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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
LEE IS NOT RELIEVED. j.
He VIII Continue to Serve ~ Consul
General to Cuba

He VIII Continue to Serve ~ Constr
General to Cuba. -
Washington, Sept. 20.-The request Of
President Mckinley that Gen: Fitzhugh
Lee should return to Cuba and continue
to serve as consul general for few
months is regarded as very significant.
Last June the president selected ex-
Congressman Frank J. Aldrich, of Chi
,cago, for the. successor of Gen. Lee, but
,intimated to5Mr. Aldrich that, the APP
pointment would not be nude for some
months, as~he did not want to change
officials as Havana if there was any
prospect of settlement of the Cuban
question. It was believed that Mr..
Aldrich would be sent to Cuba this fall,
BUTT was officially announcedafter the
conference between the president and
Gen. Lee Saturday that the latter would
return to Cuba next month. Gen. Lee
has not desired to continue in office.
but he is willing to do 50 if he can help
in ending the Cuban war. He was not
in sympathy with the do-nothing policy
of the Cleveland administration, but he
believes that the present administration
intends to bring an end to the war with
in few months, and he is ready to
help in that effort.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23

Advices from Ireland are of an alarm
ing character as regards the condition
of this year'acrops, and the island seems
to be threatened with famine scarce
~ less disastrous than that Of 1847.
Protracted rains have rendered it im-
possible to harvest the grain crop, and
as q consequence it is rotting. Every
county has the same gloomy report and
every species of crop seems to be al;
fected-the potato crop, upon which so
much depends for the Irish people, not
excepted. "A. parish priest at a meeting
in the County Of Ulster, call led to ask .
reduction of rents~ said that not since
1871 had the prospect been so black.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23

England, aswell as the United States,
complains of an oversupply Of doctors.
More are annually graduated than there
is room for, and the same is true in 9TH
er countries. What to do with the sur
plus is a problem of which no solution
has yet been found If the young saw
bones could be set to doctoring each
other for a term before trying their
hands on the public their ranks would
thin out with great rapidity, but such
course would probably be against the
ethics of the profession.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23

It the people who are trying to stop
the insane rush to the Klondike Would
recall the history of the race they might
spare themselves much labor and worry.
Humanity has ever been seeking madly
the source of wealth since Adam began
to wear clothes, and will doubtless
continue to do 30 until the last of the
coming race of toothless and hairless
men vanish from the earth. And the
further away the reputed treasure is
and the more danger, the more eager
are people to- try for the goal. The
gambling instinct is planted deeply in
human nature, and it crops out strongly.
in the quest of treasure. "a "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Frau Materna, the famous Wagnerian
singer, has just retired from public
life.
A man died at a st. Louis hospital re-
Gently from lockjaw, caused by wear
ing tight shoes.
Four hundred ounces of phenacetin,
said to have been struggled, was seized
in q saloon at Hoboken, N. J..
A company has been Incorporated at
Albany. N. Y, which has for it's main
business the curing of diseases by in.
fusion of blood.
King Leopold of Belgium offers a
prize Of $4,000 for, the best military his
tory of Belgium from the Roman in
vasion to the present day.
In a run between Wibber and Titus
vile, a New Jersey wheelman caught
a whole swarm of bees on his back and
carried them number of miles.
Some wonderful staiactite caves were
discoveries recently at Sterkfontein,
eight miles to the northwest of Kru-
gersdorp, in the South African repub-
lie.
There are &c negroes under indict-
ment for trial for murder in Montgom-
cry county, Ala, and Dallascounty not
far away, reports S1s ito be. tried for
the same crime there. y
The Church Times says that the
large number of Americans in London
has led to the introduction of the name
of the president of the United States
into the prayers for the queen. .-..
Mrs. George W. Conarrae, of Phila-
delphia, a summer resident of Ogon-
quit, Me-, has given that village pub
lie library, handsomely housed and en-
dowed as memorial to her husband.
Stephen Mallory White is a senator
from California and Stephen Russell
Mallory is a senator from Florida.
There lis more than mere coincidence
II thessimilarity of the names. The
men are cousins. Sd $780, .s IS ~
Mime. Maretzek, widow Of Max Maret-
EEK, the famous pianist, whosdied q
few mon tbs ago, is threatened with be-
coming totally blind. She is living in
the Maretzek homestead in# Pleasant
Plains, Staten Island, and isnearly 70
years Of age. ~ =
The total length Of the worlds tele-
graph system has now reached 1905
921 miles, exclusive of 1s0,44O miles OF
submarine cables. OF this Europe has
1,764 ,790 miles, Asia 310,685 miles; As
RIGA, o9,419 miles; Australia, 217,479
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It is in order to ask what has become
of the Russian thistle which few years
ago was said to threaten the annihila-
ton of American agriculture. Its rapid
decline in interest dates from its failure
to serve as a basis for appropriations.
On the other hand the gypsy moth,
which was successfully used to raid the
state treasury in Massachusetts, is in
a highly hourishing condition, and was
good this year for 100000 pull at he
public funds. A brave start was made
with the Russian thistle, but legisla-
lures declined to go into the business of
killing weeds and the country has sur
vived in good shape. 81 #H q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
MARKETS..
MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. "a

