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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
SENTENCES or THE REFORMERS

Leaders Not Likely to BE Required to
Serve Fifteen Years In Prison.
London, May PA dispatch has been
received from, Gov. Sir-Hercules Robin
son relative to the sentences imposed
upon the reformers at Pretoria, which
says that one portion of the prisoners
will be released Immediately and an
other in three months. "A third portion
of the prisoners will have their case
considered and passed upon after five
months and fourth portion. after one
year.
Gov. Robinson says that the death
sentences imposed upon the four lead
ers, Rhodes, Hammond, Phillips and
.Farrar, have been committed to Is
years Imprisonment, adding, however,
that the latter is only matter of form
and that the sentence is not likely to
be carried out. The further; commuta-
ton of the leaders sentence will be dis
cussed next week..
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over tho President's Veto.

Washington, May 22.-By vote OF
1876 to ~ the house on Thursday passed
over the presidents veto the bill
granting a pension of $50 month
to Francis, i. Hoover. A debate of
two hours preceded the vote, Messrs.
Kirkpatrick rep, -Kan.), Wood (rep.,
Ill., and Willis (rep., Del.) advocating
the passage of the bill, and Messrs.
Erdman (dem., ,Pa.), Loud (rep.. CALI
and Bartlett (dem., N. W in favor Of
sustaining the veto. All the populists
and republicans generally voted for the
hill, and the democrats against it. The
following republicans. however. voted
to sustain the veto: Messrs. Loud
{CaI.), Kaney (Mo.). Quigg and Nnds-
worth (N. ", and the following demo-
Gratis to pass the BILL Messrs. CockreIl
(Tex.), Cummings IN. ~. Layton anil
Sorg co., and Stokes. Strait and Talbert
re C.l ~ f.;E' J
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u = = o.. it,s-..-I-r-- ~ =
IMMIGRATION BILL.
House Passes . Measure Establishing an
IF Educational Test.

House Passes . Measure Establishing An
r. Educational Test.
Washington. May 21.-The house dis
posed of the immigration question
Wednesday by passing the Mccall edu-
cational test bill, together with the Cor
liss bill, intending to protect the lako
cities from Canadian competition. The
latter was agreed to-121 to 45-and the
amended bill was passed-195 to 26. A
record of the vote by yeas and.nays was
refused, only SO members rising to Sec
ond. the demand by Mr.. Fitzgerald
(dem., Mass.) therefor. The consular
inspection bill, proposed by Mr.. w. A.
Stone (rep., Pay, was rejected-75 to
131. He, too, was unable to get vote
of record.
= The bill as passed amends the immigra-
ton and contract labor acts by adding t.
the classes Of aliens thereby excluded from
the United States all male persons be-
tween 16 and 60 years Of age who cannot
both read and write the English language
or some other language. But no parent Of
q person now living in or hereafter admit
ted to this country, shall be excluded be-
The bill also provides that 1t shall be UNI
lawful for any alien who resides or retains
his home in a, foreign country to: enter tho
United Staes to engage in mechanical trade
or manual labor while retaining his home
in foreign country. though aliens may
come for the purpose Of teaching new arts
or Industries under such rules as may be
prescribed by the secretary of the treas
ury 1t Is also made unlawful for any
company or corporation to employ suc!,
aliens in any mechanical trade or manua!
labor, though this provision docs not affect
employees Of vessels or railroads whose
duties require them to pass over the
frontier to reach the termini Of their roads.
Aliens excepting subjects Of Canada AMI
other American countries are not allowed
to enter the United States except at places
where the United States maintains an i'm
migrant inspection board.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Too Much Beer.

Philadelphia, May 25.--A row boat
containing six men capsized in the Del
aware river Saturday evening and three
Of the men were drowned. The men
drowned were laborers and their names
are John Fox, John Goldman and Theo-
dore Clinkett. The party had been on
IN outing on an island in the river, and
two kegs of beer furnished the founda-
ton for the days sport, and to too
much beer and too little experience in
boating the accident can be attributed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
PLANT WONDERS.
Hyths and Mysteries :of the Vegetable
World.

