The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-15

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Philadelphia Grand Army posts have pro
tested against the use 10 the schools Of e.
lis history, saying 4 was IRRESPONSIBLE Il
i tone. v ys N TT NH III 5
An insulting editorial ia Director Gen
eral De Young's paper caused San Fran
cisco newspaper men to return their fail
passes.
Martial law In Rio de J,neiro will end
Feb. 26. Ia accordance with the law tho
presidential election will take place
March /.
The schooner florence. from Holland,
Michigan, reported to have sunk In the
Mississippi with all on board, is safe .,
l Carrollton.
| Generous responses to the call for aid
have relieved the unemployed III the Goge
bic range and the suffering is now practi
cally relieved.
Returns from oil parts Of Ontario, Civ.
ing the vote on the recent prohibition
plebiscite, show total majority in favor
Of prohibition OF 81, 73J.
The price Of bar silver reached the low.
est point ever known in London Wednes'
day 1t was quoted in tho market there
ut 20 1850. per ounce The market was
Aat
Ray r. Lewis, republican, was elected
Mayor OF Du. nth by q majority Of 2, $50 in
total vote Ut about 10000. The republic
cans elected sixteen Aldermen, which is a
clean sweep. IT,.
An official statement regarding the
French wheat crop gives increased area In
IL departm ants, - decrease 10 Is. Condi-
ton in 81 sections cx ;ollent in - good,
and in ~ few only fair @n 49,.
The story that john J. Ingalls, had been
converted by Sam Jones ut Nashville is
pronounced u canara ny Mrs. Ingalls, "Ho
is a memuer Of the Episcopal church" she
adds, 'Aud not in need Of convers ion."
Hopes of the Iuli.,n reserv ltion rushers
at Ashland, Wis, have been blasted by
information received from Washington
Stain that no Indian lands will be thrown
open for the occupancy Of white settlers.
& The Cceur d'Alene Miners Union has
decided to drive the Italian miners out OF
the country. If this is attempted serious
trouble will ensue, as the Italians refuse
to leave and they have the support of tho
mine-owners. 49,.
and a half from Ottumwa, Ia. It is hard
~ present in paying quantities, though ex-
perts pronounce it Of excellent quality.
The city is much excited over the 6iscov-
cry Of the quartz '" a.
s Grown Point, Ind, has developed q
scheme to get the Corbett jackson prize
fight. It is proposed to erect a platform
In the middle of a small lake and specta-
tors can see tho fight from the slopes sur
rounding the water g. a....
Auguste Valiant, the anarchist con.
demned to death for throwing a bomb in
the chamber of deputies Dec. g., was gull
lotined at7:1O o'clock Monday morning at
the prison de la Roquotte, the president
refusing to interfere.
Retail druggists at Milwaukee are agh
ing the introduction of the proposed auto
matte telephone with its 10-cent fee &C
compartment. They argue that persons
who pay rental fer telephones should be
permitted to use them.
Congressman Tracey Of New York has
made canvass of the house on the silver
question and thinks BANDS seignforag0
bill will be defeated. He claims to have
found IFS mem bers opposed to 1t and only
167tin favor Of its passage.
The Paris Figaro says that retired
French naval officer has invented rifle
that Is capable of firing two kinds Of ex-
plosive bullets. These bullets have i'm.
mense power of penetration, and 100 OF
them weigh only 1900 grammes.
The Society for the Prevention OF Cruel
ty to Animals in Baltimore, following the
Of the parent organization in New
York city, is prosecuting for inhumanity
the wearers Of the little southern lizards !
known as chameleons.
Further details of Saturdays storm |
which swept over north Alabama shows |
the damage to have been far greater than !
was at first supposed The dead number |
3 dozen and from thirty to forty others re-
ceived injuries Of minor character.
Many people have been exposed to
contact with q man from Chicago who was
stricken with the disease. A quarantine
has been established and every precaution
has been taken to prevent spread Of the
disease.
After five weeks idleness the miners in
he New Lisbon (Ohio) district have agreed
o accept reduction from Is to 81 cents.
The agreement, however, is made subject
o the action of the miners State conven-
ion, to be held at Columbus. The men
will resume work at once. ...r...
J. H. Lowery, Treasurer Of the Pome-
oy. Iowa, Relief Committee, who was
harged with receiving $3.50 salary, has
ublished statement showing that 5000
vas paid to stenographer and clerk en-
loyed by the committee, and the remain
er was used for stationery and postage.
The midwinter fair at San Francisco
7ill be extended month beyond the time
t first proposed. The managers have de-
ided as there was q delay of month in
pening that it shall be made up at the
Their end The fair will not close until
uly 81 and probably not until some time I
August -@ II
According to writer in the February
Drum the worlds productio of gold for
1913 was about $14s, 0o0, 900. or this the
reduction of the United States is set down
) $35, 100000 Australia, $35, 600;
outh Africa, sso,ooo,ooo; Russia, s25,-
m OOn. rnd;o a OOO nm. china 20 mn .