Minneapolis, Sept. 20.
Wheat-No. northern, new, Ok to
92c; No. 2 northern 81 to size De-
cember, s97sc.
Corn-No. 8, 26c.
Oats-No. white. 20 to 2OIc.
Cattle-Steers, $500 to 3.75; cows.
$3.50.
Hogs-$3. so to 400.
Sheep-Muttons. So. 10 to l. 10; lambs,
$4.25.
Butter-Creamery, extras. II to 1sc;
creamery, frsts, Is to 16c; dairy, fancy.
16 to 17c; dairy, choice. 10 to 14c.
Poultry-Turkeys, to &c; spring
chickens, Z to SC.
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Damage bysEarthq "a kes.

Tashkaent, Turkestan, Sept. pa
severe earthkuake shock occurred here
Saturday night and the disturbance
was felt throughout the whole of Tur-
kestau. Several monuments of an
tiquity were damaged here and at
Samarkand and Ura-Tiube.5 IN
! Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 2o.-The
cantons of Glarus and Grisons were
visited Sunday by severe earthquake
shock, accompanied by heavy rumbling.
The disturbance was so distinct that
it was everywhere noticeable and in
many places great blocks of rock fell
from the mountains. s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23

A bean vine on New York farm has
been rambling all over the houses in its
vicinity with leaves as large as mans
hand and pods six inches long. It is
quite phenomenon, and the neighbors
think it will eclipse the famous beam
stalk of the fairy story. It is still
growing. and will continue to expand
until the Octobet frosts end it's career.
Horticulturists are at a loss to explain
the great luxuriance of the vine, but, of
course, they will be careful to save the
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THE EAST.

Because convicted of a felony Louise
Michel, the French anarchist who con-
templates coming to America, will be
barred out.
In New York Seymour Bros, stock
brokers, with Offices in various cities in
the country, failed for 100000.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 coal miners
in the Pittsburgh district returned to
work.
In session at Boston the National
Laundrymen's association defeated a
resolution looking for a boycott of the
Chinese laundries.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
$1,386, 354,242 against $1,104, 680,650 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 52.6.
Lamp chimney manufacturers of the
United States have signed the wage
scale demanded by the workers..
In the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 18th were: Baltimore,
TIT; Boston. .707; New York, 1886; Gin
cinnati, .562; Cleveland, .512; Washing
ton, .467; Brooklyn, .455; Pittsburgh,
.455; Chicago, .447; Philadelphia, .423;
Louisville, .40s; St. Louis, .22O.
At Blue Hill observatory, Mass, 9
kite was sent to the height of 1o,O16 feet
breaking all previous kite records. .
In Boston Jimmy Michael broke the
worlds 25-mile bicycle record, making
the distance in As minutes SO As Sec
onds. Every worlds record from three
to twenty-five miles inclusive is now
credited to Michael
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New DynaIuite Torpedo.

