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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
Some of the miners who are throwing
away provisions to reach the Kiondike
will have to be satisfied later on with
the aurora borealis for a light supper.

1t is stated that the new German am
bassador to this country is doctor of
philosophy, a diplomat and a duelist.
He is certainly entitled to the distinc-
lion of D. ID. D. Ns s$a z. AZ -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
Cnttle. Il s.tiesr. Lynchea.

+ Pierre, S. D., Sept. 20. The cattle
men at the head Of the Moreau river,
$50 miles northwest Of here, have been
bothered j for some. time by band Of
cattle rustlers. Early last week they
encountered,th three Of them, and in gem
eraI fight killed one Of the rustlers and
captured another The one captured
was lynched to the nearest tree.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
a Prfncess Dend.

Paris. Sept. pa special dispatch.
from Jiboutil says a telegram has been
received stating that Princess shonrae-s
ga, daughter of King .AIenelik 81 Abyss,
,slnia. ard wife Of Ras Micael. is dead. S.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

~ F0UGlGaN IN !e.It0eNCes lE..zFr
The three young daughters, Of Pres
ton Howard were burned to death in
their home at Port Alma. Ont.
Advices from Rome say the italian
cabinet crisis has ended. gs7ss,14zs-
A resolution was adopted urging
members to continue their warfare
against Sunday work at the Dominion
trades congress at Hamilton, Ont.
Flames which began in bazaar of
Cabul, the capital of Afghanistan. de-
stroyed $50 stores and, four persons
were burned to death.
A mob lynched Arnulfo Arroyo.
who attempted to kill President Diaz
in the City of Mexico, .,<sAsz.4zs
SDispatche from MOSCOW show that
the Moors still carry on slave trading at
the very doors of western civilization.
Gen. Weyler says that he is perfectly
confident of being able to- pacify Cuba
in four months, while. Gen. Garcia an
nounces his Intention of driving the
Spaniards out of EASTERN Cuba in a
short time. ssS*
One hundred and twenty -fve Spanish
guerrillas who murdered the family OF
Lieut. Dorazs near Pa,acios, Cuba, were
captured by insurgents and all were
killed. g-$St% &.G%.. ,~
Ina dense fog two stea merswere lost
between St. Johns. N. f.. and Cape
Race and several liveswere lost. -
A. treaty of peace between Uruguay
and the insurgents has been signed.
The peace treaty between Turkey
and Greece has been signed.
LATER NEWS.
The president has appointed E. e..
Kennedy as U. s. marshal for South
Dakota.
New Orleans had two new cases of
yellow fever the Goth.
Spain, says that in the interview with
the Duke of Tetuan, the Spanish min
ister for foreign affairs. the United
States minister insisted, courteously
but firmly. upon the necessity Of ter
minating the war, declaring that if it
was not terminated by the end of o.
tober, the United States would feel JUS
tilted in taking measures to secure the
independence of Cuba.
The boiler of Joseph Hayward's saw
mill near. Macon, Ca, exploded ind
killed three workmen, Charles Hester,
Walter Ferguson, Albert Yost and w.
C. Allen. 80. ~
Warrants were issued for the arrest
of Sheriff Martin, who had charge of
the deputies that fred upon the miners
at Hazelton, Pa.
The Stockton (Cal) Car, Machine
and Agricultural works were entirely
consumed by fire. The loss is fully
800, 600. -
Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West
Virginia.: in an interview, acknowl-
edged that he was the author of Sec
ton 20 Of the tariff bill. H."
Fire broke out in mine No. 2 of the
3essemer~ Land company at Birming-
ham, Ala. About 100 men were at
work in the slope at the time. but all
except Eve were rescued.
Gen. Weyler has at last been forced
~ tbs pressure of Havana exporters
to rescind the order prohibiting the ex-
oort Of tobacco. 1880 ,>@':s 7':~ s=,.5.'
The Russian and Japanese govern
nents have signifed an ascent to the
invitations from the United States to
send representatives to attend the con-
ference to consider seal, hunting.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
Pence Prevails

