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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-10-22
SIX BURN TO DEATH.

Flames Destroy q Farmhouse and Most
Of Its Tenants.
New Whatcom, Wash, Oct. 16.-The
house of j. s. Miller, a farmer living
four miles north of Linden, this county,
was destroyed by fire and six children
were burned to death. Another child
and a man named Frank Boise were
seriously burned. Miller and his wife
were away from home, having gone to
New Whatcom to participate in politi'
cal parade, leaving their children home
in care of Boise, who was visiting them.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
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THE RAMBUSCH AFFAIR.

More Startling Discoveries Arc Made at
Juneau, Wis.
Juneau, Wis.,, Oct. 19.-Another SEN
sation fell Saturday with, the discovery
of the fluid with which Rambusch made
erasures from the county records, and
the further discovery that he had tam
pered with the records of the court as
we'll as those of the register of deeds.
1t was supposed that Rambusch had
confined his tinkering of the reports to
the Office OF register of deeds, but it
has now been discovered that he made
use of q duplicate key to the clerk OF
the courts Office and changed the REG
ords there. There is no telling what
mischief he may have done.
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Robbed q Bank.

Webster City, Ia, Oct. 1.-THE Bank
of Hardy was robbed Thursday of 500
and many valuable papers. Hardy IS 9
small town on the Burlington. Cedar
Rapids e. Northern, north of here. The
bank is in a grocery store. At noon a
stranger who arrived in town on bicy.
Gle. entered with a jug, asking for no.
lasses. While the clerk was in the Gel
lar filling the order the man robbed the
till of the bank. The robber escaped on
his Wheel
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Found Guilty.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 19.-William
Harris was found guilty of murder in
the second degree, the jury returning
the verdict at IL o'clock Saturday night.
Harris, on the evening of September
Z, killed George Frank, stabbing him
seven times in the abdomen. The muir
der was committed on leading busi<
ness corner and Harris was SO drunk at
the time that he had no recollection Of
the act afterwards. The trial lasted q
week. The penalty is anywhere from
ten years to life imprisonment.
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LATER

Snow fell at Langdon, N. D., the 10th.
The entire business portion of Kam-
rar, TO-, burned the 18th, causing loss
of $4,000 g.
c. FL. Hamilton, alias Walters, was
arrested at Kansas City, NO., for rob.
bing the mails. A mail sack cut open
was found in his room.
Five outlaws appeared at the ranch
OF R. T. Brooke, near Tonkawa. Okla,
and demanded him to hold up his
hands. Brooke replied with bullets
from his revolver, killing two of his
visitors and wounding the third.
Nearly 200 Armenians arrived 1T
New York the 10Th and were trans
ferred to Ellis Island to await the ac-
ton of the authorities. Objections
were made to their landing on account
Of their being paupers. t
The Minneapolis wheat market was
wildly excited the 10th. December
wheat opened SIC high err than it closed
Saturday, and heavy buying in tho
local pit advanced the price ~ more
to 7sAc, cutting down the differences
between Minneapolis and Chicago to
1c. This difference widened later. A
liberal break followed tho advances
caused by holders Of wheat taking
profits. 4;
Baron Fava. the Italian ambassador,
has presented the president valuabl
historical work upon the discovery Of
America. It comprises fourteen vol
umes. and is the gift of the King Of
Italy. #
The roof of Che rotunda of the Uni.
versity of Virginia, ut Charlottesville,
fell in the 10th, killing two carpenters,
Eugene Bunch and George Tucker.
The U. s. revenue cutter Window
went to sea the 10th under sealed or
ders. It is thought she is bound for
the Florida coast. ST.
The vault Of the Bank of Ecuador, at
Guayaquil, was opened the 10th for tho
first time since the big fire. The books,
money and papers were found to be IN
. perfect condition. PIX
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TRADE REVIEW.
Small Premium Commanded BY 0old-1n'
crease Of Merchandise Exports.

