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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-08-13
MADE A NOBLE EFFORT.
Cyclist and Locomotive Race for . Mile
Latter Wins BY Three Seconds.

Cyclist and Locomotive Race for = Mile
Latter Wins by Three Seconds.
St. Louis, Aug. 10.-E. E: Anderson at
tempted on Sunday to ride one mile in
one minute paced by a locomotive, and
failed by three seconds. The trial was
on the track of the Bluff Line railway,
nine miles north of East st. Louis. The
track was solidly planked and the en-
CINE was an express speeder. Several
warming-up spurts were made over
part of the track to get the speed regu-
lated. In one of these Anderson made
a half mile in 80 seconds. For the final
trial half-mile running start was
made. AS the engine crossed the start
ing line the cycler was seen ~ feet be-
hind the engine and seeming to urge
the pace maker, which was going at a
5s-second speed. At the half the speed
was about mile minute, with Ander-
son working hard and Is feet behind.
At the three-quarters the engine was
turned loose, and crossed the line in
one minute, with Anderson trailing and
three seconds short. He was badly wind
ed and could not have gone 100 feet
further. The wheel was geared to 90,
and to this Anderson attributes his de-
feat. Another trial will be made Aug
ust %, when the wheel will be geared
to 100. Two thousand people witnessed
the race.
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FIVE MEN KILLED.

Serious Freight Wreck on tho Rock
Island Near Leighton, In.
Des Moines, L., Aug. S.-Five men lost
their lives in freight wreck on the
Rock Island road at three o'clock Fri
day morning, near Leighton. The train
was an extra freight on'the way to Chi
cago, loaded with sheep. One of the cars
was derailed by broken journal and
nine cars were ditched. According to
the railway officials the men killed we're
tramps stealing ride, but another re-
port says they were employees of the
Liverpool and Des Moines Packing COM
pany of Des Moines, and gives their
names as follows: William Shea, Will
bur Kuhner, Robert Geary, Edward
Geary. The name of the fifth is not
known.
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TIE ups and downs of operate life
are illustrated by the fact that Sir Au-
gustus Harris lost $4,000 on his first
season with the De Reszkes, but won
it all back the second, while during a
subsequent season, on a turnover Of
$500, 900, the receipts just balanced the
expenses. The London Daily News
believes that the death of Sir Augustus
only expedited matters, as he would
have probably retired after next sea-
son, in consequence of Jean de Res
zse's determination to give up the
stage and settle down with his future
bride on his Polish estate.
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Nor the Week Ending Aug. 10.
The Lake county bank at East Chi
cago, Ind, suspended payment.
The entire business portion OF Jor-
dan, Tenn, has been destroyed by fire.
The populists of the Seventh Kansas
district nominated Jerry Simpson for
congress.
Garland Travis and Will Way were
drowned in the Kankakee river at ia
Porte, Ind.
Robert Hopper and Matte johnson
were murdered and robbed by five ne
groes near Harrodsburg, Ky.
Lorenzo Saladino, Becino Sorcoro and
Angelo Marcuso were. lynched by a mob
at Hahnville, La, for murder.
The Long Island bank, the Oldest
financial institution III Brooklyn, N. y,
will wind up its career, the directors
having decided to 60 out of business.
Every town along the Great Northern
railroad in North Dakota from Crazy
to Larimore was damaged by storm,
the loss to crops alone being immense.
At the races in Columbus, O., Robert
J. paced the fourth and deciding heat
of the free-for-all pace in 2:o2A, which
is the fastest fourth heat ever paced.
The town of Ell Rama, Nicaragua, was
nearly wiped out by freshet and the
plantations in the vicinity were all Ge-
stroyed, the loss being estimated at over
81, 100000.
The works of the Trenton IN. J.)
Fire Clay and Porcelain company were
burned, the loss being $150,000, and
Charles Woods, a fireman, was killed by
falling walls.
Alonzo j. Edgerton, who succeeded
Senator Window, of Minnesota, in the
United States senate, died at his home
in Sioux Falls, S. D., where he had re-
sided since 1889.
Charles Thiede was hanged at Salt
Lake City for numbering his wife April
80, 1894, and Claud Hoover was executed
at Omaha, Neb., for killing Samuel Du-
bois, his brother-in-law.
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SPAIN is waking up to the necessity
of reforesting her mountains. The
little king recently went to village a
few miles east of Madrid and planted
q pine sapling, after which 1000 chill
dren, selected from the Madrid schools,
each planted tree. Medals were dis
tributed among them, with the inscrip-
ton, First Arbor Day, instituted in the
reign of Alfonso Kill, 1896" Similar
festivals are to be held yearly in differ.
ent places, and the children are to be
taken out to see how their trees grow,
in the hope that they will foster tree
planting in their districts.
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SCORES ARE DEAD.
Awful Havoc Created by the Suns
Scorching Rays
Thirty Deaths Directly Duo to Heat Are
Recorded at st. Louis In Two Days
Mortality ut Chicago and Other
Points Remarkable.