Montevideo, Sept. 2O.-The treaty Of
peace between. the government and the
fIisnrgents was signed Sunday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
Hunting In His Sleep.
Worked the Ladies,

A woman who gave her name as Alta
Putt has worked a smooth confidence
game inH Winona. She was agent for
Thompson & Hood, Chicago publishers,
for various books. She told number
of young . ladies that if they desired
she could procure them positions at $12
a week, expenses paid, to travel and
appoint sub-agents in the various por-
tions of the state. They accepted, and
paid her a fee, averaging from IS to
$40. =. Upon securing the money, the
woman disappeared.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23

ASACuIuS.
Winona's fall street fair was sue
cess in every particular. -,
Burglars attempted to rob the post
Office at Sanborn, but was STACKED by
Postmaster Bartholomew big dog
and driven off. The dog was badly cut
with knife. =,
Minneapolis will send -FOUR delegates
to the Norwegian Danish Press con-
.vention, 70 Be heldin Chicago Sept. 80.
e William Zahn has retained to St.
Paul oftsrsan sabsence Of IL years. He
IS direct from the KlondYke, and has
brought back with, him about &25. 900
In gold dust and nuggets taken from
two claims he is interested in away up
In the British possessions near the
Alaskan border.
Secretary Bliss has approved the.
bond of the st. Hilaire Lumber COM
pany, and issued a permit to build a.
railway across five townships on the
Red Lake reservation. 81
The Great Northern depot at Gar
field was destroyed by lightning. The
agent was at the telegraph table and
was stunned.
Alderman named Butz, an old bache-
Tor, living near Minnesota Lake, was
recently found dead in his house, where
he had lived alone.
At Wood Lake, Charley Sweitzer and
Will Schlener had fight. Schlener,
broke fork handle over Sweitzer,s
head and the blow may prove fatal
sschlener was arrested. Both men ara
threshers. 81
Father Fobee will be installed asI
bishop Of ST Cloud, Tuesday, Sept. %.
IS Benton Thoraman, carpenter, fell
from the roof Of Hodges q sHyde's ele.
vstor g Pipestone and sustained II,
1ernal inj uries
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-23
Wants 3 Vacation.

John l.. Meagher. postmaster of
Marysburg, LIE Sueur county, is afraid
that President Mckinley will not re-
move him from Office and thinks that
he has earned a rest Mr.. Meagher is
one Of the oldest postmasters in the
country, as we'll in age as in continu-
ous service. He was appointed during
President Buchanan's administration,
In October, 1858, and next month he
will have been postmaster for thirty
nine years. - ....... = -. ... 1885,.
Evening star., 1897-05-04
RAILROAD SITUATION.
Authorities Looking Forward to an
Early Adjustment.

A]Oos>AM9 + oEhuFu 10 an
Early Adjustment.
Ine railroad situation in South Washing
ton Is In better shape for final solution
than ever before, and the Commissioners
are looking forward to the early adjust
ment of matters which will do away finally
with the deadly grade crossing.
One thing seems to be finally decided
uron. and that is there will be no change
IN the route. The adjusted tracks, be they
depressed or elevated, will traverse vir-
gi1da avenue, END there is strong probable
ity that the present depot will be retained
The several plans of the Commissioners,
which were printed in full in The Star re-
Gently, have been sent to the railroad COM
pany with the request that they forthwith
send In any criticism they may have to
make, or any suggestions that are in line
with the proposed improvement. The plans
submitted by the railroad company have
also been returned to the engineer of the
read, with the Commissioners criticism BY
this mutual arrangement 1t is believed the
commissioners and the railroad people will
come together, and the work of recon-
struction be commenced before the begin
ming of 1888.
There have been several recent confer
ences between the Commissioners and the
raliroad people, and the latter seem dis
posed TO help the Commissioners in their
scheme Tor Improvement.
Evening star., 1897-05-04
CONTAGIOUS HOSPITAL.
The Present Status of the Effort tn
secure an Institution

