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Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-08-23
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@gppten bei ben boben Sburmpaarer,
;mel9e ben @ingang gu ben 9eilisz
tbiimern fanttrten, iia @innen erz
tennen laHsn, pelds BON pben nad
unter laufen. Die1e @innen oisnz
ten atpeifelos CUR Muf nabme ppn
MaI tbGumen, ba 1ol4e auf altegDptlz
19en s3ei4nungen Deutlih ertennbor
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1928 Biz 20 b. Gbr,), lautet na4 Der
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getp0lbe unb iino nit &upfer bes
Qanoes be1hlagen." 9as maren benz
na4, tpie profe1or 8ru9l d metnt,
8libabteiter i'm groBen @tll. Qiber
au6 bic Obelisten batten nah Elmer
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letter gu oienen. 8etanntliA, 1agt er,
lqufen bic Sbelisten an ibrer SptBe
in cine tleine ppramibe aus, uno nad>
yemiRen Sn1hriften tparen oiele ppz
ramiDen nit iogenanntem @lettrpgolD
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fupfernen &appe. Gin arabt1fsr
'ShrIft]te1er er5dblt ndmli4, oob ber
3l lsin.r G2eit (ebenbe &alif bic &appe
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tpanbt murbe. ProfeHor 8rug1@
Iagt nun, buB 1i4 cine pergoloete &uz
pfer7piBe auf elmer rielen9roBen @piBz
ldule aug @ranit als elm Blibableiter
bar teue, pie mar i'm ni4t beher
tpiin1aen tonnte. Die Sbelisten 4dtz
ten 1ona4 nebenbei bic pi4ti9e 4ufz
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!Serlt0runs bur4 8liyl@tos gu f@iiz
ben, unb bic 8eoba4tung, bub Der
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bann bo3u gefii6rt, audi auf Moltbdu@
tnen Dergolbete Sptben gum Shus
|oor @epitterpirtungen gu errthter.
lrDie1e 8liBableiter i'm grobten @tlie,
hpelde je bic Welt geieben," 10 meint
iprofe0or 8rug14, "idnitten oos &C.
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i~aenoen Sempel burdrus ntAt ge9en
'Yemitter oei4iibt, ionbern i'm @egen:
tbeil %eefd6rbet haben. Ser @4uB
i.iegt nGmli4 niAt, pie profeNor
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in Der 8obenleitung zines 8libablelz
tiers. $50 lebtere mangelbaft 1T ober,
inie bei ben eohpti1heu Sempeln lln0
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-08-23
GbinettdeS uno SapanefidtS.


Die Sapuneier behaupten, bab @biz
ma elmer alien b%etannten diplomatic
14en @%epobnbeit fo1genb jeben entz
1@iebenen G&ritt gegen Sapan perz
mieben unb jebe Mit4t bon 6einbz
1eligteit in Mbreoe geitellt ba6e, aur
Inn 3eit fir meitere Hufungen gu gez
minnen. Na4ri4ten aus 2pnopn 3elz
gen, bab bieie 8e6auptung niht unbe=
qriinbet mar. unb oas ertldrt Die
Sattit Sapans, Dieien tpeiteren @iiz
ituneen bur9 letnen Ingrif 3upor gu
fommen.
CHINA berbanbelte in @nglano pez
gen Mntauf bon bret gepaltigen
&rtegsl@ifen. Gins bapon TT Elm
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-08-23
&urSer Yrp3ek.


Sad onpille, Tla., 16. Mug.
33pei Gee ger, "mel4e bor einigen Sagen
in 2afapette Gountp Elm ID Sabre al
tes peibes Mdb4en Ramens potts
per9emaltigten, murDen in bet Nd9e
bon McMlpin 9efangen. sic geltanz
ben ibre @huIo Elm, puroen nah
Dem @4auptoB hires @erbre&ens gez
,tuut unD uDr1 ge.pnnt.
Tranttort, &p., Is. Dug. Der
Teqsr Maribaq Bolton, mel4er bic
Frau Mqrtin Nolan notb3iAtiqte,
purDe UNI Witterna4t aus benz Sc
iGngniHe gebott unb an oer iber ben
aentudpI(uB fi6renben Bride erbGngt.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-08-23

Dbelisten, gar p0Qis fe6lt, pirb cine
boA bsroorrasenoe Metaa1pibe aur
.53eit zines @emitters boAit seidbrlit.
Sene Maitbdume tparen alio beitimmt
feline 8libab.eiter, ee1@meise oenn
pie grDbten, pe.4e bic Welt je 9eleben,
AUDI r'Anitten" lie feline @etuitter,
meIA' l:bteres i%iberbaupt teinen @inn
hat.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-08-23
~ helm II. bet Der tfttue W0po:
icons.

