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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-07-23
Minnesota Silver Men.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 1s.-A corr
vention of friends of silver was held
here Thursday. 1t selected 80 delegates
and 80 alternates to the silver conven-
ton at St. Louis. Hon. John Lind was
Endorsed as a candidate for governor
and he will receive the solid support of
the silver republicans, democrats and
peoples party. William J. Bryan was
also unanimously Endorsed by the con-
vention which pledged the support of
all bimetallic republicans in the state to
the democratic nominee.
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THREE PERISHED.

Loss Of Life BY tho Burning OF tho Big
Car Barns In Chicago.
Chicago, July 20.-Fire, which started
It 1890 O'Clock Saturday night. destroyed
the immense barns and Offices Of the
Chicago City street railway. Cottage
Grove avenue and Thirty-ninth street,
with 600 street cars and three horses
cntailing a loss Of s542, 200, protected by
an Insurance OF s31l, 900. Ten persons
were injured and an entire engine com
many had a narrow escape from destruc-
ton by the falling of the front wall OF
the building.
Three lives were lost. The dead are:
Frank Crosby, tow-boy; w. L. E'well'
driver, and Patrick Martin, conductor.
The bodies were found at 6:45 o'clock
Sunday morning, and while charrcd be-
yond recognition, were identified BY
articles found on them.
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UNION SILVER PARTY.
It Springs Into Existence Through Con
ventiOn at Lansing.

1t Springs Into Existence Through Con-
vention at Lansing.
Lansing, Mich, July 1s.-The indie
nendent free silver convention held here
Thursday was attended by 225 delegates,
all but three of the IL congressional
districts of the state being represented.
+. C. Watkins, of Bedding, former re-
publican presided, and George T: Rich:
ardzon, of Grand Rapids, democratic Ut
resolutions simply call for the free coin
age of silver, and the "a delegates elect
ed to the St. Louis convention were in
structed ITO vote as unit to the end
that all silver forces of the United
States may be united in the great battle
for the emancipation of the people"
The party was christened the union
silver party"
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A BURIED SEA.
Tho Mysterious Lake Of Sweet Water
Under Constantinople.

Tho Mysterious Lake Of Sweet Water
Under Constsntinople.
The city of Constantinople was built
on the ruins of Byzantium, and that
again on the ruins of an older city, the
record of which belongs to prehistoric
period, but even under this there is
o structure that must have been old
when it was young; that, probably,
was old before Troy rose.
This is the wonderful underground
sea, the Lake of Sweet Water, the Pal
ace of the Neither World, "Yere Batari
Serai,' as the Turks call it.
It is the most mysterious thing Of
human make in all the world, more
significant of mighty builders than
even the pyramids. 4 subterranean
body of water of unknown extent, out
of which rise uncounted thousands Of
pillars which bear ON sculptured CAPT.
tails the high roofs above which are
the ruin of many cities.
The ancient writer's on Constantinople
and Byzantium do not mention this
place. The workmanship resembles the
Assyrian, and the city which knew and
used "Yere Batari Serai" was probably
contemporary with Babylon. It was
covered many centuries. The Turks
drew water from it in many cases with
out knowing the source.
Giles discovered it in 1850. It was
lost again. but rediscovered two CEN
turtles later, and again lost. Finally it
was rediscovered in the rear of a pri-
vate house on an obscure street. The
Turks think that the dreadful place
was built by GENT, and that they dwell
there with ghouls and other monsters
and demons.-N. Y.Journal.
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TRADE REVIEW.
Continued Uncertainty of Financial Future
Cause Depression. =

