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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
COLONEL WALKERS RECORD.
Something About the New Commander
Of the Grand Army.

Something About the New Commander
of the Grand Army.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 14.-Colonel I. N.
Walker, commander-in-chie Of the
Grand Army of the Republic, was born
in 1842. With the Seventythird In
diana volunteers he took part in the
battles of Perryville and Stone River.
He was promoted from captain to major;
was ASST gned to the position of ieuten-
ant colonel at the battle Of Stone River
and afterward received commission
from Governor Morton. At the battle
of Blount's plantation near Gadsden,
Colonel Hathaway was killed and Col
Onel Walker assumed command. Tho
regiment was compelled to surrender.
Colonel Walker with General A. D..
Streight and "a others in February,
1864, tunneled their way out from the
prison to liberty Colonel Walker was
recaptured four days. later and
returned to the prison, where he re-
manned until exchanged in the follow
ing May. He returned to his regiment
and served until bad health from expo
sure compelled his resignation. He was
volunteer aide on the staff of General
Wilson during the battle Of Nashville.
He lived at Nashville several years after
the war, and then moved to Indianapo-
lis. For nearly ten years he was first
deputy in the Office Of the auditor of
Marion county. He was candidate for
auditor Of state in 1890 on the Republic
can ticket which was defeated.
Governor Hovey in 1891 appointed
him state tar commissioner, and he still
holds that office through appointment
Of Governor Matthews. In 1893 Colonel
Walker was elected vice commander OF
the G.. A. r.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
II ROUND LAKE.
III. G. Carter is quite sick.

Il II. " OdItoI ~ II lCo SICK. ss.s-
The water tank is looming up.
The wolves can run to fast on
Sundays. Try them on a week
day next time. = .-@5
a Mr.. Powers, brother-in-law
to Mrs. Burley, with his family, is
visiting the Burley family.
n. III. Elliott and Dad North
rop left for Adrian Wednesday
morning to attend the races.
Ralph Erskine has gone to Ma
della to buy a livery barn. IF he
succeeds another of our citizens
will follow him to buy a bank.
E. A. Trip with his brothers
Elmer and Harry, left for Omaha
Wednesday evening to. visit their
brother Fred. Elmer has sold
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NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.
Believed the Grand Jury Will Release
.'-' a Mrs. Perkins. -

Believed the Grand Jury Will Release
.'-' m Mrs. Perkins. go
M1NNEAPoL1s, Sept. 1.-THE indica-
lions are that Mrs. Lora Perkins, who
stands accused Of the murder Of Mrs.
Lola Hawkins, will not be held for trial.
So far as can be learned from observa-
ton and desultory conversation with GER
tain of the witnesses who have been
called into grand jury room, the inn
preston prevails that the jury is Of the
opinion that not sufficient evidence to
convict could be adduced.
I Realizing this, and not caring toput
the county to the expense Of a lengthy
trial, it is probable Mrs. Perkins will be
discharged from custody in the very
near future.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
REVOKED THE ORDER.

Fox River Manufacturers Can Use 1000
Cubic Feet Of Water Per Minute. +
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The acting
secretary Of war has issued an order, re-
voking former order Of the department
regarding the Fox river in Wisconsin.
The paper mills on the Fox river will
now be permitted to draw off 10000
cubic feet per minute, provided the level
Of the water does not fall 10 inches be-
low the crest Of the dam at Menasha.
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coRoNERs VERDICT.

Railroad Company Censured for the Great
Z. ~ Northern Accident. g.. :
ST.. CLOUD, Mimi, Sept. lathe YER
dict of the coroner's inquest on the
Melby wreck was as follows: I'VE find
that the direct cause Of the accident is
to be laid to Engineer Haines in acting
on wrong orders. We further blame
the company for ordering passenger
trains to meet at blind siding where
no agent is and no lights are kept, also
in allowing conductor to send two Or
ders to the engineer when only one was
needed -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
P.aaenxers Cremated.

LONDON, Sept. 18.Fire broke out on
board the steamer Iona. from Edin-
burgh to London. The flames spread
with SO much rapidity that before aid
reached the vessel six Of the passengers
and the stewardess Of the Iona were
burned to death. The fire was put out
after four hours struggle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
The Newspaper of the Future.