2onbon n, Is. Dug. lleber einen
borgej tern, nah Der Hepus in Nlberz
56ott, BEL Der @rtaiierin @ugenie in
scarborough pon GaiIcr Wi..5slm
abge itatteten 8eiu4 miro piel uno
qiin1tig ge1prohen. Ser Sail Ter nobm
nit benz Ner3og unb Der 9er3oQin ben
Gonnaugbt ben Slice Bel Ger Grtoi|e<
rim elm uno unterbielt 1th lange mi:
iAr.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-08-23

Ser breijdbri9e @obn bes 5errn
i'm @alt Gnb in MeH
g uperior ben bic @ltern a1ein
i'm 6auie aelahen 6atten, %perbrannte
Das Sinh bate iid in ben 8siib e1ne5
Gtreihhol5es ge1ett uno 1id bic &lei:
Der in 8ranb ge5tedt.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-08-23

Sin Teuer in benz 6ol39of Der
Campbell : Cameron Company in
SI6fo + ridtete einen @6aDen Don
unQefGhr $4,000 an. oer|e ..be III:
our4 Ser i4eruns aebedt.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
SMALLPOX IN A HOSPITAL.

NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-Small pox has
broken out in the Charity Hospital,
and the big institution with its eight
hundred and odd patients has been
quarantined-shut off from the outer
world No person will be allowed to
leave it without the consent of the
health department.. and no visitor
must enter it. All the mischief was
caused by the admission of a patient
named Smith, who died in the hospital
last week and whose illness was not
recognized by the doctors until the
post norton revealed it vas small pOx.
Then every precaution was taken, but
too late. Among the victims is the
warden, Robert Roberts, who was to
day removed to the small pox hospital
at North Brother Island, and his apart
ments at the Charity Hospital were
fumigated by some of the sanitary
corps from the health department.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
IN G
General Cuts in the Pay OF Potters and
Miners in Wheeling.

A Wheeling dispatch says: To dav
the potters employed in the La Belle
and Wheeling potteries received notice
that beginning next Monday a general
cut in wages will be made. In add
ton to this it will be proposed that
30 per cent. of their wages, with the
inew rate, will be withheld until it ia
known what changes will be made in
the new tariff schedules. If there is
no change, the 20 per cent. will be
handed to the workmen. If the tariff
Is reduced, a propOrtionate part of the
money will be retained by the manu-
facturers to make them whole on
American ware then in stock, which
was in competition with the foreign
made goods. 1t is not likely that the
operatives will accept the proposals.
The anne general proposition has been
rejected by East Liverpool potters.
The Belmont Iron Works have been
put in order for an immediate resump-
ton. No part of the works have been
in operation for six months.
The miners employed by the Glen
dale Mining Company, in Marshal
county, went on a strike to day against
a 10 per cent. cut. This is the second
cut within six days. One hundred and
fifty men r affected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
DYNAMITE OUTRAGE ON
STEAMER.
Fatal Explosion on the Equator as She
Was Entering the Port Of Bordeaux.

BORDEAUX, Jan. 1.-THE French
steamer Equator, Captain Moreau,
from Rio JaneirO for this port, arrived
at Pauillac at eleven o'clock this morn
ing. After. the customary delay for
custom house formalities she proceeded
at noon, in company with the Gironde
and Chrome COmpanys tender, upon
whicd Ii passengers and mails had
been transferred. AS SInG steamed
slowly up the river about two o'clock
in the afternoon the officers entered the
safe room with the object Of removing
valuable postal parcels, when a violent
explosion occurred, shaking the vessel
throughout.
The safe room, adjacent cooks gal
ley and stewards cabin were all shat
tered. The galley bulkheads and thick
iron plates of the lower deck were bent
and broken. Two sailors were killed
outright, one had his face shattered so
badly that he cannot live and another
was less seriously injured. The plate
glass in the portfolios for a long dis
tance from the safe oom was atomized.
The Commlssary of the port of Bor-
deaUx opened an inquiry. The con
sensus opinion is that a dynamite shell
exploded the moment one of the men
killed lifted a package of ostrich feath-
ers, quantities of which were scattered
in the vicinity, while other packages
were rent open. The wrecked galley
was nearly hidden by ostrich plumes.
On arrival at the Carnot quay the
Equator was m 1ored and the tWo bodies
removed to the morgue. One of the
was taken to a hospital and
the other to his residence.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
coLL1DRD AT A CROSSING.
South Bound Vestibule Train Wrecked
Five Passengers Severely Injured
The Tampa Sleeper Crashed
Into by a G., c. & N.
FREIGHT En0ine.
Freight Engine.

