
J barrels, packed, each So. IS
Barrels, for 1920.
These are strictly cash
prices and are very low
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-29
Rank Officers go Higher.

Painful teething, 4 a'hoen pre-
vented and cured by = - anodyne'
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-29
COZ ONTI. MARTIN AGAIN.

Heart Disease, papitatlon. pain in
side, short breath, oppression, asthma,
swollen ankles, arc cured 10y Dr. Miles
Now Heart Cure. now discovery by
tile Indinn Specialist. Fine illustrated
treatise free at z. JAMES BELT, OF
address The Miles Medical Co., Elk.
hart, Ind.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
AFFAIRS OF THE HEART.

A HEARTLEss and unprincipled West
Virginia girl challenged her lover to
foot race, which she won, and then re-
jected the vanquished man ''because
she could not we'd an Inferior"
MARRIAGE is evidently not considered
a failure by Almon Ames and Mrs.
Mary Fulkerson, of Elkhart, Ind. They
were recently welded, each at the age
of seventy-fve, and this is the third
matrimonial venture for bride and
groom.
NINE. RHEA has joined the small but
conspicuous number Of distinguished
women who have taken unto them
selves boyish bridegrooms- Nine. Rhea
is about forty-five years old, while her
husband, Mr.. w. F. Hart, her leading
man, is only twenty-five.
TIE legend runs that the fruiting of
the almond tree beside the house
whence bride-elect departs is hap
Ply omen. Princess May was probably
glad to see that the almond tree at
White Lodge was in full bloom when
che said good-by to her old home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The doors of the Central Illinois
Banking and Savings association al
Jacksonville were closed. The assets
were $500, 600 and the liabilities $3.50, 200.
AT dance near Sonora, Mexico
Pedro Martinez stabbed and instantly
killed Miss Maria Gonzales. girl Of
II, for refusing to join him in dance
A crowd'pelted Martinez fatally with
stones.
AT Lichtenstein, Germany, ten per.
sons died from eating poisonous flung
which they mistook for mushrooms.
EDWARD VEzzY and BViolet uckine
ham were married at Branfort, Ont.
few days ago, and now it has beer
discovered that they were brother ani
sister. They had been separated since
childhood.
In London the packing box factory O:
George York & Co., the pianoforte fac
tory of Squire & Sons and several othe,
places were burned, the total loss beins
e4oo, 900.
In South Wales over 60, 900 miner,
who struck for higher wages returned
to work at the Old prices.
The roya1ists at Honolulu plotted tt
blow up public buildings, fire the city
and restore the queen, but they were
foiled.
HUNDREDS OF persons were dying OF
starvation in Hokchang, China, and the
cholera was raging.
The home rule bill passed third read.
ing in the British house of commons by
a majority of thirty-four. 1t now goes
to the lords.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
SIGHTS OF A CITY,

II HAVE seen, at ono time and An
other, all sorts of things hanging on
washlines," said q citizen, "but to-day,
for the first time, L saw among the
shirts and stockings an American dag.
In the shopping districts one some
times sees newsboy, with his bundle
of papers under his arm, gravely hold
ing open the door of . carriage for my
lady. Sometimes she gives him some
thing, sometimes not; he takes the
chances on that.
, AS A general thing tho newsboy,
when on duty, devotes himself strictly
to hustling, but there crossed Madison
square, New York, the other evening,
q newsboy who, between cries of his
papers, smelled at a stable bouquet of
red flowers with evident pleasure.
THE year 1772 was fearful one in
New York. One hundred and fifty-f1ve
cases of sunstroke occurred on July 4,
of which seventy-two proved fatal.
The principal thoroughfares were like
fields of battle. Men fell by the score,
and ambulances were in constant
reuuisition.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
NoTABLEs. LIVING AND pEApJ

WHEN Gen. Grant visited Siam he
was accorded greater honors than had.
ever been shown foreigner from any.
country.
Ex-VIcE President Mo1roN denies.
the story that he intends to make Paris
his future home. New York il good
enough for him.
BEN JoHxsoN's wife went to the INN
after him If he staid too long and
brought him home. tongue-lashing him
all the way.
ADMIRAL HuaANN, the French naval
commander ct Bangkok, was at ono.
time in command Of the Newfound-
land squadron.
ENa11sH court society is startled be-
cause the prince Of Wales wedding
gift TO Miss Laura Quincy took the un-=
usual form of bank check in lieu of q
piece of jewelry or plate. =
LIEUT.. CHARLES A. L. ToTTEN, whose
career as professor of military science
and tactics at Yale university under
special detail by the United States
government was recently terminated,
has decided to make New Haven his
permanent residence
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
FATAL TRAIN WRECK,