\ Mr.. Edison has an idea that the
newspaper Of the future will be pub
ushed by monograph. His reason for
this Is that the eyesight Of the people is
becoming poorer, time is more precious,
and that newspapers are SO large that
il IL impossible for people to read them
through.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
DECIDED THE OMAHA CASE.

New Police Board Declared Legal BY the
Supreme Court.
OMAHA, Sept. IA special to The
Bee from Lincoln, Neb., says:
The supreme court has filed it's decis-
ion in the Omaha fire and police COM
mission case with the clerk of the court.
It is quite voluminous, comprising sew
eral thousand words, covering all points
r,lised by the attorneys and quoting
n-.ny authorities. The decision in sub
STAGE finds for the new board of fire
and police commissioners and declares
the act constitutional. Upon the point
raised by attorneys for the old board
that Governor Holcomb did not attend
the meeting # Churchill and Russell, at
the time the new board was named, the
court holds that the interests of state
or municipality ere not to be jeopar-
died by the action If one party. "
, In conclusion the court finds that
:Broatch, Vandervort and Foster are the
lawfully constituted board of fire and
police commissioners of Omaha.
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THE cHlckAMAueUA CELEBRATION

Dedication of the Greatest Military Park
'~-. in the World. @s., :
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 17.-The
battlefield of Chickamauga is once more
fairly swarming with humanity. Many
thousands Of people are here and many
more thousands will come from North
and South within the next "a hours.
This time, however, they come with no
hostile intent, but to participate in one
of the most imposing ceremonies of the
age-the dedication of the Chickamauga
and Chattanooga battlefelds as public
park. Veterans Of both armies, who
fought so bitterly in 1868, will have
equal share in the exercises of 1896.
These exercises have been pre-
pared under the guiding hand
of the secretary Of war
and by authority of congress, and will
be attended by governors of two thirds
Of the states, by members of the ex-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
A Last Resort.

The latest story about the weather
comes from Pontypool, where an old
farmer, exasperated by the falseness Of
his barometer, which was steadily ris-
ing while the rain as steadily fell, got
up solemnly, took down the glass, ani
carrying it to the door showed it the
weather. Pick Me-Up. W. z
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The Republic of Jones.

Inc fSepuDl1C OF JONES'
'There was government in existence
within the limits Of my state during the
late war that find no mention Of in
the histories, said Mr.. F. NJ. Holden
Of Mississippi. elm the early days OF
secession the county of Jones, through
its leading citizens, withdrew from the
Confederacy, declared themselves free
and independent people, organized a
government, adopted a constitution
modelled after that of the United States,
called this new government the re-
public of JONES' elected president
and a full quota Of officials and re-
fused to furnish men or money to the
southern cause. On the approach Of
Confederate troops they would retreat
to the swamps and other inaccessible
places and remain in hiding till the
danger had passed. They kept up this
queer attitude of hostility to their own
brethren, so far as I am informed, to
the close Of the war, but the republic
Of Jones passed out Of the memory of
men with the event of Appomattox, and
the mention of it now in that locality
is only cause for smiles. ''-Washing-
tnn Post
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J. RESI- L.iTIoNs ADo OPTED.
matters Favored by the q. \. n. En-
Ms campment.