CHESTER, s. O., Jan. 16.-There is
now lying at the junction of the Geor
gia, Carolina and Northern and Char
Iotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
one mile from this city, a mangled
wreck of railroad rolling stock, and at
the hospital of DR.. s. NJ. BaVega, five
persons suffering from injuries re-
ceived, all on account of the negligence
of an engineer.
The wreck occurred at one O'Clock
this morning. The roads at this june
ton cross on q level and Just as the
through Yestibule on the Charl0B6o
Columbia and Augusta was crossing
the engine of a freight train on the 81.
G. n. struck the two rear sleepers,
thrO wing the real one upon q bank
some twelve feet and hurting the other
against the opposite bank, at the same
time wrecking the freight engine and
two box cars of the Ct. O. and N.
The rule is to stop before crossing,
which the vestibule did, but from the
force with which the cars came to-
gether, it would appear that the GeOr-
gia, Carolina and Northern engine
must have been going at a pretty good
speed.
Passengers on the Charlotte, Column
bia and Augusta vestibule say, how
ever, that the vestibule did not stop.
and that it shares equally in the blame.
The engineer on the @. Q. & n. freight
jumped from his engine a mas not
been seen since.
1t is said that b BRAKES on :
freight engine were Drokeu anu s.aS
the engineer could not stop his train.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23

and Bernardsville. The South Orange
accommodation left South Orange at 8
o'clock. Just west of the Hackensack
bridge the Dover express slowed up,
and at the time of the accident was go
ing at the rate of not more than SIX
miles an hour. The fog was quite
heavy and the South Orange train,
which was running on time at the rate
or about twenty miles an hour, ran
into the Dover express, ~telescoping the
two cal cars, from Basking Ridge and
Bernardsville. The rear car, which
was a combination smoking and bag
gage car, was entirely wrecked, and
among its inmates most of the deaths
occurred.
The forward cars of the Dover ex
press were not wrecked, but the pas
sengers were thrown from their seats
and number were bruised and other
wise injured.
The fireman of the accommodation
train said that the first intimation that
he had of danger was when he saw the
red lights on the rear of the Dover ex
press, only about twenty five feet
ahead. Before the engineer had time
have the air brakes put On the collision
occurred. The engineer was thrown
from his seat and stunned. The fire.
man was also injured about the head
and body. He said that the fog was
so heavy that they could not see the
lights of the forward train until they
were almost up to it. He said that no
signals had been given by the Dover
express, which was three minutes be-
hind time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
DIAMOND FIRMS sw1NDLED.
Two New York Merchants Outwitted By
Sharpers.

LOUISVILLE. Jan. 1.-THE detectives
are working on a sensational diamond
robbery which has just come to light.
1t is thought at least $40, 900 worth of
Jewels have been stolen. Ball 6 Co.,
Of 1913 John street, New York, have
lost $1,000 worth, and Tiffany SC Co.
81. 600 worth. Other firms have lost
amounts that have not yet been esti
mated
A stranger, representing himself to
be a Mr.. Kroneman, a responsible
business man o. Nashville, ordered the
diamonds sent to his brother in law,
A. B4rth, in New Albany. Bothnames
we're investigated, and, being found
satisfactory, the diamonds ordered
were sent by express When they ar
rived in New Albany the Mr.. Barth
refused to accept them, but another
Mr.. Barth, unknown in the town, and
who is believed to ha we been a sharper,
produced papers to prove rs identity
and secured the diamor -e was
gone before the fraud was lied.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
T
Attempts to Garry Out a Plot to Burn
and Loot a City.