The Present Status of the Effort tn
secure nn Institution.
1t does not seem to be generally under
STOOD what was meant by the opinion of
the attorney urdn the question of con-
tagious hospitals. A number of anxious
property owners. some contiguous to the
land ON Columbia Heights where the Com
missioners originally proposed to locate
the hospital, and others in the vicinity of
existing hospitals, have made anxious in
quiries OF the Commissioners as to their
purpose. 1t may be said authoritatiyeIy
that the Commissioners have no idea of
locating the hospitals at any other place
tnan ao1acent to some existing hospitals
ana 1t Is believed that one of the buildings
Will be erected on the grounds of the Prov
idence Hospital and the other upon the
grounds of the Garfield Hospital. While il
Is true that the attorney held in his recent
opinion that the act Of Congress which au-
thorized the erection Of these two hospitals
repealed the 3OO-foot provision of the act
or 1885, he does rot mean by that nor does
he state that 1t would allow the Commits
sloners to go upon ground other than that
now occupied by a hospital. In fact, when
the Commissioners submitted the question
to him for opinion their object was to find
out If the 3OO-foot limit would apply to the
grounds of existing hospitals which might
be within 300 feet Of a private residence.
AS was told exclusively in The Star, he de-
cided that it would not
Evening star., 1897-05-04
LINE AND STAFF DISPUTE.
Gossip i'm Naval Circles of an Attemp
to End the Controversy.


to End the Controversy.
An interesting piece of naval gossip is
that Assistant Secretary Roosevelt has
been informally called upon by Secretary
Long to consider and report whether 1t IS
practicable to frame legislation the effect
OF which will be to terminate the long
standing dispute between line and stan
as to rank. title and pay.
Several officers on duty at the depart
ment are authority for the statement that
1t is the purpose of Secretary Long to SUBJ
NIT to Congress in the near future a naval
reorganization scheme. In this, 1t Is said,
he desires to incorporate a provision on
the long mooted matter Of rank, title and
pay which will be fair and just to all con-
cerned and of the greatest possible ad-
vantage to the naval service. No publicity
has been given to any directions which
Secretary Long may have issued. MIR.
Roosevelt speaks of the subject reluctant
ly, and when questions are put to him he
replies that his principal object at present
Is to learn the duties Of his office.
A number of officers. in discussing the
probabilities recently, said that the idea
of having Mr.. Roosevelt go into the line
and staff discussion was an excellent one
assuming the assistant secretary to be free
from bias. Heretofore the difficulty has
been that proposed legislation for the naval
personnel was drawn up by interested per-
sons, either In the hne or the staff To
have thoroughly disinterested and intelli.
gent person investigate the matter would
be Of value to the service, officers say.
Evening star., 1897-05-04
STOPPING THE STORMS.
Effect of the Use of MOrtnrs by a
Austrian Wine Grower.

Effect of the Use of MOrtnrs by an
Austrian Wine Grower.
Possibly 1t was from noticing the unsuc-
cessful attempts made by the rainmakers
in the United States to bring down showers
that an ingenious Austrian grape grower
was induced to exactly reverse the Ameri-
can practice. -
An account of his experiment is given by
United States Consul Stephan. at Anna
berg, in report to the State Department.
The Austrian owned extensive vineyards
situated on the southern slopes of the
mountains, in a locality often visited by
destructive hail storms. At first he tried
galvanized wire netting to protect his
vines. but this was too expensive, and he
decided to install a battery and test the
hail storms. He erected six stations on
prominent mountain submits, command
Ing a territory about two miles in extent,
Each station sheltered ten mortars, and a
corps of volunteers handled them. The
practical test is thus described:
Threatening black clouds made their
appearance on the submits Of the Bacher
tars were fired off, and the continuous
detonations in a few moments caused a
sudden reaction in the movements of the
clouds. The cloud wall opened up funnel
like: the mouth of the funnel began to rise
in the form of consecutive rings, expand
ing gradually until all the clouds scattered
and entirely disappeared. No hail nor
even sudden downpour of rain fell. The
same experience was gone through six
times last summer, and has Without a sin
gle exception proven successful preven-
tive
Evening star., 1897-05-04
Inxestikatinx q Fire.