sm.n Premium Commanded by 0old-In.
crease Of Merchandise Exports.
New York. Oct. 17.-R. G. Dun & Co.,
in their weekly review OF trade. say:
"Gold commands q small premium. Tho
most powerful force In business ct pres
emit is conservative timidity, and the for
eign bankers who have been offering Tor
a small percentage to insure people against
q premium on gold until December have
made an easy and sure profit out Of preva-
lent apprehensiona From Kansas Ne
braska and other states where the silver
agitation Is said to be strong come oroers
by many bankers and business men to
get them gold at q small premium, ana
there has also heen some demand for hoard
Ing from individuals In other states VINO
are afraid even Of their own best judg-
ment. .,.. ,r.
than any other insures better business
in the near future. Is the excess OF mer-
chandise exports over imports: In two
weeks Of October the exports from New
York have increased 306 per cent. against
~ in September. while imports have m
creased "a per cent, against 362 IN Sep
TENDER. Continued shipments Of gold from
Europe, not including 900 from Aus
tralia, now amount to $59.260, 600 since the
movement began. Of which $5z.2oo,ooo mas
already arrived. and have not been arrest
ed by measures taken by the great Eu-
ropean banks.
1.-THE heavy movement Of grain Is tho
corner stone. After an increase OF =, ~, o75
III exports of breadstuffs In September
there have been shipped the last week from
Atlantic ports alone 2.134.N bushels. hour
included, and 400. SIS in two weeks OF Oc-
tober, against s,5l0.M bushels last year.
moro important fact 10 that all avail
able grain freights have been engaged 1or
months ahead here and on the Pacific
coast. The minister Of agriculture in India
stated IN council on Thursday that distress
was expected in q largo part Of India as
the result Of droughts. A high omc1al OF
Russia now In this country confirms &C
counts Of shortness in the Russian yield
Thus estimates that Europe will fall 10o.-
100000 bushels short Of last year in supply
Of wheat are strongly supported. and while
department estimates Of yield In this coun-
try arc not credited, there Is every reason
to expect a remarkable foreign demand.
Wheat has advanced ~ cents for the week.
''Boot and shoe makers get very mar
row margin at old prices. or at an ADVANCE
of less than per cent. Dlmcu!ties threat
Bessemer at $11.50 and gray Jorge at 1915
at Pittsburgh, while plates. angles and
beams arc weaker. and various comb1na-
tons hold prices only by leaving outside
competitors to take tho market as far as
they can. Steel bars are largely sold at
/ cent, while 1.2 Is demanded for iron; all
the nails that outsiders can produce are
sold at less than the association asks;
billets are still sold for less than the pool
gregated only 5000 tons, mainly on sheet
and tin plate bars, and the demand Tor
rails Is growing small
Failures for the week have been 32S IN
the United States. against eeS last year.
and 10 in Canada, against 46 last year"
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A. LONE h,oHwAYMAN.
One Robber, single-HAnded. Holds Up .
a. Mail Train.

One Robber, single-Hsndod. Holds Up .
Mail Train. IT,
Salt Lake City, Oct. 15.-The Union
Pacific fast mail train due here at 3:15
o'clock Wednesday morning was held
up a short distance east of Uintah, near
the mouth of Weber canyon, and about
eight miles from Ogden. 1t appears
that the hold-up was the work of one
man, single handed and alone. who by
q clever coup cajoled the passengers
and train men into the belief that he
had ample assistance in the raid that
he was making. His method Of opera
ton was as follows: O.,
He first made his appearance by
climbing over the tender into the cab
of the engine and peremptorily demand
up their hands. saying that he was
about to rob the train. The robber was
disguised in such way as to prevent
any possibility of Identification. hav-
ing his head Enclosed in sack with eye
holes cut. The men Immediately COM
piled with the request of the robber
and were forced to disguise themselves
as he directed, furnishing them with
-four sacks to pull over their heads.
Over this mask they were required to
pull down their hats in a manner that
would indicate to the passengers and
others that they, too, were robbers
At this point he compelled the now
captive engineer and fireman to I'M
couple the train leaving tho express and
mail car attached to the engine.
After this was done he personally
mounted the engine, leaving the ensi-
neer and fireman upon the ground,
pulled the throttle and ran part of the
train half mile down the canyon when
he stopped and began his efforts 10
blow open the safe. The express mcs-
senger and mail clerk in the meantime
remained in their respective cars. The
robber commanded Express Messenger
Mccoy to maintain absolute silence,
an Injunction which he unwillingly but
implicitly obeyed. After this he spent
IN industrious but fruitless 80 minutes
TO bore into and blow open the safe with
dynamite. During the operations of
the robber the express messenger sat
quietly on u box near by.
A1ter 1a1lnS COIeaC0 inc IuSiuc Oh tuo
safe, and seeing that success in that
direction was impossible, he abandoned
his work and turned his atten ton to the
mail car, where he commanded the
clerk to throw out the registered pack
ages and four mail bags were accord
ingly thrown out. Taking out his knife
he Immediately proceeded to cut open
the bags and rife them of such matter
as suited his fancy. He secured pun
Der of registered packages, but as to the
exact number and how much money
they contained there is no means Of
knowing at this time. At this point Tie
robber finished his business and es'
capped. The direction which he took
from this point is not known.
The passengers were not molested,
but were badly frightened, and beng
led to believe that the train on each side
was lined with robbers ready to shoot
at the first head that appeared, kept
very quiet during the hour the bold rob-
Der was getting in his work. The four
mail pouches overhauled were through
pouches.
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Form \ New Orcanizat ton.