New York, July 1S.-R. &. Dun a. Co.
in their weekly review of trade say:
'Disapproval Of the action at the Chi.
cago convention has had some influence in
the markets the past week, but far more
important factor has been the feeling that
the financial future Ia still uncertain. This
acute attack OF doubt, coming at a time
ly depressed. has made the week unusual.
~ gloomy in speculative circles. The av-
erage price for GO active railroad stocks
has declined from SAFE to $44.76 per share.
and the average of trust stocks from $47.3i
10 $444S per share.
'The wheat market has been remarkably
well supported In spite Of very favorable
report by the government, and prices are
shade higher than a week ago, without
any discoVerable reason connected with
American supply or demand. Cotton has
fallen about half a cent in options and one
quarter in spot prices. because the men
who were sure there would be cotton fam
Inc in July and have been holding large
quantities of cotton In expectation of higher
prices have changed their minds. The clos
ing of about three-quarters of the SOUTH
ern mills In producing capacity and about
aalf of the northern mills for part of the
time until the new crop comes forward
will help to prevent a disastrous decline in
prices Of goods, but IL accounts Of con-
clifton are not misleading and the general
rains In Texas have helped the crop as
much as many believe the yield is likely
to be more than 5000. 900 bales. The de-
crease in consumption here Is not. as yet.
effective in helping the prices Of cotton
goods, which are still selling at about the
lowest quotations ever made.
1.-The wooden manufacture Is waiting, and
As new orders are exceedingly slow the
sales of wool at the three chief markets
were for thu week only 2,255,0O0 pounds.
transactions at Boston being reported the
lowest ever known at that market. The
average of iron and steel prices 10 the
lowest since year agv. The manufacture
Of boots and shoes Is weakening under the
effort to secure an advance in price, al
though most of the works have orders for
some time ahead. But the demand is very
light, and nearly all the shops would have
to close IL dependent on new orders.
Failures for the week have been 269
in the United States. against 25S last year.
and IS in Canada, against 80 last year."
Bradstreet's says:
NEARLY all general merchandise mar
kets continue dull and the volume of BUSH
ness Is smaller than anticipated. Little or
no disposition Is shown to engage in new
enc erprises. Among more favorable fea-
lures are relatively encouraging reports
concerning trade at nine business centers,
together with an improvement in quota
tons for wheat, Indian corn, oats and
lork, and frmer prices for wool, sugar,
lumber. leather and print clothS,''
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To he Reoreauized.

Portland, Ore, July 1s.-Articles OF
incorporation of the Oregon Railway
& Navigation company have been filed,
E. Mcneil, WV. Cotton and Henry Fail
ing being the incorporators. The CAPT
tai stock is placed at $35,c0o,ooo. This
is another step in the reorganization Of
the road The company is to operate
the lines of the former system. both
rail and water and to build all the lines
contemplated by the former company.
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~;;NEw suiLptNos suNiHxiaREMEps
| Observations of tho Cyclones Destructive
/ aA4nENoIk In Ct. LQula. 80

Observations OF tho Cyclones Destructive
Is$$$SWpRk In st. Louis.
The destruction of buildings.in st.
Louis was confined almost altogether
to those built many years ago. In the
business district and along the levee.
every brick building demolished had
been built great many years ago.
An examination of the bricks and NOR
tar that had been thrown into the
streets showed that the first was soft
and the latter had little adhesivencss
and crumbled between the fingers with
very little pressure. On Second street,
devoted to the commission and Kindred
trades, were several brick buildings
with the fronts or corners torn out
and the roofs gone, while beside them
in the street were modern, well-con-
structed buildings, much larger and
offering more resistance to the wind,
which escaped with only such injuries
as broken windows, caused by the flying
bricks from old buildings. In the heart
of the retail business and hotel dis
trict, where the Planters and Southern
hotels and the new and fine modern
Office and business buildings are, the
damage was confined to plate glass
windows, shattered by flying debris,
and to telephone and telegraph wires,
and signs and windows. A man VINO
was in the tenth story of large build
ing when the storm struck it, felt the
shock of the wind, but the building
stood like a rock against it, while two
blocks away, old buildings, erected
when less care was given to construc-
ton, were being torn to pieces, their
brick fronts hurled into the streets and
their roofs through the air. In some
cases the sheet-iron roofs of fine, new
business buildings were injured by
the wind catching at the corner OF
cornice and. getting under the iron and
ripping it off in rolls. In Lafayette
park the statue Of Benton stood IN
harmed, surrounded by broken and up
rooted trees and the wrecks of fimsy
pagodas and lighthouses.
In the Mill Creek Valley, q fashion
able portion of South st. Louis, where
nearly every residence was damaged,
the houses were of the ante-bellum type,
with heavy stone porticos supported
by Corinthian columns. Many of them
were so old that the cracks showed
under several coats of paint, with which
they had been covered. The newer
houses were unroofed in many in
stances, but the walls are standing.
The old houses went down before the
wind as they would fall before any
other heavy shock.
A striking instance of the solidity OF
new structures was seen at the shot
tower. 1t is new and very solidly built
and rises to great height, presenting
a fair object to any wandering tor
made. II stood unframed. however, the
morning after the storm. while all
around it for blocks were the ruins
of old buildings and leveled smoke
stacks.-Kansas City Star.
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She Feared y Cyclone.