St. Louis, Aug. 10.-Last week was
one of the hottest on record in St.
Louis for many years, the tempera-
ture on each day averaging SO degrees.
On Saturday the thermometer in the
signal service bureau registered 100 de-
grees in the shade and the deaths from
prostration numbered IS. Yesterday
the thermometer ranged from 81 de-
grees at eight a. m. to 100 degrees at five
=. M, and the death roll was ~.
In Chicago.
Chicago, Aug. 1O.-Saturday was the
hottest day Of the scorching, deadly
series Of last week, and the list of VIC
tins was the largest. There were Six
deaths reported. The temperature at
eight Il. m. was "a, and it continued to
rise steadily until SO degrees was re-
corded at three o'clock. Yesterday the
Thermometer reached 90 at four p. H.,
and at that hour 10 deaths from heat
had been reported to the health depart
ment. The total deaths due to heat for
the last five days was SO.
Many Dead in New York.
New York, Aug. 10.-The suffering of
New Workers yesterday was intense.
About four p. m. the thermometer OF
the weather bureau touched 90 degrees
as the highest point for the day. There
were ~ fatal cases of prostration and II
on Saturday. The heat was also in
tense in Brooklyn and nine fatal cases
were reported in that city.
At Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 1O.-Sunday was
a record breaker. The mercury ranged
from ~ to 90 during the day at the
weather bureau. The temperature at
other places went above 100. There
were several prostrations, including IL
at the Ohio national guard encamp-
ment; and William Fitzgerald, a laborer,
died from the effects of the heat.
Three Deaths At Albany.
Albany, N. Y, Aug. 1O.-Three deaths
resulted here Sunday from the heat.
They were William J. Cannon, police
man, aged As; George Clifford, aged ";
John Payne, 60 years old (colored).
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convention to order at $3.50 o'clock yes.
terday morning for its second days ses-
sion.
Six candidates for governor were
presented as follows: Pingree, Bliss,
O'Donnell, Wheeler, Aitkin and Conant.
Mayor Hazen S. Pingree, of Detroir, was
chosen on the fourth ballot.
Rest of the Ticket.
The ticket was completed as follows:
Lieutenant governor, Thomas B. DuEs-
tan, of Marquette; secretary of state,
Rev. Washington Gardner, Of Lansing;
state treasurer, George A. Steele, of st.
Johns; auditor-genera;, Roscoe D. Dix,
of Benton Harbor; encouragement,
Fred A. Maynard, of Grand Rapids;
state superintendent of land Office, W.
A. French, of Presque Isle; state SUPER
intendent of public instruction, J. E.
Hammond, of Charlotte; member of
state board of education, j. w. Sim
mons. of Owosso. The convention then
adjourned sine die.
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George Chittich, workman in tho
stone quarry at Pipestone, was run
over in the Burlington yards and killed.
It is reported that A. G. Rodgers,
who has been superintendent OF the
state school for the feeble minded for
number of years, and who has been in
Venzuela for several months, has sent
in his resignation and will devote his
energies in the future to the Orinoco
company.
At Wilmar two strangers were held
up by tramps, one in the Great North
ern yards was struck on the head with
revolver and deprived of few dol
lars. The other in the west part of
the city was knocked unconscious and
deprived of watch and a sum OF
money.
J. NJ. Goss an Anoka lumberman,
has taken a large logging contract
from the Foley-Bean company OF MI
laca. Tho contract is for cut of 5O,-
600, 900 feet of logs at Mile Laos lake
in five years. The timber is to be
foated down Rum river to the COM
pany's mill.
The miscellaneous receipts of the
prison for the month of July were very
large, amounting to see, 266. ~. Of this
amount S., 229. 50 was for convict labor,
g., 239.1s for the. support of United
States prisoners and $19, 500. 81 for sales
and collections on account of binder
Irvine.
Charles H. Walls, Minneapolis mail
carrier, committed suicide by shooting
: himself through the heart. Domestic
trouble is supposed to have been the
cause.
A runaway team in Minneapolis
severely injured Mrs. E. V. Johnson
and Mrs. Bushwacker by colliding with
the buggy in which they were started.
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Maine Democrats.