Two Killed and Ten Injured Near StreatOr
Il.-1ron Loaded on = Car Projects Far
Enough to Strike = Bridge, Pulling II
Down and Causing the Disaster.
STREAToR, ILL.,, Sept. 5.-Train No.
is of the Illinois Valley 4 Northern
railroad, consisting of sixteen freight
cars and caboose, fell through section
of the bridge across the Vermillion
river near this city Saturday night,
killing two unknown men and wound
Ing :sn other persons The wounded
are:
Lew Baker, OF Kangley, coal miner. nose split
and hand burned; Albert Burgess, of Kangley,
farmer, hands burned; Thomas Kavanagh. Of
Ladd ILL. compound fracture OF right leg be-
tween knee and ankle and right hand burned;
Miss Maggie Knuckley, postmistress OF Kang-
ley, left foot burned and right knee bruised;
John Mandula, Of Kangley. coal miner,
legs and hands severely injured: George
McClung, Of GalesburR, brakeman, left
knee cap broken and badly cut about the
body and limbs: N E. Tobias, Of Kangley,
clerk, hands and face burned; Mrs Eli Will
liams, OF Ksngley, badly burned about the
limbs and hand; Willie Williams, son of Mrs.
Williams, right foot burned; John Woods, of
kangley, coal miner, bad bruise on left shoulder
and conclusion OF the brain.
The cause of the accident was the dis
placement of some of the bridges iron
trusses which were loaded on one of the
rear cars of the train. The heavy iron
caught in the timbers of the bridge and
pulled it down and the seven rear cars
and caboose fell through.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07

The nearest living relative of George
Washington is Ebenezer Burgess Ball,
who keeps little cigar stand in the
rotunda of the pension office in WASH
ington. The Sons of the American
Revolution have investigated his claims
thoroughly and their verdict goes to
support them He is said to resemble
Washington's portrait much more close
ly than any other person claiming rela-
tionship and pictures that have been
taken OF him dressed in the continental
uniform have been mistaken by many
for representations of Washington him
self Mr.: Ball is IS years old, but is
hale and hearty.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
Drainage.

The board of audit of the Red river
valley drainage commission met at the
governors rooms at the capitol. The
president and secretary of the board
were authorized to advertise for bids
for the work to be done on Sand Hill
river, in Polk county, and on the Tam
arack river, in Marshall county, as rec
commended by the committee, bids to be
opened and considered by the board
Sept. 9 next, the plans and specifica-
tions for the proposed work to be at
once fled for examination by bidders
in the office of the secretary of state, at
st. Paul; at the Office of E. D. Childs. at
Crookston, and at the Office of John P.
Lundin, at Stephen, MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07

SENATOR GoaMAN is pachydermatoue
20 far as newspaper attacks are con.
cerned. The correspondent of a New
York paper who imagined that he had
fairly flayed the Marylander alive for
his views respecting the silver question
called upon him to ask if he had any,
thing to say in reply. 'Really," said
Mr.. German, smiling sweetly, II very
seldom see your paper, and have not
heard of the article referred to. Be.
sides, the matter is of no Importance, !
assure you" And then the CORE
spondent went out and communed
with nature for an hour or so, but he
didn't feel any better.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
OUTLAWS IN KANSAS,

Robbery at Mound valIey-Three Desper-
adoss Hold Up Train, Kill the Express
Messenger and Plumber tho Passengers
and All the Train Employees.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Sept. 5.-Near the
little station of Mound Valley, Kan, at
o'clock Sunday morning three des-
perate men who understood their bust
ness held up the st. Louis Il San Fran
cisco passenger train. Express
Messenger Chapman was shot and
killed. Failing to secure money from
the express car, the bandits robbed
the passengers in manner much
after the style of the James,
Younger gang in their palmiest
days. The work was done with the
cool deliberation of typical outlaws. 1t
is estimated that the amount of booty
secured fell not far short of $500.
Watches, diamonds and other valua bles
were taken along with the cash. Wom-
en- were not molested by the plunderers
because of their sex.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
Firebugs Confess.