San francisco, Sept. 20. = R. Delas
Noble, of Sausalito, claims to have in
vented dynamite torpedo so arranged
by means of compressed air and special
springs that it is claimed it is harm
less until it strikes water or the OBJ
ject fired at. It. is asserted that this
torpedo can be shot from any kind of
guns now in use without fear of prema-
ture explosion, and with IT'S to 200
pounds of powder he can throw his tor
pedo, loaded with 500 pounds of dyna-
mite, distance of 11A miles. Expert
1nents are said to have been fairly sue
ceSSfn1 2SS.Is ss.S9tS.g +., .,,eEs.Sz.E ~ >
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STILL THE KING.
Star Pointer PAGES n Mile in 2:O1 a t
indianapolis.

Star Pointer PAGES n Mile in 2:Ol n
indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 20.-The
worlds pacing race record was. broken
here Saturday afternoon by Star Pointer
in IL match race with Joe Patchen, the
turf king covering the mile in 2:01.
The weather was perfect for the race
between the two kings of the turf.
There was but one heat of the race to
be finished, each having taken heats on
the afternoon previous, the race going
over on account of darkness. The time
of Saturdays heat by quarters was:
0:2oA, 100, 1870, 2:o1. The finish OF
the heat was the occasion Of great en-
thusiasm in the big audience.
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Epitome Of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Investigation made by Commissioner
Jones, of the Indian bureau, shows that
there are only g insane Indians in the
country.
The postmaster-general is devoting
considerable attention to an investiga-
ton of the wisdom of establishing
postal savings banks. y
For the eight months ended August
81 last domestic exports amounted to
over last year. .:....
During August the amount of gold
imported amounted to $4,374, IT'S, and
the exports to S., 9s3,5ss. Thesilver i'm
ports amounted to $1,491, 752 and the
exports to $5,a13,277.
Mr.. Powderly, commissioner of the
immigration bureau, has directed the
deportation of 16 contract laborers re-
Gently arrived at San Francisco from
Japan. 49,. Ne g4 &
President Mckinley has appointed
Thomas Smith, of New Jersey, to be
consul at Moscow, Russia. '@sE5
- The desire of Secretary Gage that
postage stamps shall hereafter be green
has met with defeat by the discovery
that the rules of the international post
al congress forbid any change in the
color of stamps. $500
In the United States there were 2O4
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 18th, against 215 the week
previous and 317 in the corresponding
period of 1896. III.
president has requestedGen. Fitz-
hugh Lee to returm to Cuba and con-
tinue to serve as consul general for a
few months.
1t is said that Secretary Alger will
attempt to solve the question of how to
get supplies into the Klondike gold
regions, and thereby prevent the
threatened starvation of many miners.
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The cars promise to abolish the hor-
rors of the Siberian exile system is CIV
ing him better advertisement even
than the French alliance. The alliance
is caused by ambitious considerations,
and the fact that France is a republic
had, of course, nothing to do with the
matter. The Siberian reforms, on the
other hand, are dictated by humanity.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23

A tariff Of so cents head has been
placed by a new law in New Jersey
upon every couple from outside that
comes into the stateto be married. This
was consequent inquisitorial feature
created as preliminary to marriage
which brought on perfect stampede
Of young persons to marry before the
act went into effect. It is estimated
that 100 marriages were solemnized
in the state as result of this, land it is
limited that many of these had been a
long time in contemplation.
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Michners Great bicycling Feat.

0A1OAsssSH !" A1HCy VA1s. 9
Boston, Sept. 2o.-Jimmy Michael on
Saturday won the greatest cycling event
ever run on any New England track.
It was the international IS mile race
on Charles River park, and was run in
the fastest cycling time the world ever
saw. Michael's competitors were Luz
Glen Lesna, of France, and Eddie Nc
Duffee, of Cambridge. It was superb
day and $4,000 people witnessed the
race. Michael finished in 1888 As.
Every American and worlds record
from three to twenty five miles inclu-s
sive isEnow credited to Michael. # 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23

An insurance publication in the east
has issued Fire Tables for 1897" From
this series of figures it is seen that in
1896 the losses were 100000, de-
crease of $24,OO0,OOO from the losses of
1895, $22.0o0,Oo0 under those of 1894,
$5o,o0o,oo less than 1893 and $34,ooo,-
900 lower than 1892. Unfortunately
there is no text with the figures show
ing the cause of the encouraging de-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23

1t has taken 90 years to reduce the
record of the pacing mile from three
minutes to two minutes. There will
have to be some powerful evolution be-
fore another minute can be clipped
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crease.