Myths and Mysteries of the Vegetable
World.
Now and again one reads accounts
Of startling tree which possess GER
tain attributes of the cutie fish. This
tree is, according to report, furnished
with branches 1.-the as whip lashes and
provided with suckers. If man or
beast takes shelter under it these little
arms bend down and fatally imprison
him; he is hauled up into the tree and
gradually absorbed. The fiction prob
ably arose from some imaginative per-
son reading Darwin's account of car
,nivorous trees.
Then there was a tale Of wonderful
lamb, half animal, half vegetable. This
little lamb was said to grow on a stem
about three feet high; it turned about
and bent it's head to the heritage and
fed upon it. The foundation for this
story is the wooden stock of the cibo-
tium, fern which creeps along the sur
face Of the ground.
There is also the fine fiction of the
barnacle tree. which produces fruit in
the form of birds which dropped from
the branches into the water and devcl-
eped into geese. No one knows how long
this story lasted, but it seems to please
the public.
After the expose of the lamb story
someone invented the deadly upas tree.
A Dutch surgeon introduced it to the
public; he described it as fourishing
in desert tract in Java. The gas given
off by it's stem and leaves was so deadly
that of those venturing to approach il
only ten per cent. escaped alive. The
valley in which it grew was strewn
with the bones of the slain. On account
of civil discussions some 1000 people
were forced to live within IA miles OF
the fatal tree, and 1900 died. The upas
Is really tree in the Java forests, and
Is hen cut down or wounded the flow
ing sap of the tree will produce an
eruption on the skin. Another tree is
the manchineel, which is more danger
Gus, as the milky sap or the SMOKE
from the burning wood will cause blind
ness, usually temporary.
The nettle is in some ways remark
able plant. The sting is on the same
principle as the bite of an adder. tbs
leaf and stem of the nettle are entirely
clothed with erect hollow hairs. Graspec
roughly these hairs break off in the
thick part and do no harm, but
If touched gently, the tip of the hair
breaks, the sharp point is inserted into
the flesh, and down the hollow flows
a poison from poison sac at the othe:
end of the hair. The common nettles
are insignificant when compared with
the giants of the family. There is an
East India netile whose sting will cause
the arm to swell, with frightful pain.
and the swelling lasts for weeks. In
Timor grows a nettle called devils
leaf, the sting of which lasts year and
often causes death. In New South
Wales is nettle which grows like
tree, with trunk from IS to so feet
high and a circumference of IL to 20
feet. Young Snd vigorous leaves meas
| ure from ten to Is inches across, and
their sting is dangerous. - Toledo
Blade
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Much Slaughter in Crete,

Athens, May ?S.--The situation in
Crete is very serious and daily becomes
more threatening. A detachment Of
Turkish troops ut Yoxaris has been be-
sieged by the Christian populace for
two weeks, and in the fighting that has
occurred 10 men have been killed. In
a fight at Drazu ten men were killed.
The success of the insurgents; has
caused a panic among the Turkish rus
tic population and large numbers are
tiocking into the towns for protection,
fearing that they would be massacred
if they remained in their homes. Fiji
teen.hundred Turkish men, women and
children in the country about Retimo
have taken refuge in that town..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Ives. Cots Second Place.

Chicago, May a5.-Thc last game of
the billiard tournament was played Sat-
urday night at Central Music hall by
Frank Ives and Jacob Schaefer. Gar
nier having won first, the game was for
second place. Ives won in the 3Oth in
ming, the score standing:> Ives. 500:
Schaefer, 267. Averagcs-Iyes, 16 2-3;
schaefer, 8 o-1O. High runs-Ives. G.:
Schaefer, 81.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Terrible NIine Diaaater.

Buda Pest, May 25.-An explosion of
fire damp occurred Saturday in Kos
chitza mine, near here. Already 80 in
iured miners have been brought to the
surface and rescuing parties are search
ing for others who were in the mine at
the time of the explosion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Charger Akainst an Ex- Mayor

Dubuque; Ia, May IS, = The grand
i,,rv will report two indictments charg-
ing ex-Mayor Peter Olinger with embez-
Element and willful misconduct in Of
flee, The indictments .allege that
he sold permits to peddlers, butchers
teamsters and others and pocketed the
fees and sold team belonging to the
city and appropriated the proceeds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
On the Upper Mlssissippi

Recently a party Of Minneapolis lum'
bermen made trip from St. Cloud to
Minneapolis on the steamer Of the
Boom company, to practically demon
strote the ease with which navigation
can be accomplished on the Mississippi
above Minneapolis. The party left on
the morning train for St. Cloud, and
arriving in that city went immediately
to the river. where lunch was served
them by the company whose guests
they were. The steamer reached Dun
hams island at p M, and the party
took street cars to town. The party
was composed Of members from all the
largest firms in Minneapolis, and q few
men representing other industries.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
0nlYa Runor.