Waterville, Me-, Aug. IN. D. Frank,
of Portland, was nominated for gov
ernor of Maine at the state democratic
convention Thursday afternoon. The
convention was made necessary because
of the declination of Hon. Edward P.
Winslow to stand as candidate for
governor, and the divided sentiment on
the silver question. When resolution
indorsing the Chicago candidates and
platform was presented William Henry
Clifford, of Portland, objected in a
sensational speech, which was greeted
with Kisses. Clifford and 30 followers
bolted the convention.
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Heavy Grain Receipts.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. s.-The Grain
handled at Duluth the past year is the
greatest amount on record. During
the twelve months there were received
Is, $50, 2os bushels of all kinds of grain,
and shipments were 81, oss, 615 bushels.
OF the grain. receipts there were "a. 1e1,
45s bushels Of wheat; 200, 9ss bushels
corn; 3,s4s,5s7 bushels oats; e24, e57
bushels rye; 4,2e2, IA bushels barley;
5,31S,s15 bushels fax. The increase in
in receipts was nearly 1900, 900 bushels
over the previous year.-It is now set
tied that G. M. Willcutts is to be chair
man of the republican congressional
committee and T. w. Hugo will be the
members for St. Louis county.-John
H. Norton has retired from the contest
for the republican nomination for the
legislature, and it is now likely that
that the nomination will be Carl M.
Johanson, B. F. Howard and Nell Nc
InniS
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LORD RUSSELL and Sir Frank Lock-
wood will leave England on August 8
to attend the meeting Of the American
Bar association at Saratoga. Lord
Russell succeeded the late Lord Cole
ridge as chief justice of England near
.ly two years ago. As an advocate, he
figured in nearly every important case
during the twenty years preceding his
elevation to the bench, and his annual
income at one time amounted to $780,
100. When he defended Parnell before
the Parnell commission, his speech last
I'd three consecutive days. Sir Frank
Lockwood is the wit of tho English
,sourt. "a .--.s,--....
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HOT AT OTHER POINTS.
Deaths and Much suffering Reported
from All Localities.

Deaths and Much Suffering Reported
from All Localities.
Dispatches from various points through
out the country show that no spot is ex-
empt from the torrid weather. In the val
ley regions, where the air Is dense with
vapor, and in small towns. where streets
are not sprinkled the suffering is intense,
but no more so than in the large cities,
where the walls of brick, iron and stone
defect the burning rays of the sun and the
heat is augmented by furnaces and boilers
under the pavements. In all the larger
cities the poor in the tenement districts
and persons employed in close factories
where steam Is used are especial sufferers
The mortality among children Is alarming
IL the titles.
At Philadelphia Saturday ten deaths
from heat were reported.
Six deaths occurred Saturday at Louis
vile. Seventeen horses persisted from ex-
cessive heat.
At Pittsburgh Sunday no prostrations
were reported, although the thermometer
reached 102 in the shade.
At Elgin, ILL.,, son Of Mrs. Loretta Mott
died Of prostration. Gerald w. McChes-
ney, also a young man. died from sun
stroke.
At Anderson. Ind. there was intense SUI
fering among the men in the nail factories
There were three prostrations In the city
Milan. Mo-, reports 106 in the shade and
much mortality among animals. Horses
drop in the streets. and only absolutely
necessary work Is being done, residents
waiting until niektfaV to move about.
All records we, e broken at JEFFERSON, Ia,
when the Thermometer indicated 1O6 In the
shade at two o'clock Saturday afternoon
Henry nowney, an aged and wealthy
farmer Of Tifln, O.. was overcome by the
heat and dropped dead while unhitching
his horses after a trip to the city.
At Des Moines. L., record Of % In the
shade was reached Saturday and two IA
talities were reported. John Gardner, aged
10, keeper Of Q restaurant, dropped dead IN
his place Of business. Samuel Brown fell
dead at his home while sitting in the
shade.
After the hottest day for many seasons
violent storm broke over Lebanon, III
Saturday. Lightning struck and set fire
to forest trees, destroyed farm barns, hay
sheds and corn cribs; entailing loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
Reports from Boston are that the Hub
is simply Frustrated. .Hotterweather was
never known there. The death rate has
Increased greatly, and six deaths from
sunstroke were reported Saturday.
The heat record in Kansas City was
smashed again, the weather bureau ther-
mometer recording 103 degrees at $3.50 Sat-
urday afternoon. On the streets thermome-
tiers ranged from 103 TO lOS. 1t was the
hottest day Kansas City has ever known.
Several prostrations occurred, but as far
as known none resulted fatally.
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IT is very remarkable fact that tho
greatest and best cooks have always
been men. Cooking is supposed to be
essentially the province Of women, but
all the big posts of the cooking world
are held by men, and of these the
French and Swiss are most expert.
Few women possess the initiatory
power of connecting new dishes, or of
exercising the startling originality in
the kitchen that they use with such
marvellous results in the dressmaker's
or milliner's workroom.
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THREE hundred bicycle riders re-
Gently attended an Anglican church
in the diocese of Toronto, Can,
the rector preaching a special SER
mon to them. A silver-plated
bicycle covered with flowers was
one of the special decorations of the
chancel, which church paper de-
nounces as "a most monstrous, IRE.
weren't and distracting intrusion into
the house of Gods presence"
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Rest of the Ticket.