Chicago, Oct. 16.-Clarence j. Chana-
Ter, of Chelsea, Mich, called to order the
new national organization known as the
Butter, Eggs and Poultry association.
at tho Palmer house Thursday. The
meeting was called by the officers of
a number Of local societies in Michigan,
Iowa, Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska. Only
ehippers of less than carload lots o.
the above products arc eligible to men,
bership.
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Appleton, Wis, Oct. 17.-Almond
Hutchinson, aged 20, who was purissaed
by officers for stealing bicycles from
dealers at Menasha and Oshkosh, blew
his brains out at the home of hin wild
owed mother here just as the officers
had forced their way into the house to
arrest him.
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Texas Lumbermen Fall

Houston, Tex, Oct. 15.-Cummings
Bros, exporters of hardwood lumber
and logs, have assigned, naming George
Arnold trustee. The assets footed up
$4,000, with liabilities to preferred
creditors aggregating $4,000. The
stringency in the money market andin-
ability to realize are the reasons giyeu,
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Complete Their Lebors.

Chicago, Oct. 19.-The National But
ter, Egg and Poultry association con-
cluded its work at the Palmer house
Saturday morning. An effort will be
made during the coming months to in
duce the eastern railroad lines to make
q more favorable rate to car load ship
pers than to smaller shippers.
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A shortage Of $4,000.

Augusta, Ca, Oct. 19.-Cashier j. d.
Walker, of the Port Royal Is. co. bank,
absconded Saturday with $4,000 in
cash. His books show that he is short
in his accounts $4,000. Walker left
during the night, and there is no clew
to his whereabouts.
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A Journalist Dead.

Milwaukee, Oct. 10.-Horace RuDlee,
editor of tho Milwaukee Sentinel, died
Sunday night. He had been suffering
for two years from humorous disease
developed from tuberculosis, and dur
ing the last month had rapidly wasted
in strength.
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Broke His Neck.

Batavia, ILL.,, Oct. 17.-During a Fun.
away John Feldott was thrown from =
wagon and instantly killed, his neck
being broken. He was 70 years of age
ind leaves family Of grown children.
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FOREIGN.

German scientists throughout the ON
pire celebrated the seventy-tifth ami
versary of the birth Of Prof. RudoIp phi
Virchow, one OF the greatest medical
discoveries of the age. "a
A dispatch from Havana says the sick
md wounded among the Spanish SOL
diers on the Island of Cuba number
1900.
Z. J. P. lyman. the lrish-American
alleged dynamiter, was released from
custody in Paris.
An earthquake OF great force shook
Valparaiso, Chill, but no great damage
wa8 done.
1t is said that if Spain does not put
down the instruction in Cuba by March
! next it is the intention of the govern
ment to give up the struggle and to let
the island go.
A railway train on the Saar-Eitfel
line in Germany conveying large num-
Der of recruits was thrown from the
track and so persons were killed and
many injured.
The steamer Lord Erne, from Balti-
more for London, put in at Halifax,
N. S., badly damaged by gales, and lo5
head of cattle were washed overboa I'd.
1t is said that if Spain does not end
the war in Cuba within three mon tbs
the insurgents will receive from the
president of the United States virtual
recognition of independence. ~
The sultan of Turkey has decided ia
permit the departure for the Unit ed
States with safe conduct to the seaport
of all the native Armenian women and
children whose husbands and fathers
are in America. ~
Because of short crops in India "a
serious famine is threatened in that
country. &
The Portuguese bark Venus. Capt,
Pinto, hailing from Lisbon. foundered
in a gale off Skomer island and 20 per
sons were drowned. g.
The little mining town of Altata,
Mexico, was completely swept away b3
tornado. S3
The school trouble in Manitoba has
been settled. Manitoba is to retain her
national schools, and where Roman
Catholic children predominant Roman
Catholic teachers will be employed.
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Nearly . Million Members.