g
u LOUISVILLE, Sept. IA. Resolu tions
were adopted at the national encamp-
ment Of the q. "A. r., declaring it the
sense Of that body that all old veterans
should be favored by civil service boards;
that such boards should not discriminate
against these heroes Of the rebellion on
account of their age. This was brought
about by the fact that many civil Service
boards in Chicago, Washington and
other large cities have put an age limit
on examination applicants. In this way
many able bodied old soldiers have been
shut out. The resolutions were vehe-
ment in their demand that. an exception
should be made in favor OF veterans.
Another matter of interest was the
adoption of a resolution favoring the
placing Of flags upon every public school
building and the introduction OF mill
tary drill in the public school curriculum.
Resolutions Of coincidence and SYM
pathy for the parents and friends of the
young militiamen who Were. killed by
the explosion OF the caisson Wednesday,
were adopted. There was an adverse
report made upon the resolution favor
ing the establishment of a national uni
versity of patriotism, and the report was
adopted. The camp further declared
itself against long marches at future en-
campments. This was brought about on
account Of the large number of veterans
who are becoming to old to endure them.
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THE uANDsoMEsT MONUMENT.
ecutive department., by justices of tho
supreme court, generals Of the army and
admirals of the navy and by joint com.
mittees of congress, all in their official
capacity. The members of rs state COM
missions, who have been at work with
the national commission in locating
lines of battle.o troops Of their respec-
tive states, will attend. The Society of
the Army of the Cumberland, of the
Army of the Tennessee, the G. A. R.,
and the Association of Confederate Vet
Grams will be present in usual numbers.
This concourse of people is to be in
creased by gathering of an army OF
visitors already known to be SO great
that it will tax the capacity Of the rail
roads centering here and the city to
their utmost capacity.
ST. The Official Dedication.
The official dedication, under the aus
pices of congress and the secretary CT
war, will occupy the 18th and goth in
stants, but exercises Of general charac.
ter, which will be attended by most OF
the officials which are to arrive, will &C.
cupy the whole day of the 18th and the
evenings of the 18th, 10Th and Goth.
The dedications of state monuments will
occur mainly on the 18th. Michigan,
her governor presiding, will lead off at
Snodgrass Hill at 9 a, m. !, Ohio, with an
elaborate programme, will follow at
noon, at the same place, and Minnesota
at 2 o'clock. IN, ~ 49, =. = .5-.5Js j.
# These exercises will all take place al
the platform and amphitheater erected
for the national dedication exercises at
the foot of Snodgrass Hill, the famous
Horse Shoe Ridge Of General Thomas
battle. The Missouri dedication will
occur on the goth, at Bragg's headquar'
tiers on Missionary Ridge. ,.@'
BIG STRIKE ORDERED. =
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Z Coke Workers Of the Connellsville Region
Vote to Quit. { 51t, 4 ;
ScorTDALE, Pa, Sept. 18.-At con.
vention Of the coke workers here today,
it was decided to order strike at once,
at all the works, until the demand for
an advance, made recently, is granted
by the operators. If the order is obeyed
it will affect about 20, 600 men and will
close down all the works in the Connells-
Vile region ~ E5H Ez 1875 ;ss y5}&
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LONDON SQUARES.

Some OF the Quaint Streaming SpOts IN
the English Metropolis.
Some of these are quaint and charm
ing enough, being mostly laid out in the
Dutch fashion. Golden square, near
Regent street; Red Lion and Queen
squares, in Bloomsbury, are capital
specimens. The first, though SO close to
Regent street, might be dozen miles
away. There is a welcome unkempt-
ness the grass is rank and wild; there
are old trees ranged round it's border in
a symmetrical way. The houses round
are picturesque, because each is distinct
It is given over to commission agents,
merchants and trade generally, yet
within but few years it was place of
genteel residence, like usual square,
and we find the late Cardinal Wiseman
living in substantial mansion here.
Dickens, it will be remembered, placed
Ralph Nickleby's house here, which is
described on the occasion Of the party to
Sir Frederick and Sir Mulberry as hav-
ing almost palatial apartments and the
richest furniture. As we wander round
we are struck with the melancholy tone
of the Enclosure, yet everything seems
brisk enough, but it belongs to the old
world
The square itself is very attractive
and original, with a sort Of Dutch or
foreign air, Wenote the fine trees which
shelter it all round in symmetrical
lines and the Roman warrior sort of
statue in the center, arrayed in fnll
armor and representing George II. The
grass and walks are laid out with a GER
tain free and easy carelessness that is
very acceptable and contrasts with the
trim, shaven, soulless treatment of mod
ern squares. Altogether visit to Gold
en- square will interest.
Berkeley square every one knows.
Yet it has an extraordinary sympathetic
attraction from it's grass and fine shad
ing old trees. No one, we may be sure,
has noted that these leafy patriarchs
seem to range in two rows down the
middle, like an avenue The fact is, it
was the demesne of the lawn in front
Of the old Berkeley House, which stood
at the back Of Devonshire House. The
mansions round are very fine, and the
iron work, ratings, etc., are all admired
and to be admired. There are some
queer things to be told about squares,
for instance, that there was a General
Strobe who had mania for setting up
statues in squares at his own expense.
We have seen equestrian statues in
Leicester square propped up with a
broomstick, with portions broken away.
-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Portland daily press., 1895-07-29

specimens of ore and put them in my
coat pockets, and this was what had
caused the trouble. l was fast but in a
reasonably comfortable position, as, after
exhausting my strength in calling for
help, fell asleep from over-exertion. I
was awakened by a roaring sound, and
realized that it was a train passing over
the drift nearly 20 feet above. A new
danger came into my mind. What if
they should turn loose another blast
Located in that ventilation hole as was,
awful and probably fatal 1t made me
shudder to think of it. l made desper-
ate effort to free myself, but could not.
shouted for help with all my might,
and as have good pair of lungs sue
ceeded in making myself heard. My alb
sence had been noted, and search had
been instituted. 1t was not long before
was on top of mother earth again, and
you can rest assured that that was my
last experience in a zinc mine. I let
someone else go down after that. -
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LOST INAZtNC MINE.
Frfghtful Experience of Visitor in a Shaft
200 Feet Deep.