The other state officers were renom-
mated by reclamation as follows:
Lieutenant governor, Emil Baensch, OF
Manitowoc; secretary of state, Henry
Casson, of Viroqua; state treasurer,
Sewell A. Peterson, of Rice Lake; attor-
ney general, William H. Mylrea, of Wan
sau; state superintendent, John Q. En-
cry, Of Albion; railroad commissioner,
Duncan H. Mckenzie, of Alma; insur-
ance commissioner, William A. Fricke,
of Milwaukee.
At $3.50 the convention adjourned sine
die.
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The late George Augustus Sala in
his early days was most impecunious.
At some festive gathering where Mr..
Sala was present, Mr.. Attemborough,
the famous pawnbroker, was also a
guest They recognized each other
and shook hands. "How do you do,
Mr.. Attemborough?" said the journal.
list. 1--WE have often met before, but l
think this is the first time that I have
ever seen your legs"
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A NEW soporific, to which the name
pellotin has been given, has been dis
covered in Mexican cactus called
anhalonium. The native Mexicans eat
slices of this plant, which they call
''pellote." Its hypnotic alkaloid has
been separated by DR.. Hefter, of Leip-
sic. One grain of pellotin is equal in
its effects to 1871 grains of trional, and
to 81 grains of hydrate OF choral In
large doses pellotin is found to be eff
fective in quieting victims of delirum
fremens
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ability and fitness Of the candidate for
vice president. Garrett A. Hobart.
with this statement OF our political
creed. and recalling to your remembrance
the able. faithful and economical manner
in which the republican party has. through
its executives in the past. administered
the domestic affairs Of this state. we frank.
ly invite inspection of its record. challen6:-
ing criticism Of its control of public bust
ness. We indorse the standardization Of
our honored executive. Gov. John T. Rich,
whose fearless and vigorous fidelity Is
heartily commended. We favor the strict
est economy in all state departments.
Two pledge our earnest cooperation in
carry ng out the will Of this convention as
shall be expressed in its choice Of candi-
dates for the various state offices, and sub
NIT our cause to the voters. confident OF
victory in November"
After the conclusion of several speech
es the convention adjourned until nine
o'clock Thursday morning.
The Second Day.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. 7.-No:-
withstanding the continued heat and
humidity, Lockerby hall was again
packed with delegates and spectators
when Chairman Giddings raped the
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Big Shoe Firm Fails.