GAINESVILLE, O., July 1S.-Rosanna, the
ten-year-old daughter of Mrs. James W.
Foutch, died under peculiar circum-
stances. She was bright girl, read
everything she could find, and after the
St. Louis hurricane was the victim of
nervous prostration. During the thun-
derstorms that prevailed here Wednes-
day she said there was hurricane com
ing. and suffered another prostration OF
nervousness, from the effects OF which
she has since died.
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CAMPING OUT IN A TREE.
4 Man Who Tried It Says It's n Great
SucceaR.

Success.
Everybody who has ever camped out
in Niles canyon knows that there is a
number of things to be considered in
selecting a desirable site. If you pitch
your tent near the water the Dir is like
" to be close on warm days, to say
nothing of the numerous mosquitoes.
On the other hand, if your tent is
pitched on a hillside, it is difficult to
find a level place to build q fire and all
the water has to be carried up from the
stream below. OF course it is more con-
venient to be near the water, but under
ordinary circumstances not so CON-
Portable as being a few feet above it.
Henry Gibson thinks that he has
solved the problem and at the same
time procured a number of advantages
he had not looked for. He is one of the
first campers in the canyon and intends
to remain all summer, so that it is likely
that many of the later arrivals will take
advantage Of his way of pitching tent.
Gibson's scheme consists of utilizing
a big cottonwood tree. He selected one
with spreading branches, and in the
space between them he constructed q
platform of flooring similar to those
generally used under tents when they
are placed on the ground. One of the
branches had to be sawed of. but the
platform was made to fit in between
the others as nicely as could be. On
this platform he has pitched his tent
the same as he would on the ground.
by the use of a ladder it is easy to get
up or down. There are numerous ad-
vantages in pitching a tent this way,
the principal one of which is that it is
Ligh and dry and the occupants run lit
tie danger of taking cold. Besides this,
it can be located close to good water
and near level place for the campfire.
Another advantage is that GRUB"
and cooking utensils can be placed out
of the reach of prowling animals by
putting them in a. basket and hauling
them up to the platform. At night the
ladder can be hauled up and the occu-
pants of the tent will be as secure from
intrusion as if at home in their bed
rooms.
The tent in a tree has already at
tracted the attention of a number of
prospective campers. Gibson says 1t
doesn't cost cent more than it does to
put tent in the ordinary way. It only
takes little more time, but when you
are there you are fixed.-San Francisco
Call. o. lg
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A Shrewd Trick.

Marquette, Mich, July 1s.-1t has de-
veloped at the custom house here that
this country is being flooded with low
grade teas through the ports of Sault
Ste. Marie and Port Huron. These teas
had all been rejected ut New York and
Boston on account of their inferior
grade, but were promptly repacked
and worked into the country through
the above named ports, where there ara
no expert testers and appraisers.
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Want Their Rights.

Antlcrs, I. T., July ls.-1n their con-
vention at Good Land the intermarried
white citizens of Kiamichi county have
organized a league to push their inter-
ests in the nation and have planned an
active movement looking to their bet
+arrnenf So ~ ~
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Boat Run Down by q Steamer.

Louisville, Ky, July 1s.-A skiff con-
tanning Miss Fannie Howes, of Utica,
Ind, and Thomas Jarvis. of Louisville,
was run down by the Cincinnati and
Louisville steamer Telegraph, on her
way to Cincinnati. The boat was split
in two, and Miss Howes was struck by
the buckets of the Telegraph's wheel
and killed. !, Her body has not yet beer
recovered. Jarvis held on to part OF
the wrecked loaf and saved himself.
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Robert Laurhl,n to H.nr.