HARR1sBuRa, Pa, Sept. 5.-Joe Mum.
ma and John Fink, of fredericksburg,
small town about 9 miles from this
city. have just confessed to burning
eight barns and other buildings, en-.
failing = loss of $4,000. These
buildings were all destroyed within q
year. Fink planned the manner of de-
stroying the buildings and Mumma ap.
piled the match. The first buildings
were fred to boom the town. The
? borough then offered a reward of 500
for the arrest Fink, thinking he
could obtain the same, turned states
evidence and betrayed Mumma. Both
men are now in jail.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
LATER NEWS,

The steel mills of Oliver Bros, and
the Hainsworth Steel Works at Pitts
| burg. Pa, resumed work the 4th with
non-union labor.
HE first vote in the senate that looks
anything like test vote was made the
18th on the motion of Jones of Nevada,
to adjourn. The silver men were OUT
voted: Ayes FL: Noes 81.
LABOR DAY was universally observed
throughout the country. In Chicago
between 40, 900 and $4,000 were in par
ade. Mayor Harrison headed the pro-
cessiOn as honorary marshal.
Four women have been murdered
and mutilated within the last four days
in Ostburg, small village on the island
OF Cadsand, the Netherlands. All were
of the poorest class. The murders were
committed at night and the bodies were
dissected in the manner practiced by
Jack the Ripper No arrests have been
made:
A WHALE weighing 81 tons washed
ashore near South Bend, on the Pacific
ocean. Scientists declare that the
whale had lived $50 years, lacking IA
years of having lived the longest term
of whale life. The monster measured
ia feet inches in length. It was
worth $1O,975.
D. T. PIKE, one of the best known
newspaper men in the state of Maine,
died at Augusta, the 4th.
WIN. MCNEIL, q creole of Mobile,
Ala, arose from his bed while his wife
was asleep the night Of the 4th, got an
axe and Drained her. McNeill made
his escape. Cause, jealousy.
The 9th national encampmeut Of the
GA. r. opened at Indianapolis, Ind.
the 4th., At least thirty thousand ar
rived and many more will follow. Gen.
Benz Harrison welcomed the old vet.
Grams. ~. $
AT Vinita, I. T. and at Columbus,
Kan, the night operators were held up
by outlaws and robbed. s=.i-
The dead body Of Doolin one of the
Dalton gang was found near Ingalls,,
Kas., the 4th.
The first ambassador from Germany
to the United States. Baron. Jeltsch pre-
sented his credentials to the president
the 4th. 2.s s: 49, 15..sl
The president will deliver an address
Sept 10, the centennial anniversary Of
the laying of the corner stone Of the
United States capitol building.
The much advertised prize fight be-
tween Gyifo and Lavigne, scheduled to
take place at Roby, Ind, the 9Th, VS.
declared of. Judge Gillette issued an
Injunction and Gov. Mathews sent seY-
'eral companies Of militia TO the scene. B
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAL
FlFTY-THlRD oNoREsS. &
p Exfea Saaa}0n 8. -

MONDAY, Aug. 28.-In the senate
the bill to increase the onational
bank circulation was discussed and q
bill was reported for the repeal Of the
federal election law. It was decided by
vote of 80 to 80 that Mr.. Mantle, of
Montana, and Mr.. Allen. of Washing
ton, are not entitled to seats and that q
governor of a state has not the right to
appoint senator to fill vacancies. In
the house the bill in favor of the I'M
conditional repeal of the silver purchase
clause of the Sherman act was passed
by q vote Of $40 to Ito. The average of
sentiment. on free silver was shown in
the votes on the ratios at 16 and 20 to
I, respectively, in both cases there be-
ing trifle more than 100 majority
against silver.
TUESDAY. Aug. 29.-Mr. Voorhees,,
chairman of the finance committee
in the senate, reported back the
house bill repeating part of the Sher-
man act with an amendment in the
nature of substitute. The difference
between the house bill and the Voor-
hees bill is found in the attachment to
the latter of paragraph declaring
that it is the policy of the United States
to use both gold and silver as money
metals and to preserve parity. No &C
ton was taken. In the house an ami
mated discussion took place over the
rules between Speaker Crisp and ex-
Speaker Reed. Mr.. Springer intro
duced bill to provide for the coinage
of the seignorage silver in the treasury,
which was referred.
WEDNESDAY,, Aug 30.-1n the senate
Senator Sherman spoke in favor OF
the repeal of the silver law, but said
the present financial troubles were not
due to silver, and that alterations OF
the tariff laws would prove disastrous
to the country. A bill was introduced
providing for the dismissal from the
government service of all persons not
citizens of the United States. In the
house the urgency deficiency appropria-
ton bill (s300,00O was passed. The
tnew code of rules was discussed.
THURSDAY, Aug. BIN the senate
Senator Wolcott (Col) spoke against
the repeal of the silver law.
concurrent resolution was introduced
directing the secretary of the treasury
to issue certificates not to exceed &c
per cent. of the amount of gold coin
and bullion in the treasury. In the
house the new code of rules was fur.
Their discussed
FRIDAY, Sept H. In the senate
Mr.. Voorhees, request for unanimous
consent that the senate bill be substi
tuted for the house bill repeating the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act
was objected to by Mr.. Cockrell Mr..
Vance spoke against the repeal of the
silver law and in favor of free coinage.
The time in the house was passed in
discussing the rules. An amendment
was adopted prohibiting smoking in
the chamber at any time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07
News In Brief.