An investigation has been made by the
police Of the fire at the house of Isaac
Upsher. on 23d street. last week. which
resulted in the burning to death Of Mrs.
Upsher. as published in The Star at the
time, but nothing has been learned which
will in any way show that the fire was of
incendiary origin. Soon after the fire hap
pened the husband of the unfortunate wo-
man called on the police and said he
thought there was something suspicious
about the fatal fire. and the police agree
with him. He told the police that neigh
bors had heard his wife screaming, and
this is undoubtedly true, for the condition
of the dead woman's garments made 1t
evident that she was In intense agony while
the flames were robblng her Of her life.
Another neighbor, the police learned, had
seen man run out the back gaze that
night. This was not an impossibility, for
the police found the back gate and. door
both open. There was piano playing heard
by still another neighbor about IL o'cip1&.
and the police say that frequently there
were gatherings In the house, and coaSsid-
eraR2e.; potse was made At the time the
fire occurred. the police think, there VIC
nobody in the house other than the wo-
man.
Evening star., 1897-05-04
WILL BORE FOR OIL.
extensive Petroleum Deposits he
heved to Underlic Hnrper's Ferry.
Correspondence OF The Evening Star

Extensive Petroleum Deposits Ne
heved to Underlic Hnrper's Ferry.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
HARPER'S FERRY, w. Va, May 3. 1897.
Owing to a generally prevalent belief
that there are extensive, and some think
practically inexhaustible. deposits of Pc
troleum underlying Harpers Ferry money
has been subscribed sufficient to bore to
the depth of 1000 feet. Operations will
compiled with.
Included In the subscribers TO what NAV
be called the experimental fund" are
w. A. Winters. James Riley, j. G. Hurst
raymond B. Dickey. w. j.. Erwin. George
n. Childs. George Z. Marquette, George r
Brady, Mrs. c. w. Littlejohn and Others.
anu as soon as the chartcr which :, ex-
pected daily from Charleston. arrives a
meeting Tor the organization of the COM
pany and election of officers will be held
Arrangements have already been made for
leasing large quantity of land under
which 1t Is supposed the OIL Is deposited.
and 1t Is the intention of those having the
matter In charge to lease not less than
4.OOO acres before ceasing their negotia-
tons.
The Inauguration of the movement is
due to the efforts of Mr.. Trail (who IL is
expected, will be chosen one of the prin-
cipal officers of the new company, con-
hhuLHS tuiouSu u perloQ OF several years.
While passing along the county road
leading from Harpers Ferry to Martins
burg one day, Mr.. Trail detected the odor
of coal oil. and mentioned the matter to
some of his friends They were incredulous
and although they had the utmost con-
fidence IN Mr.. Trails integrity, the latter
was unable until recently to induce any
of them to assist him financially In looking
for the oil.
gentleman who will be a member of
the new company. told The Star corre-
spendenf that the maps issued by the
United States geological survey show that
Harpers Ferry is in the same belt of oil
territory as Sistersvflle. Harrison county,
w. Va, which Is the center of one c.c the
greatest oil-producing districts In the United
States. II not Of the world
Some of the members of the geological
party OF Sir Archibald Geikie, the eminent
English geologist, who Il now In this coun-
try visited the property Of the company
Friday. Among the distinguished party
were President Daniel c. Gilman OF Johns
hopkins University and Prof. W. b. Clark,
who has charge OF the geological survey
OF Maryland.
Evening star., 1897-05-04
GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL
Work Will Be Commenced Shortly on the
Buildings.
Interesting Joint Meeting OF the
Building Committee and the Com.
mittee ON Promotion.

