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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-16
AMERICANS WIN FINAL HEATS.
Garry on Honors In Presence of q Vast
Audience.

Garry on Honors In Presence Of q Vast
Audience.
Athens, April lin the Olympian
games Friday the contests at the
parallel bars were won by Flatow, Ger.
man, and Zutter, Swiss. The contests
at climbing the pole were won by the
Greek athletes, Andri, Kopoulos and
Xenakis.
The final heats of the unfinishecA
events of the first and second days were
contested Friday.
The 100 metres race was won by Thomas
r. Burke, of Boston, in II seconds. Hoff-
man, the German champion, was second.
The high jump was won by Ellery Fl.
Clark, of Harvard, a member OF the Boston.
team, covering lS1 centimetres.
The hurdle race of ITO meters was won by
Thomas F. Curtis, of Boston, II 3-5 seconds;
Goulding, the English champion. was Sec
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LATER

The Massachusetts, legislature the
18th defeated the proposition to build
q $50, 900 monument to Ben Butler.
Miss Mary Linnett, of Chicago, shot
and killed Elizabeth Trow,bridge. ii
Elgin, Ill, the 18th, and then killed
herself. Miss Linnett had recently
been discharged from the insane
asylum.
A train on the belt line to the Bed
ford (Ky.) quarries went through a
trestle the 18th. killing Charles Ogden,
conductor; Sherman Carpenter, fire.
man; Charles Davis and three others.
Engineer Menzer was probably fatally
injured. ~.
The supreme court of South Dakota
the 18th decided that the Yankton city
ordinance licensing saloons was con.
stitutional and correct. =
The president the 18th sent to the
senate the nomination Of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, of Virginia, to be consul general
of the United States at Havana, Cuba,
vice Ramon o. Williams, resigned. T.;
The extensive plans of the ''United
States ex-slave owners registration
boreau," organized three weeks ago,
and having Offices both in Washington
and Savannah, Ca, were interferec
with the 18th by the issuance of a fraud
order by the postoffice department.
Five men were probably fatally in
jured by an explosion of fire damp
during a fire in the Red Ash vein of the
Woodward mine at Willesbarre, Pa,
the 18th. They ore: William Powell,
fire boss; John Evans, mine foreman;
James Lewis, miner; William D. Nor
gan, miner. and Arthur Golightly,
laborer. There is very little chance Of
recovery for the men, all of whom in
hailed gas. ~
Patrick Finnigan, a farmer residing
in Colfax county, Nebraska, the 18th
killed his wife and then committed sui
eide. The trouble was caused by thu
wife refusing to sign deeds to property
| that her husband desired to sell. j.,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-16
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Proceedings of the First Session.
In the United States senate on the 7th
tho post Office appropriation bill was passed.
A 1oint resolution was introduced provtd-
ing for On amendment to the constitution
TO limit the veto power o: the president
70 as to make it competent for the two
houses to pass bills over q veto by ma-
jority vote. In the house the time was
passed in discussing bill to fix the stand
urd of weights and measures by the adop-
ton Of the metric system on and after
July l. $685.
In the United States senate on the Stl,
Senator Turpie spoke in favor OF radica'
action on Cuba, even to the extent OF send
ing a feet to Cuban waters. Most OF the
day was given to the Indian appropria-
ton BILL which was not completed. Unan1-
NOUS consent was secured for taking up.
next Tuesday, the resolution for senate
inquiry into recent bond issues. A Dill
was passed granting pension OF S5o montn'
" to the widow of Maj. Gen. Charles 5.
Hamilton . In the house the bill to adopt
the metric system of weights and meas
TRES was sent back to the committee on
coinage. weights and measures for furthe;
consideration. The conference report on
the agricultural appropriation bill was
adopted.
After being in retirement for several
weeks the tariff silver bill was brought for
ward in the senate on the 9Th as text Tor a
speech by Senator Mantle (Mont.). who
urged that unsectional protection should
he linked with bimctal.ism. The naval ap-
preparation bill 1881. 27e.4S2) was report ed
and every pension bill on the calendar
<75 in number) was passed.. In the house
the District Of Columbia appropriation bill
was passed and favorable report was
made on the bill for the admission OF
New Mexico as state. Mr.. Hopkins
Ill.) introduced recip1 ocity pill and a rcs-
olution was adopted calling on the state
department for informa ton regarding Mrs
Maybrick, imprisoned in England.
The main portion Of the session Of tho
senate on the 10th was taken up by the In
dian appropriation bill, the house proposi-
ton abolishing the system of contrac,
schools for children giving rise to a long de-
late. A favorable report was made on the
bill providing for delegate in congress
from Alaska. Adjourned to the 18th. The
Eouse spent nearly the entire day in genera
debate on the ''flled-cheese" bill. The for
tifications bill ISL. ,OO0) was reported, as
was also the bill to prohibit the sale of iE
toxicating liquors to Indians holding larc
by allotments.
The senate was not in session on the lit:
LIN the house the flied cheese bill, re
curing the manufacturers Of filled cheese
TO pay a tax Of $500 annually. the wholesale
dealers $3.50 and the retail dealers $l2. wa:
raised.
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DOMESTIC.