THE sensations of being lost in cave
are almost indescribable, said visitor
at the Great Northern, Chicago, to an In
ter-Ocean reporter. IT had an experience
of that kind while I was living in south
western Missouri, a few years ago, that
lead and zinc mine, and I had the awful
experience of being shut up in a drift
about 200 feet below the surface for near
ly six hours, and almost frightening my
folks, to say nothing of myself, to death.
'It. happened in the old Pacific zinc
mine, Missouri Pacific depot at Garth
age, Mo-, and which is located within a
stones throw of the shaft and pump
house alonsgide the tracks. At that time
the mines around Carthage were produc-
ing well, and were being worked by both
a day and night shift of men. The ore
was raised by buckets and put through
sort of washing process, after the stuff
had passed through a crusher. This
leaves the ore fine, like sand. Well, at
the time was in the habit of going over
to the mine, and sometimes would go
down under ground to see how things
were progressing. My father was one of
the owners at the time. l went down one
morning, about noon, and the men We're
preparing blast, which was to be sent
off just before the lunch hour, SO as to
give the smoke time to clear away before
they resumed work after dinner was
lowered in a bucket, and reached the
200-foot level. Here the drifts run off
and are divided in such a way as to
honeycomb the ground and reach the
zinc ore veins There is little or no lead
at that depth. The lead is closer to the
surface
'tThe Pacific mine has two shafts and
they are connected SO as to afford ventila-
ton for the miners. l started down the
drift, which was high enough to permit
point where the drift diverts in two Sec
tions. I was examining the walls for
shines, as the little patches of zinc ore
are called, when 1 was startled by a
warming cry from the miners. I started
to run to the other drift, and had no
sooner reached it before a heavy blast
went off, shaking the ground and filing
the whole mine with smoke and the odor
of powder. I was naturally stunned by
the explosion and groped around trying
to find the shaft, and finally reached a
place where a ray of light could be seen
in the distance 1t was the hole that
connected the main shaft with tie level
and air shaft beyond.
"The hole was just large enough to
permit man to crawl through, and this
was what / attempted to do. I made
good beginning, but my head protruded
into the drift beyond when I realized
that I was fast In roaming about the
main level I had gathered a number of
The Portland daily press., 1895-07-29
SaIisbury's Wife.

The Marchioness of Salisbury is one of
the greatest social and political powers in
London. A devoted wife-just the
woman of all others suited to be the help
mate of a man of such strong individ-
uality as the present prime minister, and
d pattern mother-she is ZOO talented to
be popular. Her cleyerness is resented ;
conceit has the effect of making the peo-
pie who are brought into contact with
her feel their intellectual inferiority; and
then, like most persons of her mental
superiority, she has no patience with
bores, and what is worse does not conceal
her sentiments. Nothing is more anus
ing than to watch Lady Salisbury re-
ceive the rag-tag and bob-tail of the Con-
seryative party and the Primrose League,
and to see her at those brushes which she
considers it her political and social duty
to give at her house in Arlington street
several times during the London season.
Among other OF her mannerismS on such
occasions is that of turning away her
head as she extends her hand in greeting,
just as il the persons she was welcoming
were not worthy of a look.
10 her friends, however, she is charm
ing, motherly, kindly, and in every sense
OF the word grande DAME This last,
too, in spite of her dowdiness, nay, even
downright eccentricity in regard to
toilet, to the elegancies of which she is a
total stranger. Nothing is more touching
than the tender solicitude with which
she watches over her husband, a solici-
tude which finds it's parallel in that of
the venerable Mrs. Gladstone for the
Grand Old Man.
Apparently she never forgets that theirs
was love match, and that he married
her, a penniless girl without rank or
name, in defiance of his father. who re-
taliated by cutting his sons allowance
It was this that Compelled Lord Robert
Cecil to resort to journalism for hveli-
hood. In his literary work he was as
sisted by his clever wife, who has never
to this day forgotten his sacrifices in her
behalf. Some of the brilliant articles
that appeared in the old Saturday Re-
The Portland daily press., 1895-07-29
To the Honorable, the Railroad Commits
sioners of the State of Maine.