Mrs. Bubbleiaw-I'm sorry, sir, but
heard to-day that you never pay your
bills.
Poet Overflow-It's only rumor.
IF you were only rcomer It
wouldn't be so bad, but you eat more
than anyone in the house. Boston
Traveller. .-....s a.. H. .a
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
statehood for Oklahoma.

Washington, May IS. Chairman
Scranton, of the committee on terri
tories, has favorably reported to the
house the bill granting statehood to
oklahoma. &. < j. ssE,.a
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28

u 40 LAG Civ "<]e
peaceful, the suf-
ferer passing away
surrounded by his
wife and daughters.
Gen. FYirchild took
a change for the
worse about noon,
and gradually sank.
About four o'clock
he went into a COM
atose state, but up
to that time he was
nol1o1
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
The ID. 4 G. W. Ry.

The Duluth & Great Western Rail.
way Company has incorporated with
the secretary of state. It is, the Mime
sofa end of what is known as the
"Hines'' road, and articles call for q
line from Duluth south. across the st.
Louis river, across the northwestern
corner of Wisconsin, and thence west
across Minnesota through Hubbard and
neighboring counties to the Red Rives
of the North. The company is a mu'
tual affair, and the farmers along the
way will do the grading, or the create,
part of, and hold stock in the road.
The capital stock is 100000, and the
incorporators are George E. Mansfield,
of Greenfield, N. H.; Caleb S. Cox and
Isaiah H. Bradley, of Hubbard, MIMI,
and John A. Reyes and Edw ard h.
~Spaulding, of Duluth. -'--- - -'-'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Progress Of Cholera.

Carlo, May 25.-On Friday and Sat
urday there were IS deaths from cholera
in this city, 81 in Alexandria and 11in
old Cairo. "a I,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28

A young man by the name of Charles
Edwards was drowned in Leaf lake,
near HenninR, with his horse and
buggy. He attempted to ford the lake
in a shallow place, but on account of
the darkness lost his way and got into
deep water. = - :.
Charles Scharbaswisky, aged %, was
killed by the accidental discha rge of q
shot gun while hunting near Mountain
Lake.
Elizabeth John was appointed post
mistress at Dean, Rice county. vice
Adolph L. Ludwig, resigned.
Joseph Godrid was arrested at Wi.
mona. He obtained 81 from Robert w.
Wright in a confidence game and is
suspected of forgery as we'll. He gave
the officers lively chase before being
captured. - -v~,- ...,r~
: A lodge of Elks, with upwards of so
members, was instituted It Crookston.
The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
G. Stevens, Of Cloquet, was nearly
drowned by The overflow of q bath tub
in room over where it was sleeping.
George E; Mansfield, Of Boston, one
of the promoters of the Duluth Great
Western railway, which was incorpor-
ated . few days ago to bniid an air limo
from Duluth to the Red river valley,
has secured agents in nearly all the
towns along the route and is getting
right of way:
J. r. Warner, James T.. Angel and
w. P. Harper were held up by foot
pads in st. Paul. The robbers secured
about 1926 in money and property. Mr..
Warner resisted and was badly pounded.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Wife Murder and Suicide

: Chico, CAL. May .25:-Richard Little
shot and killed his wife at their home
in this city Saturday night and COM
mitted suicide by firing a bullet through
his own neck, He is supposed to have
been temporarily insane, there being
no other known motive for the crime.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
AN EVENTFUL LIFE.
Brought to q Close In the Death
of Gen. Luoius Fairchild.
The Noted Wisconsin Soldier, Diplomat
and Statosman Passes Away ut
MndlsOn-Short Sketch
Of His Career.

Madison, Wis.,, May e5.-Gen. Lucius
Eairchild died, Saturday evening at
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Republican Convention.