Fourteen buildings in the business
section of Yonkers, N.Y., were burned,
the total loss being 100000.
Reports is to the condition of the
crops throughout the country show
that the season is two weeks late.
Jesse Clifford and his wife, living
about II miles from Boston, Ind, were
probably fatally assaulted in their home
by burglars.
The bill passed by the Ohio Iegisla-
ture providing that the heirs of any per-
son suffering death at the hands of a
1nob may secure damages of $5,0co
against the county where the lynching
occurs has become law.
BY an explosion in powder works At
Ogden, Utah, seven men were killed and
several others were badly injured. y
The village of Rockford, Mich, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire.
At Elizabeth, n. j., Frank Mckinley
was killed by railway train in the
presence of his wife, to whom he had
been married less than an hour before.
jackson Martin, his wife and child
were burned to death at Milestone, W.
Va. The house took fire and the inmates
were unable to escape.
John Smith, the ex-hired man of the
Stone family, three members of which
were murdered at Tallnladge, O., con-
tossed that be committed the crime be-
cause he was discharged by Stone.
The Building Trades council, repre-
eenting $4,000 men, in session at Pitts
burgh, Pa, adopted resolution favor
ing 4 conferences committee to settle
differencesa and doing away with strikes.
John Boyd and George Oiler were
Killed and four other persons were scri-
ously injured by the explosion of a saw.
mill boiler at North Mountain, Pa.
James Knott, of Hailock township, ILL.,,
one of the voters at the recent election,
celebrated his Tooth birthday anniver-
sary.
Fire at Savannah, Ca, destroyed the
building occupied by the Savannah
Grocery company, the loss being
$17O,00O.
Maude and Mary Campbell were
burned to death in their home at New
Cumberland, w. Va, their clothes TAX
ing fire from crate.
The heaviest April snow within the
memory of the earliest inhabitant fel!
at Bloomington and other illinois
towns.
The British ship Blairmore. while
riding at anchor in the bay at San Fran
cisco, was struck by q. violent squall and
capsized and six seamen lost their lives
Fire destroyed the business center I'll
Lyons,O.
+. At the depot in Millican. Tex, John
Brooks shot and killed his daughter,
Mollie Brooks, and also shot her lover
A. C. Worrels, as they were about tc
elope, and then sat down on a box OF
dynamite which he exploded and blew
himself to atoms.
The new St. Louis directory gives that
city an estimated population of Gil, 26s.
an increase of LIS, O59 since 1890.
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Tragedy at Pentwater. Mich.

Pentwater, Mich, April lis. B.
Minshall. an attorney of this town,
made a successful attempt on Thurs
day night to assassinate William
B. o. Sands, president of the Sands &
Maxwell Lumber company. After leav-
ing Sands for dead, Minshall went to
his home and shot his wife and three
children dead and then committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the
head
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""There is no darkness but ignorance
Let us fiood the world with intellectual
light"
When he concluded the applause was
loud and long continued, many of those
in the foyer waving their handkerchiefs
and hats. The congregation united III
singing "Blest Be The Tie That Binds
and with the pronouncing of the bene-
diction the unique service came to an
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Ex-GOv. Holt Dea d.

Raleigh, n. c., April 13.-Thomas Nj.
Holt, ex-governor of the state and the
wealthiest and most prominent cotton
manufacturer in North Carolina, died
Saturday afternoon at his home in Haw
River.
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Decides Against Tho Women

New York, April 9.-By vote of 90
to 80 the New York Methodist Episco-
pal conference decided against the
amendment recommending that lay
delegates to the general conference be
either male or female.
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Entire Family Cremated.