Mexico claims to have discovered rich
gold mines in,the Yaqui country. This
river, which flows into the Gulf of Cali
fornia, until recently has been unknown
to the prospectors, because of the hos
tility of the savages. But peace is now
assured, and the gold region is open,
and great exodus from the cities and
towns is expected. A trip to rich gold
fields in Mexico would be more pleas
ing than one to the Klondike.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

Ex-Postmaster-Gen Wilson has
been installed into the Office of presi-
dent of Washington and Lee university
at Lexington, Va.
Advices say that the Great Dismal
swamp of Virginia and North Carolina,
covering an area of perhaps 400 square
miles, was on fire from one end to the
other. =
In Dubuque, Ia, several buildings
were unroofed and many shade trees
torn up by a storm.
Flames at Youngstown, O., destroyed
the stock farm of John A. Logan, Jr,
and so finely-bred horses and many ele-
CANT equipages were burned.
Near Butte, Mont, Tom Lane, a
miner, killed Jim Shea, a shift boss,
and then committed suicide. An old
grudge was the cause.
Michael Welsh and Thomas Lucas
were killed and James Cody and John
Lyons were fatally hurt in a railway
collision near Basalt, Col.
In session at Bloomington NJ. G..
Palmer, of Peoria, was elected president
of the Illinois Federation of Labor. f
At Moorhead, Mimi, tramps caused
an $1,000 fire.
By a railway collision at Keytesville,
Mo-, William Gaines, postal clerk, and
w. B. Smith, a fireman, and w. Clark
and Paul Street were killed. 81
The yellow fever was said to be in
creasing in New Orleans and other por-
lions of the south.
Masked highwaymen entered the
post office at Belmont, Neb., and Sc
cured $500.
Having reached the age of G. years,
Col. A. G. Robinson, quartermaster's
department, stationed at Jacksonville.
Ind, has been retired.
On the Wisconsin Central road near
Chippewa Falls, Wis, five men were
killed in wreck and four others in
jured. + g.. ..>- 81
sAthreshing machine exploded at Spir-
itwood, N. D., and killed Engineer Rob-
ert Orange, Fireman Fred Sisson and
Daniel Orange. -
8 At Cripple Greek and Central City,
COL, snow to the depth of six inches
fell.
An extensive quartz ledge, samples
of which assay $4,000 of gold to the ton,
has been developed 80 miles east of
Sumas, Wash.
In the mails at Denver postal cards
supposed to be counterfeit were found.
The entire business portion, of the
town of Wilmore, Ky., was destroyed by
fire with the exception of the store of
Joplin Go. E l9
At Helpers Station, o., freight. trains
collided and Engineer Cahill and three
unknown tramps were killed. s;
Flora Macdonald Shearer,a poetess of
national reputa ton, was declared in
sane in San Francisco. @ as
AT Cairo, Ill, two eases Of yellow
fever were reported .ss...s.s ,s 4,
In a railway wreck in st. Louis Eve
persons were injured, two probably
fatally. ..
Fire destroyed three fine business
blocks;at Creston, Ia. sssss.ss.
Great efforts were being madey to
stamp out the yellow fever ind ew Or
leans, Mobile, Biloxi, Jackson and other
southern cities 5 SIS $ s.3a IS.
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1t is reported that Honduras is about
to hand over the administration of its
public affairs to syndicate of AmericaR
business men. Engaging a Yankee
trust to run nation is novelty in the
science of government. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23

Two French lovers resolved to die to-
gether, and the man shot the woman
and then himself. They have both re-
covered and are now married. To COM
NIT suicide first and matrimony after
ward probably comes as near to novel
sensation as the jaded youth of this age
con <ynf
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A monument is to be erected in Italy
to the discoverer of the yellow fever mi
crobe. 1t is something 10 have identi-
fed the little pest, but more to know
that it avoids clean town.
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Died While 'Waltxinx.

Chicago, Sept. 2o.-Mrs. valiska
Smith, 70 Wade street, danced herself
to death Saturday nightat 800 North
Green street. She attended ball given
at the latter place and entered ravlv
into the pleasures of the evening. In
the midst of waltz she suddenly fell
to the floor, dead.
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Buys Valuable Patents.