Manchester, Ia, Oct l6.7J. 81. Bring
ham, of Delta, o., president of the Ma
tional Grange, said at the annual meet
ing here that there are now neurly
1000 900 members and $1,000 oranges
In the United States.
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To Be Expelled from Brazil

To Be Expelled from Brazil
London, Oct. ia dispatch from
Rio de Janeiro says that the chamber Of
deputies have made request Of the
president that he expel the Rio de
Janeiro correspondent of the London
Times from Brazil. "
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Abbey, 10 Dead.

New York. Oct. 1o.-Henry T.. Abbey
the operate and thea trical manager
died suddenly Saturday morning nj
his home in the Osborne Flat house.
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Heavy WlthdrawaIs of Gold.

Washington, Oct. 16.-The treasury
gold reserve at the close of business
Thursday stood at $122,656,oso. The
days Withdrawals at New York were
STU, 400, one lot being 100000. No ex-
PLANTATION il given Of the heavy With.
drawals,
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Bay City, Mich, Oct. 15.-James
Shearer died Wednesday morning. He
was born in Albany in 1923 and cameto
bay City in 1865. he was one Of tho
state building commissioners and ono
of the regents Of the University of Mich.
igan for eight years.
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r,,ev Persons Reported Killed.

Berlin, Oct. 16. - 1t is reported
that q railway train on the Saar-Eihel
line, conveying large number Of re-
cruits. has been thrown from the tracks
and so persons killed and many more
injured. go
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RroIxe tho Worlds Record.

Broke tho "oFlds Hecofd'
Lexington, ky.. Oct. 16.-Ihe worlds
team record for trotters or PAGERS was
broken here By Miss Ritz and Josie t..
Orrin Hiskok driving. They went 10
the quarter in 32A; half in 1904; three
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Twenty Drown In . Wreck.

Lisbon, Oct. 1o.-The Portuguese bark
Venus, Capt. Pine, hailing from this
port, which sailed from Cardiff on Octo-
Der for Lisbon. foundered in a gale
on October 9 of Skomer island. Twenty
nersons were drowned.
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Chic.ro Board Of Trade Man Dead.

Chicago, Oct. 19.-George W. Phil
Inns. one of the Oldest and best-known
members Of the board of trade, died
Friday night of acute pneumonia. lie
was born in Cincinnati in 1928 and had
been member of the board for 81
years. 3 ,s~'
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Thomas White Ferry, ex-United
States senator, died at his residence In
Grand Haven, Mich, from cerebral
apoplexy, aged 50 years.
Thomas Il. Watson has mailed to SEN
ator Marion Butler, chairman Of 1.-THE ma
tional committee, a letter accepting the
populist nomination for vice president
Of the United States. E
Silas G. Sherburne, one of the oldest
newspaper men in the northwest. died
of heart failure at Superior. Wis.,.
Horace Rublee, editor of the Sentinel
and minister to Switzerland during
Grants administration, died at his resi-
dence in Milwaukee after q lingering
illness. aged 60 years. ~
Henry E. Abbey, the widely known
theatrical manager, died in New: York
of stomach trouble, aged so years.
Abraham Sanford, aged 100 years and
months, was among the voters who
registered Mt Syracuse. N. Y. m
William H. Rightor, the oldest lawyer
il New Jersey, died in Newark.
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Orrin D. Kinnie, aged 81, killed his
father, Daniel Kinnie, at Somervil)e,
N. Y. and then ended his own life by
hanging. 'ss2SsssEE
Merritt Briggs, aged 46, once Vir-
ginia's leading criminal lawyers.
dropped dead while pleading case in
the circuit court at Suffolk. ~
A fire in the Hanna Paint Manufac-
turing company s store in Columbus, O.,
caused loss Of 100000.
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by throwing upon it 10000 gallons Of
wine.
John Walsh. of Boston, was garroted
in indianapolis, Ind, and robbed of ST.
200. He was badly injured.
Fire in the Fowler paper box factory
in Los Angeles, CAL, caused loss OF
500, 1000.
twenty-five freight cars with their
contents were destroyed in a wreck on
the Big Four railroad near Wellington,
O.. the loss being 100000.
Secretary Lamont estimates that the
appropriations required by the war de-
partment for the next fiscal year will
amount to $52,875,63s.
At San Jose. CAL, G. M. Smith broke
the worlds bicycle record for fivc-mile
road time, making the distance in 1920.
At Stevens Point, Wis.,. the Polish St.
Peters church and parsonage were
burned to the ground.
Cashier J. D. Walker, of the Port
Royal Is. CO. bank, absconded with
SIC, 900 in cash. His books show that
he il short in his accounts $40, 900.
Two sons of Tom Givens, aged Is and
10 years. were burned to death and
their sister fatally burned in a fire
which destroyed their home near Louis
vile, Ky.
Six unknown desperadoes rode into
Carney, o. T.. and held mp the whole
town, robbiuS ~ stores and the post
Office. -
The advocate., 1896-04-29
Knnsns CITY Grain. /.