Wheeling, w. Va, April 9.-Wcrd has
just reached this city from Milestone,
Marshall county, about is miles from
this city, that an entire family was
cremated in fire which destroyed the
dwelling house of Jackson Martin. The
dead are Mr.. and Mrs. jackson Martin
and their child, =
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FOREIGN.

Fifteen thousand italian immigrants
we're about to leave Naples for New
York.
1t was reported that Venezuela was in
favor of recognizing the belligerency OF
the Cuban insurgents. =
Advices from Cuba say that Spanlsl,
soldiers. Infatuated by the resolutions
of the American senate, shot six sons OF
All American farmer at Casiguas.
Two regiments of Chinese !soldiers
were blown to pieces by an explosion in
fort at Kiang Gin. z
Col. John 4. Cockerill, the well-known
American newspaper correspondent,
died of apoplexy in Cairo, Egypt. aged
81 years.
In the final contests in the Olyulpian
games at Athens, Greece, the Americana
were the winners. =
Capt. Gen. Weyler asked Spain for the
Immediate dispatch of 5000 cavalry to
Cuba, and the minister of war was ar
ranging to send them.
1t was reported at st. Johns, N. F.,
that the sealing steamer Ranger was
lost with over 200 men.
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Crashed Through a Bridge.

Toledo, O., April "a span of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie railway bridge
crossing the Maumee river went down
under the weight of freight train,
killing james Marshall, a brakeman,
and demolishing five cars:
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The Oregon democrats in convention
at Portland adopted a platform favoring
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of sixteen to one and elected
delegates to the national convention In
structed to support free silver candi'
date for president.
The Illinois prohibitionists In conven-
ton at Springfield nominated a state
ticket with Hale johnson, of Newton.
for governor. The platform favo:s
woman suffrage, free silver. civil service
reform. and reaffirms the position Of the
party OH the liquor question.
Thomas H. Tongue was nominated
for congress by the republicans of the
First district Of Oregon on the saith
ballot. ~
At the First district republican con-
vention in Canto, Mo-, Maj. Z. N. Clark
was nominated for congress by 'accla-
nation. 80
Gustavus Koerner. who was lienten-
ant-governor of Illinois in 1852, died at
Delleville, aged 81 years.
Phillip G. Killian, the union soldier
who cut down the confederate flag at
Fort Sumter, died ut his home in Pitts.
ton. Pa, aged Sc years.
Ohio democrats will meet in Column
bus on June % to select delegates to the
national convention. Il
Miss Mile Owsley (colored). aged
1903 years, died ut Danville, Ky. >,
In session ut Portland the Oregon re-
publicans selected delegates to the St.
Louis convention for Mckinley. The
platform declares for both gold and sill
YER and the maintenance of values of
the two metals. E
The Rhode Island republicans in con-
vention at Providence selected Reed
delegates to the national convention
and adopted piatfrom in favor of gold
as monetary standard, in favor of a
national board of arbitration, and
against the free coinage of silver. u.s..
Gov. John +. Jones, of Nevada, who
had been i'll in San Francisco for several
months from cancer of the stomach,
died in that city, aged Sc years.
In the Ninth Illinois district the re-
publicans renominatcd r. r. Hit for
congress by reclamation.
Republicans of the Fifth Tennessee
district nominated DR.. Houston for con-
gress.
William II. Everson, known as the
father of the sheet iron industry, died
in Pittsburgh, Pa. aged S0years.
CA. Coombs (coloreD. aged 112 years,
died at his home in St. Paul. MINI. Rec
ords show he was born in 1884.
Thomas NJ. Holt. ex-governor and the
wealthiest and most prominent cotton
manufacturer in North Carolina, died TT
1,;c homo in Haw River
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OCCUPIES A PULPIT.
Robert Ingersoll Tells 'sHow Man.
kind Gan Be Reformed"
His Address In . Chicago Church Accom-
panied by Prayer and the Singing
OF Hymns-.'There Is No Dark
ness but Ignorance"