The undersigned. William G. Davis, Will
liam R. Wood. Charles E. Libby, all of Port
land. in the County of Cumberland and
State of Maine, Edward A. Newman of
Deering, in said County, and William "A.
Wheeler of Brooklyn. in the State of New
York. respectfully petition your Honorable
Ms part of this petition, Articles OF Associa-
ton CT The Portland Extension Railroad
with ali the provisions cf sections one and
two of chapter 1858 of the laws of 1893, relaf-
ing to the organization of street railroads.
tanning to the premises: and they petition
your Honorable Board to endorse upon said
Articles. certificate of the regularity of
the organization of said company, and
your approval in writing.
Dated at Portland, Maine, this 22nd day
of July. A. D: 1896. "a
VIM. 6. DAVIS, 81
VIM. r. WOOD, 81! o4
CHARLES f. LIBBY, gsde /
EDWARD A. NEWMAN, ,lIs
VI II JlfIT NJ
The Portland daily press., 1895-07-29

II special information regarding any Ma
tion, Province, State, City, Town or Village
is desired, the knowledge is rarely obtain
able from school geography, which nec-
essarily has only a few general facts and the
location of important cities.
Railroad maps are notoriously incorrect
and misleading, hence the puzzled truth
seeker, where large Libraries are inacces-
sible, is without relief unless he is the
happy owner of neutrality-suspicious.
pleasure-giving Peoples Atlas. III
All Countries on the Face of the Earth
are Shown.
Rivers and Lakes are Accurately Located.
Among the illustrations are the follow
ing: The Masonic Temple at Chicago tall
est building in the world), the Auditorium
Building at Chicago Zone OF the largest
buildings in the world), the Woman's Tenn
pie (the handsomest building in Chicago),
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VIM. h. WOOD, 81 OA
CHARLES f. l4IBB Y, Gsda
EDWARD A. NEWMAN, ia
WILLIAM. a. WHEELER.
A attest3 tlae copy; I. G. HARRINGTON. Clerk.

Attest: Z. c.. HARRINGTON. Clerk.
ON THE FOREGOING PETITION.
ORDEBED: That the petitioner cause
to be published true copy OF said peeti-
days successfully in the PORTLAND
DAILY PRESS. a newspaper published at
Portland in the county of Cumberland,
the first publication IN said paper to be at
least four days before Tuesday the
thirtieth day of July, A. D. 1895, which
day the Board of Railroad Commissioners
will be in session at the West End Hotel in
Portland. at $50 o'clock in the forenoon,
for the purnoses indicaIed in said petition
JOSEPH B. PEAKS, Chairman.
For the Board OF Railroad Commissioners OF
Maine.
Dated this a3rd day OF July, A. D. 1895.
ly25 d5t
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view were rightly attributed to her pen,
pen as facile and trenchant as that of
her husband. Her favorite hobby, how
ever, is architecture and she has applied
this art to practical purpose by acting
as archltect OF the beautiful Chateau
Ibeaulleu3 winch her husband has recent
y erected half way between Nice and
Monte Carlo.
The Portland daily press., 1895-07-29

Bartholdrs Statue of Liberty, the White
House at Washington, the Great Brooklyn
Bridge, Mirror Lake yosemite Valley, Ell
Captain yosemite Valley, Waterfall and
Cave (New Zealand Jordan River, Murchi-
son Waterfall Upper Nile), Pilot Knob
l(Iron Mountain, Missouri), United States
Signal Service pixies Peak, Colorado),
Giants Gap american River Canon, Col
orado), Scene in Tropical Florida, Falls OF
the Rhine, the Matterhorn Mountain
(Switzerland), Scenes in and near the City
of Peking tChina), Island of Juan Fernan-
dez, State Capitols, State Seals, etc., etc.
All the Large Cities of the World, the
Important Towns and Most of the Villages
of the United States are Given on the
Maps.
1t gives Classified List Of All Nations,
With Forms of Government, Geographical
Location, Size and Population.