The public examiner has published a
statement showing that on july 81 the
resources of the 10 trust companies in
the state were 1860, 9O6. %.
State Treasurer Bobleter reported
81. 9s2, 334.64 to the credit of the various
state funds with the close of business
Aug. 81. The reform school fund is
overdrawn $973.71.
Joe Wigmann's new separator and
four stacks of barley belonging to Mrs.
Hendricks, near Quincy, were burned.
The fire is said to have caught from a
lot of careless tobacco smokers.
Gov. Nelson has appointed Prof. w.
w. Pendergast, for a number of years
principal of the College of Agriculture
in connection with the State university.
to the position of state superintendent
of public schools.
On the farm of Mike O'Laughlin,
near Maple Lake, Jas. A. O'Laughlinn
shot and dangerously wounded his
cousin, John Maroney, Jr., during a
quarrel. The bullet entered the back
near the right side and pierced the
pleural cavity of the lung OLaughlin
was arrested.
In runaway c. L. Bruslette, ex-
postmaster of Kenyon, was seriously
injured.
An enthusiastic meeting of citizens
was held at Little Falls to formulate
plans for bringing before the people a
proposition to build a railroad to st.
Cloud.
The Porter Milling company, owning
| ~ elevators, and the Winona & Dakota
Grain company. owning %, have con-
solidated. A. G. Moritz, secretary of
the latter, is also secretary of the WI
mona Milling company, which owns 40
elevators. The new company will te
able to handle two million bushels of
grain per annum.
The money drawer in NJ. L. Gunder-
sons old mill at Kenyon was robbed bv
burglars. About $40 was secured.
The so-called Peterson bill, regulate
ing the elevators and warehouses at in
terror points in the state, is now in full
operation. There are something like
1000 such elevators in the state. The
new law compels all elevators located
ON rights of way of railroads in the
state to take out licences and come
within state control. OF this 1000.
about 500 have taken out licenses in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the law.
The Transcript Publishing company
of Little Falls has been sued for s., 600
for alleged libel. The action was
brought by 10 Hennen, whose saloon
was burned month ago.
A prisoner at Saltwater known as
Jack Mead has been identified as James
Russell, one of the cleverest and most
noted criminals known in the East and
South. Russell will go to Kansas City
for trial. He operated extensively,
stealing drafts and checks from the
mails, and is wanted in many large
cities between New York aud Chicago
The Milwaukee depot ct Graceville
was broken into and some valuable ex.
press packages were secured and about
d in cash. This is the third time this
summer the depot has been robbed and
. yet there is % clue 10 the psrpetre.
tors. rs
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07

The forty-four United States owe,
collectively, 1924, 0oo, 900, and they pay
TO the holders of state securities $10,-
goOO, 900 year as interest. Though the
population of the United States has In
creased during the ten years between
1850 and 1890 from $4,000, 900 to 81, o00,-
000, there has been no increase In the
debt OF tue several states. On the con-
trary, the total obligations were less in
1890, and are less now, than they were
ct any time between 1880 and 1885.
sCarefnl fnanciering is the rule in,
American commemorative to-day. The
STATS OF Vermont, Iowa, Michigan, llli-
n0is md Wisconsin are free from debt,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07