Chicago, April 13.--With a prelude
that included the pronouncing of an in
vocation,' the repeating of the Lords
Prayer in unison, the reading of the
tenth chapter of Luke, commenc'
ing with the 25th verse, the sing
ing of an hosanna, of "Nearer, My God,
to Thee" and "America," the greatest
living ngnostic of the age stepped to the
restrum of the Church Militant Sunday
morning and for nearly two hours en-
pounded to the congregation his views
upon SLOW Mankind Can Be Reformed"
Church Militant is composed of the
major portion of the former adherents
of the Fullerton Avenue Presbyterian
church, one of the strongest parishes ct
that denomination in the city, and who,
branched off into an independent organ
ization some months since as result
of opposition of the minority of the
congregation to the introduction of rad
ical changes in the conduct of the serv~
ices, including the use of an instr'1-
mental orchestra and the attachment
to the parish of employment. hospital,
clubhouse and other guilds.
Some time ago an invitation was eN-
tended to Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll to de-
liver an address under the auspices Of
the congregation, and it was in response
that he found himself in it's rostrunl
Sunday. At the time the invitation was
extended the congregation held it's serv-
ices in the Women's Christian temple,
but so much feeling was manifested by
the managing board of that structure
over the idea of an agnostic speaking
within it's precincts that the Columbia
theater was secured for term of years
and it fell to Col. Ingersoll to inaugurate
the services in it's new meeting place.
An Enormous Crowd.
Although admission was strictly con-
fined to ticket holders, the street in
front of the theater was blocked with
people long before the opening of the
doors, and even after the interior had
been packed to suffocation over thou
sand men and women besieged the en-
trance. On the stage were 400 or more
representative citizens, including near
]y every member Of the appellate and
superior judiciary, several federal anil
county officials, delegations from every
medical and law college and institution
of learning in the city and suburbs and
a plumber of retired divines. Every sect
and denomination without an eXcep-
+;o,, ho n II cronroSonta five
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city sales: Lot and improvements on the north
side of Folsom, near Russ, 25x1000, $4,000;
lot 24xS7 Is and improvements, on Sacramento,
near Jones, $500: lot 25x114 on the east side
of Alvarado, near Noe, $500; lot 25x100 on
Rutiedge avenue, 100 ieet from Alvarado,
$1,000; two lots with small frame buildings on
Rutledge avenue, $1,000 each lot on the north
east corner of Lake and Thirteenth avenue,
1878; lot 25x137 IS with improvements, on
the south side OF Pine, near Devils adero, $4500;
lot 25x62:6, with three tenements, on
Whites place, off Jones street, $4,000; lot
p 80 and two story building on
Fifth avenue, near Clement, $4,000 two-story
house and lot 25x1O0, on the south side of FL
rs, near Deyisadero, $50, 900; house and lot
25x103, on the east side of Devisadero, 1872 IS
north of California $500; lot 80 :6x100, on
the northwest corner of California and Tenth
avenue, $1400; lot 25x120, on the west side
OF Tenth avenue, 125 feet north of California
$500. Country sales by the same house in
clude fruit ranch of 1853 acres in Sonoma
County at $23,600; ranch in Napa County,
containing $50 acres of grain and fruit land
$21, 500; dairy ranch of 50 acres in Marin
County, $4,000, and sos acres OF unimproved
land in the McMehan ranch Sonoma County
for 1880.
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artesian wells, which supply the pumping
works south of the south drive. and that
the water supply costs little less than
$4,000 year.
IF we purchased the water from Spring
Valley, said the superintendent, lit
would cost 80 cents a thousand gallons,
and as we use 10000 gallons of water an
hour, twelve hours day, it would amount
to large sum annually"
Then he went to work with pencil and
paper and in few moments added:
"lf we purchased from Spring Valley
we would use the quantity of water l have
Just named for eight months in the year,
and the cost would for that period be
S50,640, so we save quite neat little sum
to the taxpayers"
Dwelling upon the grand view that is
obtained from The porch of the new lodge,
superintendent McLaren said, in direct
ing attention to the barrenness of the Ber-
nal Heights: ut is astonishing that the
owners OF the property on those hills have
not set out trees, as did AdoIph Sutro on
his property right opposite. 1t would
cost but very little, require no care, and in
a short time produce a forest similar to
that on Sutro's land In ten years those
hills would be covered with trees, which
would enhance the value of the prop
erty, improve the beauty of scenery and
act as a great windbreak. Maybe some
time those interested may do that.
What the authorities ought to do"
continued the superintendent, "and that
before the price of land gets high, is to Sc
cure large tract for the benefit of the
Mission people, for this park is too far
away. The securing OF park sites is &C.
cupying the attention of the authorities of
many Eastern cities, for they must have
parks for the people. In New York City
the authorities tore away four blocks OF
buildings to make way for peoples park.
Ii our people here do not attend to such
matters while it is yet time, they will have
to do so in the future and pay high for the
delay"
Sutroville by the sea had its share of
visitors yesterday, and they amused them
selves watching the waves and the seals,
and spent some time at the many attrac-
tions that have been established there.
This, said an Eastern man here on a
visit, reminds me of Coney Island beach
on very small scale; that is, outside the
baths. Coney Island is not in it with your
baths"
The crowd in the baths was large, and
with considerable interest they watched
the races, diving, the clown of dwarfish
stature on the platform and in the
water and other specalties. Dana
Thompson, the water-wonder, has gone to
Seattle. and his place is being filed by
young Cornell, who performs Thompson's
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-29
CRICKET ACROSS THE BAY
The AlamedaS Defeat the Pacific
Eleven With Hands
Down.