Rrookville, Ky, July IS. Robert
Laughlir has been convicted of murder
and sentenced to death. Laughlin was
farmer near Augusta, KY. His niece,
aged IL years. lived with him and cared
for his invalid wife. Laughlin came
home drunk last February and muir
dered both his niece and his invalid
wife
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Quail Increasing.

The effect of the protection afforded
quail in this state by the game and
fish commission and by legislative en-
actment has been to increase the NUM-
Der of this game bird in avery remark
able degree. Three seasons ago the
call of the quail was seldom heard in
adjacent brush or timber. and although
there has been little respect for the
law in some localities, the combined
action of the commission with that OF
sportsmen's club throughout the state
has resulted in the increase of the
quail beyond the most sanguine hopes
of it's protectors. There is evidence in
this country all about Lake Minneton'
ka, were in the best days of quail shoot
ing in this state, the birds were, most
plentiful, that all immediate danger OF
extinction for Bob White has become q
a thing of the past.
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An Effective Ruac.

"What gave Mrs. Crcssgrain the love-
ly expression she has in her last photo
graph?"
''The photographer told her that she
had more negative beauty than any
woman he ever saw."-Detroit Free
Press.
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Claims to AvenRe His Wife.

Cheboygan, Mich, July sd. Ga
han, a prominent druggist, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by man
calling himself James Appleyard, Of
Minneapolis. Appleyard is under arrest.
He claims to have discovered that
Gahan wronged his wife previous to
his marriage when she visited Cheboy-
gan last year. s..,s.
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THE AMERICAN PARTY.
The Missouri Wing Selects Judge Johr
Il. Stone for Governor.


Il. Stone for Governor.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 1s.-The ex-
ecutive committee of the American
party rendered the nomination for gov
ernor to Hon. John B. Stone, presiding
Judge Of the Jackson county court, and
he at once accepted in a brief letter. The
nomination was effected without the
Formally of = convention by circulating
petitions all over the state asking Judge
Stone to head the ticket, each signer
promising to vote for him. When the
petitions were returned. in sufficient
numbers the executive committee wait
ed upon Judge Stone and rendered him
the nomination. He has been promi-
nent in A. P. A. circles ever since the
order was founded. His campaign is
expected to cut an important figure in
Missouri politics this fall.
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MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
Increased Activity.

Every day increases tho visible activ.
ity at the st. Paul G. A. r. encamp-
ment headquarters. Tho work il be-
ing pushed merrily along, and every
one is working with might and main to
make the 30th national encampment
grand success. It is believed that Wis.,
consin alone will send 20, 900 visitors.
Maps of the city will be printed for the
convenience of the visitors. The maps
measure 3Ox26 inches. On one side ap-.
pear the streets and avenues and spe'
cial indication of the street car lines,
and the line of the grand parade. On
the other side in larger scale are shown
the center of the city with the line OF
parade and the location of all the ho-
tells, manufacturing plants and proml.
neut buildings. Smaller maps, en-
bodying the above features, will also
be on hand. The names Of the differ
ent departments will be printed on silk
banners to indicate their different To-
cations in the encampment hall.
A military camp with 500 tents will
be established during that week. The
tents and the water will be free to the
veterans and their families. The camp
will be at the west end of the SelbY ave.
nue. cable line, between Victoria and
Chadsworth streets. The camp will be
named Camp Mason" The occupants
will be expected to supply all furniture
for their canvas houses.
An Abduction.
A few days ago the officers at Sher-
burne were informed that girl was
held prisoner in a covered wagon near
the lake north of the railroad, and men
in the neighborhood, becoming sus-
picious that all was not rig hit, Swallowed
the outfit and finally managed to find
out that she was held prisoner by a
miserable brute named Dell Jones, who
owned the rig, and formerly worked
about Sherburne, ana that for days she
had been valnly trying to get away.
The police went after the girl and
brought her into town, but were too
simple and slow to catch the man. She
was kept here till the next day and
then was sent to her home near BRITT,
Iowa. She is the daughter of WELL
to-farmer, is but 16 years old, with q
very pretty face and shapely figure.
The unfortunate creature was heart
broken. and her story excited deep
sympathy and Indignation, and at
tempts were made to find Jones with
the intention of giving him coat of
tar and feathers. This is the most aw-
full case of abduction that has ever
shocked the people of this county. and
if the guilty parties can be found they
will DISGRACE a states prison with their
presence for several years.
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A Murderer CAPTURED,