AT last the size of hailstones has
been reduced to a scientific certainty,
and there need be no more lying. Wal
nuts, hens eggs and potatoes AL vary
in size, but now that the baseball has
been adopted as the hail standard we
know where we are at. professional
baseball has definite size.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07

FLAMES caused . loss Of over $50, coo
TO occupants Of Lindsay Bros big
block in Milwaukee. The Mccormick
Harvester company and the Transfer q
Storage company were the principal
losers
The First national bank Of Grand
Junction, Col, and the First national
bank of Dubuque, Ia, resumed bust
ness
LATER advices say that since the re-
cent storm in the south 800 dead bodies
have been found on the islands about
Beaufort and Port Royal, s. c., and that
the total number of dead would reach
1000. Over s., 600. 600 worth of proper
ty was wrecked near the same points.
Near Jacksonville, Fla, fourteen dead
bodies were found, and the damage to
fruit trees and orange groves was enor-
nous. - ( ~
Arthe sessionfn ST. Louis ot the sew
enth international Sunday school con-
vention the report of Secretary Porter
showed the number of Sunday schools
of the United States and British Amer
lea to be 100, 1877; teachers and officers,
1,373, 558; scholars, 10, SIC, 104; total, H.
242, 662. III *. :: 10
WHILE carelessly handling revolver
supposed to be unloaded Leo Stafford
shot and killed his bride of six weeks at
East Liverpool, o.
The total paid admissions during the
first four months of the worlds fair
numbered 1890, 500. By months the at.
tendance was: May, 1,o5o,Os7; June.
2,675, 11S; July, 1880, 1888; August, s,514,.
1856.
In Chicago Judge Goggin declared
the worlds fair Sunday opening in
junction should stand, overriding
Judges Dunno and Brcntano and sur
prising court attendants.
FIVE tramps and Jack Swanson, the
engineer, were killed in freigh:
train wreck near Brennan, Tex, ana
Fireman Cameron and Brakeman Ford
were fatally injured.
H. S. BUNDY, of jackson county. wa,
nominated for congress in the Tenth
Ohio district on the l, 793d ballot. Mr.
Bundy has served two terms in con
gress. ..
AT Rockford, ILL.,, the Royal Sewing
Machine company made an assignment
with liabilities of $119, 600 and assets of
$40. 200.
WHILE insane Samuel Deeters, of
Waterloo, ind, shot and killed Amos
Bactel and fatally shot Mrs. Lowe,
neighbours and wounded his mother.
FIRE destroyed the business part OF
De Paw. Ind.
The following executions took place:
George s. Turner "a wealthy man) at
Spartenburg, S. c., for killing Ed
Finger; Wade Cannon and George Bow.
ers (colored) at Laurens, s. c., for
arson and John Ferguson for wife MUIR
der; Oscar johnson and Henry Ewing
at Berkely, s. c., for numbering Henry
Weltman; and All Lo Doom, a China.
man. at San Rafael, CAL, for the muir.
der of William Shentor
RECEIVERS were named for the Equit.
able Mortgage company of Missouri,
with headquarters in New York, the
liabilities being $19.00O,OOO.
The American national bank of Nash.
| vile, Tenn, and the American national
bank of Omaha, Neb., have reopened
| their doors.
AT the annual meeting in Milwaukee
Judge Thomas Cooley, of Michigan.
was elected president of the American
Bar association.
The Denver savings bank failed with
Liabilities of s67o,ooo. Depositurs would
be paid in full.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07

MOLLY STARK not only did not die .
widow because of the valorous battle of
Bennington, but she lived on to become
noble mother in Israel, and at one
time thirty out Of forty of the children
attending the district school in what il
called the STARK district of New
Hampshire were named Stark. They
were all descendants of the four chill
oren Molly bore to the hero of Ben
nington. Now, however, the name is
almost extinct in New Hampshire, and
In Manchester, the center of the Stark
district, only two or three persons are
left who bear the name of the brave
general of the revolution. e%az - =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-09-07

A WOMAN has unraveled the secret of
the Aztec calendar and she'll give it
away. The discovery is Expected to
throw much light on the history and
customs of the ancient inhabitants of
America, and psychologists pronounce
it most important contribution to the
lore of that branch of investigation.
Woman's curiosity. properly trained
and directed, can work wonders.