Chicago, Aug. 7.-Charles H. Fargo &
Company, one of the Oldest wholesale
houses in the west, closed their doors
yesterday. The assignment comes TO
the firm after life of 40 years. The
liabilities are $325,O00 and the assets
S5OO,OOO. The cause IF the failure is
attributed to the general condition of
the money market and the uncertainty
of the political campaign.
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ONE of the most artistic houses in
London is the Alma-Tadema home. It
is like an Aladdin lamp fairy tale real
lied. Each room is a gem, and the
drawingroom has the noble gothic
arch above. The colors are all soft,
and the light is subdued and mellow,
entering like the moonlight. The
ladies wear artistic gowns, without a
hint of "stays"-gowns that so many
would like to wear and dare not.
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The noted Greek scholar, Prot. L. L.
Timayenias, who holds the chair OF
that language at Harvard university, is
big and broad shouldered, dark as to
hair and eyes, and wears short, stub
by black beard. He believes Greek
will always hold its own in the educa-
tional system, both for culture and
mental discipline.
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The bread known as pain de guer-
re-" which for some time past has re-
placed the once-notorious biscuits of
the French army, has been successful
enough to warrant its trial in the
navy. The bread in question is prac-
tically what is known as whole-meal
bread, but rendered rather lighter and
more palatable when stale by finer
grinding.
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Two Killed BY = Cyclone.

Marion, Ind, Aug. IA cyclone
struck Swayzee, a small town west of
here Thursday afternoon. where fair
was in progress. Two men were killed
and several injured, The grand stand
and all the tents and small buildings
we're blown down.
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A PROMINENT New Yerk dentist says
that the mouth should never be rinsed
after using tooth powder. The chalk
in the powder is a slow antacid; BIZ
carbonate of soda is a quick antacid.
The object of the powder, besides that
of securing, is to find its way into cav
tiles between the teeth, and, by killing
the acids, prevent the decomposition
of food, which destroys the tooth It's
SueR
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Clondburst,in Ohio,

Columbus, O., Aug. ga cloudburst
occurred at Bolivar, Stark county.
Thursday night, flooding the village and
driving the people to the roofs of their
houses to escape drowning. The dam
age to property is great and railway op-
erations are interfered with.
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shsrl6s Favor Curfev

Denver, COL, Aug. THE National
Association of Sheriffs, holding a con-
vention in this city, passed resolution
Thursday recommending the enact
ment of the curfew ordinance by the
municipal governments of cities, towns
and villages throughout the country.
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Reed to Run Again.

Portland, Me-, Aug. 7.-Thomas r.
Reed was on Thursday renominated by
reclamation for congress by the repub-
lican convention of the First district.
It is the tenth successive term for which
Mr.. Reed has been nominated. In
brief speech Mr.. Reed explained why he
believed in the gold standard.
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MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS.
Meet in State Convention ut Grand RAJ
ids-Tho Proceedings.

Meet in State Convention ut Grand Rap
ids-Tho Proceedings.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. 6.-The
republican state convention assembled
in Lockerby hall Wednesday and was
called to order shortly after II a. m.
by Chairman Ferry, of the state cen
trail committee. Hon. Victor NJ. Gore,
of Benton Harbor, was introduced as
temporary chairman, and delivered a
brief address. His illusions to McKin-
ley provoked whirlwind of applause.
The points he made on the money ques.
ton were also applauded.
The convention then adjourned until
evening, when State Treasurer Will<in-
Eon presented the following report from
the committee on platform, which was
unanimously adopted:
The Resolutions.
I'VE declare our continued allegiance to
the republican party. which now as hereto
fore stands for the UNFOLDING Of law and
order, tho Encouragement and protection
of the commerce Of our country, its INDUS
tries, its labor, its farms and its firesides,
the development of its resources. the
maintenance Of its credit. and the defense
of its honor among the nations OF the
world.
1--WE accept and indorse the platform OF
the national republican convention of 1896
at st. Louis. and we call upon all loyal cit
teens Of the republic to unite in its support.
1--WE denounce the so-called democratic
national platform recently adopted at Chi
caeo for its insults to our courts and our
Judges, for its pandering to disorder and
mob violence, for its sympathy with an
archism. for its proposal to repudiate pub
lie and private debts. and for its intention
to substitute silver monometa4lism IN place
CT the wise and liberal policy and practice
Of the republican party, which has been
and Is the use Of gold, silver and paper as
the currency Of the nation.
I'VE congratulate the party upon the
eminently wise and satisfactory selection
of standard bearers in the present national
campaign. We zealously emphasize our
fealty to that distinguished American
statesmen. William Mckinley, who best
embodies those patriotic and progressive
expressions Of economic purposes. protec-
ton, reciprocity and honest money, and
our equally unreserved confidence In the