The Republican convention to NOM
mate state officers will be held in St.
Paul on Wednesday, July /.
The basis of representation will be
the same as that adopted for the Min
neapolis convention which elected del
egates at large to st. Louis-tive dele
gates at large for each county and one
additional delegate for each 200 voters
or major fraction thereof cast for gov
ernor ir 1894. This will mean con-
vention of l., 152 delegates.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Two Blocks Burned.

Breckenridge, Col, May 23.-With
a high wind blowing, fire broke out
here which threatened to destroy the
town, but after two blocks had burned
the fire was stayed ut the Arhogst
block. leaving most of the business
houses uninjured. Estimated loss $780,
600. -. ..-.-t- = ~. ;,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Chocolate Cream.

. Cover half a box of gelatine with wa
ter and let it soak. Whip pint OF
cream, CRATE two ounces of chocolate,
put q pint of milk on to boil, add the
chocolate and gelatine, and stir until
dissolved. Take from the fire and add
half . cup Of sugar and flavor with yam
lila; then pour in a pan to cool; stir
until thick; add the whipped cream,
stir until thoroughly mixed, and put
into mold to harden. When stiff and
Very cold turn out and serve with
whipped cream.-St. Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Won't Work for Less X.ay.

Sandford, Me-, May 25.-The weavers
in the Springvale cotton mills in this
town have refused to accept reduction
of ten per cent, and 270 looms ard TO-
500 spindles are idle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
FOR THE MoDisH SHIRT WAIST.
A New Idea in Belt Buckles and Gun
Buttons.

A New Idea In Bolt Buckles and Gun
Buttons.
A new idea for belt buckles and cuff
buttons has been evolved which is like
" to make them as attractive as they
are Indispensable. The reign of the
shirt waists, instead of being over. is
only begun, aud they furnish such ex-
cellent opportunity for displaying
buckles and buttons that the latter
have become a more important Access
sorry of woman's summer apparel than
ever.
The scheme is to use the coats of
arms or flags of the different nations,
the ensigns armorial or escutcheons of
one family, or the insignia of the army
or navy for designs. For girls who
incline to uniforms and their wearers,
there are sets of light artillery, with
mounted cannon for buckles and inno-
cent-looking cannon balls for buttons.
Crossed sabers and stacked rifles also
come under the army designs. So a
girl may go forth armed and equipped
for conquest of any kind, and can look
like an animated arsenal if she sees fit
A very choice set has the coat of arms
of Spain for a buckle and the Spanish
flag in diminutive form, for buttons.
They are made of gold and enamel. the
blue, gold, white and tan making q
harmonious and subdued combination
of colors. The royal arms of Great
Britain is favorite design, the two
big British lions made Of gold making
it look more solid and massive than any
of the others. The most popular, of
course, is our own big spread-eagle,
with E Pluribus Unum floating under
his chin. The buttons used with Amer
ica's arms are reproductions of flags.
either national or those of clubs or col
leges.
The old conventional designs have
been relegated to the bargain counters,
and their places are being taken by the
blazoning arms of the country of ones
choice or birth, or the escutcheons of
those who can afford to be proud of
their ancestors and of the marks of dig
nifty and distinction which have de-
scended upon themselves.-N. Y. Tmea-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Railroad Man. Dead.

Memphis, Tenn, May 25.-A dispatch
from StAunton, Va. announces the
death there at 7:45 Sunday night of
Gen. John Echols, receiver and general
manager of the Chesapeake, Ohio &
Southern railroad
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28

Finishing touches were put upon the
republican convention hall in St. Louis.
II will seat 1860 persons .... as
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Illinois WIN Como.

The Illinois uniform rank, Knights
of Pythias, met in annual assembly and
unanimously decided to attend the Min
neapolis encampment the first week in
September. Importance attaches to
this action. because Of the existing diff
ferepces between various divisions of
the order as to the location of the en-
campment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
MINNESOTA / STATE NEWS.
After Lower Rates.