Two very decisive cricket matches for
the Hunter Harrison cup were played yes
terday.
At Alameda the Pacifics, who have
hitherto kept first place in the contest
were beaten by the Alameda team by $50
runs in the first innings.
Going first to bat, the Pacifcs compiled
the lowly total of Is.
G. B. Wise and ]. A. Harbour were the
only contributors to this little total worthy
of mention. Ward Jr. bowled in his best
form, taking five wickets for two dozen
runs, and Sloman did almost as we'll at
the other end.
Then the Alamedas took the pitch, their
captain, the veteran Hogue, leading the
ball with neatly compiled half century.
Randall and Teddy Hood seconded his
efforts nobly, Anderson and Ward Jr. also
doing excellent " ork. Five bowlers were
put on by the Pacific's captain, but their
united efforts did not prevent defeat.
In the second innings, played to kill
time, the Pacifcs, thanks principally to
Harbour, put together As runs for six
wickets.
1t is the first signal defeat suffered by
the Pacifcs this season. Following are
the full scores:
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CLERKS TAKE RECREATION
A Most Enjoyable Day Spent
Yesterday at Glen
Ellen.
Half the Proceeds to Go to the Sur.
vivors of the Fifth.Street
Disaster.

The retail clerks of this City had q
delightful day of recreation from business
cares yesterday at their picnic at Glen
Ellen. Several hundred clerks and their
friends took advantage of the picnic rates
and enjoyed days holiday among the
Sonoma redwoods. The almost perfect
summer weather which prevailed through
the day made the outing particularly
enjoyable one to the statesmen and sales
women who had almost forgotten what
sunshine is during the recent foggy
weather in this City.
Messrs. Morris and Louis Metzger were
among the most active in making ar
rangements for the outing. In making
the elaborate preparations for the picnic
they were ably assisted by the following,
who served on various com mittees:
IL. Friedlander, B. +. McDonough, D. ].
Sheehan, J.. Adler. NJ. j. Gildea, w. Hall,
Frank Condor, W. J. Ahern, G. E. Ress,
Milton Hart, Miss Rosie Jacobs, Miss
Alice Edwards, Miss Page, L. Kuttner, }.
Miss Lulu Pyat, Martin Erlenbach, A. H
Grossman, John Hammer, Clark Miner,
Miss Maud Levy, c. Clancy.
generous variety of prizes was
awarded, among the many valuable gate
prizes being bicycle. The prizes in the
VarlouS races and sports were scarcely less
valuable, and included the following:
In the married ladies' race, an order for
large photo, which was kindly donated
by the Globe Portrait Company. good for
any time party presents her photo.
An order for pocketbook from Sanborn
Vail d Co. for the young ladies' race.
10 the winner of the fat mans race, an
elegant smoking set, the very latest from
Paris.
The winner of the single mems race re-
ceived one set of cuff and collar boxes
from the japanese department of the EN-
porium.
In the girls race an order on the candy
stand of tue Emporium for box of French
cream candies was presented to the victor.
The prize in the race for boys under 16
was an order on Beamish for one sweater.
The winner of the special race of the
San Francisco CALL was given free sub
scription to THE CALL for one year.
DR.. 9. Q. O'Donnell gave one silver cup,
finely engraved, for special race; also an
invitation TO all the corners to this picnic
to visit his ranch.
One of the most interesting features OF
the days diversions was tug of war con-
test in which four teams we're entered,
composed of employees of the following
firms: J. J. O'Brien, Hale Bros, O Con-
nor & Moffat and the White House ].
w. Wyckoff of the Emporium acted as
referee of the contest.
One-half of the profits arising from the
excursion will be given to aid the sdr-
vivors of the Fifth-street disaster. The
generosity of the clerks in promptly show
ing in a substantial manner their SYM
PATTY for the unfortunate sufferers of the
recent horror is particularly commendable
and worthy of general imitation.