A joint meeting of the committee of pro-
motion and of the building committee of
the hospital which 1t is proposed to erect
in Georgetown on ground donated by the
authorities of the Georgetown University
was held yesterday afternoon at the resi-
dence of DIR. G. l.. Magruder, No. SIS Yer
mont avenue.
Justice M. F. Morris presided, and DIR.
George NJ. Kober was secretary. Many
ladies were present, and manifested much
interest in the proceedings. DR.. Joseph
Taber Johnston, chairman of the building
committee, made a report that there wa:
now in bank to the credit of the building
fund 1885. Besides this there were sub
scriptions aggregating about $1,000. in sums
ranging from 50 to 500; some of which
were payable in five annual installmentS.
The committee had sent out a circular let
ter to the conditional subscribers, and in
the last two or three days about 5000 was
received by the treasurer.
1t was the intention to proceed at once
with the erection of the hospital, and the
university authorities would begin tho
demolition of the buildings which now
occupy the site in the course ot the next
thirty days.
Dr. Johnston urged the ladies' who were
engaged in soliciting funds for the hos
pital not to stop their work in that direC-
ton, as, although some $15,O00 has been
available, and, besides, 1t might ccst from
81 900 to 3.000 to furnish the building after
1t is otherwise completed. He was, hoW-
ever hopeful that friends of the institu-
ton would undertake the furnishing OF
the several rooms at their own expense,
as had been the case in many other hos
pitals a notable instance being the Epis-
copalian Eye and Ear Hospital in this city.
Judge Morris asked what would be the
cost of furnishing room In tine new build
ing.
DIR. Johnston replied that the expense
generally averaged about 500, though
some Of the rooms could be supplied with
everything necessary for $50.
DR.. Johnston proceeded to say that there
was a slight prospect that the hospital
would eventually come into possession of
fund of $4,000 from an unsettled estate,
bat further than this he was unable to
give Information. He said the Mother Su-
perior of the Sisters of Mercy had assured
them that she would assume the manage
ment of the domestic affairs of the new
hospital soon as 1t should be ready for
occupancy. In conclusion, the building
committee returned thanks for many kind
nesses shown them by the public.
DR.. Kober read list of subscriptions
received since the last report, which showed
that the total amount at this time avail
able at once and conditional amounted to
s16.075. about $4,000 of which belonged to
the former class
Evening star., 1897-05-04
GOT t iii I'm i.
DIR. Edison's Obesity Pills
and. Salt Removed Their
Surplus Fat.-Read Tes=
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Schroeder and Other
Prominent Waslnington=
ians. DON'T Delay.
Get Thin Before Hot Weather.

The following is from Mr.. George G. Schroeder.
Power, 1874 9th ST. NV, Washington. j. c.:
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GEO. G. SCHROEDER
Mrs. Rena Puget Rl.gers writes from the Treas
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Evening star., 1897-05-04
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Evening star., 1897-05-04
Life Underwriters.

Mr.. David 8. Hendrick Of this city, presi-
dent Of the National Association Of Life
Underwriters. has Just returned from a
several weeks trip In the interests of this
association During his absence he visited
the local association insseveral large cities
and reports growing interest and enthus-
iasm In all insurance work. He was the
guest Of the Cincinnati Life Underwriters
during the meeting Of the national execu-
tive committee. which convened at the Bur-
rett House in that city on the 21st Of April.
He was the Chief speaker at an elaborate
banquet which was given them by the local
agents. He also reports a most pleasant
seroa so,odrh h,r IN ~ anmana: sa AZ Da4qaet ten
lis he delivered an address outlining the
wonderful Advance made In this business,
showing 1t to be profession worthy of
the best taleuty