Invitations will be issued In . few
days for q convention to be held In
Moorhead for tho purpose of demanding
the same grain rate per ton per mile
Is mill) to the seabosrd that the pro-
ducers Of Kansas and other southwest
ern states now enjoy.
Delegates will be invited from Wis.
.consin, North and South Dakota. and
Minnesota, and definite plan Of action
mapped out. The interstate commerce
commission will be invited to be pres.
emit, also the railroad com missioners OF
the several states. As the convention
will not be held until after congress
adjourns the senators and representa-
tives. of these four states will haye an
opportunity to be present. Every board
of trade, chamber of commerce, COM
mercial club and business mems union
in the hard wheat states will be asked
to be represented by able men. The
demand will be made in such form that
the commission can find no excuse for
refusing to establish the rate and plac'
ing the producers Of the Northwest. so
far rs freight rates are concerned, on
an equal footing with the producers OF
the Southwest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-28
Aides to. Walker.


Chief (. N. Walker, of
the G. A. r.. IN general order No. 2.
gives the list of aides de camp he has
appointed, and who will be with
him at tho encampment They COM
plete the list he has already named
from other states. Commander Walker
named IA aides from Minnesota, while
the next largest number from any
other state is seven, from Massachu'
sets.
The Minnesota aides de camp honored
by an appointment on the staff of the
commander-in-chiefa are:
. S. v. Harris, St. Paul; J. M. d. Craft,
Pennington; Herman Muehlber st.
Paul; B. Kuhl, st. Paul; John Ludwig,
Winona; Charles Kittleson, Minneapo.
lis; Marcns w. Bates, Duluth; A. w.
Hadwick, Pipestone; Fred Richter, St.
Paul; Frank II. Dayton, St. Paul; John
Cowlng, Alexandria; August Koerner,
Litchfield; A. r. McGill, st. Paul; J. NJ.
Tucker, Hastings.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
What's the matter with Kansas
Col. Singcrly at North East.

Col, VIM. VI. Singerly addressed Il sound
on Friday evening the 9th inst The hall was
packed to its utmost capacity, large num-
Der Of ladies being present. and Col. Singcrly
receiving an ovation when he appeared upon
the platform. Mr.. |. r. Foard presided.
Col. Sinsery spoke for nearly an hour, com
being frequently interrupted by applause
He spoke of the mutual dependence of capital
and labor, and demonstrated that no one
would be benefited by the free coinage Of
silver except the owners of silver mines.
while the laboring man would be injured the
most of all. Taking trade dollar from his
pocket and Bland dollar he explained why
one was current at one hundred cents and the
other was not.
Here is II trade dollar that contains 42O
grains OF silver. Here is legal tender dollar
that contains 412l grains. or y grains less
Yet this legal tender dollar is worth 100 cents,
and the other you would only give So cents
for. Why? Because back of one is nothing
but the value Of the bullion. Back of the
other is the faith Of the United States, pledged
to give dollar i'll gold for each one. 1t is
this faith that has never been broken, and
which we wish to keep unbrokcn. Under
free coinage OF silver there would be no such
faith back OF your dollar. 1t will not be re-
deemable in gold. There is free coinage OF
gold today. and gold is worth the same the
world over. They tell us that free silver
would make money more plenty. But how:
Suppose there We're more dollars, and that
they were worth only 80 cents, how would
you get any? You could get none unless you
gave something for them.
Col Singcrly's spcaoh was forciblo and to
the point.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-10-17
Sound Money Meetings.

A Democratic Sound Money Mass meeting
will be held in Moore's Grove near Fair Hill
to-day Saturday at 2 o'clock p. M, which
will be addressed by W. Dwight Lowery,
Esq, Hon. VIM. d. Stenger, Ex-Attorney
General OF Pennsylvania; and Hon. Wm. VI.
Sipgerly. The meeting will be presided over
by DR.. h. c. Mackall Of this town. All per-
sons irrespective of party, are invited.
special invitation is extended TO the ladies',
and band of music will be in attendance.
Hon. Henry A. Clabaugh Attorney Gen.
eral Of Maryland will address Sound Money
meeting, in G. A. R., Hall at North East this
evening Saturday, at 7.30.
Arrangements are being made for big
Mckinley and Hobart meeting on the evening
Of the 2Sth inst, at Rising Sun under the
auspices of the First Mckinley and Hobart
club of that town.
The Third District Republican Club is max
ing arrangements for Il public meeting in
Odd Fellows Hall, Elkton, Wednesday even
ing next, October 81. Among the speakers
expected are Senator-elect Wellington, Hon
William b. Baker. Hon. James w. Porch and
r. G. Thackery. Esq