Juneau, Wis, Jaly 1s.-William Zell-
mer, who murdered Mrs. Maria Bochow
in the town Of Lebanon, this county.
on the morning of July S. has been
captured at the home of his brother-ip.
law. Charles Habeck, in that town.
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FatAE1iamoe.

Boston, July 16.-Daniel 'Driscoll,
aged GO, and his wife, aged 50, were
burned to death, and Mrs. Margaret
Hogan. aged 80, probably fatally
burned in Il tenement house fire on Le-
high street Wednesday night. The
building was frame and veritable
fire tran.
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,:HAlled in 'sEDuel.

Knoxville, Tenn, July Is. - Farmer
Washington Smith and Deputy Sheriff
Dave F. Rogers, Of Union county, set
tied an old feud here by lighting duel
and Smith-was shot to death. and
Rogers painfully wounded. Smith was
the father, of IA children, including four
sets Of twins,
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= San Francisco, J uly 1s.-John L. How
ard,, deputy. town marshal of Tulare.,
who as the outcome of a political quar-
rel shot and killed Martin de Larna, an
italian, two years ago, was hanged FRI
day ut Folsom state prison.
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Used to Scorchtns.

Aunt Susan-He was q bad man, and
I'm afraid he has gone to a hot place.
Nephew George-Oh, well. aunt, he
won't mind it; he's used to scorching,
-,ous kpow.-Boston Transcript.
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Smoking the NarSile.

A Greek thus tells how the nargile Is
smoked by his brethren: "Only pure
tobacco is used in the nargile. 1t is
grown expressly for the purpose in Per-
STA. The weed there is called tumbeky.
This kind of tobacco is first washed two
or three times by the man who keeps
the restaurant. He puts it under q
faucet and squeezes the juice out.
Otherwise the tobacco would be too
strong. Then when the smoke of it is
drawn through the water-the tobacco
having, of course, been dried irst--alf
the nicotine is deposited in the water,
and delightful and innocuops smoke
is the result."--N. Y. Tribune.
Princess Christian, OK Schiesw:g-
Holstein has an annual allowances from
the British people Of E6,coo.
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News In Brief.


Thos. Hall, an old resident of Mime
apolis, died from the effects of sum
stroke.
C. M. Robbins, q travelling man for
Minneapolis Milling Company was
found dead in hotel at Madison, Wis.
If Minneapolis can get advantageous
railroad rates the next meeting OF the
National Educational society will be
held there.
The Farmers Elevator company, in
.corporated May last at Pine Island,
have begun operations in their new
building.
The Mankato base ball club has been
purchased by a Winona company.
Ole TruesdaIe was killed on the docks
of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Coal
company at Duluth, where he was en-
ployed. He was struck on the head by
a heavy iron bolt which dropped from
the superstructurc. He was 20 years of
age.
The body of q hea6less infant was
found floating in the river It New Ulm.
Burglars stole the entire outfit Of W.
M. Swaggart, the barber. ct Wayzata.
A meeting of the state mnission on
county boundaries was held recently,
and as a result of its labors Governor
Clough decided that the applications OF
the citizens of the northwestern part
of, the state for the formation of four
new counties were in proper form and
to issue a proclamation for the submits
sion of the question to the people at
the next election. . ls4 ss.sg
<Edward Whalen was drowned while
bathing in Marsh river, q stream near
Ada, but Is feet wide and a mere mud
hole, ~ s4s. go - ~. -
During a recent circus parade in Miu-
neapolis, sdray horse was frightened
to death by the herd of elephants.
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1892 electoral vote divided California electoral
Michigan the each district
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and