ROME, Jan. 16.-There is considerable
excitement to day at Carrara and
vicinity. The discovery Saturday night
of an Anarchist plot TO loot and burn
the city of Carrara led the police and
military authorities to take extraor
binary precautions to prevent any at
tempt to carry out the plans of the
conspirators. Early to-day a number
of Anarchists from the adjoining dis
tricts sought to enter the city, but
were prevented by the military. A
number of shots were exchanged by
the rioters and the troops, but. so far
as known, nobody was hurt. Finding
that it was impossible for them to get
into the city, where there is no doubt
they intended to join the Anarchists
resident in the city in riOting, the mob
scattered in different directions. They
are now securing the country, carrying
terror to the quiet people living there.
They go to every house and demand of
the occupants to surrender whatever
fire arms they may have.
Later in the day another band at
tempted to enter the city and a fight
occurred in which two of the outsiders
were killed.
The story of a plot to capture and
loot Carrara is discredited by some of
the best people in Carrara, although
they admit the activity Of the Anar-
chist propaganda and the growing
strength of the bandits, who terrorize
the peasantry.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23

Sparks from the Wires--Most Important
Events Throughout the World
FIR HKYnnL

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Jan. 17.-Henrv
helsG was hanged this morning for the
murder of Emanuel Mann, February
l. 1893 The drop fell at lib.
MADRID. Jan. IS Distress Of an
alarming nature prevails in the Cadiz
district owing to lack of work. The
9lstress has driven the workmen to
desperation, and bands Of hungry men
ana women have beenlOoting the stores.
farm houses and residences, in the dis,
trict.
BARBOURsVILLE, KY, Jan. Is -The
store and residence of Fred. Houson
was totally destroyed by fire early
ms morning at Mills, a small village
sixteen miles west of this place. Hous0n
and his son managed to escape from
he burning building, but Mrs. Houson
and her two daughters persisted in the
names. Loss estimated at $25, 900.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Jan. 16.-Yes
terday 8erkey &Gay, one of the largest
furniture manufacturers in the world,
employing nearly 1000 men in Ill de-
partments, cut salaries and wages,
from the president down to the dray-
man, 25 per cent. The cut is to take
effect at once. Small orders and inan-
ca depression r alleged as the causes
for the cut. The men held a meeting
last night, but took no action.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
"LORD" ~BERESFORD.
Escape and Capture of a Noted Convict
in Georgia.

SAVANNAH, Jan. 16 "A special to the
MOrninQ ,Ne1Cs from Abbeville, Ga,
says Lord" Beresford, alias Lascolles,
the noted convict, escaped from the
Gress camp near Abbeville last night
in citizens dress. He boarded the 40
o'clock passenger train at Kramer and
went to Amerlcus. At Americas he
sent his baggage to the Windsor Hotel.
A dispatch was sent to Americas at
8 o'clock this morning, and Beresford
was arrested there by a policeman and
sent back to the Gress camp. Beres-
ford was arrested in the bawdy house
of Leona Lee, on jackson street. He
expressed a great desire that the press
say nothing of the character of the
house in which he was captured, as it
would tend to injure his standing as a
gentleman,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
HANGED TO A D
The Fate of a Black Wretch Who As
saulteG Two Helpless Women.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan 17.-John Buck
ner, a negro who yesterday crinHnaIly
assaulted a young white girl and a
middle aged negro woman, near Valley
Park, Mo fifteen miles west of this
city, was lynched this morning.
Buckner was captured late last night
and locked up in Jail at Valley Park
At five o'clock this morning a mob
broke open the Jail and dragged the
negro fiend from his cell. They placed
a rope around his neck and & him
up to a railroad nrldge,
The body was still hanging within
full view of all the passengers on the
Frisco Railroad at 8 o'clock this morn.
ing,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
CASHIER PULLIAM ARRESTED.
The Officers of the Asheville Bank VIII
Not State Where He Was Found.

AsHvILLE, N. c., Jan. 15.-Lawrence
Pulliam, late cashier of the National
Bank, of Asheville, has been arrested,
but it is impossible to ascertain where.
The bank authorities and his friends
seem to think they can subserve some
good end by investing the whole affair,
with the great mystery and secrecy.
1t is almost certain, now, that he is a
defaulter. His friends will claim that
he is insane. All sorts OF unreliable
rumors are afoat in connection with
his apprehension. None but the bank
officials and q few of Pulliam's friends
know of his where abouts, and they re-
fuse to divulge any thing. 1t is prob
able he will be brought back here ina
day or two.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
A IN H FOG.
Eleven Persons Killed in a Railroad Col
lision.