Denver, COL, Sept. 20.-Frank Gard
ner, capitalist of London, England,
has just bought in this city the patents
for all the world outside the United
States for the manufacture and sale of
the Wiley ore concentrating table,
paying therefor $25O,OO0 cash. Mr..
Gardner is largely interested in mining
in South Africa and Australia and an
tscipates making heavy investments in
mines il Colorado and California. {, -.
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Alaska's gold-bearing soil must be
thawed out before it can be washed.
Some Yankee will be starting a com
pany to establish pneumatic tube be-
tween the mines and the equator
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..;,scrInna= Accfdent.

Milwaukee, Sept. 2o.-The Chicago s.
Northwestern passenger train which
left here at7:15 o'clock Sunday night
with about 20 passenger aboard, bound
for Chicago, collided with switch en-
CINE in the South side yards Of the road.
resulting in probably fatal Injuries to
John Bechner, the engineer OF the
switch engine, serious hurts to the en-
gineer and fireman of the passenger en-
CINE.
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TO CHECK LYNCHlNG.
Mexican Government to Punish Stay.
ers of arroyo.

5s ers of Arroyo.
City of Mexico, Sept. 20. Orders have
been given to investigate the lynching.
Of Arroyo. President Diaz; has decided
that the inquiry shall be most rigorous
and that the guilty parties be severely
punished. as he feels that the act was
reproach to the nation, which has taken
pride in the fact that lynch law has
been unknown there. Twenty-odd men
arrested are still in custody and formal
papers are being drawn up in their.
cases.. =
City of Mexico, Sept. 2o.-Eduardo
5Valasquez, chief of police: Lieut.. Ca
slbrera,, assistant chief of detectives, and
1Gommandant Mauro Sanchez, were ar
rested Saturday highland taken to
prison and placed in solitary contine-
ment by order of the Fifth criminal
judge, to whom had also been turned
over FL prisoners arrested for enter.
ing the municipal building on the night
OF the recent lynching. Public opinion
is behind the governmentsand the in-.
vestigation will be pushed rapidly. The
officials arrested were accom- panied to.
the prison by the new chief of police,
who takes charge of his department.
in stirring times. g..F
The government, by this course, has
not prejudiced the case but has taken
precautions demanded by popular sen
timent which, fed by rumors, has be-
come excessively irritated, for the pub
lie fail to understand how prisoner
of so great Importance should be left
in charge of unarmed officials. !. High
officials of the federal government have
tosome extent shared the peculiar feel
ing, and it; is reported that.at the regu-
lar cabinet meeting Friday several min
listers urged that the conduct of the
police should be thoroughly investi-
gated. A communication was accord
ingly sent to Gov. Rebollar, of the fed
eral district, for transmission to the
inspector general, in which the latter
was informed that he must give up his
Office Immediately. He is censured for
not having taken proper precautions
in guarding the prisoner. The arrests
then followed.
The general maintains entire calm
LESS u uemcIuOTs ne Is d EculdfhdDly
able man who has risen in the force by
his talents and efficiency, and his dis
missa1 from the police department is
tremendous blow to him and his
friends. If the police authorities are
proven criminally negligent in guard
ing the prisoner they will undoubtedly
be severely punished, and whoever took
part in killing the prisoner will be held
for murder, even if they were merely
passively acting assinvestigators of the
crime. Popular rumors ::ascibing &c
part in this affair to the members of the.
police force are based on mere suspicion,
and it is deemed unjust pending Judicial
inquiry to maintain this view. There:
was gross carelessness without doubt.
More than that is far, from demons
strated. But the government is deter:
mined to show the world that lynchings
has not been naturalized here. j
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Guy h1et.. to START Nortl

Yanejo.SCM., Sept. 20. = The gunboat
wheeling lett Mare Island 4 Saturday
morning. Her compass will be adjust
ed and after trial trip on San Fran
cisco bay on an official inspection she
will go to Sitka, Alaska, relieving the
Concord, ordered to China. The Mont
Grey, now on her way here from the
north, will go into the Mare Island dry
6ock ~, -- -
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To Pacify Cuba in Four Months. .
Madrid, Sept. 2o.-Capt. Gen. Weyler
cables to the government saying that
he is perfectly confident of being able
to pacify Cuba in four months.