KANSAS CITY, April GLOW grades OF
wheat were somewhat lower to-day. Choice
samples were held on Saturday prices, but
there was no demand except at some decline,
Receipts Of wheat to-day, % cars; year ago,
80 cars.
Sales were as follows on track: Hard No 2,
nOminally 61C No. 8, car Sic, cars SOC, I car
47c No. 4, 8 cars 4Oc, cars SIC, car S6c; re-
jeCted, nominally SS036C. Soft, No red,
nominally 7Sc; No. red, nominally 6;07Oc;
No. red, nominally 55063c; rejected, nomi-
nally 45@i5c, Q cars very poor 4Oc. Spring, No,
2, car 6Oc; No 3, nominally 55059c; rejected,
nominally 480OSc; white, nominally $4,000.
Corn sold at about Saturdays prices and
met with fair demand. The receipts were
very small. There was considerable bidding
on futures and 5000 bushels Of May mixed
sold at 2S16c May white was quoted nominally
at 23Ac.
Receipts OF corn to-day, IS cars; year ago,
Is cars
Sales on track by sample: No mixed, I
car yellow, 29Hc, cars 23hc, cars 23c; No.
mixed, nominally 22%c; No. mixed, nomi- =
nally 22c; white, No 2, cars 239Sc, No 3, nomi-
nally 23G2S4c
White oats sold little more readily and a
little higher. Mixed were rather hard to sell.
Receipts OF oats to-day 4cars; year ago, Z
cars.
Sales by sample on track: No. 2 mixed noml-
nally 161Gc; No. 3, cars l5c; no grade, nomi-
nally 12014c. No. 2 white, I car i9Ac | car
l0hc, car &c., No. white, 1 car 1870
Hay--Receipts 5s cars the market is firm.
Timothy, choice, el1.OO6115O; No, /, $1,000
100: No 2, &aOOG05O: No 8, S5.5O015O;
choice prairie G2OOasOO No l, t8.OO065O;
No. 2, s. OO05.5O; No 3, 8LOO D4.5O; No. 4, 800
@26O; straw, $3.50 3450
The advocate., 1896-04-29
Uses for Sawdust.

A growing industry in this city is the
sawdust business. Forty years ago the
lumber mills were glad to have sawdust
carted away; twenty-five years ago it
could be bought for so cents a load; now
it brings $3.50 a load. 1t is used in hotels,
saloons, groceries and other business
houses for the absorption Of dirt when
sweeping Plumbers use it a great deal
about pipes and walls to deaden sound.
Soda water men and packers Of glass and
small articles Of every kind use it, as we'll
as in the manufacture of dolls.-PhilG-
delphiG Record.
The advocate., 1896-04-29
Sea Travels.

1t is simple matter for people who
really wish to pry into strange corners of
the earth to do so at their ease, and by
the time they have purchased their
letters of credit, and packed up shirt,
toothbrush, travelling-rug, and pith
helmet, they will find that most Of the
companies have added yet finer and
larger ships to their fleets. There is q
sense of personal affection which grows
The advocate., 1896-04-29

upon one with each succeeding day upon
q fine modern steamship,--s feeling Of
rest, security, and homely pleasure
until, when one steps ashore at last, the
pang Of homeslckness is sreal. intensity
ing this feeling is the fascination of lie
at sea, which after the first really long
voyage selzes upon the traveller and
grows stronger and stronger year by
year, until to be once more on blue water,
out Of sight Of land, becomes one Of his
dearest hopes.-Cl0rence Herbert Nea0,
IN Nay EippincottS.
The advocate., 1896-04-29
Chicago Live stock.

CHICAGO, April N.-Cattle-Receipts 5000
market 10 to zoe higher; fair to best beeves,
eS 4O0Ae0; stockers and feeders, s. 2S69sO;
mixed cows and bulls, SL5O0asS; Texas, 81
@a80
HOgs-Receipts, 1900; market active at 5
70 IOc decline; light, SS IS aS5 rough packing,
ea2503 80; heavy packing and shipping, g %
Q3n
Sheep-Recelpts, 1900 market steady: ma
tive. s2.O0a860; western, ea0O9S60; Texas,
O&60a&50, lambs, O. 60DA5&