NEW York, Jan. 15.-Eleven people
were killed and twenty eight injured
in a rear end collision on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad
just west of the bridge owe the Hack
ensack river this morning. The trains
were the Dover express and the South
Orange accommodation.
The Dover express left Dover at 7:30
o'clock, stopping at Summit to take on
two passenger cars Of the 2assaic and
Delaware Railroadfrom Basking Ridge
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
RoANoKE's THuNDER-CLAP.
1t Appears in the Shape of the Indictment
of Many Leading Citizens.

of Many Leading Citizens.
ROANOKE, Va, Jan. 16-Walter
Davis, Harvey Dow, Morris Ohern,
Charles Mcdaniel, and Joe Varilla were
tried in the Hastings Court co day for
burning the body of the negro Thomas
Smith, who was lynched on the night
of September ooh for assaulting Mrs.
Sallie Bishop. Ohern was acquitted
and the other four convicted and sen
fenced to pay a fine of S. each, with
the exception Of Varilla, who was fined
800 and sentenced to n years con-
fnement in jail. Only Dow and Ohern
were present at the trial.
The grand jury has SO far found
forty four indictments. The report to
day came upon the city like a thunder
clap from a clear sky, involving, as it
did, a number of leading citizens. John
r. Green, Chief Deputy United States
Marshal for Lynchburg district, was
presented for felony in two cases and
for misdemeanor; several citizens for
keeping a gambling house over the
city p~ostofice, and several others, q
number of them prominent in business
and social circles, for gambling. 1t is
claimed by Green's friends that he is
the victim of spite, and cannot be con-
victed. p. W. Adams, @. OLeary, II.
7. Adams, B. L. Greider, William Hud-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
L1FE-sAvERs' LIVES LOST.
Chief Officer and Five Men of a Dutch
Steamer Die Heroic Deaths.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE Dutch
steamer Amsterdam, Captain Stenger,
from Rotterdam, January 4th, which
arrived this morning, lost her chief
officer, J. Meyer, and five men by the
capsizjng of her port life-boat, while
proceeding to the assistance of the
crew of the American fishing schooner,
Maggie E. Well, which was in a sink
ing condition. The schooner is sup
posed to have been lost with all on
board
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
John B Smith, for gamb-

dIeston, and John B Smith, for gamb
ling.
In Green's case spite york is alleged.
and Is Is claimed by his friends that he
vii be acquitted. AS it has been sew.
eral years since a white man was con
victed here of gambling, it is not
thought the parties indicted willauffer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
MEETING OF CREDITORS OF THE
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE
RAILROAD.

NEW YORK, Jan. ia meeting of
creditors of the Richmond and Dan
vile Railroad was held at the Central
Trust Co. this afternoon. Twsnty-eight
banks, financial Institute md indi-
vidual bankers were re- d. The
no., First National Chase
A-oud the Central and
e authorized to
Wait-upon
md ascertain
Aey proposed to take in
order to take care of the floating debt,
which amounts to about 81, 500, 600, in
Guiding an emergency loan" of
$500, 900.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
THE WAR IN BRAZIL.
Engagement at Rio--Insurgent Ships
Repulsed With Heavy Loss.

KePnIsed With Heavy Loss.
Rio JANEIRo, Jan. 16.-Last evening
the Insurgents ship took up position
IN readiness to engage the Niceheroy
forts this morning. The encounter
was began at daybreak at close quar-
tiers. Eventually the ships were re
pulsed with heavy loss.
The United States cruiser New York
has arrived here.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-07-20

man were able to raise from the ground
on his back weight of more than one
hundred and twenty tons. Or per-
haps a better idea would be conveyed
by saying that to equal this a man
would have to lift five hundred other
men. The flea is also possessed of
marvellous strength and activity. 1t
can leap more than two hundred times
its own height and drag along more
than eighty times it's own weight
This, says the Brooklyn Eagle, is as
though a man could, from standing
position, leap over the Eiffel tower, or
walk around bearing on his shoulder,
as an ordinary burden, the carcass of
an elephant. M. Plateau found that
a cockchafer can draw fourteen times
its own weight, and that bee can
draw twenty times it's own weight.
From which he argues that cock
chafer is, weight for weight, twenty
times stronger than horse, and bee
thirty times stronger than one. At the
same time insects which expend much
power in rapid flight are not capable
of bearing much additional weight to
that of their own bodies. Some can
carry weight equal to their own, but
as rule not one can fly with anything
heavier than itself.